Trending Economists — the 7 days to 28 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 28 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Benjamin Netanyahu. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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3,230,491
Total Views (the 7 days to 28 October 2026)
1
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
347,848
views
views
2
Yasuo Fukuda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 (1936–2026)
239,767
views
views
3
Dilma Rousseff
36th President of Brazil (2011-2016), 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
174,656
views
views
4
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
108,982
views
views
5
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
106,848
views
views
6
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
92,673
views
views
7
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
90,387
views
views
8
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
86,797
views
views
9
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
81,246
views
views
10
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
71,252
views
views
11
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
58,428
views
views
12
Eduardo Costantini
Argentine businessman
54,278
views
views
13
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
53,496
views
views
14
George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)
50,930
views
views
15
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist (born 1954)
50,285
views
views
16
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
49,791
views
views
17
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
49,730
views
views
18
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
48,877
views
views
19
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
47,339
views
views
20
Fernando Haddad
Brazilian politician, 51st mayor of São Paulo (2013–2017) and former Brazilian Finance Minister
40,828
views
views
21
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
40,474
views
views
22
Miatta Fahnbulleh
liberian-born british economist and politician
35,874
views
views
23
Nikolai Bukharin
Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)
32,752
views
views
24
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
30,775
views
views
25
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
30,117
views
views
26
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
28,814
views
views
27
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
28,213
views
views
28
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
28,126
views
views
29
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
24,887
views
views
30
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
24,691
views
views
31
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
23,036
views
views
32
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
22,939
views
views
33
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
21,493
views
views
34
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
21,342
views
views
35
Barack Obama Sr.
economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
20,925
views
views
36
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
20,868
views
views
37
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
20,554
views
views
38
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
20,366
views
views
39
Markus Krall
German author
19,816
views
views
40
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
19,272
views
views
41
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
18,810
views
views
42
José Serra
Brazilian politician (born 1942)
18,596
views
views
43
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
18,430
views
views
44
Marietta Slomka
German journalist
18,158
views
views
45
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
18,087
views
views
46
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
17,965
views
views
47
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
17,197
views
views
48
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
16,955
views
views
49
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
16,579
views
views
50
Federico Caffè
Italian economist (1914-1987)
16,500
views
views
51
Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician (1896-1958)
16,495
views
views
52
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
15,942
views
views
53
Gustavo Petro
42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
15,916
views
views
54
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
15,868
views
views
55
Eduardo Campos
Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)
15,546
views
views
56
Robert Reich
American political economist (1946–)
15,325
views
views
57
Oleg Kozhemyako
Russian politician
15,204
views
views
58
Thomas Piketty
French economist (born 1971)
15,102
views
views
59
Pierre Moscovici
French politician
15,020
views
views
60
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
14,751
views
views
61
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
14,692
views
views
62
Dejan Šoškić
Serbian economist
14,408
views
views
63
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
14,302
views
views
64
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
14,195
views
views
65
Aécio Neves
Brazilian economist, politician, and former Governor of Minas Gerais
13,949
views
views
66
Julio Herrera Velutini
banker
13,941
views
views
67
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
13,848
views
views
68
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
13,777
views
views
69
Sandrine Rousseau
French economist and politician
13,460
views
views
70
Sergei Shoigu
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
13,346
views
views
71
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
13,284
views
views
72
Santiago Peña Palacios
President of Paraguay since 2023
13,256
views
views
73
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
13,105
views
views
74
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
12,462
views
views
75
Alexander Van der Bellen
President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)
12,347
views
views
76
Andrei Belousov
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
12,038
views
views
77
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
12,034
views
views
78
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
12,000
views
views
79
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
11,958
views
views
80
Elizabeth Warren
American politician (born 1949)
11,766
views
views
81
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
11,693
views
views
82
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
11,648
views
views
83
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
11,429
views
views
84
Mario Draghi
Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
11,210
views
views
85
Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
11,062
views
views
86
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
10,940
views
views
87
Brian Hallisay
American actor
10,885
views
views
88
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
10,729
views
views
89
Viktor Yushchenko
3rd President of Ukraine
10,715
views
views
90
Zanny Minton Beddoes
British journalist
10,684
views
views
91
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
10,617
views
views
92
Sam Walton
American businessman (1918–1992)
10,616
views
views
93
Isabella M. Weber
German economist
10,603
views
views
94
Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
10,457
views
views
95
Margaret Gowing
English historian
10,321
views
views
96
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister
10,263
views
views
97
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
queen consort of the Netherlands (born 1971)
10,153
views
views
98
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
10,096
views
views
99
Thomas Sowell
American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
10,084
views
views
100
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
French economist
9,900
views
views