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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381,041
Total Views (of all time)
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Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
197,020
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2
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
31,828
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3
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
23,988
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4
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
19,088
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5
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
19,069
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6
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
14,339
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7
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
7,428
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8
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
3,656
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9
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
3,438
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10
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
3,319
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11
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
3,028
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12
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
2,914
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13
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
2,863
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14
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
2,285
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15
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
2,066
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16
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
2,019
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17
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
1,937
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18
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
1,895
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19
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
1,799
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20
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
1,567
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21
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
1,554
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22
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
1,281
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23
George Logan
British entertainer
1,257
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24
Junichi Masuda
Japanese video game developer
1,179
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25
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
1,158
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26
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
1,054
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27
Jade Raymond
Canadian video game executive
1,040
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28
Davey Wreden
video game developer
992
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29
Jordan Mechner
American video game designer
974
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30
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
926
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31
Daniel J. Bernstein
American German mathematician, cryptologist and programmer
917
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32
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
850
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33
Paul Buchheit
American computer engineer; created Gmail
798
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34
Kensuke Ushio
Japanese composer, keyboardist (1983-)
790
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35
Yang Zhilin
Chinese businessman (born 1992)
778
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36
Bram Cohen
American programmer, creator of BitTorrent protocol
740
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37
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
652
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38
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
609
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39
Leonard Adleman
American computer scientist
576
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40
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
553
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41
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
532
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42
Howard Scott Warshaw
American game designer and psychotherapist (born 1957)
530
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43
P. J. Hyett
American software developer and co-founder of GitHub
523
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44
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
503
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45
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
488
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46
Phil Katz
American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000)
487
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47
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
474
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48
Theodore Ts'o
American computer scientist, free software developer
451
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49
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
445
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50
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
428
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51
Mary Lee Woods
British mathematician and computer programmer (1924-2017)
413
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52
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
404
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53
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
395
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54
Cleve Moler
American mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)
392
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55
Armin Ronacher
software developer
391
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56
Mihai Suba
Romanian and Spanish chess player
382
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57
Brendan Iribe
American game programmer and founder
377
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58
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
359
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59
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
358
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60
Bruce Perens
American computer scientist
324
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61
Bill Gosper
American mathematician, programmer/hacker
317
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62
Soren Johnson
American video game designer
315
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63
Kelley Deal
American musician
306
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64
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
290
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65
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
288
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66
Peter Naur
Danish computer scientist (1928–2016) and Turing Award winner (2005); author of 'Programming as Theory Building' (1985); co-editor of the 19
278
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67
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
276
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68
Garry Newman
British programmer, video games producer
276
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69
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
264
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70
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
261
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71
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
241
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72
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
239
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73
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
232
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74
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
217
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75
Jarkko Oikarinen
Finnish computer scientist
210
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76
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
208
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77
Near
programmer
202
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78
Wayne Gould
former Hong Kong judge who popularised Sudoku in Europe and America
202
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79
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
201
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80
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
199
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81
Kaz Ayabe
Japanese video game developer
198
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82
Frances Spence
American physicist and computer scientist
193
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83
Ray Ozzie
American businessman
188
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84
Jon Lech Johansen
Norwegian programmer, one of the three DeCSS developers
183
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85
Mark Surman
Canadian internet activist
171
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86
Matthew Dillon
systems software engineer
169
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87
Henry Spencer
Canadian computer programmer
163
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88
Christopher Bouzy
American tech entrepreneur
159
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89
Ellen Fetter
American computer scientist and chaos theory researcher
156
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90
Ronald Dale Harris
American fraudster
152
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91
Paul Cuisset
Game programmer and designer
149
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92
Park Jin Hyok
North Korean computer programmer
148
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93
DJ Delorie
American computer programmer
147
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94
Gopi Sundar
Indian musician, film score composer, music programmer, singer, song writer and performer
144
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95
Carol Reiley
American roboticist
141
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96
Aruna Kumari Galla
Indian politician
139
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97
Minh Le
Vietnamese-Canadian computer game developer who created the mod ''Counter-Strike''
137
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98
Tavis Ormandy
English-born computer security analyst known for detecting high-risk vulnerabilities in software
135
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99
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
135
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100
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Mark Cerny
American video game designer
132
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