Trending Scientists in USA this year
The 99 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Andy Burnham.
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Ranked
11,952,474
Total Views (this year)
1
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
1,637,696
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2
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
543,568
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3
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
522,997
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4
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
369,421
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views
5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
313,838
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views
6
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
284,943
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views
7
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
276,598
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views
8
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
253,242
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9
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
161,833
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10
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
157,005
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11
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
151,912
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12
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
151,076
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views
13
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
135,725
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views
14
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
130,659
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15
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
127,417
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views
16
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
126,899
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views
17
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
122,438
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views
18
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
121,166
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views
19
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
118,142
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views
20
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
117,579
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views
21
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
113,914
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views
22
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
112,402
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views
23
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
112,214
views
views
24
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
111,872
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views
25
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
105,293
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views
26
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
103,774
views
views
27
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
103,729
views
views
28
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
103,550
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views
29
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
102,066
views
views
30
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
100,164
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views
31
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
99,317
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views
32
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
98,604
views
views
33
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
97,454
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views
34
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
95,403
views
views
35
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
95,056
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views
36
Rik Mayall
English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)
91,895
views
views
37
Nigel Farage
British right-wing politician (born 1964)
91,675
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views
38
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
91,600
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views
39
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
91,275
views
views
40
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
90,081
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views
41
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
89,422
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views
42
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
87,834
views
views
43
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
86,684
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views
44
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
85,342
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views
45
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
84,524
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views
46
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
83,800
views
views
47
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
83,336
views
views
48
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
82,385
views
views
49
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
81,404
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views
50
Husayn ibn Ali
grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
79,843
views
views
51
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
79,403
views
views
52
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
79,216
views
views
53
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
78,962
views
views
54
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
78,117
views
views
55
Maggie Haberman
American journalist (born 1973)
76,783
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views
56
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
76,399
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views
57
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
76,191
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views
58
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
75,611
views
views
59
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
74,291
views
views
60
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
73,595
views
views
61
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
72,963
views
views
62
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
71,271
views
views
63
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
71,081
views
views
64
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
70,310
views
views
65
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
69,908
views
views
66
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
69,439
views
views
67
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
69,320
views
views
68
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
68,984
views
views
69
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
68,919
views
views
70
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
68,248
views
views
71
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
67,735
views
views
72
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
66,471
views
views
73
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
66,230
views
views
74
David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910–1983)
65,636
views
views
75
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
65,233
views
views
76
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
65,188
views
views
77
Ro Khanna
U.S. Representative from California
64,721
views
views
78
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
64,570
views
views
79
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
64,108
views
views
80
Evan Spiegel
American businessman (born 1990)
63,499
views
views
81
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
63,154
views
views
82
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953)
62,931
views
views
83
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
62,620
views
views
84
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
62,581
views
views
85
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
62,390
views
views
86
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
62,053
views
views
87
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
61,836
views
views
88
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
61,394
views
views
89
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
61,160
views
views
90
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
60,578
views
views
91
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
60,451
views
views
92
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
60,235
views
views
93
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
60,147
views
views
94
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
59,299
views
views
95
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
58,326
views
views
96
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
58,323
views
views
97
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
57,703
views
views
98
David Wilcock
American religious writer (1973-)
57,539
views
views
99
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
57,286
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