Trending Biologists — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed biologists on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leonardo da Vinci. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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9,049,092
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
329,189
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views
2
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
327,593
views
views
3
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
317,531
views
views
4
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
298,402
views
views
5
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
272,169
views
views
6
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
266,703
views
views
7
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
262,959
views
views
8
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
247,215
views
views
9
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
226,760
views
views
10
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
205,820
views
views
11
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
182,708
views
views
12
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
181,246
views
views
13
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
176,240
views
views
14
Andrew D. Huberman
American neuroscientist
173,123
views
views
15
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
172,895
views
views
16
Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
155,303
views
views
17
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
153,973
views
views
18
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
153,948
views
views
19
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
151,322
views
views
20
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
147,625
views
views
21
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
142,411
views
views
22
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
139,087
views
views
23
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
112,837
views
views
24
Ali Hazelwood
Italian neuroscientist and author
102,924
views
views
25
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
97,029
views
views
26
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
96,441
views
views
27
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
95,334
views
views
28
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
93,527
views
views
29
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
92,981
views
views
30
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
92,716
views
views
31
Maximilian I of Mexico
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
91,287
views
views
32
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
88,493
views
views
33
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
84,905
views
views
34
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
83,955
views
views
35
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
76,853
views
views
36
David Rockefeller
American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)
74,945
views
views
37
Robert Stroud
American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963)
73,424
views
views
38
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
73,418
views
views
39
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
72,839
views
views
40
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
72,273
views
views
41
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
72,124
views
views
42
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
69,003
views
views
43
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
66,601
views
views
44
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
65,993
views
views
45
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
65,716
views
views
46
Ian Gibbons
American based British biochemist
65,512
views
views
47
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
65,449
views
views
48
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
63,006
views
views
49
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
61,552
views
views
50
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist
61,363
views
views
51
Sasquatch
fictional character in Marvel Comics
60,737
views
views
52
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
60,504
views
views
53
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
59,762
views
views
54
Jared Diamond
American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
59,672
views
views
55
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
59,548
views
views
56
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
56,154
views
views
57
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
56,007
views
views
58
Johnny Appleseed
American nurseryman and missionary (1774–1845)
55,553
views
views
59
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
51,618
views
views
60
Dian Fossey
American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
50,658
views
views
61
Juliane Koepcke
mammalogist and only survivor of LANSA Flight 508
50,259
views
views
62
Stephen Hillenburg
American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)
50,185
views
views
63
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
50,049
views
views
64
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
49,587
views
views
65
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
49,529
views
views
66
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
49,275
views
views
67
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Joe Exotic
American zoo operator, internet personality, and musician
48,856
views
views
68
Dexter Holland
American rock musician
45,949
views
views
69
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
45,009
views
views
70
Albert I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)
42,962
views
views
71
Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
42,840
views
views
72
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
42,354
views
views
73
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
42,187
views
views
74
lomar aja Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and researcher
42,116
views
views
75
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
42,106
views
views
76
B.F. Skinner
American behaviorist (1904–1990)
40,429
views
views
77
Nikolay Rybakov
Russian public figure, politician and ecologist
40,077
views
views
78
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
39,356
views
views
79
Cesar Millan
Mexican - American dog trainer and television personality
39,354
views
views
80
Didier Raoult
French physician and microbiologist
39,139
views
views
81
Bruce Edwards Ivins
American microbiologist and vaccinologist (1946–2008)
37,843
views
views
82
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
37,727
views
views
83
Eugene Sledge
United States Marine (1923-2001)
37,373
views
views
84
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849–1936)
37,149
views
views
85
Sam Harris
American author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)
36,986
views
views
86
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
35,865
views
views
87
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
35,269
views
views
88
Christopher Duntsch
American neurosurgeon and convicted criminal for malpractice
34,775
views
views
89
Bob Irwin
Australian naturalist and former zookeeper (born 1939)
33,651
views
views
90
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
32,956
views
views
91
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
32,544
views
views
92
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
32,264
views
views
93
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
32,118
views
views
94
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
32,096
views
views
95
Galen
2nd-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
31,497
views
views
96
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
30,292
views
views
97
Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistani-American neuroscientist and terrorist (born 1972)
30,128
views
views
98
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
30,066
views
views
99
Sousuke Aizen
fictional character from Bleach
30,007
views
views
100
Spider-Man 2099
superhero appearing in Marvel Comics
29,933
views
views