Trending Swimmers — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed swimmers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Timothy Olyphant. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
3,895,625
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Timothy Olyphant
American actor
385,222
views
views
2
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
205,886
views
views
3
Michael Phelps
American swimmer (born 1985)
172,956
views
views
4
大橋信
Japanese swimmer (born 2009)
133,723
views
views
5
Sarah Storey
British swimmer, track and road cyclist
115,357
views
views
6
Cody Simpson
Australian singer
114,301
views
views
7
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
109,634
views
views
8
Lauren Steadman
Paralympic athlete, Paratriathlete
108,811
views
views
9
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Zimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer; wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
101,931
views
views
10
Gertrude Ederle
American swimmer (1905–2003)
100,092
views
views
11
Thomas Kretschmann
German actor (born 1962)
80,968
views
views
12
Riley Gaines
American swimmer
77,474
views
views
13
Katherine Langford
Australian actress (born 1996)
63,438
views
views
14
Eddie Hall
British strongman
61,636
views
views
15
Katie Ledecky
American Olympic swimmer
58,237
views
views
16
Rikako Ikee
Japanese swimmer
55,685
views
views
17
Esther Williams
American swimmer, actress and singer (1921–2013)
51,836
views
views
18
Federica Pellegrini
Italian swimmer (1988)
49,416
views
views
19
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)
49,396
views
views
20
Lia Thomas
American swimmer
48,628
views
views
21
Kevin O'Halloran
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1937–1976)
40,760
views
views
22
Léon Marchand
French swimmer
40,685
views
views
23
Ryan Lochte
American swimmer
38,861
views
views
24
Tom Daley
British diver
38,480
views
views
25
Sarah Maria Rizea
Italian synchronized swimmer
37,717
views
views
26
João Havelange
Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916–2016)
36,643
views
views
27
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer
36,273
views
views
28
Wim Hof
Dutch extreme athlete and motivational speaker
36,144
views
views
29
Manon Aubry
French politician (born 1989)
35,042
views
views
30
Franziska van Almsick
German swimmer
34,546
views
views
31
Takahiro Fujimoto
Japanese swimmer
34,468
views
views
32
Marco Pigossi
Brazilian actor, film producer and former swimmer
34,166
views
views
33
Théo Curin
33,079
views
views
34
Ralf Moeller
German actor and bodybuilder
32,211
views
views
35
Estella Warren
Canadian actress, model, and synchronized swimmer
31,735
views
views
36
Mark Spitz
American Olympic swimmer (born 1950)
29,823
views
views
37
Adam Peaty
British swimmer
29,801
views
views
38
Rizza Maniego-Eala
Filipino businesswoman and former swimmer
29,663
views
views
39
Diana Nyad
American long-distance swimmer (born 1949)
29,390
views
views
40
Andrea Kiewel
German television presenter
29,118
views
views
41
Satomi Suzuki
Japanese swimmer
27,268
views
views
42
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administrator
26,639
views
views
43
Summer McIntosh
Canadian swimmer (2006-)
25,339
views
views
44
Eric Moussambani Malonga
Equatoguinean swimmer
23,424
views
views
45
Homer Hickam
American author and engineer (born 1943)
23,309
views
views
46
Kosuke Hagino
Japanese swimmer
23,140
views
views
47
Ryuji Akiyama
Japanese owarai tarento and actor
23,086
views
views
48
Alessia Zecchini
Italian freediver who set world and Italian records
22,345
views
views
49
Kosuke Kitajima
Japanese swimmer
22,085
views
views
50
Paul-Henri Nargeolet
submersible pilot; former head of France's Deep Submersible Program
21,827
views
views
51
Chandler Halderson
American murderer
21,604
views
views
52
Yusra Mardini
German Syrian swimmer
21,600
views
views
53
Manav Kaul
Indian theatre director, playwright, actor, filmmaker and author
21,577
views
views
54
Shavarsh Karapetyan
Soviet swimmer
21,049
views
views
55
Valentina Gómez
Colombian-American far-right politician and activist
20,517
views
views
56
Pan Zhanle
Chinese swimmer
20,488
views
views
57
Richard Stanton
British civilian cave diver who specializes in rescues
20,345
views
views
58
Yu Zidi
Chinese swimmer (2012–)
20,321
views
views
59
Freddie Woodward
English diver
19,512
views
views
60
Zhang Zhanshuo
Chinese swimmer
19,207
views
views
61
John Volanthen
British civilian cave diver who specializes in rescues
19,182
views
views
62
Duke Kahanamoku
American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
18,481
views
views
63
Murlikant Petkar
Indian athlete
18,153
views
views
64
Emma McKeon
Australian swimmer (born 1994)
18,050
views
views
65
Ariarne Titmus
Australian swimmer
18,045
views
views
66
Archie Goodburn
British swimmer
17,156
views
views
67
Betty Cooper
Archie Comics character
17,052
views
views
68
Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer
16,576
views
views
69
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American golfer and athlete
16,532
views
views
70
Mike Burton
American swimmer
16,418
views
views
71
Kane Kosugi
American actor
16,352
views
views
72
Sara Curtis
Italian swimmer
16,321
views
views
73
Katsumi Nakamura
Japanese swimmer
16,264
views
views
74
Herbert Nitsch
Austrian freediver
16,236
views
views
75
David Popovici
Romanian swimmer
15,993
views
views
76
Saman Gunan
Thai diver
15,975
views
views
77
Shane Gould
Australian swimmer
15,971
views
views
78
Michael Klim
Australian swimmer
15,851
views
views
79
Buster Crabbe
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983)
15,790
views
views
80
Tania Cagnotto
Italian diver
15,696
views
views
81
Yui Ohashi
Japanese swimmer
15,465
views
views
82
Nafisa Ali
Indian actress and model
14,940
views
views
83
David Shaw
Australian scuba diver and technical diver (1954-2005)
14,606
views
views
84
Richard Harris
Australian anaesthetist and cave diver
14,513
views
views
85
Ryosuke Irie
Japanese swimmer
14,500
views
views
86
Sharron Davies
British swimmer and politician
14,474
views
views
87
Bill Hunter
Australian actor (1940–2011)
14,259
views
views
88
Daiya Seto
Japanese swimmer
14,220
views
views
89
Ocean Ramsey
American conservationist
14,211
views
views
90
Jacques Mayol
holder of many world records in free diving
14,122
views
views
91
Philippe Croizon
French athlete, first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel
13,968
views
views
92
Tomoru Honda
Japanese swimmer
13,914
views
views
93
Kyoko Iwasaki
Japanese swimmer
13,913
views
views
94
Ross Edgley
British athlete
13,910
views
views
95
Toshiaki Kasuga
Japanese owarai talent, television presenter, bodybuilder, fin swimming player (1979-)
13,715
views
views
96
Lidia Yuknavitch
American writer, teacher and editor based in Oregon
13,677
views
views
97
Tomoyuki Matsushita
Japanese swimmer (born 2005)
13,632
views
views
98
James Rollins
American writer (born 1961)
13,296
views
views
99
Harumi Inoue
Japanese idol
13,222
views
views
100
Scott Miller
Australian swimmer
13,060
views
views