Trending Architects — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed architects on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leonardo da Vinci. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
5,416,056
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
329,189
views
views
2
John Stewart
fictional superhero published by DC Comics
313,828
views
views
3
Larry Silverstein
American businessman
302,619
views
views
4
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
226,760
views
views
5
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
198,984
views
views
6
Martha Stewart
American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
167,348
views
views
7
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
164,549
views
views
8
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
134,342
views
views
9
Minoru Yamasaki
American architect (1912–1986)
132,636
views
views
10
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
American actor
113,025
views
views
11
Albert Speer
German Nazi architect, Government Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany and convicted Nazi War Criminal (1905–1981)
111,674
views
views
12
Antoni Gaudí
Catalan architect (1852–1926)
111,109
views
views
13
Bianca Censori
Australian architect and model
84,482
views
views
14
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect (1867-1959)
82,429
views
views
15
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
79,813
views
views
16
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
ancient Roman statesman and general
78,498
views
views
17
Luigi Pantisano
German politician (The Left)
75,352
views
views
18
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary (born 1944)
63,556
views
views
19
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
62,749
views
views
20
Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
62,408
views
views
21
Daedalus
son of Metion in Greek mythology
60,453
views
views
22
Zaha Hadid
Iraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950–2016)
59,668
views
views
23
Lee Radziwill
American socialite (1933–2019)
58,610
views
views
24
Juan Pablo Escobar Henao
Peace Ambassador, Colombian architect, author, and the son of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar
57,690
views
views
25
Yolanda Hadid
American television personality and former model
54,609
views
views
26
William Morris
textile designer, artist, writer, printer (1834–1896)
48,901
views
views
27
Joan Fontaine
British actress (1917–2013)
48,404
views
views
28
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
46,700
views
views
29
Kristin Brinker
German architect and politician
46,332
views
views
30
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
44,850
views
views
31
Jan van Eyck
Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
44,717
views
views
32
Egon Schiele
Austrian painter (1890-1918)
43,749
views
views
33
H. R. Giger
Swiss artist (1940–2014)
43,648
views
views
34
Alphonse Mucha
Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1860–1939)
43,588
views
views
35
Virgil Abloh
American fashion designer (1980-2021)
43,376
views
views
36
Elie Wiesel
Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928–2016)
42,918
views
views
37
Olena Zelenska
First Lady of Ukraine since 2019
42,817
views
views
38
Jonathan Scott
Canadian television personality
42,780
views
views
39
Leigh Anne Tuohy
American interior designer
38,186
views
views
40
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
37,727
views
views
41
John Ruskin
English writer and art critic (1819–1900)
37,429
views
views
42
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)
36,793
views
views
43
Zdzisław Beksiński
Polish artist (1929-2005)
35,720
views
views
44
Frank De Martini
American architect known for heroic acts in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
35,384
views
views
45
Aleksey Kozlov
Soviet and Russian saxophonist and jazz musician (1935-2026)
34,789
views
views
46
Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (1908–2005)
34,575
views
views
47
El Greco
Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
34,473
views
views
48
David Bromstad
American designer and television personality
34,276
views
views
49
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
34,220
views
views
50
Robert Moses
American urban planner (1888–1981)
34,067
views
views
51
Giotto
Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
33,544
views
views
52
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish-Swiss engineer, architect, and artist (born 1951)
32,629
views
views
53
Frank Gehry
Canadian and American architect (1929–2025)
32,595
views
views
54
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.
32,524
views
views
55
John Singer Sargent
American painter (1856–1925)
31,507
views
views
56
Sussanne Khan
Indian interior fashion designer
30,715
views
views
57
Anish Kapoor
British-Indian artist (born 1954)
30,350
views
views
58
Jack Nicklaus
American golfer (born 1940)
29,893
views
views
59
Joanna Gaines
interior designer
29,513
views
views
60
Arnold Palmer
American golfer (1929–2016)
29,405
views
views
61
Renzo Piano
Italian architect (1937-)
29,400
views
views
62
Viktor Vasnetsov
Russian artist (1848-1926)
29,353
views
views
63
Farah Pahlavi
queen/empress consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979
29,330
views
views
64
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian artist (1928–2000)
29,030
views
views
65
Tadao Ando
Japanese architect (born 1941)
28,379
views
views
66
Christopher Ciccone
American artist (1960–2024)
28,236
views
views
67
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
German architect (1886–1969)
27,277
views
views
68
Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
25,391
views
views
69
Walter Gropius
German-American architect (1883–1969)
25,290
views
views
70
Norman Foster
British architect (born 1935)
25,111
views
views
71
Catherine FitzGerald
Irish landscape designer and gardener (born 1971)
24,961
views
views
72
Vitruvius
Roman architect and engineer
24,551
views
views
73
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi
engineer and politician (1972–2026)
24,484
views
views
74
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
24,075
views
views
75
Ai Weiwei
Chinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)
23,996
views
views
76
Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
23,899
views
views
77
Amanda Burden
American urban planner
23,424
views
views
78
Queen Noor of Jordan
Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist
23,412
views
views
79
Neri Oxman
Israeli-American designer and academic (born 1976)
23,186
views
views
80
Raoul Wallenberg
Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian (1912-1947)
22,273
views
views
81
Amenhotep III
ninth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
22,203
views
views
82
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer (1633–1707)
22,174
views
views
83
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
French official and politician (1809-1891)
21,622
views
views
84
Vyacheslav Butusov
Russian singer-songwriter (born 1961)
21,489
views
views
85
Ernő Rubik
Hungarian inventor (born 1944)
20,106
views
views
86
I. M. Pei
Chinese-American architect (1917–2019)
20,041
views
views
87
Paul Blobel
German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator, convicted war criminal (1894–1951)
20,033
views
views
88
Lyndall Hobbs
Film director, producer and interior designer
19,893
views
views
89
Princess Rajwa Al Hussein
Saudi royal
19,678
views
views
90
Tiakola
French rapper and singer
19,422
views
views
91
Vitaly Kaloyev
Russian architect
19,380
views
views
92
Mary Richardson Kennedy
American interior designer, architect, and philanthropist
19,139
views
views
93
Paola Franchi
Italian interior designer
19,025
views
views
94
Isamu Noguchi
Japanese-American artist and landscape architect (1904–1988)
18,827
views
views
95
John Martin
English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)
18,309
views
views
96
Christian Lacroix
French fashion and theater designer (born 1951)
18,231
views
views
97
Gorō Miyazaki
Japanese anime director (born 1967)
18,057
views
views
98
Catherine Hardwicke
American film director, screenwriter and architect
18,044
views
views
99
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke; fourth child and third son of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
17,947
views
views
100
Giorgio Vasari
Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)
17,904
views
views