Trending Inventors — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed inventors on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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2,495,763
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
133,885
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2
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
127,127
views
views
3
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
90,739
views
views
4
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
86,801
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views
5
Manuel Alexander Otto
A German computer game developer. He developed the Flash game "Stick Run", which was released on Facebook in C.E.2010.
85,294
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views
6
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
83,873
views
views
7
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
63,141
views
views
8
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
62,173
views
views
9
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
53,730
views
views
10
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
49,689
views
views
11
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
48,915
views
views
12
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
48,635
views
views
13
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
48,290
views
views
14
Todd Stashwick
American actor and writer
43,729
views
views
15
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
43,022
views
views
16
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
41,960
views
views
17
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
41,038
views
views
18
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
40,423
views
views
19
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
39,781
views
views
20
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
36,943
views
views
21
Palmer Luckey
American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift
33,619
views
views
22
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
32,696
views
views
23
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
31,759
views
views
24
Luigi Mangione
American who killed Brian Thompson
30,798
views
views
25
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
29,451
views
views
26
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
28,765
views
views
27
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
26,649
views
views
28
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
25,788
views
views
29
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)
25,760
views
views
30
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
24,644
views
views
31
John G. Trump
American electrical engineer (1907–1985)
24,448
views
views
32
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
24,202
views
views
33
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
24,131
views
views
34
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
23,380
views
views
35
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
21,980
views
views
36
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
21,076
views
views
37
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
20,456
views
views
38
Mike Pondsmith
American game designer
20,224
views
views
39
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
20,000
views
views
40
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
19,495
views
views
41
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
19,349
views
views
42
Toby Fox
American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
19,032
views
views
43
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
18,825
views
views
44
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
17,863
views
views
45
Epic Games
American video game and software developer
17,726
views
views
46
Greg Zeschuk
Canadian businessman
17,502
views
views
47
Iron Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
16,911
views
views
48
Vince Zampella
American video game designer (1970–2025)
16,279
views
views
49
Casey Hudson
Canadian video game designer
15,759
views
views
50
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
15,481
views
views
51
Richard Fuisz
American physician
15,345
views
views
52
Matthew Mercer
American actor
14,860
views
views
53
Justin Roiland
American animator and voice actor (born 1980)
14,673
views
views
54
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
14,667
views
views
55
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
14,426
views
views
56
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
13,661
views
views
57
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
13,368
views
views
58
Joseph Pilates
German inventor of pilates (1883–1967)
13,312
views
views
59
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
13,273
views
views
60
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
13,170
views
views
61
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
13,163
views
views
62
Nellie Bly
American journalist
12,981
views
views
63
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
12,946
views
views
64
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
12,638
views
views
65
Max Factor
American businessman (1872–1938)
12,209
views
views
66
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
12,015
views
views
67
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
12,012
views
views
68
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
11,776
views
views
69
Mark Rober
American YouTuber, engineer and inventor
11,775
views
views
70
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
11,693
views
views
71
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
11,426
views
views
72
David Packouz
American former arms dealer
11,370
views
views
73
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
11,171
views
views
74
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
11,138
views
views
75
Tim Sweeney
American game developer (born 1970)
10,539
views
views
76
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
10,415
views
views
77
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)
10,358
views
views
78
Sam Houser
British video game producer and developer (born 1971)
10,241
views
views
79
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)
10,051
views
views
80
Mate Rimac
Croatian inventor and entrepreneur
9,918
views
views
81
Chris Avellone
American video game designer
9,888
views
views
82
Tom Swift
fictional literary character and book series
9,706
views
views
83
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
9,214
views
views
84
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
9,151
views
views
85
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874–1937)
9,059
views
views
86
Shiva Ayyadurai
Indian inventor
8,915
views
views
87
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
8,914
views
views
88
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
8,757
views
views
89
Alanah Pearce
Australian video game writer and journalist
8,662
views
views
90
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
8,610
views
views
91
Madam C. J. Walker
American entrepreneur (1867-1919)
8,511
views
views
92
Satoshi Tajiri
Japanese video game designer
8,361
views
views
93
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Japanese video game designer and executive (born 1974)
8,350
views
views
94
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
8,283
views
views
95
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
8,164
views
views
96
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
8,129
views
views
97
Carl Benz
German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)
7,952
views
views
98
Masahiro Sakurai
Japanese video game designer (born 1970)
7,853
views
views
99
Edd China
British motor specialist
7,734
views
views
100
Hank Green
American author, vlogger, and science communicator
7,724
views
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