Trending Geologists — the 7 days to 28 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 28 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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536,281
Total Views (the 7 days to 28 October 2026)
1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
65,300
views
views
2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
50,470
views
views
3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
36,335
views
views
4
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
36,290
views
views
5
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
28,345
views
views
6
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
18,943
views
views
7
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
17,021
views
views
8
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
15,697
views
views
9
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
15,435
views
views
10
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
11,429
views
views
11
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
10,586
views
views
12
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
7,879
views
views
13
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
7,713
views
views
14
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
7,272
views
views
15
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
6,409
views
views
16
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
6,258
views
views
17
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
6,120
views
views
18
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
5,860
views
views
19
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
5,622
views
views
20
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
5,352
views
views
21
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
5,308
views
views
22
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
5,177
views
views
23
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
4,270
views
views
24
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
4,094
views
views
25
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
4,010
views
views
26
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
3,649
views
views
27
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
3,559
views
views
28
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
3,439
views
views
29
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
3,393
views
views
30
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
3,341
views
views
31
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
3,323
views
views
32
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
3,308
views
views
33
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
3,258
views
views
34
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
3,228
views
views
35
Wendela Horz
3,148
views
views
36
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
3,142
views
views
37
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and Russian actor (1932-2012)
3,061
views
views
38
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
2,993
views
views
39
Jeremy Valeriote
Canadian Politician
2,976
views
views
40
Humphry Davy
British chemist
2,972
views
views
41
Manuel Hobiger
2,668
views
views
42
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
2,657
views
views
43
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
2,654
views
views
44
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
2,640
views
views
45
Judith Curry
American climatologist
2,514
views
views
46
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
2,504
views
views
47
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
2,435
views
views
48
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
2,409
views
views
49
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
2,370
views
views
50
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
2,342
views
views
51
James Rollins
American writer (born 1961)
2,243
views
views
52
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
2,181
views
views
53
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
2,158
views
views
54
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
2,095
views
views
55
Andrew Weaver
Canadian scientist and politician
2,080
views
views
56
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
2,047
views
views
57
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
1,903
views
views
58
Madelaine Böhme
German palaeontologist
1,872
views
views
59
Syukuro Manabe
Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–)
1,774
views
views
60
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
1,765
views
views
61
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
1,737
views
views
62
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
1,681
views
views
63
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
1,666
views
views
64
Stefano Lo Russo
Italian politician (born 1975)
1,652
views
views
65
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
1,638
views
views
66
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
1,632
views
views
67
Jennifer McKelvie
Canadian politician
1,617
views
views
68
Jan Smit
Dutch paleontologist (born 1948)
1,579
views
views
69
William Smith Clark
American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)
1,572
views
views
70
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
1,551
views
views
71
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
1,550
views
views
72
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
1,540
views
views
73
Barry Voight
American geologist
1,494
views
views
74
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
1,478
views
views
75
Jane Francis
British paleoclimatologist
1,464
views
views
76
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
1,450
views
views
77
Quintino Sella
Italian statesman and financier (1827-1884)
1,387
views
views
78
Frank Otto
German media entrepreneur
1,380
views
views
79
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
1,356
views
views
80
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803)
1,346
views
views
81
Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
1,327
views
views
82
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
1,321
views
views
83
Euclides da Cunha
Brazilian writer (1866–1909)
1,297
views
views
84
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
1,295
views
views
85
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
1,279
views
views
86
Reto Knutti
Swiss climate scientist and professor
1,265
views
views
87
Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
1,260
views
views
88
Alexander Gerst
German ESA astronaut and geophysicist
1,234
views
views
89
Jacob Petrus
Spanish geographer, climatologist and science communicator
1,217
views
views
90
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Argentine journalist and cartoonist (1919–1978)
1,212
views
views
91
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
1,192
views
views
92
Grover Krantz
American biological anthropologist (1931–2002)
1,172
views
views
93
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
1,170
views
views
94
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
1,162
views
views
95
James Smithson
British chemist
1,155
views
views
96
Joseph Thomson
Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)
1,150
views
views
97
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
1,143
views
views
98
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
1,132
views
views
99
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Sri Lankan Tamil metaphysician (1877–1947)
1,126
views
views
100
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
1,106
views
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