Trending Inventors of all time
The 100 most-viewed inventors of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
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Ranked
732,983
Total Views (of all time)
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
197,020
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2
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
61,310
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3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
47,174
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4
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
23,988
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5
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
21,152
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views
6
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
19,069
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views
7
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
18,851
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views
8
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
16,958
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views
9
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
16,461
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views
10
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
14,339
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views
11
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
10,991
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12
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
10,306
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views
13
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
10,098
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views
14
Jony Ive
English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)
9,392
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views
15
Forge
fictional character in Marvel Comics
9,142
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16
Madam C. J. Walker
American entrepreneur (1867-1919)
8,358
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views
17
Levi Strauss
German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
8,040
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views
18
Justin Roiland
American animator and voice actor (born 1980)
7,763
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views
19
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
7,428
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views
20
Luigi Mangione
American suspect of the assassination of Brian Thompson
7,141
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views
21
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
7,011
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views
22
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
5,836
views
views
23
Stephen Wolfram
British-American scientist and businessman (born 1959)
5,712
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views
24
Toby Fox
American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
5,672
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views
25
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
5,494
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views
26
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
5,051
views
views
27
Todd Stashwick
American actor and writer
4,560
views
views
28
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
4,488
views
views
29
Yoko Taro
video game director, writer and designer
4,384
views
views
30
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
4,266
views
views
31
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
4,219
views
views
32
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
4,090
views
views
33
Leó Szilárd
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
4,035
views
views
34
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
4,000
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views
35
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,772
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views
36
Wizard of Oz
character from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3,663
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views
37
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
3,620
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views
38
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
3,341
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views
39
Philo Farnsworth
American inventor (1906–1971)
3,107
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views
40
David Packouz
American former arms dealer
3,091
views
views
41
Alessandro Volta
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
3,089
views
views
42
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
3,028
views
views
43
Didi Senft
German inventor and cycling fan
2,986
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views
44
John Tobias
American artist and video game designer
2,974
views
views
45
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
2,963
views
views
46
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
2,914
views
views
47
Phil Robertson
American professional hunter, businessman and reality television personality
2,895
views
views
48
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
2,859
views
views
49
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
2,858
views
views
50
David J. Peterson
American conlanger, writer, and artist (born 1981)
2,643
views
views
51
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
2,637
views
views
52
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
2,615
views
views
53
Shiva Ayyadurai
Indian inventor
2,600
views
views
54
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
2,597
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views
55
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
2,573
views
views
56
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
2,534
views
views
57
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
2,502
views
views
58
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
2,374
views
views
59
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
2,297
views
views
60
Abubakar Salim
British actor and game designer
2,127
views
views
61
Robert Moog
American electronic music pioneer and inventor (1934-2005)
2,073
views
views
62
Bennett Foddy
Australian video game developer and philosopher
2,023
views
views
63
Garrett Morgan
American inventor (1877–1963)
2,010
views
views
64
Jacob W. Davis
American tailor (1831–1908)
1,978
views
views
65
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
1,971
views
views
66
Brianna Wu
American video game developer
1,942
views
views
67
Craig Small
Canadian visual artist and director
1,934
views
views
68
Lynn Conway
American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024)
1,930
views
views
69
Warner Baxter
American actor (1889–1951)
1,929
views
views
70
Kazutaka Kodaka
Japanese video game designer and writer
1,869
views
views
71
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
1,781
views
views
72
Clive Sinclair
English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)
1,780
views
views
73
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
1,753
views
views
74
Dave Arneson
American game designer (1947-2009)
1,747
views
views
75
Ted Leonsis
American businessman
1,745
views
views
76
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
1,745
views
views
77
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Japanese video game designer and executive (born 1974)
1,735
views
views
78
Will Shortz
American puzzle creator and editor
1,647
views
views
79
Feargus Urquhart
American video game designer
1,619
views
views
80
Run Run Shaw
Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist (1907-2014)
1,596
views
views
81
John Harvey Kellogg
American physician (1852–1943)
1,585
views
views
82
King Camp Gillette
American entrepreneur (1855–1932)
1,565
views
views
83
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
1,518
views
views
84
Tim Sweeney
American game developer (born 1970)
1,475
views
views
85
Charles Goodyear
American inventor (1800-1860)
1,458
views
views
86
Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
1,428
views
views
87
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)
1,428
views
views
88
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
1,421
views
views
89
Keiji Inafune
Japanese video game designer
1,420
views
views
90
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)
1,405
views
views
91
Dan Hodges
British commentator
1,362
views
views
92
Arthur Jones
American inventor (1926–2007)
1,343
views
views
93
Brendan Greene
Irish video game developer
1,340
views
views
94
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)
1,329
views
views
95
David Unaipon
Indigenous Australian inventor and writer (1872–1967)
1,322
views
views
96
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)
1,317
views
views
97
Jazza
Australian artist
1,280
views
views
98
Temmie Chang
artist, animator and video game developer
1,254
views
views
99
Charles Frederick Page
American airship inventor
1,236
views
views
100
Hugo Schmeisser
German firearm designer (1884–1953)
1,232
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