Trending Biologists of all time
The 100 most-viewed biologists of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anthony Fauci.
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Ranked
535,575
Total Views (of all time)
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Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
104,878
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2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
47,174
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3
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
30,091
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4
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
19,900
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5
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
19,330
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6
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
18,363
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views
7
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
18,176
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8
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
13,798
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9
Monty Roberts
horse trainer
11,421
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views
10
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
10,959
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views
11
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
8,927
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12
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
8,464
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13
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
7,964
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14
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
7,160
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views
15
Terence McKenna
American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000)
7,078
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16
lomar aja Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and researcher
6,465
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views
17
Frederick Law Olmsted
American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903)
5,492
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18
Stanley Johnson
British politician and writer (1940-)
5,275
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19
Sam Sheppard
American neurosurgeon (1923-1970)
5,108
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views
20
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
5,056
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views
21
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,885
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views
22
Cesar Millan
Mexican - American dog trainer and television personality
4,486
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views
23
Spider-Man 2099
superhero appearing in Marvel Comics
4,379
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views
24
Sanjay Gupta
American neurosurgeon, medical reporter and writer
4,296
views
views
25
Antonio Luna
Philippine researcher, reformist, military general and statesman (1866–1899)
4,275
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views
26
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
4,104
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views
27
Leó Szilárd
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
4,035
views
views
28
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
3,977
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views
29
David A. Sinclair
Australian biologist and geneticist
3,910
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views
30
Martin Kratt
American educational nature show host
3,675
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views
31
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
3,571
views
views
32
Wade Barrett
British professional wrestler (born 1980)
3,314
views
views
33
Cara Santa Maria
journalist, science communicator, television personality, author, and podcaster
3,184
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views
34
Jessica Meir
Swedish-American marine biologist and astronaut
3,110
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views
35
Juliane Koepcke
mammalogist and only survivor of LANSA Flight 508
3,008
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views
36
Christopher Duntsch
American neurosurgeon and convicted criminal for malpractice
2,996
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views
37
Adam Britton
British-born Australian crocodile expert and zoosadist
2,911
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38
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
2,838
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39
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
2,666
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views
40
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
2,625
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views
41
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
2,604
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42
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
2,597
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views
43
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
2,534
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views
44
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
2,530
views
views
45
Dian Fossey
American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
2,464
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views
46
Allison Cameron
fictional character from House
2,464
views
views
47
Maya Higa
American conservationist, falconer, wildlife rehabilitator, and Twitch streamer
2,407
views
views
48
Roger Bannister
English physician and athlete (1929–2018)
2,356
views
views
49
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
2,334
views
views
50
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Canadian neuroscientist
2,244
views
views
51
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer (1774-1809)
2,117
views
views
52
Kaine
Marvel Comics character
2,094
views
views
53
Shyamala Gopalan
Indian-American biomedical scientist and researcher (1938–2009)
2,087
views
views
54
Jessie Inchauspé
French biochemist
2,062
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views
55
Jadav Payeng
Environmentalist, nature scientist
2,007
views
views
56
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
1,971
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views
57
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Bennet Omalu
Nigerian-American pathologist
1,938
views
views
58
Jay Bhattacharya
18th director of the National Institutes of Health
1,936
views
views
59
Jonathan Miller
British theatre director (1934-2019)
1,928
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views
60
Jeremy Wade
British television presenter and author
1,896
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views
61
Jim Fowler
American zoologist
1,889
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views
62
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ethiopian and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization
1,861
views
views
63
Mad Hatter
fictional character in DC Comics
1,834
views
views
64
James Bowie
nineteenth-century American pioneer
1,826
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views
65
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
1,821
views
views
66
Jean-Michel Macron
French doctor and professor of neurology
1,792
views
views
67
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
1,737
views
views
68
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
1,736
views
views
69
Anne Wojcicki
American biotech analyst, biologist, businesswoman, and co-founder of 23andMe
1,679
views
views
70
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
1,656
views
views
71
Pierre Fauvel
French zoologist (1866-1958)
1,603
views
views
72
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
1,593
views
views
73
Bruce Lipton
American developmental biologist
1,591
views
views
74
Joseph Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)
1,584
views
views
75
Mitchell Hooper
world's strongest man in 2023
1,579
views
views
76
Nell Newman
American actress
1,527
views
views
77
Mungo Park
Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent
1,520
views
views
78
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
1,485
views
views
79
Kary Mullis
American biochemist (1944–2019)
1,429
views
views
80
St John Philby
English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)
1,393
views
views
81
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
1,344
views
views
82
Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
fictional character on The Big Bang Theory
1,339
views
views
83
Aria Giovanni
American model and erotic glamour actress
1,335
views
views
84
Michael Shellenberger
American writer and environmental policy advocate
1,321
views
views
85
Kay Panabaker
American actress
1,303
views
views
86
Emmanuelle Charpentier
French microbiologist and biochemist (born 1968)
1,294
views
views
87
John Hanning Speke
British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)
1,254
views
views
88
Pradip Krishen
Indian film director
1,248
views
views
89
John Eleuthère du Pont
American heir to the Du Pont family fortune, ornithologist, conchologist, murderer (1938–2010)
1,238
views
views
90
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Indian physician (1931–1981)
1,237
views
views
91
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
1,226
views
views
92
Howard Florey
Australian pathologist (1898-1968)
1,185
views
views
93
B. F. Skinner
American behaviorist (1904–1990)
1,184
views
views
94
David Baltimore
American biologist and Nobel laureate (1938–2025)
1,172
views
views
95
Scott Atlas
American physician and healthcare policy expert
1,164
views
views
96
Kate Adamala
Synthetic biologist
1,164
views
views
97
John Stapp
American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, and biophysicist (1910–1999)
1,145
views
views
98
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
1,142
views
views
99
Drew Weissman
American physician-scientist (born 1959)
1,138
views
views
100
John C. Lilly
American physician (1915-2001)
1,113
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