Trending Astronomers in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed astronomers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Stephen Hawking. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,626,465
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
221,479
views
views
2
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
168,737
views
views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
165,189
views
views
4
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
164,228
views
views
5
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
106,139
views
views
6
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
88,414
views
views
7
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
87,144
views
views
8
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
73,242
views
views
9
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
70,127
views
views
10
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
64,776
views
views
11
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
57,091
views
views
12
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
53,097
views
views
13
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
49,833
views
views
14
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
46,283
views
views
15
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
36,874
views
views
16
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
35,550
views
views
17
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
34,612
views
views
18
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
33,179
views
views
19
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
32,133
views
views
20
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
31,919
views
views
21
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
31,560
views
views
22
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
29,340
views
views
23
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
27,843
views
views
24
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
27,189
views
views
25
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
26,349
views
views
26
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
26,064
views
views
27
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
25,593
views
views
28
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
24,092
views
views
29
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
22,704
views
views
30
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
22,127
views
views
31
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
21,790
views
views
32
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
20,965
views
views
33
John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
19,548
views
views
34
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.
19,333
views
views
35
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
17,966
views
views
36
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
17,495
views
views
37
Aryabhata
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
16,816
views
views
38
Georges Lemaître
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
15,933
views
views
39
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
14,900
views
views
40
Omar Khayyám
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
14,740
views
views
41
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
14,557
views
views
42
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
13,895
views
views
43
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
13,864
views
views
44
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
13,857
views
views
45
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
13,549
views
views
46
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
13,269
views
views
47
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
13,130
views
views
48
Max Tegmark
Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist
13,097
views
views
49
Ibn al-Haytham
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
12,973
views
views
50
Christopher Wren
English architect (1632–1723)
12,199
views
views
51
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
12,043
views
views
52
Laura Overdeck
American maths education entrepreneur
11,872
views
views
53
Jacques Vallée
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher
11,583
views
views
54
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
11,472
views
views
55
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
10,991
views
views
56
Robert H. Goddard
American physicist
10,769
views
views
57
Jane Foster
fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
10,621
views
views
58
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
10,606
views
views
59
Tim Russ
American actor
10,282
views
views
60
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
10,178
views
views
61
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
10,165
views
views
62
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
9,988
views
views
63
Alastair Reynolds
British science fiction author (born 1966)
9,626
views
views
64
Johann Georg Faust
German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
9,498
views
views
65
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
9,469
views
views
66
Idris
prophet
9,134
views
views
67
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
9,075
views
views
68
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
8,976
views
views
69
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
8,916
views
views
70
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
8,737
views
views
71
Siméon Denis Poisson
French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)
8,727
views
views
72
Toghon Temür
Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
8,694
views
views
73
Maggie Aderin
British space scientist
8,537
views
views
74
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
8,386
views
views
75
John Harrison
British clockworker
8,317
views
views
76
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
8,304
views
views
77
John Archibald Wheeler
American physicist (1911-2008)
8,252
views
views
78
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)
8,239
views
views
79
Vasiṣṭha
ancient Indian sage
7,979
views
views
80
Brahmagupta
Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)
7,902
views
views
81
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
7,861
views
views
82
John of Damascus
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
7,775
views
views
83
John Frederick William Herschel
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
7,615
views
views
84
Fritz Zwicky
Swiss astronomer (1898–1974)
7,582
views
views
85
Fred Hoyle
British astronomer (1915–2001)
7,548
views
views
86
Benjamin Banneker
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)
7,487
views
views
87
Nergis Mavalvala
Pakistani-American quantum astrophysicist
7,435
views
views
88
Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
7,242
views
views
89
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
7,170
views
views
90
Arthur Eddington
British astrophysicist (1882-1944)
7,142
views
views
91
Sean M. Carroll
American theoretical cosmologist
7,054
views
views
92
Lawrence M. Krauss
American particle physicist and cosmologist
7,029
views
views
93
Clifford Stoll
American astronomer
7,011
views
views
94
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
6,825
views
views
95
Ulugh Beg
Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
6,730
views
views
96
John Napier
Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
6,640
views
views
97
Erik Selvig
fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
6,610
views
views
98
Jabir ibn Hayyan
8th-century Islamic alchemist and author
6,605
views
views
99
Hakeem Oluseyi
American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author
6,587
views
views
100
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
British-born American astronomer
6,396
views
views