Trending Physicists in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed physicists on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Fang Daining. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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16,350
Total Views (May 2026)
1
Fang Daining
Chinese physicist
3,016
views
views
2
Gerard 't Hooft
Dutch theoretical physicist
1,146
views
views
3
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
691
views
views
4
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
674
views
views
5
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
547
views
views
6
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
451
views
views
7
Chen-ning Yang
Chinese physicist (1922–2025)
435
views
views
8
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
416
views
views
9
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
383
views
views
10
Chow Hang-tung
Hong Kong activist, barrister, and politician
363
views
views
11
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
329
views
views
12
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
327
views
views
13
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
315
views
views
14
Jiang Mianheng
Chinese physicist and son of Jiang Zemin
278
views
views
15
Peng Lifa
Chinese physicist and democracy activist
234
views
views
16
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
206
views
views
17
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
183
views
views
18
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
183
views
views
19
Charles K. Kao
Hong Kong-British-American physicist
179
views
views
20
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
178
views
views
21
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
171
views
views
22
Bob Lazar
American businessman and ufologist
170
views
views
23
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
149
views
views
24
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
148
views
views
25
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
148
views
views
26
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012)
146
views
views
27
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
144
views
views
28
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
142
views
views
29
Winston Wong
Taiwanese businessman
128
views
views
30
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years)
123
views
views
31
Deng Zhifang
son of Deng Xiaoping
117
views
views
32
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
112
views
views
33
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
109
views
views
34
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
107
views
views
35
Shen Kuo
Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)
103
views
views
36
Yigong Shi
Chinese biologist
96
views
views
37
Tsung-Dao Lee
Chinese-American physicist (1926–2024)
89
views
views
38
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
82
views
views
39
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
81
views
views
40
Sheldon Cooper
fictional character in The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon
78
views
views
41
Deng Jiaxian
Chinese physicist
77
views
views
42
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
76
views
views
43
Heraclitus
Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
75
views
views
44
Jiankui He
Chinese biophysicist (1984-)
75
views
views
45
Max Planck
German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)
75
views
views
46
Samuel C. C. Ting
Chinese-American physicist
74
views
views
47
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
74
views
views
48
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
73
views
views
49
Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
72
views
views
50
Werner Heisenberg
German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner (1901–1976)
72
views
views
51
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906–1978)
71
views
views
52
Xu Liangying
Chinese physicist (1920–2013)
69
views
views
53
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
68
views
views
54
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
67
views
views
55
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
67
views
views
56
Ye Qisun
Chinese physicist
64
views
views
57
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
63
views
views
58
Daniel C. Tsui
Chinese-American physicist, Nobel laureate
63
views
views
59
Ta-You Wu
Chinese nuclear physicist (1907–2000)
63
views
views
60
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
62
views
views
61
Steven Chu
American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate (born 1948)
61
views
views
62
Guo Yonghuai
Aerodynamic scientist (1909-1968)
61
views
views
63
Zhao Jiuzhang
Chinese scientist (1907-1968)
59
views
views
64
Lev Landau
Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)
58
views
views
65
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
58
views
views
66
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
58
views
views
67
David Hilbert
German mathematician (1862–1943)
57
views
views
68
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
57
views
views
69
Chang-Lin Tien
Chinese-American physicist
57
views
views
70
Louis de Broglie
Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter (1892–1987)
55
views
views
71
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
55
views
views
72
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
54
views
views
73
Joan Hinton
American physicist (1921–2010)
54
views
views
74
Irène Joliot-Curie
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
54
views
views
75
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
54
views
views
76
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
53
views
views
77
Xiang Zhang
Chinese physicist, mechanical engineer, and president of the University of Hong Kong
51
views
views
78
Yu Min
Chinese nuclear physicist
51
views
views
79
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
51
views
views
80
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
49
views
views
81
Shu Xingbei
Chinese physicist (1905-1983)
48
views
views
82
Naoto Kan
94th Prime Minister of Japan
48
views
views
83
Emmy Noether
German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
46
views
views
84
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician (1826–1866)
46
views
views
85
Luke Chia-Liu Yuan
Chinese American physicist (1912-2003)
46
views
views
86
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
45
views
views
87
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
44
views
views
88
Nai-Chang Yeh
American physicist
44
views
views
89
Chen Zhili
Chinese politician
43
views
views
90
Xue Qikun
Chinese physicist
43
views
views
91
Claudia Sheinbaum
president of Mexico since 2024
43
views
views
92
Hideki Yukawa
Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)
43
views
views
93
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
42
views
views
94
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
42
views
views
95
Wu Tsung-tsong
Engineer and former Minister of Science and Technology of Taiwan
41
views
views
96
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
41
views
views
97
Katherine Johnson
African-American mathematician
41
views
views
98
Hans Albert Einstein
Swiss-American engineer and educator (1904-1973)
40
views
views
99
Zhu Zaiyu, Prince of Zheng
Chinese mathematician, physicist and musician (1536–1611)
40
views
views
100
Akio Morita
Japanese businessman (1921-1999)
40
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