Trending Scientists in Germany this year
The 100 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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Ranked
271,364
Total Views (this year)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
14,077
views
views
2
Jens Söring
Convicted murderer and former prisoner in the USA, German author
7,082
views
views
3
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
6,975
views
views
4
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
6,044
views
views
5
Robert Marc Lehmann
German marine biologist
5,926
views
views
6
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
5,846
views
views
7
Julia Klöckner
German politician
5,327
views
views
8
Stepan Kubiv
Ukrainian central banker
4,744
views
views
9
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
4,741
views
views
10
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
4,474
views
views
11
Armin Meiwes
Peruvian cannibal
4,369
views
views
12
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
4,273
views
views
13
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
4,128
views
views
14
Ole Nydahl
Danish lama
4,048
views
views
15
Sido
German rapper
3,964
views
views
16
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
3,818
views
views
17
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
3,813
views
views
18
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
3,794
views
views
19
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
3,788
views
views
20
Björn Höcke
German right-wing extremist politician
3,742
views
views
21
Angelica Domröse
German actress (1941–2026)
3,646
views
views
22
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
3,377
views
views
23
Konrad Adenauer
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
3,219
views
views
24
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
3,206
views
views
25
Gudrun Ensslin
German far-left militant (1940–1977)
3,194
views
views
26
Frank Gotthardt
German computer scientist and entrepreneur
3,103
views
views
27
Lars Klingbeil
German politician (SPD), SPD Federal Chairman, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor from Germany since 2025
3,066
views
views
28
Hape Kerkeling
German comedian
2,977
views
views
29
Heidi Reichinnek
German politician
2,899
views
views
30
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
2,892
views
views
31
Pila Bossmann
2,879
views
views
32
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
2,781
views
views
33
Nancy Adams
New Zealand botanist, botanical artist and curator (1926-2007)
2,762
views
views
34
Hanno Sauer
German philosopher (1983-)
2,625
views
views
35
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
2,603
views
views
36
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
2,595
views
views
37
Gus Grissom
American astronaut (1926–1967)
2,573
views
views
38
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
2,555
views
views
39
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,532
views
views
40
Anton Faber
Austrian priest
2,454
views
views
41
Osman Hamdi Bey
Ottoman statesman, academic and artist (1842-1910)
2,429
views
views
42
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
2,333
views
views
43
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
2,297
views
views
44
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
2,241
views
views
45
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
2,211
views
views
46
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
2,211
views
views
47
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
2,184
views
views
48
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
2,174
views
views
49
Tony Danza
American actor
2,117
views
views
50
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
2,115
views
views
51
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
2,057
views
views
52
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
2,056
views
views
53
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
2,040
views
views
54
Veronika Grimm
German economist and university professor
2,029
views
views
55
Erich Honecker
former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
1,959
views
views
56
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
1,938
views
views
57
Michael Lüders
German journalist and author
1,919
views
views
58
Roger Bruce Chaffee
United States Navy commander, NASA astronaut (1935–1967)
1,889
views
views
59
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
1,864
views
views
60
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
1,853
views
views
61
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,840
views
views
62
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,831
views
views
63
Heike B. Görtemaker
German historian of modern age and author
1,819
views
views
64
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
1,812
views
views
65
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
1,810
views
views
66
Luisa Neubauer
German climate activist
1,806
views
views
67
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958)
1,803
views
views
68
Willy Brandt
German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1,790
views
views
69
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,788
views
views
70
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
1,782
views
views
71
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,771
views
views
72
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,751
views
views
73
Baldur von Schirach
German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)
1,739
views
views
74
Helmut Kohl
Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)
1,730
views
views
75
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1,711
views
views
76
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
1,677
views
views
77
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
1,673
views
views
78
Emmy Göring
German actress, art collector (1893-1973)
1,658
views
views
79
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,658
views
views
80
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer (1685–1750)
1,646
views
views
81
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
1,630
views
views
82
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
1,626
views
views
83
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
1,626
views
views
84
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
1,619
views
views
85
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
1,618
views
views
86
Robert Habeck
German politician and writer, Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025 (born 1969)
1,614
views
views
87
Cornelia Weigand
German local politician and biologist
1,613
views
views
88
Marlene Dietrich
German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
1,592
views
views
89
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,584
views
views
90
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
1,572
views
views
91
Wolfgang Lenk
German musician
1,567
views
views
92
Brigitte Macron
French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
1,556
views
views
93
Gerald Hüther
German neurobiologist and author
1,554
views
views
94
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
1,546
views
views
95
Ines Schwerdtner
German journalist and politician
1,533
views
views
96
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
1,531
views
views
97
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
1,530
views
views
98
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
1,521
views
views
99
Zarah Leander
Swedish actress and singer (1907–1981)
1,517
views
views
100
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
1,493
views
views