Trending Scientists this week
The 98 most-viewed scientists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anthony Fauci.
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Ranked
4,937,726
Total Views (this week)
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Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
431,033
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2
Jean Grey
fictional character in Marvel Comics
290,472
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3
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
290,372
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4
Andy Burnham
Leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2026
158,640
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views
5
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
146,496
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views
6
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
135,817
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views
7
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
130,047
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views
8
Abdul El-Sayed
American public health professor
118,756
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9
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
88,826
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10
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
78,645
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views
11
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
72,889
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views
12
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
71,068
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views
13
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
70,281
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views
14
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
59,741
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views
15
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
59,366
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views
16
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
54,653
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views
17
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
50,880
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views
18
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
47,960
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views
19
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
47,140
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views
20
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
46,694
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views
21
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
44,913
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views
22
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
43,946
views
views
23
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
42,900
views
views
24
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
42,475
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views
25
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
41,949
views
views
26
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
40,419
views
views
27
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
40,248
views
views
28
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
39,470
views
views
29
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
39,157
views
views
30
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
38,780
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views
31
Jason Arday
British sociologist
38,546
views
views
32
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
38,382
views
views
33
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
38,341
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views
34
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
38,280
views
views
35
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
38,116
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views
36
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
37,998
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views
37
Alberto Fujimori
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
37,287
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views
38
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
36,805
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views
39
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
36,706
views
views
40
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
36,538
views
views
41
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)
36,373
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views
42
Sammy Hagar
American rock singer
35,374
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views
43
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
35,356
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views
44
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
34,609
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views
45
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
34,150
views
views
46
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
34,126
views
views
47
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
33,757
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views
48
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
33,638
views
views
49
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
33,580
views
views
50
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
33,575
views
views
51
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
33,104
views
views
52
Justin Trudeau
23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
33,073
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views
53
S. Venkitaramanan
Indian economist, (1931-2023)
32,882
views
views
54
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
32,377
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views
55
Geoff Hamilton
British gardener (1936-1996)
32,261
views
views
56
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
32,034
views
views
57
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
31,985
views
views
58
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
31,854
views
views
59
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Hong Wang
Chinese mathematician (1991–)
31,716
views
views
60
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
31,113
views
views
61
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
31,083
views
views
62
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
30,549
views
views
63
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
30,509
views
views
64
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
30,120
views
views
65
Elaine Chao
18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
29,687
views
views
66
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
29,590
views
views
67
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
29,565
views
views
68
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,009
views
views
69
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
28,603
views
views
70
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
28,470
views
views
71
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
28,410
views
views
72
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
28,175
views
views
73
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
28,127
views
views
74
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
27,932
views
views
75
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
27,850
views
views
76
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
27,585
views
views
77
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
27,493
views
views
78
Patrick Stewart
British actor (born 1940)
27,235
views
views
79
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
27,129
views
views
80
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
26,770
views
views
81
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
26,681
views
views
82
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
26,635
views
views
83
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
26,271
views
views
84
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
25,990
views
views
85
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
25,937
views
views
86
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
25,751
views
views
87
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
25,685
views
views
88
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
25,208
views
views
89
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
25,155
views
views
90
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
25,074
views
views
91
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
25,058
views
views
92
Pavel Durov
technology entrepreneur (born 1984)
25,049
views
views
93
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
24,922
views
views
94
Bernie Sanders
United States Senator from Vermont
24,865
views
views
95
Ann Widdecombe
British politician and media personality (1947–2026)
24,508
views
views
96
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
24,382
views
views
97
Emma Frost
fictional character in Marvel Comics
24,350
views
views
98
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
24,345
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