Trending Economists — the 7 days to 29 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 29 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Fátima Báñez. Data as of 29 October 2026.
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4,002,462
Total Views (the 7 days to 29 October 2026)
1
Fátima Báñez
Spanish politician (1967–2026)
594,932
views
views
2
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
489,637
views
views
3
Yasuo Fukuda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 (1936–2026)
250,158
views
views
4
Dilma Rousseff
36th President of Brazil (2011-2016), 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
198,828
views
views
5
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
116,966
views
views
6
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
105,441
views
views
7
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
103,489
views
views
8
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
89,118
views
views
9
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
87,400
views
views
10
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
81,378
views
views
11
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
60,339
views
views
12
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
58,375
views
views
13
Eduardo Costantini
Argentine businessman
54,093
views
views
14
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
53,613
views
views
15
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
49,853
views
views
16
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
49,848
views
views
17
George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)
49,665
views
views
18
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist (born 1954)
49,601
views
views
19
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
48,789
views
views
20
Fernando Haddad
Brazilian politician, 51st mayor of São Paulo (2013–2017) and former Brazilian Finance Minister
47,103
views
views
21
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
44,949
views
views
22
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
41,081
views
views
23
Nikolai Bukharin
Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)
33,224
views
views
24
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
30,778
views
views
25
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
29,572
views
views
26
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
28,959
views
views
27
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
28,149
views
views
28
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
27,562
views
views
29
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
25,015
views
views
30
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
25,005
views
views
31
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
23,978
views
views
32
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
22,986
views
views
33
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
21,758
views
views
34
Barack Obama Sr.
economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
21,715
views
views
35
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
21,711
views
views
36
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
21,036
views
views
37
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
20,778
views
views
38
Miatta Fahnbulleh
liberian-born british economist and politician
20,614
views
views
39
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
20,289
views
views
40
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
20,145
views
views
41
José Serra
Brazilian politician (born 1942)
20,127
views
views
42
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
19,677
views
views
43
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
18,873
views
views
44
Eduardo Campos
Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)
18,817
views
views
45
Marietta Slomka
German journalist
18,782
views
views
46
Pierre Moscovici
French politician
18,690
views
views
47
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
17,886
views
views
48
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
17,781
views
views
49
Markus Krall
German author
17,160
views
views
50
Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician (1896-1958)
17,121
views
views
51
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
17,050
views
views
52
Gustavo Petro
42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
16,816
views
views
53
Federico Caffè
Italian economist (1914-1987)
16,723
views
views
54
Robert Reich
American political economist (born 1946)
16,718
views
views
55
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
16,689
views
views
56
Dejan Šoškić
Serbian economist
16,205
views
views
57
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
16,181
views
views
58
Aécio Neves
Brazilian economist, politician, and former Governor of Minas Gerais
16,017
views
views
59
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
15,526
views
views
60
Thomas Piketty
French economist (born 1971)
15,433
views
views
61
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
15,277
views
views
62
Kevin Warsh
Chairman of the Federal Reserve since 2026
14,838
views
views
63
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
14,669
views
views
64
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
14,621
views
views
65
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
14,499
views
views
66
Santiago Peña Palacios
President of Paraguay since 2023
14,424
views
views
67
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
14,356
views
views
68
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
13,853
views
views
69
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
13,784
views
views
70
Sandrine Rousseau
French economist and politician
13,739
views
views
71
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
13,403
views
views
72
Alexander Van der Bellen
President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)
13,040
views
views
73
Sergei Shoigu
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
12,797
views
views
74
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
12,708
views
views
75
Oleg Kozhemyako
Russian politician
12,410
views
views
76
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
12,169
views
views
77
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
12,093
views
views
78
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
11,862
views
views
79
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
11,769
views
views
80
Viktor Yushchenko
3rd President of Ukraine
11,700
views
views
81
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
11,576
views
views
82
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
11,516
views
views
83
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
11,510
views
views
84
Rachel Reeves
British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2024 to 2026 (born 1979)
11,508
views
views
85
Isabella M. Weber
German economist
11,374
views
views
86
Andrei Belousov
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
11,367
views
views
87
Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
11,366
views
views
88
Brian Hallisay
American actor
11,317
views
views
89
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
11,249
views
views
90
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
11,056
views
views
91
Sam Walton
American businessman (1918–1992)
10,880
views
views
92
Elizabeth Warren
American politician (born 1949)
10,690
views
views
93
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
queen consort of the Netherlands (born 1971)
10,689
views
views
94
Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
10,622
views
views
95
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
10,566
views
views
96
Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister
10,436
views
views
97
Mario Draghi
Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy
10,310
views
views
98
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
10,207
views
views
99
Thomas Sowell
American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
10,176
views
views
100
Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist, political economist, and author
9,834
views
views