Trending Geologists in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,492,508
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
183,150
views
views
2
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
132,415
views
views
3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
95,792
views
views
4
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
93,654
views
views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
73,195
views
views
6
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
41,572
views
views
7
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
41,087
views
views
8
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
39,079
views
views
9
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
38,283
views
views
10
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
33,049
views
views
11
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
31,919
views
views
12
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
30,794
views
views
13
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
28,692
views
views
14
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
27,472
views
views
15
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
25,593
views
views
16
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
21,554
views
views
17
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
19,779
views
views
18
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
18,920
views
views
19
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
18,658
views
views
20
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
16,754
views
views
21
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
16,711
views
views
22
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
14,780
views
views
23
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
13,836
views
views
24
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
13,732
views
views
25
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
12,771
views
views
26
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
12,563
views
views
27
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
11,991
views
views
28
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
11,784
views
views
29
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
11,523
views
views
30
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
10,165
views
views
31
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
9,661
views
views
32
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
9,645
views
views
33
Humphry Davy
British chemist
9,261
views
views
34
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
8,708
views
views
35
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
8,374
views
views
36
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
8,304
views
views
37
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
8,283
views
views
38
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
8,266
views
views
39
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
7,805
views
views
40
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
7,573
views
views
41
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
7,429
views
views
42
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
7,423
views
views
43
James Smithson
British chemist
7,258
views
views
44
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
7,004
views
views
45
Barry Voight
American geologist
6,876
views
views
46
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
6,541
views
views
47
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
6,476
views
views
48
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
6,324
views
views
49
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
6,270
views
views
50
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
6,266
views
views
51
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
5,941
views
views
52
Wes Hildreth
American continental geologist
5,866
views
views
53
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
5,697
views
views
54
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
5,604
views
views
55
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
5,532
views
views
56
Carmen Gaina
professor at University of Oslo
5,506
views
views
57
Alexander Heron
geologist, explorer (1884-1971)
5,443
views
views
58
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
5,154
views
views
59
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
5,142
views
views
60
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
5,027
views
views
61
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
4,902
views
views
62
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
4,879
views
views
63
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
4,870
views
views
64
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
4,775
views
views
65
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
4,768
views
views
66
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
4,758
views
views
67
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
4,750
views
views
68
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
4,613
views
views
69
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
4,380
views
views
70
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
4,155
views
views
71
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
4,120
views
views
72
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944–2022)
3,961
views
views
73
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
3,939
views
views
74
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
3,697
views
views
75
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803)
3,682
views
views
76
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
3,639
views
views
77
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
3,549
views
views
78
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922–1995)
3,542
views
views
79
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
3,418
views
views
80
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
3,372
views
views
81
Judith Curry
American climatologist
3,365
views
views
82
Ulysses S. Grant IV
American geologist and paleontologist (1893-1977)
3,224
views
views
83
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
3,205
views
views
84
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
3,185
views
views
85
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
3,144
views
views
86
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
3,083
views
views
87
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
3,028
views
views
88
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
2,990
views
views
89
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
2,961
views
views
90
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
2,956
views
views
91
Michel Siffre
French cave explorer (1939–2024)
2,892
views
views
92
Andrew Weaver
Canadian scientist and politician
2,862
views
views
93
J Harlen Bretz
American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods (1882-1981)
2,830
views
views
94
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
2,819
views
views
95
Nathan Myhrvold
former CTO at Microsoft
2,770
views
views
96
Ian Plimer
Australian geologist
2,755
views
views
97
Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist (1831–1899)
2,752
views
views
98
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
2,707
views
views
99
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
2,660
views
views
100
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
2,625
views
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