Trending Geologists this week
The 100 most-viewed geologists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Richard E. Grant.
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201,232
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1
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
28,796
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2
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
22,820
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views
3
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874β1964)
14,529
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views
4
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
9,897
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views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
7,651
views
views
6
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707β1778)
5,408
views
views
7
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
4,511
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8
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943β2024)
4,326
views
views
9
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888β1970)
3,936
views
views
10
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646β1716)
3,883
views
views
11
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920β1958)
3,825
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views
12
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777β1855)
3,755
views
views
13
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838β1914)
3,417
views
views
14
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
2,870
views
views
15
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949β1980)
2,811
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views
16
Scott W. Tinker
American geologist
2,572
views
views
17
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
2,517
views
views
18
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901β1994)
2,492
views
views
19
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
2,390
views
views
20
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799β1847)
2,244
views
views
21
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman and the 42nd Governor of Colorado (born 1952)
2,024
views
views
22
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
1,929
views
views
23
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
1,913
views
views
24
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
1,771
views
views
25
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
1,758
views
views
26
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
1,666
views
views
27
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
1,645
views
views
28
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941β2002)
1,634
views
views
29
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
1,436
views
views
30
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
1,380
views
views
31
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
1,365
views
views
32
Shiva Balak Misra
Indian geologist
1,357
views
views
33
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
1,294
views
views
34
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
1,276
views
views
35
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
1,256
views
views
36
Humphry Davy
British chemist
1,244
views
views
37
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 β 1840)
1,184
views
views
38
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769β1832)
1,147
views
views
39
Barry Voight
American geologist
1,138
views
views
40
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880β1930)
1,068
views
views
41
Wes Hildreth
American continental geologist
1,068
views
views
42
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
1,047
views
views
43
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656β1742)
1,031
views
views
44
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
979
views
views
45
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
977
views
views
46
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
962
views
views
47
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
942
views
views
48
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
940
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views
49
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
936
views
views
50
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
923
views
views
51
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2004 to 2013
850
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views
52
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
844
views
views
53
Franz Nopcsa von FelsΕ-SzilvΓ‘s
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933)
837
views
views
54
Carmen Gaina
professor at University of Oslo
807
views
views
55
Alexander Heron
geologist, explorer (1884-1971)
785
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views
56
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
767
views
views
57
James Smithson
British chemist
746
views
views
58
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938β2012)
727
views
views
59
Boyan Petrov
Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer (1973-2018)
702
views
views
60
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
686
views
views
61
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807β1873)
685
views
views
62
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822β1892)
678
views
views
63
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
675
views
views
64
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804β1892)
667
views
views
65
Ulysses S. Grant IV
American geologist and paleontologist (1893-1977)
645
views
views
66
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797β1875)
610
views
views
67
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
588
views
views
68
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780β1872)
570
views
views
69
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
561
views
views
70
Beatriz Flamini
Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer
558
views
views
71
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
555
views
views
72
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
545
views
views
73
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922β1995)
512
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views
74
Judith Curry
American climatologist
505
views
views
75
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
503
views
views
76
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
501
views
views
77
SebastiΓ£o JosΓ© de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699β1782)
500
views
views
78
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840β1897)
496
views
views
79
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
486
views
views
80
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
474
views
views
81
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834β1923)
465
views
views
82
Milutin MilankoviΔ
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879β1958)
448
views
views
83
John T. Scopes
American schoolteacher (1900β1970)
446
views
views
84
Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist (1831β1899)
446
views
views
85
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944-2022)
445
views
views
86
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
442
views
views
87
Farouk Al-Kasim
Norwegian geologist
432
views
views
88
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
432
views
views
89
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Explorer and zoologist famous for discovering Steller's Sea Lion
430
views
views
90
William Hamilton
Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologistΒ (1730-1803)
414
views
views
91
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
409
views
views
92
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
404
views
views
93
Baird Thomas Spalding
(1872-1953) American writer
388
views
views
94
Weng Wenhao
Chinese geologist and politician
384
views
views
95
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
379
views
views
96
William Whewell
English philosopher and historian of science (1794β1866)
378
views
views
97
Pete Ross
fictional character(s) in the DC universe
374
views
views
98
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
372
views
views
99
Art Gilkey
American geologist and mountain climber
371
views
views
100
Nathan Myhrvold
former CTO at Microsoft
368
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