Trending Scientists this year
The 98 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jeff Bezos.
98
Ranked
15,903,357
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
831,741
views
views
2
Andy Burnham
Leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2026
699,859
views
views
3
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958β2009)
570,312
views
views
4
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
516,062
views
views
5
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902β1984)
477,823
views
views
6
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
463,441
views
views
7
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928β2018)
312,629
views
views
8
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
291,588
views
views
9
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953β2025)
283,448
views
views
10
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
278,247
views
views
11
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
247,745
views
views
12
Jean Grey
fictional character in Marvel Comics
236,699
views
views
13
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996β1999; 2009β2021; 2022βpresent)
224,885
views
views
14
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953β2019)
221,338
views
views
15
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Hong Wang
Chinese mathematician (1991β)
215,771
views
views
16
Abdul El-Sayed
American public health professor
207,770
views
views
17
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
197,830
views
views
18
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
197,196
views
views
19
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
186,218
views
views
20
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
178,490
views
views
21
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
178,457
views
views
22
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926β1962)
173,649
views
views
23
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
173,200
views
views
24
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
156,572
views
views
25
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
155,702
views
views
26
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
155,624
views
views
27
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021β2025)
153,197
views
views
28
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
149,078
views
views
29
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
148,169
views
views
30
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732β1799)
146,328
views
views
31
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858β1919)
144,450
views
views
32
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
144,201
views
views
33
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025β)
143,354
views
views
34
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
140,834
views
views
35
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955β2011)
139,837
views
views
36
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874β1965)
139,379
views
views
37
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904β1967)
138,417
views
views
38
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
137,893
views
views
39
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
137,574
views
views
40
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
137,057
views
views
41
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
135,176
views
views
42
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
133,278
views
views
43
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
131,936
views
views
44
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
131,318
views
views
45
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
130,217
views
views
46
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)
129,799
views
views
47
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
125,800
views
views
48
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC β AD 30 or 33)
123,053
views
views
49
Marina AbramoviΔ
Serbian performance artist (born 1946)
121,434
views
views
50
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932β2011)
121,426
views
views
51
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942β2016)
119,993
views
views
52
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
119,125
views
views
53
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
117,542
views
views
54
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943β2001)
116,425
views
views
55
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889β1977)
114,495
views
views
56
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
112,392
views
views
57
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
111,481
views
views
58
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
111,374
views
views
59
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913β1994)
111,311
views
views
60
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
109,194
views
views
61
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925β2013)
108,955
views
views
62
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
108,024
views
views
63
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
106,574
views
views
64
Jacob Tsimerman
Canadian mathematician (born 1988)
104,605
views
views
65
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
104,318
views
views
66
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
104,259
views
views
67
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
104,074
views
views
68
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
103,825
views
views
69
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942β2018)
103,656
views
views
70
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856β1943)
102,453
views
views
71
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
101,652
views
views
72
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
101,391
views
views
73
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
101,294
views
views
74
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
99,026
views
views
75
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
97,892
views
views
76
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
95,767
views
views
77
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
94,982
views
views
78
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
94,885
views
views
79
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
93,979
views
views
80
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
93,749
views
views
81
John Pardon
American mathematician in geometry and topology
93,608
views
views
82
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
93,501
views
views
83
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908β1973)
92,895
views
views
84
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
92,434
views
views
85
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
91,077
views
views
86
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
90,595
views
views
87
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
90,537
views
views
88
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist and statesman (1931β2015)
90,344
views
views
89
Ann Widdecombe
British politician and media personality (1947β2026)
90,119
views
views
90
Paul Walker
American actor (1973β2013)
90,051
views
views
91
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867β1934)
89,788
views
views
92
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,435
views
views
93
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
88,596
views
views
94
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
88,366
views
views
95
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
87,724
views
views
96
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918β2013)
86,881
views
views
97
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
86,808
views
views
98
Lance Armstrong
cyclist from the United States
86,405
views
views
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