Trending Geologists in USA — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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351,735
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
59,174
views
views
2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
38,322
views
views
3
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
21,874
views
views
4
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
20,894
views
views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
16,723
views
views
6
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
10,099
views
views
7
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
9,392
views
views
8
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
9,110
views
views
9
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
7,553
views
views
10
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
7,291
views
views
11
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
6,790
views
views
12
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
5,921
views
views
13
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
5,554
views
views
14
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
5,416
views
views
15
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
4,916
views
views
16
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
4,528
views
views
17
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
4,187
views
views
18
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
4,103
views
views
19
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
3,951
views
views
20
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
3,543
views
views
21
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
3,010
views
views
22
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
2,782
views
views
23
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
2,749
views
views
24
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
2,645
views
views
25
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
2,641
views
views
26
Jeremy Valeriote
Canadian Politician
2,508
views
views
27
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
2,456
views
views
28
Judith Curry
American climatologist
2,302
views
views
29
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
2,268
views
views
30
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
2,268
views
views
31
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
2,236
views
views
32
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
2,174
views
views
33
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
2,124
views
views
34
Humphry Davy
British chemist
2,069
views
views
35
Andrew Weaver
Canadian scientist and politician
1,982
views
views
36
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
1,954
views
views
37
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
1,828
views
views
38
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
1,764
views
views
39
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
1,636
views
views
40
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
1,611
views
views
41
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
1,594
views
views
42
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
1,500
views
views
43
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
1,485
views
views
44
Matthew Fontaine Maury
United States Navy officer
1,485
views
views
45
Barry Voight
American geologist
1,469
views
views
46
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
1,454
views
views
47
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
1,438
views
views
48
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
1,339
views
views
49
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
1,320
views
views
50
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
1,285
views
views
51
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
1,259
views
views
52
Jane Francis
British paleoclimatologist
1,242
views
views
53
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
1,191
views
views
54
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
1,181
views
views
55
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
1,180
views
views
56
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
1,158
views
views
57
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
1,130
views
views
58
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
1,116
views
views
59
Joseph Thomson
Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)
1,070
views
views
60
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
1,066
views
views
61
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
1,047
views
views
62
James Smithson
British chemist
1,024
views
views
63
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
1,003
views
views
64
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
995
views
views
65
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
986
views
views
66
Grover Krantz
American biological anthropologist (1931–2002)
985
views
views
67
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
968
views
views
68
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Sri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)
956
views
views
69
James Rollins
American writer (born 1961)
928
views
views
70
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
917
views
views
71
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
896
views
views
72
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
896
views
views
73
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
895
views
views
74
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
893
views
views
75
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
873
views
views
76
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803)
863
views
views
77
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
817
views
views
78
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
806
views
views
79
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
770
views
views
80
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
767
views
views
81
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
764
views
views
82
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
752
views
views
83
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
730
views
views
84
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
710
views
views
85
Harry Oakes
British philanthropist (1874–1943)
706
views
views
86
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
693
views
views
87
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
691
views
views
88
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944–2022)
663
views
views
89
Kathryn D. Sullivan
American astronaut (born 1951)
660
views
views
90
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
649
views
views
91
Ulysses S. Grant IV
American geologist and paleontologist (1893-1977)
630
views
views
92
Tony Hayward
British businessman
630
views
views
93
George Band
English mountain climber (1929–2011)
630
views
views
94
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
626
views
views
95
Hans-Dieter Sues
German-born U.S. paleontologist
614
views
views
96
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
609
views
views
97
Gerta Keller
American geologist and paleontologist
607
views
views
98
Paul Sereno
American paleontologist (born 1957)
605
views
views
99
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
591
views
views
100
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering Steller's Sea Lion
580
views
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