Trending Geologists — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed geologists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Thomas Jefferson. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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3,263,899
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
365,100
views
views
2
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
241,487
views
views
3
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
240,983
views
views
4
Herbert Hoover
president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)
196,069
views
views
5
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
193,688
views
views
6
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
112,560
views
views
7
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
89,969
views
views
8
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
88,036
views
views
9
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
84,072
views
views
10
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
75,407
views
views
11
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
67,295
views
views
12
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
63,422
views
views
13
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
62,949
views
views
14
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
52,564
views
views
15
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
47,977
views
views
16
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
42,901
views
views
17
Ada Yonath
Israeli structural biologist and Nobel laureate (1939–2026)
35,316
views
views
18
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
34,966
views
views
19
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
34,855
views
views
20
Mary Anning
British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
34,785
views
views
21
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist
34,220
views
views
22
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
30,942
views
views
23
George Saunders
American writer (born 1958)
29,190
views
views
24
Robert Ballard
United States Navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist
28,601
views
views
25
John Hickenlooper
American politician, businessman, 42nd governor of Colorado, and U.S. senator (born 1952)
27,857
views
views
26
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
27,626
views
views
27
David A. Johnston
American volcanologist (1949–1980)
26,568
views
views
28
Ross Geller
fictional character from Friends
26,073
views
views
29
Tommy Oliver
fictional character
26,036
views
views
30
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
23,537
views
views
31
Jin Yuzhang
Heir to Chinese throne
22,311
views
views
32
Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
21,976
views
views
33
Wen Jiabao
6th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013 (born 1942)
20,736
views
views
34
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
20,463
views
views
35
Matthew Falder
English geophysicist; blackmailer and convicted child-sex offender
19,942
views
views
36
Humphry Davy
British chemist
18,484
views
views
37
Laszlo Toth
Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
17,014
views
views
38
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
16,895
views
views
39
Alan Grant
fictional character from Jurassic Park
16,809
views
views
40
Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
16,187
views
views
41
Georges Cuvier
French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
16,067
views
views
42
George de Mohrenschildt
Russian-born American geologist, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911-1977)
15,873
views
views
43
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
15,441
views
views
44
Artem Oganov
Russian crystallographer, chemist and materials scientist
15,028
views
views
45
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
14,946
views
views
46
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
14,826
views
views
47
Mary Leakey
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)
14,545
views
views
48
Barry Voight
American geologist
14,498
views
views
49
Randy Marsh
fictional character from South Park
14,414
views
views
50
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
14,138
views
views
51
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
14,042
views
views
52
James Smithson
British chemist
13,754
views
views
53
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher
13,433
views
views
54
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
13,045
views
views
55
Manuel Hobiger
12,918
views
views
56
William Fox
Hungarian-American film producer
12,668
views
views
57
Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
12,534
views
views
58
Mykola Azarov
Ukrainian politician (born 1947)
12,255
views
views
59
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
12,191
views
views
60
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist
11,906
views
views
61
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
11,650
views
views
62
Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
11,297
views
views
63
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
10,998
views
views
64
John Strong Newberry
American geologist, physician, explorer, and author (1822–1892)
10,919
views
views
65
Stephen C. Meyer
American Intelligent design advocate
10,438
views
views
66
Wes Hildreth
American continental geologist
10,205
views
views
67
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)
10,099
views
views
68
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
9,737
views
views
69
Ellie Sattler
Jurassic Park character
9,710
views
views
70
Mary Somerville
Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
9,633
views
views
71
Alexander Belyavsky
Soviet and Russian actor (1932-2012)
9,570
views
views
72
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
(1763-1838) Brazilian politician
9,536
views
views
73
Clair Cameron Patterson
American chemist and geochemist (1922–1995)
9,455
views
views
74
Jack Horner
American paleontologist (born 1946 )
9,374
views
views
75
Alexander Heron
geologist, explorer (1884-1971)
9,332
views
views
76
Carmen Gaina
professor at University of Oslo
9,256
views
views
77
James Hutton
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)
9,102
views
views
78
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
9,016
views
views
79
Douglas Mawson
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
8,959
views
views
80
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
8,898
views
views
81
Nigel Anstey
British seismologist
8,893
views
views
82
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
8,660
views
views
83
J Harlen Bretz
American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods (1882-1981)
8,366
views
views
84
Alexander Gorodnitsky
Russian bard and poet (born 1933)
8,271
views
views
85
Mojib Latif
German meteorologist
7,901
views
views
86
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
7,842
views
views
87
Yukio Hayakawa
Japanese geologist
7,788
views
views
88
Charles Lyell
British geologist (1797–1875)
7,766
views
views
89
Judith Curry
American climatologist
7,692
views
views
90
James Parkinson
English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist
7,613
views
views
91
James E. Hansen
American climatologist (1941-)
7,392
views
views
92
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
7,298
views
views
93
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer
7,274
views
views
94
Wendela Horz
7,235
views
views
95
Harry Glicken
American geologist (1958-1991)
7,207
views
views
96
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
Russian noble (1817-1852)
7,163
views
views
97
Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944–2022)
7,146
views
views
98
Alberto Angela
Italian paleontologist, science communicator, writer and journalist (born 1962)
6,982
views
views
99
Marie Tharp
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
6,956
views
views
100
William Buckland
English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
6,880
views
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