Trending Scientists — all time
The 100 most-viewed scientists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ted Kaczynski. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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39,220,364
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Ted Kaczynski
American mathematician and domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
2,621,972
views
views
2
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
1,799,600
views
views
3
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
1,223,726
views
views
4
Kensō Soai
Japanese organic chemist (1950– )
1,116,638
views
views
5
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
1,022,755
views
views
6
Jerry Hall
American model
941,914
views
views
7
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
815,041
views
views
8
James Talarico
American politician and former teacher
804,927
views
views
9
Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
792,209
views
views
10
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
730,431
views
views
11
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Amy Acton
American physician and politician (born 1966)
625,082
views
views
12
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
607,224
views
views
13
Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
595,922
views
views
14
Raphaël Glucksmann
French film director, journalist and politician
591,625
views
views
15
Hannah Fry
British mathematician and TV presenter (1984-)
531,585
views
views
16
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
527,483
views
views
17
Michael Dell
American businessman and CEO (born 1965)
508,251
views
views
18
Karl Deisseroth
American optogeneticist
486,321
views
views
19
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
484,157
views
views
20
Margaret Hamilton
American mathematician and designer of embedded computer systems (1936–2026)
471,568
views
views
21
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
450,156
views
views
22
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
438,798
views
views
23
Miranda Hart
English comedian
438,284
views
views
24
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
427,577
views
views
25
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
425,730
views
views
26
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
419,815
views
views
27
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
417,864
views
views
28
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
398,958
views
views
29
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
388,885
views
views
30
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
378,021
views
views
31
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
377,215
views
views
32
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
357,069
views
views
33
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
356,275
views
views
34
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
353,523
views
views
35
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
348,345
views
views
36
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
347,609
views
views
37
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
321,410
views
views
38
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
French left-wing populist politician (born 1951)
313,329
views
views
39
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
313,205
views
views
40
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
304,921
views
views
41
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
303,710
views
views
42
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
294,545
views
views
43
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
290,409
views
views
44
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
290,352
views
views
45
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
289,489
views
views
46
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
286,712
views
views
47
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic
285,548
views
views
48
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
283,539
views
views
49
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
278,331
views
views
50
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
277,354
views
views
51
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
274,220
views
views
52
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
272,015
views
views
53
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
271,880
views
views
54
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
270,343
views
views
55
Francis Halzen
Belgian-American astrophysicist
268,914
views
views
56
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
268,607
views
views
57
Henry Murray
American psychologist and academic (1893–1988)
263,493
views
views
58
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
254,961
views
views
59
Frances Haugen
American data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower
254,387
views
views
60
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
254,298
views
views
61
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
253,876
views
views
62
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
252,226
views
views
63
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
251,924
views
views
64
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
250,625
views
views
65
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
249,499
views
views
66
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
243,160
views
views
67
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
242,297
views
views
68
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
236,905
views
views
69
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
234,233
views
views
70
Dennis Hastert
American politician and criminal (1942–2026)
234,163
views
views
71
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
230,809
views
views
72
Helen Haines
Australian nurse, health researcher and politician
228,105
views
views
73
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
228,054
views
views
74
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
227,093
views
views
75
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
226,662
views
views
76
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
225,374
views
views
77
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
225,327
views
views
78
Henri B. Kagan
French chemist
224,601
views
views
79
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
221,902
views
views
80
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
221,718
views
views
81
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
219,918
views
views
82
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
219,123
views
views
83
Larry Ellison
American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)
219,077
views
views
84
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
215,087
views
views
85
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
214,748
views
views
86
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
212,149
views
views
87
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
210,370
views
views
88
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
207,109
views
views
89
Brigitte Macron
French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
206,849
views
views
90
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
206,189
views
views
91
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
204,628
views
views
92
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
203,376
views
views
93
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
201,564
views
views
94
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
201,315
views
views
95
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
198,269
views
views
96
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
197,637
views
views
97
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
193,407
views
views
98
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
192,213
views
views
99
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
190,999
views
views
100
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American politician (born 1989)
189,257
views
views