Trending Archaeologists — all time
The 100 most-viewed archaeologists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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2,335,891
Total Views (all time)
Country
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1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
815,041
views
views
2
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
156,506
views
views
3
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
141,639
views
views
4
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
93,005
views
views
5
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
63,743
views
views
6
Indiana Jones
fictional archaeologist
48,804
views
views
7
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
33,174
views
views
8
Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
27,391
views
views
9
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
26,321
views
views
10
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
25,333
views
views
11
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
25,090
views
views
12
Dorothy Eady
British-Egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981)
24,609
views
views
13
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
24,051
views
views
14
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
22,188
views
views
15
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
21,767
views
views
16
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
20,971
views
views
17
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
19,265
views
views
18
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
18,583
views
views
19
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
18,286
views
views
20
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
17,619
views
views
21
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
17,352
views
views
22
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
17,214
views
views
23
Doctor Fate
fictional character from DC Comics
16,271
views
views
24
Black Adam
fictional character in DC Comics
16,191
views
views
25
Miguel Rivera Dorado
Spanish writer and archaeologist
15,742
views
views
26
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
15,742
views
views
27
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
15,179
views
views
28
MacGyver
fictional character
14,339
views
views
29
Ron Wyatt
American amateur archaeologist (1933–1999)
13,977
views
views
30
Ricardo Eichmann
German archaeologist (1955-)
13,940
views
views
31
Jonathan Joestar
main character in part 1 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
13,663
views
views
32
Clive Cussler
American novelist (1931–2020)
13,452
views
views
33
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
13,245
views
views
34
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
12,893
views
views
35
Nico Robin
fictional character from One Piece
12,223
views
views
36
Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)
11,930
views
views
37
Cat Jarman
archaeologist
11,886
views
views
38
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist
11,437
views
views
39
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
11,420
views
views
40
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian painter (1720-1778)
11,166
views
views
41
Prosper Mérimée
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
10,827
views
views
42
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
10,607
views
views
43
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
10,530
views
views
44
Sakuji Yoshimura
Japanese Egyptologist
10,347
views
views
45
Theodor Mommsen
German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
10,329
views
views
46
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
10,293
views
views
47
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
10,278
views
views
48
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923)
9,988
views
views
49
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
9,864
views
views
50
Hawkgirl
name of several female fictional superhero characters, all owned by DC Comics
9,686
views
views
51
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
9,257
views
views
52
Max Mallowan
British archaeologist (1904-1978)
9,199
views
views
53
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
9,075
views
views
54
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
9,018
views
views
55
Henning Wrede
German classical archaeologist
8,972
views
views
56
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)
8,847
views
views
57
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
8,593
views
views
58
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
8,584
views
views
59
Blue Beetle
name of Multiple DC Comics Superheroes
8,377
views
views
60
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
8,268
views
views
61
Adam Strange
DC Comics fictional character
8,236
views
views
62
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
8,035
views
views
63
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
7,699
views
views
64
Shinichi Fujimura
Japanese amateur archaeologist
7,587
views
views
65
Rick O'Connell
protagonist of the Stephen Sommers' The Mummy trilogy.
7,390
views
views
66
Steven Erikson
Canadian fantasy author
7,385
views
views
67
Cheetah
supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media
7,235
views
views
68
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
British peer (1892–1975); paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
6,655
views
views
69
Evelyn Beauchamp
English aristocrat
6,369
views
views
70
Hiram Bingham III
American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)
6,221
views
views
71
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)
6,183
views
views
72
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
6,097
views
views
73
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
andalusian geographer (1100–1165)
6,013
views
views
74
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
5,949
views
views
75
Metamorpho
DC Comics character
5,937
views
views
76
Irving Finkel
British archaeologist
5,927
views
views
77
Gerald Gardner
British Wiccan leader (1884–1964)
5,773
views
views
78
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
5,627
views
views
79
Gerta Keller
American geologist and paleontologist
5,531
views
views
80
Kathleen Martíne
Dominican archaeologist, diplomat, and lawyer
5,499
views
views
81
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Russian Orientalist
5,235
views
views
82
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
5,206
views
views
83
Evelyn O'Connell
character from the 1999 film The Mummy
5,065
views
views
84
Marija Gimbutas
Lithuanian-American archaeologist
4,949
views
views
85
Flinders Petrie
British Egyptologist (1853–1942)
4,908
views
views
86
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
4,865
views
views
87
Bandit Heeler
fictional character from Bluey
4,785
views
views
88
Yoshihiro Senda
Japanese archaeologist
4,750
views
views
89
Hester Stanhope
noblewoman; British aristocrat, antiquarian and archaeologist (1776–1839)
4,553
views
views
90
Carlos Blanco Pérez
Spanish writer
4,445
views
views
91
William Henry Fox Talbot
British inventor and photographer (1800–1877)
4,418
views
views
92
River Song
Fictional character in the British TV series ''Doctor Who''
4,368
views
views
93
Christian Jacq
French author and egyptologist
4,358
views
views
94
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
4,277
views
views
95
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)
4,210
views
views
96
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
4,181
views
views
97
Edward Burnett Tylor
English anthropologist (1832–1917)
4,171
views
views
98
Jules Hudson
British archaeologist
4,135
views
views
99
Neil Oliver
Scottish television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author
4,053
views
views
100
Philippa Langley
British author, producer and historian
4,024
views
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