Trending Economists — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Alice Weidel. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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15,969,998
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
1,195,981
views
views
2
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
979,857
views
views
3
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (1946–1989)
712,480
views
views
4
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
578,385
views
views
5
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
443,390
views
views
6
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
442,194
views
views
7
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
407,423
views
views
8
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
377,213
views
views
9
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
362,924
views
views
10
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
327,612
views
views
11
Sahra Wagenknecht
German politician (born 1969)
303,032
views
views
12
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
268,658
views
views
13
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
267,484
views
views
14
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
255,150
views
views
15
S. Venkitaramanan
Indian economist, (1931-2023)
253,874
views
views
16
Leif-Erik Holm
German politician
252,150
views
views
17
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
240,908
views
views
18
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
232,323
views
views
19
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
219,385
views
views
20
Kevin Warsh
Chairman of the Federal Reserve since 2026
214,775
views
views
21
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
166,753
views
views
22
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
164,870
views
views
23
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
161,463
views
views
24
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
159,663
views
views
25
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
157,322
views
views
26
Ferat Koçak
German politician
146,996
views
views
27
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
143,294
views
views
28
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist (born 1954)
142,832
views
views
29
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
140,353
views
views
30
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
139,933
views
views
31
Magdalena Andersson
Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
134,287
views
views
32
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
132,669
views
views
33
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
131,168
views
views
34
Elaine Chao
18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
129,177
views
views
35
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
118,930
views
views
36
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
117,484
views
views
37
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
116,906
views
views
38
Heidi Reichinnek
German politician
116,661
views
views
39
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
112,804
views
views
40
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
111,954
views
views
41
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
111,799
views
views
42
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
109,173
views
views
43
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
108,954
views
views
44
Diana Fox
British economist and author
108,184
views
views
45
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
101,386
views
views
46
George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)
101,229
views
views
47
Thomas Sowell
American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
99,530
views
views
48
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
97,312
views
views
49
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
94,996
views
views
50
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
94,858
views
views
51
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
94,638
views
views
52
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
94,472
views
views
53
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
queen consort of the Netherlands (born 1971)
94,165
views
views
54
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
93,163
views
views
55
Sam Walton
American businessman (1918–1992)
92,873
views
views
56
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
91,615
views
views
57
Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
90,031
views
views
58
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
89,854
views
views
59
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
87,982
views
views
60
Lawrence Wong
Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024
87,614
views
views
61
Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist, political economist, and author
86,755
views
views
62
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
85,864
views
views
63
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
85,730
views
views
64
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
85,037
views
views
65
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
84,948
views
views
66
Gustavo Petro
42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
84,638
views
views
67
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
84,366
views
views
68
Barack Obama Sr.
economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
83,827
views
views
69
Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir
Icelandic politician
82,337
views
views
70
Sergei Shoigu
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister
81,346
views
views
71
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
80,915
views
views
72
Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
80,718
views
views
73
Elizabeth Warren
American politician (born 1949)
80,500
views
views
74
James Callaghan
former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)
78,414
views
views
75
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
76,102
views
views
76
Helmut Schmidt
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
75,595
views
views
77
Dilma Rousseff
36th President of Brazil (2011-2016), 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
75,477
views
views
78
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
75,407
views
views
79
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
74,591
views
views
80
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
74,551
views
views
81
Robert Reich
American political economist (1946–)
73,459
views
views
82
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
72,801
views
views
83
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
72,379
views
views
84
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
71,564
views
views
85
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
70,943
views
views
86
Guy Standing
British labour economist (born 1948)
69,939
views
views
87
David Miliband
British politician (born 1965)
69,858
views
views
88
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
69,173
views
views
89
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
67,993
views
views
90
Leonid Slutsky
Russian politician (born 1968)
67,904
views
views
91
Édouard Balladur
91st Prime Minister of France (1929–2026)
65,947
views
views
92
Stephen Harper
22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015
65,123
views
views
93
Bernd Lucke
German economist, professor, author (born 1962)
64,915
views
views
94
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
64,287
views
views
95
Brian Hallisay
American actor
63,995
views
views
96
Nathaniel Philip Rothschild
British-born Canadian financier (born 1971)
60,193
views
views
97
Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
60,177
views
views
98
Big Cass
American professional wrestler and actor
60,005
views
views
99
Jeremy Bentham
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
58,890
views
views
100
Carsten Linnemann
German economist, politician
58,790
views
views