Trending Astronomers in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed astronomers on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Liu Ji. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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6,519
Total Views (May 2026)
1
Liu Ji
Chinese philosopher and politician (1311–1375)
628
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views
2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
451
views
views
3
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
383
views
views
4
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
327
views
views
5
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.
257
views
views
6
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
206
views
views
7
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
178
views
views
8
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
163
views
views
9
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
149
views
views
10
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
148
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views
11
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012)
146
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views
12
Toghon Temür
Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
135
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views
13
Abe no Seimei
Japanese onmyōji
113
views
views
14
Xu Guangqi
late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)
112
views
views
15
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
112
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views
16
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
109
views
views
17
Shen Kuo
Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)
103
views
views
18
Gu Yanwu
Chinese philologist and geographer (1613–1682)
90
views
views
19
Johann Adam Schall von Bell
German astronomer and Jesuit missionary active in China (1592-1666)
86
views
views
20
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
82
views
views
21
Zu Chongzhi
Chinese mathematician-astronomer
74
views
views
22
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
73
views
views
23
曾维舟
astronomer
71
views
views
24
Li Chunfeng
ancient Chinese mathematician, astronomer and historian
69
views
views
25
Cai Yong
Chinese official and scholar (132-192)
66
views
views
26
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
63
views
views
27
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
62
views
views
28
Zhang Heng
Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)
58
views
views
29
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
58
views
views
30
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
58
views
views
31
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
57
views
views
32
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
55
views
views
33
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
54
views
views
34
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
54
views
views
35
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
41
views
views
36
Zhu Zaiyu, Prince of Zheng
Chinese mathematician, physicist and musician (1536–1611)
40
views
views
37
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
40
views
views
38
Queen Seondeok of Silla
queen-regnant of Silla
39
views
views
39
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
39
views
views
40
Feng Shi
38
views
views
41
Ferdinand Verbiest
Flemish Jesuit missionary in Qing dynasty China (1623–1688)
37
views
views
42
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
37
views
views
43
Guo Shoujing
Chinese astronomer and mathematician (1231–1316)
36
views
views
44
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
36
views
views
45
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
35
views
views
46
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
35
views
views
47
Shen Chun-shan
Taiwanese physicist (1932-2018)
34
views
views
48
Theodore von Kármán
Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963)
34
views
views
49
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
33
views
views
50
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
32
views
views
51
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
32
views
views
52
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
31
views
views
53
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
30
views
views
54
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
29
views
views
55
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
28
views
views
56
Robert H. Goddard
American physicist
28
views
views
57
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
27
views
views
58
Liu Xiang
Chinese official, scholar and writer (77–6 BCE)
26
views
views
59
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
26
views
views
60
Huang Daozhou
Chinese calligrapher (1585-1646)
25
views
views
61
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
25
views
views
62
Steven Weinberg
American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
25
views
views
63
Liu Xin
Chinese astronomer, mathematician, historian, librarian and politician (c. 50 BCE-23CE)
24
views
views
64
John Frederick William Herschel
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
24
views
views
65
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
23
views
views
66
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
23
views
views
67
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
23
views
views
68
Su Song
Chinese polymath and statesman (1020–1101)
22
views
views
69
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
22
views
views
70
Jean-Pierre Christin
French astronomer
22
views
views
71
Qiao Zhou
Shu Han official and scholar (died 270)
22
views
views
72
George Gamow
Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968)
22
views
views
73
Wang Zhenyi
Chinese astronomer, mathematician and poet (18th century)
22
views
views
74
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
22
views
views
75
Wang Chong
1st century Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher
22
views
views
76
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
21
views
views
77
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
21
views
views
78
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
20
views
views
79
Nan Rendong
Chinese astronomer (1945-2017)
20
views
views
80
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
20
views
views
81
William Rowan Hamilton
Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)
20
views
views
82
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
20
views
views
83
Li Shanlan
Chinese mathematician (1810-1882)
20
views
views
84
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
20
views
views
85
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
19
views
views
86
Urbain Le Verrier
French astronomer (1811-1877)
19
views
views
87
Yi Xing
8th-century Buddhist monk and astronomer
19
views
views
88
Max Tegmark
Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist
18
views
views
89
Chang Jin
Chinese astronomer
17
views
views
90
Svante August Arrhenius
Swedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)
17
views
views
91
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
17
views
views
92
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
17
views
views
93
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
17
views
views
94
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
17
views
views
95
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
17
views
views
96
Peter Naur
Danish computer scientist (1928–2016) and Turing Award winner (2005); author of 'Programming as Theory Building' (1985); co-editor of the 1968 NATO Software Engineering Conference report
17
views
views
97
Jiun-Huei Proty Wu
researcher
17
views
views
98
Chen Li
Chinese scholar (1810-1882)
16
views
views
99
Xiangqun Cui
Chinese astronomer
16
views
views
100
Jane Luu
Vietnamese American astronomer
16
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