Trending Chemists in Russia this year
The 100 most-viewed chemists this year on Wikipedia (Russia). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Avicenna.
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36,998
Total Views (this year)
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Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
4,212
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2
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
2,324
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3
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
1,738
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4
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,507
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5
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
1,453
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6
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
1,311
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7
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
1,309
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8
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
1,253
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9
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
1,251
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10
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,243
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11
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,107
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12
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
937
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13
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
641
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14
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
633
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15
Natalya Guseva
Soviet child actress
628
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16
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
618
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17
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist
585
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18
Boris Grigoryev
449
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19
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
435
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20
Irina Toneva
Russian musician
428
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21
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
391
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22
Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina
wife of Yuri Gagarin (1935-2020)
344
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views
23
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
344
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24
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
326
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25
Michael Denton
British-Australian author and biochemist
323
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26
Nikolay Morozov
Russian revolutionary, scientist, writer
322
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27
Alexander Kabanov
Russian-American chemist
320
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28
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
301
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29
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
287
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30
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
280
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31
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
272
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32
Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
Russian chemist and photographer (1863–1944)
264
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33
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
261
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34
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
255
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35
Iona Yakir
Soviet military commander (1896–1937)
247
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36
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
241
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37
Sergey Kara-Murza
Soviet and Russian chemist
235
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38
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
233
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39
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
228
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40
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
221
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41
Yuri Zhdanov
Russian chemist (1919-2006)
211
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42
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
210
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43
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
198
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44
Grigory Rodchenkov
former Russian doping executive
181
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45
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
180
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46
Yulii Khariton
Soviet physicist (1904-1996)
179
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47
George Gamow
Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968)
171
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48
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
169
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49
Nikolai Kibalchich
Ukrainian revolutionary and scientist (1853-1881)
156
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50
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
147
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51
Yakov Zeldovich
Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)
147
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52
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
147
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53
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
146
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54
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
146
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55
Tatyana Frunze
Russian chemist
145
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56
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
144
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views
57
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
143
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58
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
140
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59
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
137
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60
Anatoly Vasiliev
Russian theatre director
136
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61
Artem Oganov
Russian crystallographer, chemist and materials scientist
135
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62
Alexander Chizhevsky
interdisciplinary scientist and cosmist (1897-1964)
132
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63
Max Factor
American businessman (1872–1938)
131
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64
Olga Ulyanova
niece of Vladimir Lenin (1922-2011)
129
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65
Ilya Prigogine
Russian-Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)
128
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66
Nikolay Semyonov
Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986)
126
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67
Anatole Klyosov
Russian biochemist
121
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68
Alexander Butlerov
Russian chemist (1828-1886)
116
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69
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
115
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70
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
113
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71
Abu Bakr al-Razi
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
112
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72
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
109
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73
Morbius
fictional character in Marvel Comics
108
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74
Boris Zbarsky
106
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75
Henri Becquerel
French physicist (1852–1908)
106
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76
Alexander Abramov
Russian businessman (1959)
106
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77
Rudolf Erich Raspe
German author and scientist (1736–1794)
105
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views
78
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
104
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79
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
103
views
views
80
Arnold Deutsch
Austrian spy (1904–1942)
102
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views
81
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
101
views
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82
Mykola Zelinsky
Ukranian chemist (1861–1953)
100
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83
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
99
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84
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
94
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85
Nina Andreyeva
Russian chemist, teacher, author, political activist, and social critic (1938-2020)
93
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86
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
89
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87
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
88
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88
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
88
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89
Grigory Mairanovsky
Soviet biochemist who started NKVD poison study program (1899–1964)
88
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90
Fyodor Volkenstein
Soviet scientist (1908-1985)
85
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91
Joachim Sauer
German chemist and former Second Gentleman of Germany
85
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92
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
81
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93
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
79
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94
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
78
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95
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)
78
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96
Valery V. Fokin
American chemist
76
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97
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
76
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98
Alexander Fersman
Russian mineralogist (1883–1945)
76
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99
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
75
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100
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
72
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