Trending Philosophers this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein.
100
Ranked
5,303,657
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
156,572
views
views
2
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
137,893
views
views
3
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
137,574
views
views
4
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
109,194
views
views
5
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
108,024
views
views
6
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
104,259
views
views
7
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
103,825
views
views
8
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
101,391
views
views
9
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
93,749
views
views
10
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
91,077
views
views
11
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
90,595
views
views
12
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
90,537
views
views
13
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,435
views
views
14
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
86,808
views
views
15
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
85,567
views
views
16
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
85,393
views
views
17
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
85,008
views
views
18
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935β2024)
83,083
views
views
19
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
78,766
views
views
20
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
78,571
views
views
21
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
78,422
views
views
22
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
76,546
views
views
23
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
75,831
views
views
24
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
72,746
views
views
25
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
72,542
views
views
26
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
69,664
views
views
27
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919β2007) Un gran hombre
66,301
views
views
28
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
66,067
views
views
29
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
62,785
views
views
30
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
60,099
views
views
31
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
59,034
views
views
32
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
57,315
views
views
33
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
56,806
views
views
34
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
56,393
views
views
35
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
54,131
views
views
36
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
52,879
views
views
37
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
52,843
views
views
38
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
51,867
views
views
39
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905β1982)
51,047
views
views
40
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
49,777
views
views
41
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884β1962)
47,441
views
views
42
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902β1974)
47,272
views
views
43
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
47,084
views
views
44
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
46,650
views
views
45
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
45,472
views
views
46
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
45,464
views
views
47
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
45,338
views
views
48
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
45,227
views
views
49
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
43,901
views
views
50
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
42,907
views
views
51
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
42,665
views
views
52
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
42,653
views
views
53
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751β1836)
41,736
views
views
54
Krishna
major deity in Hinduism, worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right
41,434
views
views
55
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
41,070
views
views
56
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
40,234
views
views
57
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225β1274)
40,229
views
views
58
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
39,162
views
views
59
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
39,077
views
views
60
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
37,982
views
views
61
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
37,583
views
views
62
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928β1982)
36,989
views
views
63
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874β1926)
35,882
views
views
64
Henry Rollins
American musician
34,693
views
views
65
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
34,690
views
views
66
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
33,952
views
views
67
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922β2007)
33,547
views
views
68
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
33,303
views
views
69
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
33,186
views
views
70
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
32,640
views
views
71
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
31,733
views
views
72
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694β1778)
31,663
views
views
73
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906β1975)
30,855
views
views
74
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
30,765
views
views
75
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106β43 BC)
30,555
views
views
76
Michael Stipe
American musician
30,281
views
views
77
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
30,008
views
views
78
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
30,004
views
views
79
RenΓ© Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596β1650)
29,845
views
views
80
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832β1898)
29,345
views
views
81
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
29,191
views
views
82
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
29,090
views
views
83
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
28,699
views
views
84
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
28,592
views
views
85
Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919β2014)
28,555
views
views
86
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927β2023)
28,442
views
views
87
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
28,117
views
views
88
Rumi
Iranian poet
27,783
views
views
89
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813β1855)
27,661
views
views
90
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
27,556
views
views
91
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894β1963)
27,480
views
views
92
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
26,949
views
views
93
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
26,777
views
views
94
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
26,619
views
views
95
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
26,368
views
views
96
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868β1963)
26,365
views
views
97
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915β1973)
26,302
views
views
98
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
26,155
views
views
99
George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819β1880)
26,127
views
views
100
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871β1919)
25,896
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