Trending Physicists in Japan — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed physicists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: J. Robert Oppenheimer. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
181,178
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
23,903
views
views
2
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
9,757
views
views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
6,970
views
views
4
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
6,962
views
views
5
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
6,352
views
views
6
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
5,455
views
views
7
Hideki Yukawa
Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)
5,262
views
views
8
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
4,562
views
views
9
Hiroshi Amano
Japanese doctor of engineering and physicist (1960-), 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
4,420
views
views
10
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
4,344
views
views
11
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
3,788
views
views
12
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
3,207
views
views
13
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
3,198
views
views
14
Leo Esaki
Japanese physicist (1925-)
3,071
views
views
15
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
3,042
views
views
16
Naoto Kan
94th Prime Minister of Japan
2,841
views
views
17
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
2,811
views
views
18
Jun Inoue
Japanese actor
2,658
views
views
19
Shuji Nakamura
Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
2,624
views
views
20
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
2,406
views
views
21
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,392
views
views
22
Shinichiro Tomonaga
Japanese physicist (1906-1979)
2,339
views
views
23
Sakuma Shōzan
Japanese politician (1811-1864)
2,321
views
views
24
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
2,281
views
views
25
Akio Morita
Japanese businessman (1921-1999)
2,203
views
views
26
Tsutomu Shimomura
American physicist and computer security expert
1,841
views
views
27
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
1,816
views
views
28
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
1,783
views
views
29
Yasunori Nomura
Japanese theoretical physicist (1974-)
1,603
views
views
30
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
1,541
views
views
31
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
1,435
views
views
32
Werner Heisenberg
German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner (1901–1976)
1,421
views
views
33
Syukuro Manabe
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)
1,360
views
views
34
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
1,335
views
views
35
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
1,329
views
views
36
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
1,328
views
views
37
Torahiko Terada
Japanese physicist (1878–1935)
1,308
views
views
38
Masatoshi Koshiba
Japanese physicist and astronomer (1926-2020)
1,214
views
views
39
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
1,197
views
views
40
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
1,151
views
views
41
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
1,110
views
views
42
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
1,109
views
views
43
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)
1,105
views
views
44
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
1,088
views
views
45
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
1,052
views
views
46
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
1,025
views
views
47
Isamu Akasaki
Japanese engineer (1929-2021)
999
views
views
48
Takaaki Kajita
Japanese physicist and astronomer
970
views
views
49
Yoichiro Nambu
American theoretical physicist (1921-2015)
968
views
views
50
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
967
views
views
51
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
963
views
views
52
Yoshihiko Ōtsuki
Japanese plasma physicist (born 1936)
929
views
views
53
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
901
views
views
54
Klaus Fuchs
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
894
views
views
55
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
883
views
views
56
Masato Sagawa
Japanese physicist (born 1943)
847
views
views
57
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
832
views
views
58
Yamakawa Kenjirō
Japanese physicist (1854-1931)
819
views
views
59
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
Japanese physicist
787
views
views
60
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
766
views
views
61
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
750
views
views
62
Ukichiro Nakaya
Japanese physicist and science essayist known for his work in glaciology and low-temperature sciences (1900-1962)
729
views
views
63
Pierre Curie
French physicist and chemist (1859–1906)
723
views
views
64
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
721
views
views
65
Chihaya Adachi
researcher
668
views
views
66
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
665
views
views
67
Katherine Johnson
African-American mathematician
650
views
views
68
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
650
views
views
69
Toshihide Maskawa
Japanese theoretical physicist (1940–2021)
647
views
views
70
Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist (1845–1923)
615
views
views
71
Irène Joliot-Curie
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
607
views
views
72
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
606
views
views
73
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
582
views
views
74
Frank Oppenheimer
American particle physicist (1912–1985)
574
views
views
75
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
569
views
views
76
Yoshio Nishina
Japanese physicist (1890–1951)
560
views
views
77
Aya Ishihara
Japanese astrophysicist
548
views
views
78
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
534
views
views
79
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
533
views
views
80
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
529
views
views
81
Makoto Gonokami
Japanese teacher
523
views
views
82
Nagaoka Hantarō
Japanese physicist (1865–1950)
498
views
views
83
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906–1978)
497
views
views
84
Makoto Kobayashi
Japanese theoretical physicist (1944–)
493
views
views
85
Yū Kamiwaki
Japanese actress
455
views
views
86
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Japanese physicist (1926-2018)
453
views
views
87
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
447
views
views
88
Kohei Itoh
Japanese physicist, the 19th President of Keio University
446
views
views
89
Leó Szilárd
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
432
views
views
90
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
431
views
views
91
Kōtarō Honda
Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954)
426
views
views
92
Amedeo Avogadro
Italian scientist
425
views
views
93
David Hahn
United States marine (1976-2016)
424
views
views
94
Max Planck
German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)
422
views
views
95
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
422
views
views
96
David Hilbert
German mathematician (1862–1943)
421
views
views
97
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
418
views
views
98
Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
417
views
views
99
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
413
views
views
100
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
410
views
views