Trending Chemists in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed chemists this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Margaret Thatcher.
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Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
459
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
284
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Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
256
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4
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
214
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Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
174
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Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
174
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7
David Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)
125
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8
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
94
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9
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
91
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10
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
91
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11
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
86
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12
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
76
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13
Patrick Arnold
American chemist
71
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14
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
69
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15
Fred Chase Koch
American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (1900–1967)
68
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16
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
66
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17
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
65
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18
Betül Kaçar
Turkish-American astrobiologist (born 1983)
61
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19
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
60
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20
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
60
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21
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
57
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22
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
50
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23
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
48
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24
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
47
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25
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
46
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26
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
44
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27
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
43
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28
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
39
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29
Margaret Beckett
British politician (born 1943)
38
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30
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
37
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31
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
36
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32
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
36
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33
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
35
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34
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
35
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35
Harrison Ruffin Tyler
American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
34
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36
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
33
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37
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
32
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38
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
31
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39
Kevan M. Shokat
American biochemist
31
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40
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
30
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41
Peter Douglas
American film producer
27
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42
Eli Lilly
American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist
26
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43
Antony Kidman
Australian academic and father of Nicole Kidman (1938-2014)
25
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44
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
25
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45
George Koval
American and Soviet intelligence officer (1913–2006)
24
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46
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
24
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47
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
23
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48
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
23
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49
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
22
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50
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
20
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51
Sidney Gottlieb
American chemist (1918–1999)
20
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52
Frederick Banting
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
20
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53
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
19
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54
Henry Cavendish
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
19
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55
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
19
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56
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
18
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57
Katalin Karikó
Hungarian biochemist
18
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58
Gordon Moore
American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
18
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59
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
18
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60
Owsley Stanley
American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011)
18
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61
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
18
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62
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
17
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63
Henry Wedler
American chemist and entrepreneur
17
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64
Michael Polanyi
Hungarian-British polymath (1891–1976)
17
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65
Charles M. Lieber
American chemist (1959-)
17
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66
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
16
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67
Mr. Freeze
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
16
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68
Daniel Etim Effiong
Nigerian actor, scriptwriter and film director
16
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69
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
16
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70
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
16
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71
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
15
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72
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
15
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73
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
15
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74
Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz
Mexican chemical engineer
15
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75
Eugène Schueller
French chemist and businessman (1881–1957)
15
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76
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
15
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77
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist (1918–2013)
15
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78
Frank Olson
American chemist (1910-1953)
15
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79
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
15
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80
Nigel Braun
Canadian YouTuber (born 1991)
15
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81
Richard Lerner
American chemist (1938–2021)
14
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82
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
14
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83
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
14
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84
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
14
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85
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Kashmiri politician (1905-1982)
14
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86
Agathodaemon
mythological serpent
14
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87
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
14
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88
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
13
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89
Donella Meadows
American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer (1941–2001)
13
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90
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
13
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91
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
13
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92
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
13
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93
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
13
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94
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
13
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95
Francis Collins
American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
13
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96
Kary Mullis
American biochemist (1944–2019)
13
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97
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
12
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98
Gregory L. Verdine
American chemical biologist
12
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99
August Kekulé
German organic chemist (1829–1896)
12
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100
Rupert Sheldrake
English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
12
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