Trending Archaeologists this month
The 100 most-viewed archaeologists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson.
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304,433
Total Views (this month)
Country
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1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
34,369
views
views
2
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888β1935)
24,197
views
views
3
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
21,459
views
views
4
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
11,710
views
views
5
Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and archaeologist (1822β1890)
9,760
views
views
6
Lawrence Xu-Nan
Egyptologist, law student, and Green Party MP
9,022
views
views
7
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
8,974
views
views
8
Sara C. Bisel
American archaeologist and anthropologist (1932-1996)
7,790
views
views
9
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
6,810
views
views
10
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867β1925)
5,282
views
views
11
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915β1981)
4,189
views
views
12
Catrine Jarman
archaeologist
4,125
views
views
13
MacGyver
fictional character
4,093
views
views
14
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874β1939)
4,058
views
views
15
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
3,908
views
views
16
Indiana Jones
fictional archaeologist
3,757
views
views
17
Dorothy Eady
British-Egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981)
3,608
views
views
18
Clive Cussler
American novelist (1931β2020)
3,464
views
views
19
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950β1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
3,414
views
views
20
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist
3,201
views
views
21
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868β1926)
3,195
views
views
22
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858β1937)
3,153
views
views
23
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
3,151
views
views
24
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
3,115
views
views
25
Cheetah
supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media
2,956
views
views
26
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
2,869
views
views
27
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
2,788
views
views
28
Ricardo Eichmann
German archaeologist (1955-)
2,748
views
views
29
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
2,743
views
views
30
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923)
2,445
views
views
31
Doctor Fate
fictional character from DC Comics
2,432
views
views
32
Black Adam
fictional character in DC Comics
2,431
views
views
33
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
2,420
views
views
34
Nico Robin
fictional character from One Piece
2,233
views
views
35
Frank Calvert
British archaeologist (1828β1908)
2,227
views
views
36
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
2,222
views
views
37
Max Mallowan
British archaeologist (1904-1978)
2,216
views
views
38
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian painter (1720-1778)
2,202
views
views
39
Eric H. Cline
American archaeologist and historian
2,165
views
views
40
Clemente Marconi
Italian archaeologist and academic
2,056
views
views
41
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
2,046
views
views
42
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
1,926
views
views
43
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
1,864
views
views
44
Steven Erikson
Canadian fantasy author
1,835
views
views
45
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
1,779
views
views
46
Franz Nopcsa von FelsΕ-SzilvΓ‘s
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
1,740
views
views
47
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717β1768)
1,676
views
views
48
Hiram Bingham III
American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875β1956)
1,662
views
views
49
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 β 1830)
1,637
views
views
50
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874β1947)
1,532
views
views
51
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
1,497
views
views
52
Evelyn Beauchamp
English aristocrat
1,486
views
views
53
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
1,426
views
views
54
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
1,361
views
views
55
Mick Aston
English archaeologist (1946β2013)
1,360
views
views
56
River Song
Fictional character in the British TV series ''Doctor Who''
1,350
views
views
57
Jules Hudson
British archaeologist
1,339
views
views
58
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
1,337
views
views
59
Hawkgirl
name of several female fictional superhero characters, all owned by DC Comics
1,332
views
views
60
Metamorpho
DC Comics character
1,329
views
views
61
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
1,323
views
views
62
Blue Beetle
name of Multiple DC Comics Superheroes
1,320
views
views
63
Robin Cormack
art historian
1,307
views
views
64
Neil Oliver
Scottish television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author
1,287
views
views
65
AndrΓ© Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901β1976)
1,268
views
views
66
Khaled Asaad
Syrian archeologist
1,258
views
views
67
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
1,237
views
views
68
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
British peer (1892β1975); paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
1,227
views
views
69
Sofia Schliemann
Greek archaeologist (1852β1932)
1,216
views
views
70
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851β1941)
1,213
views
views
71
Colleen Darnell
American Egyptologist
1,194
views
views
72
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
1,184
views
views
73
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
andalusian geographer (1100β1165)
1,163
views
views
74
Bandit Heeler
fictional character from Bluey
1,150
views
views
75
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
1,146
views
views
76
Ron Wyatt
American amateur archaeologist (1933β1999)
1,130
views
views
77
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
1,129
views
views
78
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
1,126
views
views
79
Starhawk
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,125
views
views
80
Adam Strange
DC Comics fictional character
1,122
views
views
81
Rick O'Connell
protagonist of the Stephen Sommers' The Mummy trilogy.
1,093
views
views
82
Phil Harding
English archaeologist
1,087
views
views
83
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)
1,070
views
views
84
Joseph Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)
1,057
views
views
85
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822β1892)
1,043
views
views
86
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
1,037
views
views
87
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
1,035
views
views
88
Gerald Gardner
British Wiccan leader (1884β1964)
1,034
views
views
89
Karl Otfried MΓΌller
German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797β1840)
1,005
views
views
90
Dirk Pitt
fictional adventurer
995
views
views
91
Sarah Parcak
American archaeologist and egyptologist
990
views
views
92
Flinders Petrie
British Egyptologist (1853β1942)
983
views
views
93
Georg Friedrich Creuzer
Philologist and archaeologist
949
views
views
94
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804β1892)
942
views
views
95
Marija Gimbutas
Lithuanian-American archaeologist
936
views
views
96
Ennio Quirino Visconti
Italian classical archaeologist (1751-1818)
934
views
views
97
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
931
views
views
98
Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823β1892)
917
views
views
99
Otto Hirschfeld
Prussian and German historian (1843β1922)
901
views
views
100
Irving Finkel
British archaeologist
898
views
views
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