Trending Inventors in Germany — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed inventors on Wikipedia, September 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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644,755
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
41,897
views
views
2
Frauke Petry
German politician
41,131
views
views
3
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
30,063
views
views
4
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
26,729
views
views
5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
24,878
views
views
6
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
20,728
views
views
7
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
15,524
views
views
8
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
12,649
views
views
9
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
12,130
views
views
10
Konrad Zuse
German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995)
12,043
views
views
11
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
11,942
views
views
12
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
11,278
views
views
13
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
11,054
views
views
14
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
10,948
views
views
15
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
10,672
views
views
16
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
10,536
views
views
17
Winfried Stöcker
German medical specialist, entrepreneur and university teacher
8,506
views
views
18
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
8,371
views
views
19
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
8,159
views
views
20
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
8,019
views
views
21
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
7,634
views
views
22
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
7,530
views
views
23
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
7,202
views
views
24
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
7,155
views
views
25
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
6,999
views
views
26
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
6,741
views
views
27
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
6,687
views
views
28
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
6,622
views
views
29
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
6,583
views
views
30
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
6,245
views
views
31
Mate Rimac
Croatian inventor and entrepreneur
6,017
views
views
32
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
5,861
views
views
33
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)
5,742
views
views
34
Gronkh
German YouTuber and video game designer (born 1977)
5,438
views
views
35
Ferdinand Piëch
Austrian manager (1937-2019)
5,377
views
views
36
Otto Lilienthal
German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)
5,357
views
views
37
Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)
5,296
views
views
38
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
5,273
views
views
39
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
5,217
views
views
40
Luigi Mangione
American who killed Brian Thompson
5,145
views
views
41
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
5,070
views
views
42
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
4,874
views
views
43
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
4,870
views
views
44
Carl Benz
German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)
4,855
views
views
45
Gerardus Mercator
Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer (1512–1594)
4,753
views
views
46
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
4,671
views
views
47
Gunther von Hagens
German anatomist (1945–2026)
4,650
views
views
48
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
4,577
views
views
49
Andy Bechtolsheim
German electrical engineer (born 1955) Co-founder of Sun Microsystems; early investor in Google
4,240
views
views
50
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
4,115
views
views
51
Iron Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,110
views
views
52
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
4,053
views
views
53
Levi Strauss
German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
4,021
views
views
54
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
4,012
views
views
55
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
3,999
views
views
56
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892)
3,969
views
views
57
Robert Bosch
German industrialist, inventor, engineer (1861-1942)
3,511
views
views
58
Justus von Liebig
German chemist (1803-1873)
3,501
views
views
59
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
3,242
views
views
60
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
3,238
views
views
61
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
3,232
views
views
62
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
3,079
views
views
63
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
3,038
views
views
64
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,013
views
views
65
Hugo Junkers
German aviation pioneer (1859–1935)
3,005
views
views
66
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
2,951
views
views
67
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
2,920
views
views
68
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)
2,848
views
views
69
Manfred von Ardenne
German researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997)
2,817
views
views
70
Otto von Guericke
German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)
2,816
views
views
71
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and industrialist (1834–1900)
2,770
views
views
72
Carl Bosch
German chemical engineer (1874–1940)
2,721
views
views
73
Alessandro Volta
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
2,694
views
views
74
Jára Cimrman
Czech fictional character of a national giant
2,690
views
views
75
Bertha Benz
German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
2,657
views
views
76
Alfred Krupp
German entrepreneur and inventor (1812–1887)
2,619
views
views
77
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
2,550
views
views
78
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
2,534
views
views
79
Heinrich Hertz
German physicist (1857–1894)
2,490
views
views
80
Wario
fictional video game character from the Mario franchise
2,481
views
views
81
Horst Bendix
German mechanical engineer
2,472
views
views
82
Gaston Glock
Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock (1929–2023)
2,472
views
views
83
Wilhelm Bauer
German engineer (1822–1875)
2,452
views
views
84
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
2,422
views
views
85
Peter Madsen
Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer
2,414
views
views
86
Joseph Pilates
German inventor of pilates (1883–1967)
2,361
views
views
87
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
2,313
views
views
88
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
2,301
views
views
89
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
2,217
views
views
90
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
2,178
views
views
91
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
2,090
views
views
92
Epic Games
American video game and software developer
2,074
views
views
93
Sam Houser
British video game producer and developer (born 1971)
1,983
views
views
94
Hermann Oberth
Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)
1,959
views
views
95
Jony Ive
English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)
1,955
views
views
96
Raymond Kurzweil
American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948)
1,936
views
views
97
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
1,933
views
views
98
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
1,896
views
views
99
Ettore Bugatti
Italian automobile designer and manufacturer (1881–1947)
1,889
views
views
100
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
1,804
views
views