Trending Linguists in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed linguists this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin.
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329,355
Total Views (this week)
Country
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1
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
38,341
views
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2
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
25,685
views
views
3
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
22,828
views
views
4
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
14,103
views
views
5
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
12,267
views
views
6
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
11,565
views
views
7
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
10,294
views
views
8
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
7,341
views
views
9
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
7,244
views
views
10
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792β1822)
6,393
views
views
11
JosΓ© Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861β1896)
6,138
views
views
12
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343β1400)
6,007
views
views
13
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912β1998)
5,539
views
views
14
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
5,516
views
views
15
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906β1989)
5,494
views
views
16
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771β1832)
4,421
views
views
17
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709β1784)
4,034
views
views
18
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932β2016)
3,820
views
views
19
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
3,755
views
views
20
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
3,620
views
views
21
Jane Hawking
British author
3,523
views
views
22
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
3,520
views
views
23
Susie Dent
English lexicographer
3,349
views
views
24
Andrew Melville
Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer
2,858
views
views
25
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
2,762
views
views
26
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795β1881)
2,745
views
views
27
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878β1972)
2,696
views
views
28
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
2,634
views
views
29
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified info
2,532
views
views
30
Haakon Chevalier
American translator, writer and academic (1901β1985)
2,444
views
views
31
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the m
2,389
views
views
32
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880β1956)
2,316
views
views
33
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
2,296
views
views
34
William Caxton
English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer
2,256
views
views
35
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
2,221
views
views
36
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
2,159
views
views
37
David Mitchell (author)
English novelist (b. 1969)
2,145
views
views
38
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914β2000)
2,130
views
views
39
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
2,090
views
views
40
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939β2013)
2,081
views
views
41
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891β1942)
2,027
views
views
42
Daniel Everett
American linguist (born 1951)
2,025
views
views
43
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922β1999)
1,994
views
views
44
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
1,890
views
views
45
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
1,889
views
views
46
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821β1890)
1,826
views
views
47
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
1,821
views
views
48
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta
West African princess
1,792
views
views
49
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973β1048)
1,653
views
views
50
Katharine Gun
translator and whistle-blower
1,596
views
views
51
Vyvyan Holland
British author, translator (1886β1967)
1,585
views
views
52
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739β1791)
1,554
views
views
53
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
1,530
views
views
54
Tarak Mehta
Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright (1929-2017)
1,526
views
views
55
JosΓ© MartΓ
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
1,499
views
views
56
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
1,473
views
views
57
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733β1804)
1,420
views
views
58
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
1,400
views
views
59
Roger Williams
English Baptist theologian and author (1603β1683)
1,360
views
views
60
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
1,353
views
views
61
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
1,342
views
views
62
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopΓ¦dist (1713β1784)
1,328
views
views
63
Angela Carter
English novelist (1940β1992)
1,244
views
views
64
George Chapman
16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator
1,225
views
views
65
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857β1913)
1,221
views
views
66
Jean Hersholt
Danish-American actor (1886β1956)
1,199
views
views
67
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
1,182
views
views
68
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785β1863)
1,177
views
views
69
Robert Fitzgerald
American poet, critic and translator (1910β1985)
1,163
views
views
70
Patanjali
ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
1,133
views
views
71
Julio CortΓ‘zar
Argentine writer and translator (1914β1984)
1,127
views
views
72
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
1,124
views
views
73
Noah Webster
American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
1,110
views
views
74
Panini
ancient philologist who standardized classical Sanskrit through grammatical rules
1,098
views
views
75
John Searle
American philosopher (1932β2025)
1,064
views
views
76
Mamah Borthwick
American translator (1869β1914)
1,062
views
views
77
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
1,058
views
views
78
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931β1989)
1,021
views
views
79
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900β2000)
1,020
views
views
80
Apollonius of Rhodes
3rd century BC Greek epic poet
1,012
views
views
81
John McWhorter
American academic and linguist
991
views
views
82
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
981
views
views
83
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
961
views
views
84
Ravan A. G. FarhΓ’di
Afghanistani tajik politician
952
views
views
85
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
948
views
views
86
E. V. Rieu
British poet (1887-1972)
928
views
views
87
Gary Marcus
American psycholinguist
909
views
views
88
Titus Brandsma
Dutch Carmelite friar, Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and saint (1881β1942)
909
views
views
89
Franz Miklosich
Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891)
895
views
views
90
John Tzetzes
Byzantine poet and writer (c.1110β1180)
880
views
views
91
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
880
views
views
92
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
875
views
views
93
Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi
Indian linguist (1916-2008)
845
views
views
94
David J. Peterson
American conlanger, writer, and artist (born 1981)
845
views
views
95
KΕ«kai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774β835)
844
views
views
96
Albert Gallatin
Swiss and American politician, diplomat and scholar (1761-1849)
841
views
views
97
Josef Ε kvoreckΓ½
Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924-2012)
828
views
views
98
HalldΓ³r Laxness
Icelandic author (1902-1998)
801
views
views
99
Thomas De Quincey
British author (1785-1859)
795
views
views
100
Friedrich Max MΓΌller
German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823β1900)
773
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