Trending Linguists this month
The 100 most-viewed linguists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin.
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156,008
Total Views (this month)
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Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
21,933
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2
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
11,028
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3
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
10,543
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4
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
6,649
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5
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
5,700
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6
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
5,018
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7
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
4,791
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8
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
3,852
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9
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
3,628
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10
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
2,656
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11
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
2,432
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12
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
2,357
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13
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
2,339
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14
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
2,223
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15
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
2,155
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views
16
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
2,027
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17
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
2,010
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views
18
Philippe Le Bas
French archaeologist
1,923
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views
19
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
1,872
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views
20
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (1914–1984)
1,691
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views
21
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
1,678
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views
22
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
1,597
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views
23
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
1,578
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24
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
1,529
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25
Pierre Perret
French singer
1,496
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26
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
1,422
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views
27
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1,387
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views
28
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
1,361
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views
29
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
1,293
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views
30
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
1,271
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views
31
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
1,261
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views
32
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
1,245
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33
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
1,219
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34
Jane Hawking
British author
1,179
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views
35
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
1,158
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36
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
1,155
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37
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
1,132
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38
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839–1908)
1,032
views
views
39
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
1,001
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40
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
939
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views
41
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified info
921
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views
42
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the m
839
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views
43
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914–2000)
819
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views
44
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
799
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views
45
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
789
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views
46
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
749
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views
47
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
728
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views
48
David Mitchell (author)
English novelist (b. 1969)
706
views
views
49
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
685
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50
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
674
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51
Susie Dent
English lexicographer
650
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views
52
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
647
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53
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
643
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54
Alejandra Pizarnik
Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
634
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views
55
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
633
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56
Dmitry Puchkov
Russian media personality
624
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views
57
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
619
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views
58
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
616
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59
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
610
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views
60
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
609
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views
61
John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
608
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62
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
589
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63
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
582
views
views
64
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
572
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65
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
566
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66
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
555
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views
67
Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian
532
views
views
68
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
530
views
views
69
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
528
views
views
70
Charles de Foucauld
French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)
528
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71
Monteiro Lobato
Brazilian writer (1882–1948)
527
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views
72
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
525
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73
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)
520
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74
Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher (1924–1998)
510
views
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75
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro
Brazilian philologist and lexicographer
494
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views
76
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)
490
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77
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
488
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78
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
487
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views
79
Lin Yutang
Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)
483
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views
80
Samuil Marshak
Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)
481
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81
Vladimir Dal
Russian lexicographer (1801-1872)
477
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views
82
John McWhorter
American academic and linguist
477
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views
83
Bartolomé Mitre
President of Argentina (1821-1906)
472
views
views
84
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
469
views
views
85
Mariano Moreno
Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician
454
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views
86
Nikolay Karamzin
Russian writer, poet, critic
449
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87
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
443
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views
88
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
440
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89
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
440
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views
90
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
437
views
views
91
Dmitry Likhachov
Russian philologist (1906–1999)
430
views
views
92
Motoori Norinaga
Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)
429
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views
93
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
420
views
views
94
Roger Williams
English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)
417
views
views
95
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
412
views
views
96
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)
401
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views
97
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
401
views
views
98
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)
400
views
views
99
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
397
views
views
100
Abay Kunanbaiuly
Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer (1845-1904)
394
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