Trending Scientists in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed scientists this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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1,650,178
Total Views (this week)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
161,886
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2
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
64,346
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3
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
44,821
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views
4
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
37,300
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views
5
Kevin Warsh
American governor of the Federal Reserve Board
35,960
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views
6
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
33,797
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views
7
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
31,562
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views
8
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
27,473
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views
9
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
26,216
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views
10
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
24,140
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views
11
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
24,086
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views
12
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
23,711
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views
13
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
23,576
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views
14
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
22,248
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views
15
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
20,661
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views
16
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
20,573
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views
17
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
20,320
views
views
18
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
19,301
views
views
19
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
19,300
views
views
20
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
19,119
views
views
21
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
18,066
views
views
22
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
17,764
views
views
23
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
16,985
views
views
24
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
16,795
views
views
25
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
16,538
views
views
26
Wendell Pierce
American actor and businessman
15,943
views
views
27
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
15,873
views
views
28
Pippa Bacca
Italian artist (1974–2008)
15,504
views
views
29
Jon Batiste
American musician and singer (b. 1986)
15,291
views
views
30
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
15,224
views
views
31
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
15,082
views
views
32
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
14,963
views
views
33
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
14,799
views
views
34
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
14,796
views
views
35
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
14,789
views
views
36
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
14,622
views
views
37
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
14,587
views
views
38
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
14,371
views
views
39
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
14,087
views
views
40
Gregg Allman
American musician (1947–2017)
14,073
views
views
41
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
13,791
views
views
42
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
13,730
views
views
43
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
13,613
views
views
44
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
13,503
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views
45
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
13,493
views
views
46
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
13,210
views
views
47
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
13,122
views
views
48
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
12,765
views
views
49
Andrej Karpathy
Slovakian-Canadian AI researcher (born 1986)
12,303
views
views
50
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
12,287
views
views
51
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
12,142
views
views
52
Tiffany Trump
American socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
11,940
views
views
53
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
11,898
views
views
54
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
11,797
views
views
55
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
11,781
views
views
56
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
11,659
views
views
57
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
11,464
views
views
58
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
11,282
views
views
59
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
11,265
views
views
60
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
11,140
views
views
61
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
11,061
views
views
62
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
10,968
views
views
63
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
10,802
views
views
64
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
10,798
views
views
65
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
10,747
views
views
66
Miguel Díaz-Canel
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
10,668
views
views
67
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
10,582
views
views
68
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
10,568
views
views
69
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
10,568
views
views
70
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
10,450
views
views
71
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
10,447
views
views
72
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
10,404
views
views
73
Luigi Mangione
American suspect of the assassination of Brian Thompson
10,345
views
views
74
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
10,317
views
views
75
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
10,310
views
views
76
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
10,285
views
views
77
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
10,063
views
views
78
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
9,979
views
views
79
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
9,852
views
views
80
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
9,776
views
views
81
James William Colbert, Jr.
American physician (1920-1974)
9,755
views
views
82
Larry Ellison
American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)
9,629
views
views
83
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9,611
views
views
84
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
9,561
views
views
85
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
9,482
views
views
86
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
9,333
views
views
87
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
9,200
views
views
88
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
9,141
views
views
89
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
9,122
views
views
90
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
9,094
views
views
91
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
9,076
views
views
92
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
9,058
views
views
93
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
8,938
views
views
94
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
8,931
views
views
95
Sting
British musician (born 1951)
8,892
views
views
96
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
8,840
views
views
97
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
8,817
views
views
98
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
8,687
views
views
99
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
8,657
views
views
100
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
8,631
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