Trending Scientists in Germany this week
The 100 most-viewed scientists this week on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Gudrun Ensslin.
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18,268
Total Views (this week)
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Gudrun Ensslin
German far-left militant (1940–1977)
2,631
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2
Felix Ensslin
German writer
1,024
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3
Friedrich Bayer
German businessman (1825–1880)
895
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4
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
712
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5
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
652
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views
6
Ole Nydahl
Danish lama
571
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7
Vérénice Rudolph
German actor and director
446
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8
Jochen Saier
German sports economist
430
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9
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
422
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views
10
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
374
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11
Veronika Grimm
German economist and university professor
355
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12
Hanno Sauer
German philosopher (1983-)
282
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13
Anna Kraft
German television presenter
255
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14
Pila Bossmann
243
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15
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
229
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16
Arne Semsrott
German journalist
204
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17
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
202
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18
Bianca Berding
199
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19
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)
197
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20
Ralf Wohlleben
German neo-Nazi
194
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views
21
Björn Höcke
German right-wing extremist politician
192
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22
Jens Söring
Convicted murderer and former prisoner in the USA, German author
182
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views
23
Hape Kerkeling
German comedian
179
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24
Pierre Goldman
French academic (1944–1979)
178
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views
25
Marcel Reif
Swiss sport journalist and commentator
177
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views
26
Ulrike Meinhof
German left-wing militant (1934–1976)
176
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views
27
Sebastian Pflugbeil
German politician and physicist
155
views
views
28
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
147
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views
29
Julia Klöckner
German politician
143
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views
30
Armin Meiwes
Peruvian cannibal
138
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views
31
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
128
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views
32
João Maurício Leitão Adeodato
Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher
128
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views
33
Siegfried Mauser
German musician
127
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views
34
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
126
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views
35
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
123
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views
36
Bas Eickhout
Dutch politician
122
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views
37
Miguel Díaz-Canel
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
121
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views
38
Angelica Domröse
German actress (1941–2026)
121
views
views
39
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
119
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views
40
Gregg Allman
American musician (1947–2017)
118
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views
41
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
116
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views
42
Konrad Adenauer
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
114
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views
43
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
114
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views
44
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
111
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45
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
103
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views
46
Lars Klingbeil
German politician (SPD), SPD Federal Chairman, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor from Germany since 2025
102
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views
47
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
102
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views
48
Brigitte Macron
French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
100
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views
49
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
98
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views
50
Joschka Fischer
German politician
97
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views
51
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Katherine Oppenheimer
German-American biologist and botanist (1910–1972)
96
views
views
52
Martin Horn
Mayor of the city Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
96
views
views
53
Hartmut Rosa
German sociologist, philosoph and political scientist
94
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views
54
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
93
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views
55
Volker Schlöndorff
German film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1939)
93
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views
56
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
93
views
views
57
Peter Neumann
German political scientist
93
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58
Heide Rezepa-Zabel
German art historian
92
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59
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
91
views
views
60
John Malalas
6th-century Byzantine Greek chronicler
89
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views
61
Karl Lauterbach
German politician and former Federal Minister of Health
87
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views
62
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
87
views
views
63
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
86
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views
64
Frank Gotthardt
German computer scientist and entrepreneur
84
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views
65
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
83
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views
66
Johannes Wessels
German physicist
83
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views
67
Mark Benecke
German biologist
82
views
views
68
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
79
views
views
69
Luigi Mangione
American suspect of the assassination of Brian Thompson
78
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views
70
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
78
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views
71
Heinrich Heine
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
77
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views
72
Heiko von der Leyen
German physician
77
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views
73
Monika Köppl-Turyna
77
views
views
74
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
74
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views
75
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
74
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views
76
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
74
views
views
77
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
74
views
views
78
Heidi Reichinnek
German politician
73
views
views
79
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958)
70
views
views
80
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (1685–1750)
69
views
views
81
Hieronymus Bayer
German jurist
69
views
views
82
Will Vesper
German writer (1882–1962)
69
views
views
83
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
68
views
views
84
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
67
views
views
85
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
66
views
views
86
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
66
views
views
87
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
66
views
views
88
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
66
views
views
89
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
65
views
views
90
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
65
views
views
91
Klaus Fuchs
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
64
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views
92
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
64
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views
93
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
64
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views
94
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
63
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views
95
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
63
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views
96
Wendell Pierce
American actor and businessman
63
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views
97
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
63
views
views
98
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
63
views
views
99
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
62
views
views
100
Anton Faber
Austrian priest
62
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