Trending Scientists this month
The 99 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Andy Burnham.
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Ranked
8,648,697
Total Views (this month)
Country
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1
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
1,628,032
views
views
2
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (1926β2026)
516,051
views
views
3
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958β2009)
456,588
views
views
4
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902β1984)
259,972
views
views
5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
220,608
views
views
6
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
149,932
views
views
7
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
113,779
views
views
8
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732β1799)
101,265
views
views
9
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926β1962)
95,986
views
views
10
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928β2018)
95,347
views
views
11
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953β2019)
90,904
views
views
12
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
90,232
views
views
13
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
90,037
views
views
14
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
89,518
views
views
15
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
85,913
views
views
16
Rik Mayall
English actor, comedian and writer (1958β2014)
85,877
views
views
17
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
84,616
views
views
18
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
82,790
views
views
19
Nigel Farage
British right-wing politician (born 1964)
79,138
views
views
20
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925β2013)
77,294
views
views
21
Husayn ibn Ali
grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626β680)
76,462
views
views
22
Maggie Haberman
American journalist (born 1973)
75,644
views
views
23
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
74,767
views
views
24
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874β1965)
74,138
views
views
25
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858β1919)
73,994
views
views
26
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996β1999; 2009β2021; 2022βpresent)
73,703
views
views
27
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
73,252
views
views
28
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
71,465
views
views
29
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021β2025)
69,460
views
views
30
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
66,479
views
views
31
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
65,616
views
views
32
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
64,580
views
views
33
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
63,609
views
views
34
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955β2011)
61,356
views
views
35
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
61,178
views
views
36
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
60,073
views
views
37
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953)
59,898
views
views
38
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910β1983)
59,423
views
views
39
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
59,375
views
views
40
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
59,083
views
views
41
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
58,728
views
views
42
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913β1994)
58,292
views
views
43
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
57,575
views
views
44
Evan Spiegel
American businessman (born 1990)
56,845
views
views
45
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
56,052
views
views
46
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
55,555
views
views
47
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
55,175
views
views
48
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
54,470
views
views
49
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
53,484
views
views
50
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932β2011)
53,297
views
views
51
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
53,267
views
views
52
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC β AD 30 or 33)
52,885
views
views
53
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
52,287
views
views
54
Ro Khanna
U.S. Representative from California
52,026
views
views
55
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
51,856
views
views
56
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
51,058
views
views
57
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
51,006
views
views
58
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942β2016)
50,725
views
views
59
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
50,356
views
views
60
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
50,220
views
views
61
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
50,038
views
views
62
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
49,815
views
views
63
Gustavo Petro
34th President of Colombia since 2022
48,889
views
views
64
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
48,829
views
views
65
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
48,544
views
views
66
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025β)
48,451
views
views
67
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943β2001)
48,275
views
views
68
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953β2025)
47,793
views
views
69
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
47,673
views
views
70
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
46,566
views
views
71
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
46,081
views
views
72
Andromachi Papanikolaou
laboratory technician and the wife of Georgios Papanikolaou
46,044
views
views
73
John Astin
American actor and director (born 1930)
46,004
views
views
74
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942β2018)
45,967
views
views
75
John Major
former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)
45,952
views
views
76
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
45,564
views
views
77
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889β1977)
45,286
views
views
78
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939β2026)
45,044
views
views
79
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
44,628
views
views
80
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
44,345
views
views
81
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
43,278
views
views
82
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939β2023)
43,259
views
views
83
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
43,079
views
views
84
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
43,032
views
views
85
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
42,967
views
views
86
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918β2013)
42,816
views
views
87
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
42,668
views
views
88
Mojtaba Khamenei
cleric and 3rd Supreme Leader of Iran since 2026
42,651
views
views
89
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856β1943)
42,348
views
views
90
Betty Mahmoody
American writer
42,258
views
views
91
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
41,574
views
views
92
Stanley Ann Dunham
American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama (1942β1995)
41,305
views
views
93
Robert Thurman
American Buddhist writer and academic
41,209
views
views
94
AlΔ« ibn AbΔ« αΉ¬Δlib
4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656β661) and first Shia Imam
41,205
views
views
95
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
41,130
views
views
96
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
40,618
views
views
97
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
40,492
views
views
98
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
40,232
views
views
99
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
40,195
views
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