Trending Linguists — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
3,979,767
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
468,257
views
views
2
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
305,346
views
views
3
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
249,123
views
views
4
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
160,976
views
views
5
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
154,843
views
views
6
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
123,690
views
views
7
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
117,471
views
views
8
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
102,086
views
views
9
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
75,066
views
views
10
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
73,517
views
views
11
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
67,482
views
views
12
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
62,880
views
views
13
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media
62,467
views
views
14
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
57,982
views
views
15
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
49,814
views
views
16
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
49,135
views
views
17
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
48,604
views
views
18
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
42,830
views
views
19
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
42,081
views
views
20
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
41,648
views
views
21
Jane Hawking
British author
41,265
views
views
22
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
37,875
views
views
23
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
37,555
views
views
24
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
37,375
views
views
25
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
35,321
views
views
26
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
34,593
views
views
27
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
33,372
views
views
28
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
31,583
views
views
29
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
30,784
views
views
30
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
29,593
views
views
31
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind
28,604
views
views
32
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
27,657
views
views
33
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
27,649
views
views
34
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
27,645
views
views
35
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
27,076
views
views
36
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
26,499
views
views
37
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
26,219
views
views
38
Susie Dent
English lexicographer
26,065
views
views
39
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
25,828
views
views
40
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
25,726
views
views
41
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
25,714
views
views
42
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
24,992
views
views
43
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
24,562
views
views
44
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
23,824
views
views
45
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
23,701
views
views
46
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
23,454
views
views
47
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
22,737
views
views
48
Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian
21,509
views
views
49
Ivan Goncharov
Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)
21,458
views
views
50
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
21,376
views
views
51
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
21,303
views
views
52
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
21,219
views
views
53
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
20,997
views
views
54
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
20,348
views
views
55
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
20,276
views
views
56
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
19,645
views
views
57
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
19,591
views
views
58
David Mitchell (author)
English novelist (b. 1969)
18,847
views
views
59
Aulus Gellius
2nd century Roman author and grammarian
18,687
views
views
60
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
18,653
views
views
61
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
18,175
views
views
62
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
18,008
views
views
63
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
17,920
views
views
64
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
17,792
views
views
65
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
17,663
views
views
66
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
16,877
views
views
67
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
16,788
views
views
68
Girish Karnad
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
16,679
views
views
69
Roger Williams
English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)
16,589
views
views
70
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
16,091
views
views
71
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
16,064
views
views
72
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
15,671
views
views
73
Daniel Everett
American linguist (born 1951)
15,211
views
views
74
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
15,189
views
views
75
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
15,184
views
views
76
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
14,954
views
views
77
Nikolay Karamzin
Russian writer, poet, critic
14,139
views
views
78
Alejandra Pizarnik
Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
14,059
views
views
79
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
14,036
views
views
80
Denis Fonvizin
Russian writer (1745-1792)
14,034
views
views
81
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)
13,968
views
views
82
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914–2000)
13,864
views
views
83
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
13,702
views
views
84
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
13,685
views
views
85
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
13,180
views
views
86
Muhammad Asad
Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992)
13,163
views
views
87
Dörte Hansen
German writer
13,049
views
views
88
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
12,961
views
views
89
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
12,817
views
views
90
Benjamin Moser
American linguist, writer
12,815
views
views
91
Vladimir Dal
Russian lexicographer (1801-1872)
12,656
views
views
92
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
12,564
views
views
93
Ivan Krylov
Russian writer (1769–1844)
12,168
views
views
94
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta
West African princess
12,033
views
views
95
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
11,824
views
views
96
William Caxton
English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)
11,745
views
views
97
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
11,564
views
views
98
Dmitry Puchkov
Russian media personality
11,505
views
views
99
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Japanese novelist, translator, literary critic, art critic (1928–1987)
11,457
views
views
100
Gavrila Derzhavin
Russian poet (1743-1816)
11,449
views
views