Trending Economists in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Alice Weidel. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,108,089
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
287,716
views
views
2
Leif-Erik Holm
German politician
231,552
views
views
3
Sahra Wagenknecht
German politician (born 1969)
169,273
views
views
4
Ferat Koçak
German politician
137,072
views
views
5
Heidi Reichinnek
German politician
96,715
views
views
6
Carsten Linnemann
German economist, politician
54,838
views
views
7
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
46,067
views
views
8
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
40,633
views
views
9
Fabio De Masi
German politician and economist
36,909
views
views
10
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
33,799
views
views
11
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (1946–1989)
33,785
views
views
12
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
33,447
views
views
13
Andrea Kdolsky
Austrian physician and politician
30,756
views
views
14
Bernd Lucke
German economist, professor, author (born 1962)
28,729
views
views
15
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
26,975
views
views
16
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
26,637
views
views
17
Bernd Baumann
German politician
26,180
views
views
18
Katharina Dröge
German politician (born 1984)
24,965
views
views
19
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
23,612
views
views
20
Ludwig Erhard
Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)
21,218
views
views
21
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
19,799
views
views
22
Maja Göpel
German political economist, transformation researcher, sustainability expert and social scientist
19,617
views
views
23
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
19,093
views
views
24
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
18,923
views
views
25
Thilo Sarrazin
German economist and politician
18,761
views
views
26
Peer Steinbrück
German politician
18,695
views
views
27
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
16,860
views
views
28
Magdalena Andersson
Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
16,664
views
views
29
Marietta Slomka
German journalist
16,638
views
views
30
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
16,521
views
views
31
Heinrich Brüning
German chancellor (1885-1970)
15,760
views
views
32
Jörg Meuthen
German economist and politician
15,592
views
views
33
Monika Schnitzer
German economist
15,394
views
views
34
Wolfgang Kubicki
German politician
14,124
views
views
35
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
14,086
views
views
36
Orlando Letelier
Chilean economist and diplomat (1932-1976)
13,844
views
views
37
Alexander Van der Bellen
President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)
13,186
views
views
38
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
12,660
views
views
39
Karl Lauterbach
German politician and former Federal Minister of Health
11,886
views
views
40
Veronika Grimm
German economist and university professor
11,691
views
views
41
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
10,942
views
views
42
Ralph Brinkhaus
German politician
9,921
views
views
43
Dietmar Bartsch
German politician
9,870
views
views
44
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
9,487
views
views
45
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
queen consort of the Netherlands (born 1971)
9,294
views
views
46
Walther Rathenau
German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)
9,272
views
views
47
Horst Köhler
German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010
8,768
views
views
48
Tom Krebs
German economist (Universität Mannheim)
8,740
views
views
49
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887–1977)
8,695
views
views
50
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
8,603
views
views
51
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
8,341
views
views
52
René Obermann
German businessman (born 1963)
7,984
views
views
53
Biyon Kattilathu
7,646
views
views
54
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
7,560
views
views
55
Christian Rieck
German economist and author
7,525
views
views
56
Marcus Matthias Keupp
German-born military economist, author and artist
7,371
views
views
57
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
7,199
views
views
58
Gerhard Delling
German television presenter and journalist
7,003
views
views
59
Maurice Höfgen
German economist and author
6,967
views
views
60
Alfred Hugenberg
German politician (1865-1951)
6,958
views
views
61
Maike Kohl-Richter
German economist and author
6,957
views
views
62
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
6,910
views
views
63
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
6,778
views
views
64
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
6,712
views
views
65
Caroline Bosbach
German politician (born 1989)
6,662
views
views
66
Erich Fromm
German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)
6,518
views
views
67
Stefan Homburg
German economist
6,481
views
views
68
Otto Ohlendorf
German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1907–1951)
6,395
views
views
69
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
6,304
views
views
70
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
6,218
views
views
71
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
6,006
views
views
72
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
5,865
views
views
73
Alfred Herrhausen
German banker (1930–1989)
5,762
views
views
74
Roland Leuschel
German writer
5,711
views
views
75
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
5,555
views
views
76
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
Dutch princess; widow of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
5,375
views
views
77
Heide Simonis
German politician (1943–2023)
5,373
views
views
78
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
5,101
views
views
79
Ferdinand Lassalle
German jurist and socialist (1825–1864)
5,094
views
views
80
Hannelore Kraft
German politician
4,840
views
views
81
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
4,823
views
views
82
Stepan Kubiv
Ukrainian central banker
4,755
views
views
83
Cansel Kızıltepe
Turkish-German statesperson (born 1975)
4,748
views
views
84
Stephanie von Bismarck
German economist
4,722
views
views
85
Max Otte
German-American economist and author
4,675
views
views
86
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
4,653
views
views
87
Anselm Grün
German Benedictine padre and author
4,621
views
views
88
Jens Stoltenberg
Norwegian politician (born 1959)
4,501
views
views
89
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
4,495
views
views
90
Marcel Fratzscher
German economist
4,464
views
views
91
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
4,437
views
views
92
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
4,356
views
views
93
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
4,351
views
views
94
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister
4,316
views
views
95
Hans-Olaf Henkel
German manager and politician
4,300
views
views
96
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
4,240
views
views
97
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian novelist, musician and economist
4,138
views
views
98
Hans Modrow
German politician (1928–2023)
4,088
views
views
99
Kevin Warsh
Chairman of the Federal Reserve since 2026
4,071
views
views
100
Rebeca Grynspan
Costa Rican politician
3,900
views
views