Trending Archaeologists — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed archaeologists on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Agatha Christie. Data as of 24 October 2026.
- Source
- Wikipedia pageviews — complete hourly data from Wikimedia (CC0)
- Window
- September 2026 · Data as of 24 October 2026
- Showing
- 100 archaeologists — drawn from 12,391,362 articles Wikipedia recorded views for in this window
This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
Where this data comes from ›100
Ranked
2,535,803
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
260,817
views
views
2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
226,760
views
views
3
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
147,625
views
views
4
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
143,125
views
views
5
Cat Jarman
archaeologist
142,851
views
views
6
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
61,363
views
views
7
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
52,890
views
views
8
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
52,621
views
views
9
Alison Frantz
American archaeologist (1903–1995)
48,151
views
views
10
Indiana Jones
fictional archaeologist
45,248
views
views
11
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
42,106
views
views
12
Miguel Rivera Dorado
Spanish writer and archaeologist
40,126
views
views
13
Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
33,852
views
views
14
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
33,446
views
views
15
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
33,350
views
views
16
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
31,329
views
views
17
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
27,571
views
views
18
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
British peer (1892–1975); paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
25,832
views
views
19
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
25,714
views
views
20
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
24,676
views
views
21
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
24,174
views
views
22
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
24,148
views
views
23
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
23,824
views
views
24
Black Adam
fictional character in DC Comics
23,661
views
views
25
Doctor Fate
fictional character from DC Comics
23,392
views
views
26
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923)
23,275
views
views
27
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
23,160
views
views
28
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
22,639
views
views
29
Max Mallowan
British archaeologist (1904-1978)
22,339
views
views
30
MacGyver
fictional character
22,327
views
views
31
Clive Cussler
American novelist (1931–2020)
21,370
views
views
32
Dorothy Eady
British-Egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981)
21,025
views
views
33
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
20,348
views
views
34
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
20,276
views
views
35
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
19,589
views
views
36
Nico Robin
fictional character from One Piece
19,240
views
views
37
Ricardo Eichmann
German archaeologist (1955-)
19,145
views
views
38
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
18,824
views
views
39
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)
17,490
views
views
40
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
17,370
views
views
41
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist
17,044
views
views
42
Adam Strange
DC Comics fictional character
16,698
views
views
43
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
16,548
views
views
44
Evelyn Beauchamp
English aristocrat
16,538
views
views
45
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
16,144
views
views
46
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
15,719
views
views
47
Ron Wyatt
American amateur archaeologist (1933–1999)
15,538
views
views
48
Prosper Mérimée
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
15,518
views
views
49
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
15,248
views
views
50
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian painter (1720-1778)
15,165
views
views
51
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
14,938
views
views
52
Hawkgirl
name of several female fictional superhero characters, all owned by DC Comics
14,541
views
views
53
Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)
14,315
views
views
54
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
13,702
views
views
55
Blue Beetle
name of Multiple DC Comics Superheroes
12,628
views
views
56
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
12,588
views
views
57
Cheetah
supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media
12,223
views
views
58
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
11,428
views
views
59
Metamorpho
DC Comics character
11,358
views
views
60
Theodor Mommsen
German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
10,879
views
views
61
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
10,774
views
views
62
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
10,578
views
views
63
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)
10,564
views
views
64
Khaled al-Anani
Director-General of UNESCO, Egyptian politician and Egyptologist
10,529
views
views
65
Steven Erikson
Canadian fantasy author
10,324
views
views
66
Hormuzd Rassam
Iraqi archaeologist (1826–1910)
9,735
views
views
67
Shinichi Fujimura
Japanese amateur archaeologist
9,616
views
views
68
Hiram Bingham III
American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)
9,250
views
views
69
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
9,004
views
views
70
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
8,953
views
views
71
Yury Mochanov
Soviet archaeologist (1934-2020)
8,887
views
views
72
Hester Stanhope
noblewoman; British aristocrat, antiquarian and archaeologist (1776–1839)
8,731
views
views
73
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
8,659
views
views
74
Rick O'Connell
protagonist of the Stephen Sommers' The Mummy trilogy.
8,637
views
views
75
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
andalusian geographer (1100–1165)
8,606
views
views
76
John Chadwick
English linguist and classical scholar (1920-1998)
8,011
views
views
77
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
7,984
views
views
78
Sakuji Yoshimura
Japanese Egyptologist
7,832
views
views
79
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
7,744
views
views
80
Peter Aleshkovsky
Soviet and Russian writer, historian, broadcaster, television presenter and journalist
7,661
views
views
81
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
7,636
views
views
82
Irving Finkel
British archaeologist
7,460
views
views
83
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
7,440
views
views
84
Gerald Gardner
British Wiccan leader (1884–1964)
7,355
views
views
85
River Song
Fictional character in the British TV series ''Doctor Who''
7,341
views
views
86
Hayashi Taisuke
Japanese academic
6,992
views
views
87
Kathleen Martíne
Dominican archaeologist, diplomat, and lawyer
6,965
views
views
88
Michael Geschwinde
German prehistorical archaeologist
6,920
views
views
89
Wonder Woman
DC Extended Universe character
6,884
views
views
90
Bandit Heeler
fictional character from Bluey
6,855
views
views
91
Neil Oliver
Scottish television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author
6,827
views
views
92
Christian Jacq
French author and egyptologist
6,811
views
views
93
Marija Gimbutas
Lithuanian-American archaeologist
6,657
views
views
94
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
6,639
views
views
95
Steven Runciman
British historian of the Middle Ages (1903–2000)
6,617
views
views
96
Georg Friedrich Creuzer
Philologist and archaeologist (1771–1858)
6,615
views
views
97
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
6,584
views
views
98
Joseph Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)
6,500
views
views
99
Karl Otfried Müller
German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)
6,459
views
views
100
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
6,338
views
views