Trending Geologists in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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2,530,264
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
318,170
views
views
2
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
225,387
views
views
3
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
172,711
views
views
4
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
155,135
views
views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
109,853
views
views
6
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
79,315
views
views
7
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
66,714
views
views
8
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
61,229
views
views
9
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
61,145
views
views
10
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
58,707
views
views
11
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
54,922
views
views
12
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
52,015
views
views
13
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
48,818
views
views
14
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
38,668
views
views
15
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
33,591
views
views
16
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
32,670
views
views
17
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
31,965
views
views
18
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
31,657
views
views
19
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
28,447
views
views
20
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
27,392
views
views
21
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
27,252
views
views
22
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
26,629
views
views
23
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
25,578
views
views
24
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
24,040
views
views
25
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
23,843
views
views
26
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
23,402
views
views
27
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
21,271
views
views
28
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
19,814
views
views
29
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
19,009
views
views
30
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
17,734
views
views
31
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
16,438
views
views
32
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
15,323
views
views
33
Humphry Davy
British chemist
15,307
views
views
34
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
15,100
views
views
35
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
14,727
views
views
36
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
14,556
views
views
37
Barry Voight
American geologist
14,226
views
views
38
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
13,826
views
views
39
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
13,567
views
views
40
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
13,549
views
views
41
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
13,433
views
views
42
James Smithson
British chemist
12,955
views
views
43
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
12,886
views
views
44
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
12,799
views
views
45
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
11,713
views
views
46
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
11,217
views
views
47
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
10,936
views
views
48
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
10,872
views
views
49
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
10,670
views
views
50
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
10,651
views
views
51
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
10,534
views
views
52
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
10,345
views
views
53
Wes Hildreth
American continental geologist
10,205
views
views
54
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
9,755
views
views
55
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
9,484
views
views
56
Alexander Heron
geologist, explorer (1884-1971)
9,326
views
views
57
Carmen Gaina
professor at University of Oslo
9,256
views
views
58
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
9,250
views
views
59
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
9,193
views
views
60
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
8,872
views
views
61
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
8,528
views
views
62
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
8,369
views
views
63
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
8,330
views
views
64
J Harlen Bretz
American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods (1882-1981)
8,282
views
views
65
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922–1995)
8,211
views
views
66
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
8,142
views
views
67
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
8,051
views
views
68
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
7,962
views
views
69
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
7,928
views
views
70
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
7,737
views
views
71
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
7,733
views
views
72
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
7,374
views
views
73
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
7,235
views
views
74
Judith Curry
American climatologist
7,179
views
views
75
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
6,505
views
views
76
Ulysses S. Grant IV
American geologist and paleontologist (1893-1977)
6,454
views
views
77
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944–2022)
6,267
views
views
78
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
6,201
views
views
79
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
6,151
views
views
80
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
5,930
views
views
81
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
5,852
views
views
82
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
5,773
views
views
83
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803)
5,768
views
views
84
Scott W. Tinker
American geologist
5,656
views
views
85
Beatriz Flamini
Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer
5,626
views
views
86
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
5,486
views
views
87
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
5,395
views
views
88
William Smith
English geologist
5,384
views
views
89
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
5,221
views
views
90
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
5,138
views
views
91
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
5,117
views
views
92
Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist (1831–1899)
5,018
views
views
93
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
4,993
views
views
94
Nathan Myhrvold
former CTO at Microsoft
4,910
views
views
95
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
4,868
views
views
96
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
4,841
views
views
97
Ian Plimer
Australian geologist
4,759
views
views
98
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
4,698
views
views
99
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
4,589
views
views
100
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
4,549
views
views