Trending Archaeologists — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed archaeologists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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561,116
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
61,015
views
views
2
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
54,076
views
views
3
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
46,697
views
views
4
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
42,807
views
views
5
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
21,842
views
views
6
Indiana Jones
fictional archaeologist
19,012
views
views
7
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
13,087
views
views
8
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
11,026
views
views
9
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
9,451
views
views
10
Henning Wrede
German classical archaeologist
8,947
views
views
11
Dorothy Eady
British-Egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981)
8,629
views
views
12
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
7,517
views
views
13
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
7,337
views
views
14
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
7,306
views
views
15
Heinrich Schliemann
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
6,340
views
views
16
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
6,264
views
views
17
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
6,036
views
views
18
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
5,962
views
views
19
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
5,635
views
views
20
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
5,569
views
views
21
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
5,233
views
views
22
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
5,141
views
views
23
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
5,043
views
views
24
Josh Gates
American explorer and television host
5,003
views
views
25
Black Adam
fictional character in DC Comics
4,718
views
views
26
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
4,596
views
views
27
Miguel Rivera Dorado
Spanish writer and archaeologist
4,388
views
views
28
Clive Cussler
American novelist (1931–2020)
4,379
views
views
29
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
4,369
views
views
30
MacGyver
fictional character
4,250
views
views
31
Nico Robin
fictional character from One Piece
4,084
views
views
32
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian painter (1720-1778)
3,998
views
views
33
Max Mallowan
British archaeologist (1904-1978)
3,990
views
views
34
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist
3,942
views
views
35
Doctor Fate
fictional character from DC Comics
3,780
views
views
36
Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
3,727
views
views
37
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
3,654
views
views
38
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
3,621
views
views
39
Prosper Mérimée
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
3,524
views
views
40
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
3,469
views
views
41
Ricardo Eichmann
German archaeologist (1955-)
3,455
views
views
42
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923)
3,442
views
views
43
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
3,388
views
views
44
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
3,364
views
views
45
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
3,346
views
views
46
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
3,227
views
views
47
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
3,211
views
views
48
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
3,209
views
views
49
Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)
3,067
views
views
50
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)
2,969
views
views
51
Theodor Mommsen
German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
2,931
views
views
52
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
2,737
views
views
53
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
2,588
views
views
54
Hawkgirl
name of several female fictional superhero characters, all owned by DC Comics
2,367
views
views
55
Shinichi Fujimura
Japanese amateur archaeologist
2,348
views
views
56
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
2,337
views
views
57
Ron Wyatt
American amateur archaeologist (1933–1999)
2,309
views
views
58
Blue Beetle
name of Multiple DC Comics Superheroes
2,276
views
views
59
Cheetah
supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media
2,259
views
views
60
Steven Erikson
Canadian fantasy author
2,144
views
views
61
Rick O'Connell
protagonist of the Stephen Sommers' The Mummy trilogy.
2,096
views
views
62
Kathleen Martíne
Dominican archaeologist, diplomat, and lawyer
2,082
views
views
63
Oleh Olzhych
Ukrainian poet, archaeologist and prehistorian (1907-1944)
2,029
views
views
64
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)
1,947
views
views
65
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
1,944
views
views
66
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
1,936
views
views
67
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
1,922
views
views
68
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
andalusian geographer (1100–1165)
1,882
views
views
69
Cat Jarman
archaeologist
1,879
views
views
70
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
1,749
views
views
71
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
Italian archaeologist and art historian (1900-1975)
1,736
views
views
72
Evelyn Beauchamp
English aristocrat
1,722
views
views
73
Neil Oliver
Scottish television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author
1,706
views
views
74
Gerald Gardner
British Wiccan leader (1884–1964)
1,678
views
views
75
Yusef Majidzadeh
Iranian archaeologist
1,676
views
views
76
Adam Strange
DC Comics fictional character
1,665
views
views
77
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
British peer (1892–1975); paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
1,634
views
views
78
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
1,632
views
views
79
Metamorpho
DC Comics character
1,618
views
views
80
Hiram Bingham III
American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)
1,613
views
views
81
Christian Jacq
French author and egyptologist
1,584
views
views
82
Starhawk
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,563
views
views
83
Carlos Blanco Pérez
Spanish writer
1,551
views
views
84
Irving Finkel
British archaeologist
1,547
views
views
85
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
1,522
views
views
86
River Song
Fictional character in the British TV series ''Doctor Who''
1,519
views
views
87
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
1,476
views
views
88
Harm Paulsen
1,427
views
views
89
George Smith
English Assyriologist (1840–1876)
1,422
views
views
90
Glenn Cooper
American author
1,414
views
views
91
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
1,404
views
views
92
Marija Gimbutas
Lithuanian-American archaeologist
1,398
views
views
93
Jacques Cinq-Mars
Canadian archaeologist
1,392
views
views
94
Joseph Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)
1,365
views
views
95
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)
1,342
views
views
96
Bandit Heeler
fictional character from Bluey
1,336
views
views
97
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
1,326
views
views
98
Evelyn O'Connell
character from the 1999 film The Mummy
1,322
views
views
99
William Henry Fox Talbot
British inventor and photographer (1800–1877)
1,319
views
views
100
R. G. Collingwood
British historian and philosopher (1889–1943)
1,303
views
views