Trending Chemists this week
The 100 most-viewed chemists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Dolph Lundgren.
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330,456
Total Views (this week)
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Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
36,922
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2
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
22,604
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views
3
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
19,318
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views
4
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
18,267
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5
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
16,816
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views
6
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
15,429
views
views
7
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
8,682
views
views
8
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
6,114
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views
9
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
5,659
views
views
10
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
5,234
views
views
11
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
5,021
views
views
12
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
4,940
views
views
13
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
4,862
views
views
14
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
4,702
views
views
15
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
4,311
views
views
16
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
4,285
views
views
17
Roald Hoffmann
Polish-American Nobel laureate chemist and playwright
4,024
views
views
18
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
3,966
views
views
19
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
3,876
views
views
20
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
3,679
views
views
21
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
3,634
views
views
22
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
3,575
views
views
23
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
3,478
views
views
24
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
3,470
views
views
25
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer
3,353
views
views
26
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
3,072
views
views
27
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
2,898
views
views
28
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
2,830
views
views
29
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
2,828
views
views
30
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
2,667
views
views
31
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
2,620
views
views
32
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
2,547
views
views
33
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
2,524
views
views
34
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
2,501
views
views
35
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
2,385
views
views
36
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
2,375
views
views
37
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
2,336
views
views
38
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
2,232
views
views
39
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
2,220
views
views
40
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
2,103
views
views
41
David Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)
1,984
views
views
42
Rupert Sheldrake
English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
1,899
views
views
43
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
1,847
views
views
44
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
1,733
views
views
45
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
1,733
views
views
46
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
1,728
views
views
47
Harrison Ruffin Tyler
American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
1,711
views
views
48
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,671
views
views
49
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
1,652
views
views
50
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
1,608
views
views
51
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
1,580
views
views
52
Mr. Freeze
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
1,560
views
views
53
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
1,542
views
views
54
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
1,540
views
views
55
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
1,535
views
views
56
Owsley Stanley
American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011)
1,505
views
views
57
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
1,492
views
views
58
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
1,476
views
views
59
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
1,466
views
views
60
Omar M. Yaghi
American chemist of Arabic descent (born 1965)
1,386
views
views
61
Jeffrey Wigand
American whistleblower, tobacco company executive
1,383
views
views
62
Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz
Mexican chemical engineer
1,373
views
views
63
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
1,353
views
views
64
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
1,345
views
views
65
Benjamin Rush
American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)
1,280
views
views
66
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
1,272
views
views
67
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
1,268
views
views
68
Humphry Davy
British chemist
1,256
views
views
69
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
1,212
views
views
70
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
1,196
views
views
71
Wang Chuanfu
Chinese chemist and manager
1,196
views
views
72
Morbius
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,184
views
views
73
Peter Douglas
American film producer
1,180
views
views
74
Alessandro Volta
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
1,160
views
views
75
Antony Kidman
Australian academic and father of Nicole Kidman (1938-2014)
1,154
views
views
76
Kary Mullis
American biochemist (1944–2019)
1,089
views
views
77
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
1,086
views
views
78
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
1,080
views
views
79
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
1,078
views
views
80
Sidney Gottlieb
American chemist (1918–1999)
1,070
views
views
81
Lucius Fox
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
1,050
views
views
82
Nambi Narayanan
Indian aerospace scientist (born 1941)
1,041
views
views
83
Henry Moseley
English physicist
1,031
views
views
84
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,021
views
views
85
Gordon Moore
American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
1,014
views
views
86
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
1,003
views
views
87
Nigel Braun
Canadian YouTuber (born 1991)
1,002
views
views
88
Eli Lilly
American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist
1,000
views
views
89
Frederick Banting
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
992
views
views
90
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
969
views
views
91
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
953
views
views
92
Harsha Bhogle
Indian cricket commentator
949
views
views
93
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
935
views
views
94
Katalin Karikó
Hungarian biochemist
932
views
views
95
Henry Cavendish
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
931
views
views
96
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Kashmiri politician (1905-1982)
904
views
views
97
Fred Chase Koch
American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (1900–1967)
904
views
views
98
Robert Gallo
American biomedical researcher
885
views
views
99
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
864
views
views
100
Albert Bourla
Greek-American pharmaceutical executive
854
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