Trending Geologists — all time
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 29 October 2026.
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2,688,954
Total Views (all time)
Country
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1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
879,964
views
views
2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
184,617
views
views
3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
145,503
views
views
4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
129,797
views
views
5
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
97,270
views
views
6
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
61,715
views
views
7
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
60,305
views
views
8
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
58,970
views
views
9
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
57,629
views
views
10
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
43,304
views
views
11
George Ulrich
American geologist and volcanologist
42,967
views
views
12
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
35,775
views
views
13
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
32,589
views
views
14
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
29,732
views
views
15
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
26,849
views
views
16
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
25,455
views
views
17
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
22,188
views
views
18
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
21,767
views
views
19
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
19,795
views
views
20
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
19,429
views
views
21
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
19,092
views
views
22
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
18,781
views
views
23
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
18,286
views
views
24
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
17,352
views
views
25
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
17,214
views
views
26
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
16,273
views
views
27
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
15,781
views
views
28
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
15,708
views
views
29
Judith Curry
American climatologist
14,753
views
views
30
Manuel Hobiger
14,464
views
views
31
Herbert Tichy
Austrian mountain climber (1912–1987)
13,511
views
views
32
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
13,221
views
views
33
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
13,038
views
views
34
Kathryn D. Sullivan
American astronaut (born 1951)
12,220
views
views
35
Mireille Christophe Michel-Lévy
French geologist and mineralogist
12,046
views
views
36
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
12,030
views
views
37
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
11,996
views
views
38
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
11,939
views
views
39
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
11,614
views
views
40
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
10,483
views
views
41
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
10,430
views
views
42
Humphry Davy
British chemist
10,237
views
views
43
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
10,196
views
views
44
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
10,191
views
views
45
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
9,685
views
views
46
Syukuro Manabe
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)
9,666
views
views
47
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
9,328
views
views
48
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
9,288
views
views
49
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
9,257
views
views
50
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
9,186
views
views
51
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
9,180
views
views
52
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
9,178
views
views
53
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
8,872
views
views
54
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
8,796
views
views
55
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
8,746
views
views
56
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and Russian actor (1932-2012)
8,629
views
views
57
Wendela Horz
8,590
views
views
58
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
8,409
views
views
59
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
8,339
views
views
60
Beatriz Flamini
Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer
8,020
views
views
61
James Rollins
American writer (born 1961)
7,949
views
views
62
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
7,770
views
views
63
Claude Allègre
French politician and geochemist (1937–2025)
7,422
views
views
64
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
7,209
views
views
65
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
6,983
views
views
66
Stefano Lo Russo
Italian politician (born 1975)
6,780
views
views
67
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
6,658
views
views
68
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
6,587
views
views
69
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
6,365
views
views
70
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
6,321
views
views
71
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
6,248
views
views
72
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
6,139
views
views
73
Gerta Keller
American geologist and paleontologist
6,066
views
views
74
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
5,949
views
views
75
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
5,861
views
views
76
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
5,845
views
views
77
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
5,674
views
views
78
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
5,644
views
views
79
Barry Voight
American geologist
5,585
views
views
80
Sergey Kurginyan
Russian scientist
5,459
views
views
81
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
5,264
views
views
82
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
5,098
views
views
83
William Smith Clark
American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)
4,864
views
views
84
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
4,793
views
views
85
James Smithson
British chemist
4,724
views
views
86
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
4,655
views
views
87
Jacob Petrus
Spanish geographer, climatologist and science communicator
4,524
views
views
88
Euclides da Cunha
Brazilian writer (1866–1909)
4,521
views
views
89
Alexander Gerst
German ESA astronaut and geophysicist
4,504
views
views
90
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
4,464
views
views
91
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
4,412
views
views
92
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
4,396
views
views
93
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
4,392
views
views
94
Andrew Weaver
Canadian scientist and politician
4,389
views
views
95
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
4,367
views
views
96
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
4,352
views
views
97
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
4,330
views
views
98
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
4,313
views
views
99
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Argentine journalist and cartoonist (1919–1978)
4,249
views
views
100
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
4,184
views
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