Trending Programmers of all time
The 100 most-viewed programmers of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
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Ranked
833,222
Total Views (of all time)
1
Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
179,884
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2
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
44,399
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views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
29,565
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4
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
27,096
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views
5
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
22,964
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views
6
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
22,592
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views
7
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
22,105
views
views
8
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
22,088
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views
9
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
21,165
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views
10
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
20,707
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views
11
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
17,677
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views
12
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
17,398
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views
13
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
17,079
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14
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
16,353
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views
15
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
15,691
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views
16
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
15,627
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views
17
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
15,513
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views
18
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
12,907
views
views
19
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
12,706
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views
20
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
12,553
views
views
21
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
12,358
views
views
22
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
11,121
views
views
23
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
10,069
views
views
24
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
9,113
views
views
25
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
9,081
views
views
26
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
8,206
views
views
27
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
7,856
views
views
28
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
7,417
views
views
29
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
6,993
views
views
30
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
6,747
views
views
31
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
6,249
views
views
32
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
5,722
views
views
33
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
5,500
views
views
34
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
5,475
views
views
35
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
5,308
views
views
36
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
5,152
views
views
37
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
4,807
views
views
38
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
4,565
views
views
39
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
4,367
views
views
40
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
4,215
views
views
41
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
4,055
views
views
42
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
4,021
views
views
43
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
4,011
views
views
44
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
3,901
views
views
45
John Romero
American video game designer
3,489
views
views
46
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
3,470
views
views
47
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
3,390
views
views
48
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
3,387
views
views
49
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
3,364
views
views
50
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
2,944
views
views
51
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
2,891
views
views
52
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
2,852
views
views
53
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
2,824
views
views
54
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
2,756
views
views
55
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
2,599
views
views
56
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
2,596
views
views
57
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
2,534
views
views
58
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
2,471
views
views
59
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
2,425
views
views
60
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
2,358
views
views
61
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
2,281
views
views
62
Alec Holowka
Canadian video game developer (1983–2019)
2,279
views
views
63
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
2,259
views
views
64
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
2,243
views
views
65
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
2,208
views
views
66
Naomi Wu
Chinese DIY maker
2,133
views
views
67
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
2,053
views
views
68
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
2,025
views
views
69
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
1,886
views
views
70
Vlad Yatsenko
CTO and Co-founder of Revolut
1,879
views
views
71
Garry Newman
British programmer, video games producer
1,871
views
views
72
Kelley Deal
American musician
1,856
views
views
73
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
1,854
views
views
74
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
1,773
views
views
75
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
1,759
views
views
76
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
1,638
views
views
77
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
1,618
views
views
78
Casey Muratori
programmer and computer graphics researcher
1,568
views
views
79
Eric S. Raymond
American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
1,559
views
views
80
Paul Le Roux
programmer, criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
1,531
views
views
81
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
1,520
views
views
82
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
1,451
views
views
83
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
1,413
views
views
84
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
1,410
views
views
85
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
1,391
views
views
86
Alan Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940)
1,387
views
views
87
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
1,383
views
views
88
Davey Wreden
video game developer
1,374
views
views
89
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
1,363
views
views
90
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
1,359
views
views
91
Andrew Bosworth
American computer scientist
1,352
views
views
92
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
1,298
views
views
93
Gennady Korotkevich
Belarusian competitive programmer
1,261
views
views
94
Bill Joy
American computer scientist
1,216
views
views
95
Gary Kildall
American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942–1994)
1,197
views
views
96
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
1,192
views
views
97
Fredrick Brennan
American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)
1,192
views
views
98
Eugene Roshal
Russian computer programmer
1,186
views
views
99
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
1,168
views
views
100
Anders Hejlsberg
Danish software engineer (born 1960)
1,108
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