Trending Philosophers in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein.
100
Ranked
4,871,429
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
140,641
views
views
2
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
128,797
views
views
3
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
125,446
views
views
4
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
106,183
views
views
5
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
101,950
views
views
6
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
98,071
views
views
7
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
97,243
views
views
8
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
95,232
views
views
9
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,430
views
views
10
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
89,381
views
views
11
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
83,911
views
views
12
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
82,361
views
views
13
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
81,334
views
views
14
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
80,209
views
views
15
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
78,884
views
views
16
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
77,998
views
views
17
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935β2024)
77,891
views
views
18
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
76,950
views
views
19
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
71,772
views
views
20
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
71,701
views
views
21
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
70,590
views
views
22
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
69,216
views
views
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
67,445
views
views
24
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919β2007) Un gran hombre
64,718
views
views
25
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
63,485
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
63,375
views
views
27
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
62,493
views
views
28
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
61,342
views
views
29
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
60,891
views
views
30
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
54,234
views
views
31
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
52,815
views
views
32
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
51,541
views
views
33
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
50,335
views
views
34
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
50,185
views
views
35
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
49,598
views
views
36
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905β1982)
48,962
views
views
37
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
46,447
views
views
38
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884β1962)
46,244
views
views
39
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
45,696
views
views
40
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902β1974)
45,577
views
views
41
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
45,202
views
views
42
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
44,554
views
views
43
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
44,347
views
views
44
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
42,568
views
views
45
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
42,214
views
views
46
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
41,304
views
views
47
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751β1836)
40,655
views
views
48
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
40,202
views
views
49
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
40,151
views
views
50
Krishna
major deity in Hinduism, worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right
40,063
views
views
51
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
39,674
views
views
52
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
38,739
views
views
53
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
37,602
views
views
54
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
37,345
views
views
55
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
37,253
views
views
56
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
37,130
views
views
57
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225β1274)
36,435
views
views
58
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
35,925
views
views
59
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
35,290
views
views
60
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928β1982)
34,728
views
views
61
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
34,465
views
views
62
Henry Rollins
American musician
34,212
views
views
63
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
33,931
views
views
64
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
33,848
views
views
65
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874β1926)
33,774
views
views
66
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922β2007)
32,265
views
views
67
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
32,040
views
views
68
Michael Stipe
American musician
29,468
views
views
69
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
29,324
views
views
70
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
28,707
views
views
71
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
28,501
views
views
72
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
28,316
views
views
73
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
28,298
views
views
74
Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919β2014)
27,903
views
views
75
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
27,898
views
views
76
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694β1778)
27,348
views
views
77
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106β43 BC)
27,340
views
views
78
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927β2023)
27,334
views
views
79
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
27,165
views
views
80
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832β1898)
27,017
views
views
81
Rumi
Iranian poet
26,370
views
views
82
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906β1975)
26,016
views
views
83
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868β1963)
25,787
views
views
84
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
25,785
views
views
85
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
25,490
views
views
86
RenΓ© Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596β1650)
25,390
views
views
87
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894β1963)
25,382
views
views
88
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
25,330
views
views
89
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
25,289
views
views
90
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915β1973)
25,219
views
views
91
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
25,185
views
views
92
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
24,938
views
views
93
George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819β1880)
24,903
views
views
94
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813β1855)
24,897
views
views
95
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
24,698
views
views
96
Chad Ripperger
American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
24,275
views
views
97
Iain Banks
Scottish writer (1954β2013)
24,197
views
views
98
Kurt GΓΆdel
Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906β1978)
23,806
views
views
99
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
23,750
views
views
100
Pliny the Elder
Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24β79)
23,613
views
views
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