Trending Scientists of all time
The 100 most-viewed scientists of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: David Attenborough.
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7,890,806
Total Views (of all time)
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David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
1,012,821
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2
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist (1958–2009)
950,731
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3
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
278,044
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4
Richard Attenborough
British actor (1923–2014)
236,555
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5
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
230,896
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views
6
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
221,979
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views
7
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
214,913
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views
8
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
173,137
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views
9
Nigel Farage
British right-wing politician (born 1964)
170,393
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views
10
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
126,476
views
views
11
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
118,236
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12
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
115,329
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views
13
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
104,397
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views
14
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
75,983
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views
15
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
73,869
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views
16
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
71,658
views
views
17
Claude Meisch
Luxembourgish politician
70,408
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views
18
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
70,327
views
views
19
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
67,778
views
views
20
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
66,485
views
views
21
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
65,884
views
views
22
Frederick Attenborough
British academic
65,514
views
views
23
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
65,212
views
views
24
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
63,774
views
views
25
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
61,150
views
views
26
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
60,658
views
views
27
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
59,843
views
views
28
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
59,799
views
views
29
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
58,448
views
views
30
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
57,398
views
views
31
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Julia Letlow
American politician and academic administrator (born 1981)
57,049
views
views
32
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
56,086
views
views
33
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
54,027
views
views
34
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
53,316
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views
35
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
53,261
views
views
36
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
52,513
views
views
37
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
52,436
views
views
38
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
52,428
views
views
39
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
51,649
views
views
40
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
50,854
views
views
41
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
50,172
views
views
42
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
49,599
views
views
43
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
48,482
views
views
44
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
47,543
views
views
45
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
47,211
views
views
46
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
46,891
views
views
47
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
46,095
views
views
48
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
45,938
views
views
49
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
45,833
views
views
50
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
45,642
views
views
51
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
45,521
views
views
52
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
43,597
views
views
53
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953)
43,558
views
views
54
Jiang Xueqin
Chinese-Canadian educator known for geopolitical predictions
43,380
views
views
55
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
42,468
views
views
56
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
42,132
views
views
57
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
40,269
views
views
58
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
40,251
views
views
59
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
39,527
views
views
60
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
39,418
views
views
61
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
39,378
views
views
62
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
38,972
views
views
63
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
38,049
views
views
64
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
37,815
views
views
65
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
37,159
views
views
66
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
37,119
views
views
67
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
37,015
views
views
68
Larry Ellison
American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)
36,994
views
views
69
Karen Bass
American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
36,841
views
views
70
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
36,706
views
views
71
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
36,680
views
views
72
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
36,668
views
views
73
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
36,648
views
views
74
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
36,563
views
views
75
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
36,360
views
views
76
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
36,359
views
views
77
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
36,265
views
views
78
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
35,708
views
views
79
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
35,531
views
views
80
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
35,106
views
views
81
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
34,478
views
views
82
Brigitte Macron
French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
34,309
views
views
83
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
33,925
views
views
84
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
33,902
views
views
85
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
33,816
views
views
86
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
33,797
views
views
87
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
33,332
views
views
88
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
33,306
views
views
89
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
33,288
views
views
90
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
33,055
views
views
91
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
32,841
views
views
92
Katie Porter
U.S. Representative from California
32,808
views
views
93
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
32,669
views
views
94
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
32,576
views
views
95
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
32,500
views
views
96
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
31,898
views
views
97
Luigi Mangione
American suspect of the assassination of Brian Thompson
31,485
views
views
98
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
31,264
views
views
99
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
31,237
views
views
100
Sting
British musician (born 1951)
31,143
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