Trending Geologists of all time
The 100 most-viewed geologists of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant.
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Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
19,330
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2
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874β1964)
7,684
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3
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
3,571
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4
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707β1778)
2,625
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5
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
2,530
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6
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943β2024)
2,390
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7
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777β1855)
1,887
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8
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920β1958)
1,737
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9
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840β1897)
1,344
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10
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
1,226
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11
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
1,142
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12
Shiva Balak Misra
Indian geologist
956
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13
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797β1875)
930
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14
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
894
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15
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
859
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16
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
831
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17
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
752
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18
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
703
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19
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
694
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20
William Henry Bragg
British scientist (1862β1942)
572
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21
Boyan Petrov
Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer (1973-2018)
560
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22
Alexander Avdonin
archeologist, founder of Nicholas II grave
555
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views
23
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
545
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24
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656β1742)
489
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25
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
431
views
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26
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
427
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27
Ada Copeland King
wife of Clarence King
410
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views
28
Michel Siffre
French cave explorer (1939β2024)
394
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views
29
Scott D. Sampson
Canadian paleontologist
385
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30
Thomas Gold
Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004)
384
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31
Stacey Sutton
fictional character
361
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32
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
354
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33
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822β1892)
353
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34
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
344
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35
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
326
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views
36
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
321
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37
JosΓ© BonifΓ‘cio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
321
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views
38
James E. Talmage
American Mormon leader (1862β1933)
300
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39
John Bidwell
American politician (1819-1900)
298
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40
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
259
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41
John T. Scopes
American schoolteacher (1900β1970)
254
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42
Franz Ernst Neumann
German physicist and mineralogist (1798-1895)
248
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43
Jovan CvijiΔ
Serbian scientist (1865β1927)
232
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views
44
Philip D. Jones
British climatologist
228
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45
William Whewell
English philosopher and historian of science (1794β1866)
226
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46
SebastiΓ£o JosΓ© de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699β1782)
224
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views
47
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
223
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views
48
Grover Krantz
American biological anthropologist (1931β2002)
219
views
views
49
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
214
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50
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834β1923)
211
views
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51
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922β1995)
205
views
views
52
George Ernest Morrison
Australian journalist (1862-1920)
204
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53
Henry De la Beche
English geologist, palaeontologist and Slave plantations owner (1796β1855)
204
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54
Ding Zhongli
Chinese geologist and politician
203
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views
55
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
201
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56
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering Steller's Sea Lion
201
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views
57
Tej P. Singh
Indian crystallographer
189
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58
Roy Chapman Andrews
American explorer, naturalist, and writer (1884β1960)
188
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59
Emil Constantinescu
President of Romania from 1996 to 2000
185
views
views
60
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
184
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61
William Barton Rogers
American scientist, founder of MIT (1804-1882)
184
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62
Clarence King
American geologist (1842-1901)
182
views
views
63
Daniel Barringer
American geologist (1860β1929)
180
views
views
64
Joseph LeConte
American geologist (1823β1901)
177
views
views
65
Thomas A. Mutch
American geologist and planetary scientist (1931-1980)
174
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views
66
Carl Reichenbach
German scientist and philosopher (1788β1869)
173
views
views
67
Mary Doria Russell
American novelist
161
views
views
68
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879β1960)
160
views
views
69
Robert T. Bakker
American paleontologist
160
views
views
70
Matthew Fontaine Maury
United States Navy officer
157
views
views
71
Charlotte Murchison
British geologist (1788-1869)
152
views
views
72
Stacey Travers
American politician, scientist, and military veteran
151
views
views
73
Amos Eaton
American botanist (1776-1842)
149
views
views
74
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
British zoologist (1903β1991)
144
views
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75
John White Webster
American academic (1793-1850)
144
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76
Christopher Jackson
British geologist
143
views
views
77
Benjamin Silliman Sr.
early American chemist and science educator (1779β1864)
140
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78
Xu Xing
Chinese paleontologist
139
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views
79
Mike Berners-Lee
British professor and ecologist (1964-)
139
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views
80
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
137
views
views
81
Tony Hayward
British businessman
132
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views
82
John William Dawson
Canadian geologist, principal of McGill University (1820β1899)
130
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83
George Band
English mountain climber (1929β2011)
130
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views
84
Shen Kuo
Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)
130
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views
85
Michael E. Mann
American physicist and climatologist
127
views
views
86
Stephen L. Brusatte
American paleontologist (born 1984)
126
views
views
87
Haraldur SigurΓ°sson
volcanologist
124
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views
88
Wladimir KΓΆppen
German meteorologist (1846β1940)
124
views
views
89
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Indian climate scientist
122
views
views
90
Georgius Agricola
German mineralogist (1494-1555)
122
views
views
91
Noel Odell
British geologist and mountain climber (1890β1987)
121
views
views
92
Ernst Chladni
German physicist, mathematician and musician (1756 β 1827)
120
views
views
93
Donald Johanson
American anthropologist
120
views
views
94
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
German chemist (1743-1817)
119
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95
Mark Bristow
South African businessman
119
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96
Gavin de Beer
British evolutionary embryologist (1899-1972)
119
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views
97
Theodore Gill
American biologist (1837β1914)
116
views
views
98
Inge Lehmann
Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993)
115
views
views
99
Michael Fincke
American astronaut
113
views
views
100
HΓ©ctor GermΓ‘n Oesterheld
Argentine journalist and cartoonist
110
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