Trending Scientists in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hulk Hogan.
100
Ranked
2,821,735
Total Views (this year)
1
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
193,494
views
views
2
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
175,680
views
views
3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
163,134
views
views
4
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
123,556
views
views
5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
78,174
views
views
6
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
69,104
views
views
7
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
58,065
views
views
8
David Wilcock
American religious writer (1973-)
48,784
views
views
9
James Comey
American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)
48,038
views
views
10
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
48,035
views
views
11
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
42,484
views
views
12
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
41,570
views
views
13
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
37,252
views
views
14
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
35,714
views
views
15
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
35,707
views
views
16
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
32,896
views
views
17
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
31,622
views
views
18
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
30,865
views
views
19
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
30,735
views
views
20
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
30,468
views
views
21
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
29,028
views
views
22
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
28,715
views
views
23
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
28,249
views
views
24
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
27,965
views
views
25
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
27,371
views
views
26
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
26,594
views
views
27
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
26,419
views
views
28
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
26,224
views
views
29
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
25,232
views
views
30
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
24,939
views
views
31
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
24,416
views
views
32
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
23,442
views
views
33
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
22,967
views
views
34
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
22,653
views
views
35
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
22,306
views
views
36
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
21,132
views
views
37
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
20,984
views
views
38
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
20,933
views
views
39
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
20,689
views
views
40
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
20,614
views
views
41
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
20,530
views
views
42
Vince McMahon
American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)
20,487
views
views
43
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
20,366
views
views
44
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
19,917
views
views
45
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
19,742
views
views
46
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
19,595
views
views
47
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
19,348
views
views
48
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
19,257
views
views
49
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
18,835
views
views
50
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
18,780
views
views
51
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
18,774
views
views
52
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
18,144
views
views
53
Tim Cook
American business executive
17,875
views
views
54
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
17,613
views
views
55
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
17,586
views
views
56
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
17,420
views
views
57
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
17,202
views
views
58
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
17,106
views
views
59
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
16,951
views
views
60
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
16,907
views
views
61
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
16,796
views
views
62
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
16,757
views
views
63
Chuck Grassley
United States Senator from Iowa since 1981
16,731
views
views
64
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
16,725
views
views
65
Alexei Mordashov
Russian businessman
16,660
views
views
66
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
16,658
views
views
67
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
16,605
views
views
68
Richard Attenborough
British actor (1923–2014)
16,444
views
views
69
Maureen Lipman
British actress, columnist and comedian
16,443
views
views
70
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
16,365
views
views
71
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
16,334
views
views
72
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
16,303
views
views
73
Monica Crowley
American conservative pundit and television personality
16,147
views
views
74
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
15,880
views
views
75
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
15,668
views
views
76
Ken Jennings
American game show contestant, host, and writer
15,605
views
views
77
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
15,557
views
views
78
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
15,539
views
views
79
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
15,218
views
views
80
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
15,191
views
views
81
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
15,118
views
views
82
Larry Page
American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)
14,816
views
views
83
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
14,776
views
views
84
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
14,750
views
views
85
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
14,701
views
views
86
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
14,567
views
views
87
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
14,215
views
views
88
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
13,947
views
views
89
Justin Trudeau
23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
13,884
views
views
90
Marilyn Manson
American musician (born 1969)
13,869
views
views
91
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
13,858
views
views
92
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
13,840
views
views
93
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
13,790
views
views
94
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
13,533
views
views
95
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
13,488
views
views
96
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
13,476
views
views
97
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
13,351
views
views
98
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
13,232
views
views
99
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
13,124
views
views
100
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
13,090
views
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