Trending Lawyers in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed lawyers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Friedrich Merz. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,168,114
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Friedrich Merz
German politician, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
198,922
views
views
2
Konrad Adenauer
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
82,953
views
views
3
Beatrix von Storch
German politician
81,505
views
views
4
Karin Prien
German politician
72,479
views
views
5
Gregor Gysi
German lawyer and left-wing politician
62,121
views
views
6
Amira Mohamed Ali
German politician (born 1980)
53,079
views
views
7
Ronald Schill
German lawyer and politician
39,369
views
views
8
Barbara Salesch
German jurist and actor
38,577
views
views
9
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
37,878
views
views
10
Michel Friedman
German-French lawyer, philosopher, politician, publicist and talk show host
35,997
views
views
11
Thorsten Frei
German politician
34,841
views
views
12
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
German politician, president of Germany since 2017
32,864
views
views
13
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
32,786
views
views
14
Johann Wadephul
German politician (CDU), Federal Foreign Minister, Member of the Bundestag
31,156
views
views
15
Hans Litten
German lawyer (1903–1938)
30,955
views
views
16
Mitch McConnell
American politician and lawyer (born 1942)
30,417
views
views
17
Gerhard Schröder
Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)
29,840
views
views
18
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
28,866
views
views
19
Olaf Scholz
German politician (SPD), ninth Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021–2025), Member of the Bundestag
28,788
views
views
20
Anke Rehlinger
German politician
28,011
views
views
21
Stephan Brandner
German politician (born 1966)
24,864
views
views
22
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
23,612
views
views
23
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
22,565
views
views
24
Jörg Haider
Austrian politician (1950-2008)
22,522
views
views
25
Jared Kushner
American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
21,913
views
views
26
Boris Pistorius
German politician
21,643
views
views
27
Nina Warken
German lawyer and politician (CDU), MdB, Chancellery Chief of Staff (born 1979)
19,430
views
views
28
Bruno Kreisky
Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)
19,301
views
views
29
Eva von Angern
German politician and lawyer
19,072
views
views
30
Ferdinand von Schirach
German lawyer and author of crime novels
19,000
views
views
31
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
18,923
views
views
32
Mathias Middelberg
German politician
18,919
views
views
33
Guido Westerwelle
German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany (1961-2016)
18,615
views
views
34
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)
18,430
views
views
35
Kimberly Guilfoyle
American attorney and political campaign advisor (born 1969)
18,142
views
views
36
Rudolf Diels
German lawyer and civil servant, first Gestapo chief and protege of Gestapo founder Hermann Göring (1900-1957)
17,210
views
views
37
Matthias Schranner
Consultant
17,103
views
views
38
William McKinley
president of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (1843-1901)
16,780
views
views
39
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
16,771
views
views
40
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
16,521
views
views
41
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
Spanish footballer (1895-1978)
16,358
views
views
42
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
16,269
views
views
43
Edmund Stoiber
German politician
16,258
views
views
44
Kaja Kallas
Estonian politician and former prime minister of Estonia (born 1977)
16,171
views
views
45
Bernhard Töpper
German journalist
16,159
views
views
46
Alfred Freyberg
German Nazi politician & SS-Gruppenführer
15,982
views
views
47
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States since 2025
15,777
views
views
48
Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf
German legal scientist and university professor (born 1971)
15,763
views
views
49
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Chancellor of West Germany (1966–1969)
15,687
views
views
50
Roland Freisler
German jurist and politician (1893–1945)
14,802
views
views
51
Steffen Bilger
German politician
14,720
views
views
52
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
14,692
views
views
53
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
14,569
views
views
54
Klaus Wowereit
German politician
14,460
views
views
55
Uwe Barschel
German politician (1944-1987)
14,354
views
views
56
Otto Rasch
Nazi Holocaust perpetrator (1891–1948)
14,347
views
views
57
Wolfgang Kubicki
German politician
14,124
views
views
58
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
14,002
views
views
59
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)
13,750
views
views
60
Wolfgang Schäuble
German politician and statesman (1942–2023)
13,723
views
views
61
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
13,525
views
views
62
Sandra Navidi
American businesswoman
13,471
views
views
63
Lothar de Maizière
German politician and the last Prime Minister of the GDR (born 1940)
13,468
views
views
64
Richard von Weizsäcker
President of Germany from 1984 to 1994
13,343
views
views
65
Elisabeth Selbert
German politician (1896-1986)
13,281
views
views
66
Theodor Storm
German writer (1817–1888)
13,058
views
views
67
Gerard Butler
Scottish actor and film producer
12,924
views
views
68
Dagmar Wöhrl
German politician
12,801
views
views
69
Christian Wulff
10th German Federal President
12,795
views
views
70
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman and politician (1485–1540)
12,575
views
views
71
Claus Kleber
German journalist
12,528
views
views
72
Patrick Schnieder
German politician
12,494
views
views
73
Andrea Bocelli
Italian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958)
11,919
views
views
74
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
11,906
views
views
75
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
11,903
views
views
76
Spiro Agnew
vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973
11,874
views
views
77
Stephan Harbarth
President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
11,834
views
views
78
Otto Schily
Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005
11,741
views
views
79
Karl Liebknecht
German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)
11,693
views
views
80
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (1927-2016)
11,602
views
views
81
Frauke Rostalski
jurist and university teacher
11,539
views
views
82
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
11,441
views
views
83
Hans Frank
German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal (1900–1946)
11,379
views
views
84
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
11,304
views
views
85
Maximilian Krah
German politician
11,304
views
views
86
Aleksandar Vučić
5th President of the Republic of Serbia
11,078
views
views
87
Volker Wissing
German politician, former Federal Minister for Digital and former Transport, former Federal Minister of Justice, former MP
11,066
views
views
88
Laura Karasek
German lawyer, writer and poet lawyer
11,063
views
views
89
Anne Brorhilker
German jurist
10,995
views
views
90
Rudy Giuliani
American attorney and politician (born 1944)
10,678
views
views
91
Angelika Niebler
German politician, MEP
10,607
views
views
92
Joachim Steinhöfel
German television presenter, radio host and lawyer
10,555
views
views
93
Péter Magyar
Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026
10,403
views
views
94
Stefanie Hubig
German judge and politician
10,317
views
views
95
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
10,189
views
views
96
Fidel Castro
Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
10,047
views
views
97
Horst Mahler
German former lawyer and political activist (born 1936)
9,809
views
views
98
Sinan Selen
Director General of the German Federal Domestic Intelligence Service
9,735
views
views
99
Andrea Lindholz
German lawyer and politician
9,586
views
views
100
John F. Kennedy Jr.
American attorney and magazine publisher (1960–1999)
9,577
views
views
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