Trending Linguists this week
The 100 most-viewed linguists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin.
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Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
2,869
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Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
2,854
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3
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
2,409
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4
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
1,852
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5
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
1,312
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6
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
770
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7
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
713
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8
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912β1998)
526
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9
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792β1822)
498
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10
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
476
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11
JosΓ© Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861β1896)
447
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12
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
444
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13
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
418
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14
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906β1989)
414
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15
Jean-François Champollion
French classical scholar (1790-1832)
366
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16
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
348
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views
17
Jane Hawking
British author
339
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views
18
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343β1400)
313
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19
Panini
ancient philologist who standardized classical Sanskrit through grammatical rules
302
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views
20
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771β1832)
289
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views
21
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified info
280
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views
22
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
273
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views
23
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
271
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24
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709β1784)
271
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25
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939β2013)
246
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views
26
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932β2016)
238
views
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27
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
221
views
views
28
Mori Εgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
215
views
views
29
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739β1791)
199
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views
30
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931β1989)
197
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views
31
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the m
197
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views
32
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795β1881)
173
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33
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
173
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34
David Mitchell (author)
English novelist (b. 1969)
153
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views
35
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
151
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views
36
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880β1956)
148
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views
37
Roger Williams
English Baptist theologian and author (1603β1683)
144
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38
Susie Dent
English lexicographer
143
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views
39
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914β2000)
137
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40
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta
West African princess
137
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41
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
126
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views
42
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891β1942)
124
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43
Mamah Borthwick
American translator (1869β1914)
119
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44
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
118
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45
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
117
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46
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
116
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47
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist
115
views
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48
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai Royal
114
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49
MaαΉαΈana MiΕra
Indian philosopher
108
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50
Gary Marcus
American psycholinguist
107
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51
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821β1890)
106
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views
52
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922β1999)
105
views
views
53
JosΓ© MartΓ
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
103
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views
54
Noah Webster
American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
100
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55
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
100
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56
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
99
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57
Vyvyan Holland
British author, translator (1886β1967)
97
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58
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825β1895)
95
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59
Julien Vinson
French linguist and indologist (1843-1926)
91
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views
60
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878β1972)
90
views
views
61
Haakon Chevalier
American translator, writer and academic (1901β1985)
86
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views
62
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785β1863)
86
views
views
63
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733β1804)
85
views
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64
Julio CortΓ‘zar
Argentine writer (1914β1984)
84
views
views
65
Katharine Gun
translator and whistle-blower
83
views
views
66
Daniel Everett
American linguist (born 1951)
82
views
views
67
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973β1048)
81
views
views
68
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
79
views
views
69
Friedrich August Wolf
German philologist
79
views
views
70
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopΓ¦dist (1713β1784)
78
views
views
71
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
78
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views
72
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
77
views
views
73
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
77
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74
Thomas Young
English polymath (1773-1829)
74
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75
Franz Miklosich
Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891)
74
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76
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900β2000)
71
views
views
77
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857β1913)
70
views
views
78
Ziryab
9th-century poet and musician
70
views
views
79
Albert Gallatin
Swiss and American politician, diplomat and scholar (1761-1849)
67
views
views
80
David J. Peterson
American conlanger, writer, and artist (born 1981)
66
views
views
81
AgustΓn de Iturbide y Green
Prince of Mexico (1863-1925)
65
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views
82
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
64
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views
83
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
64
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views
84
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915β2016)
64
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views
85
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
62
views
views
86
John McWhorter
American academic and linguist
62
views
views
87
Angela Carter
English novelist (1940β1992)
61
views
views
88
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895β1975)
61
views
views
89
Patanjali
ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
60
views
views
90
A. C. Woolner
British academic (1878β1936); Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Punjab
59
views
views
91
KΕ«kai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774β835)
58
views
views
92
Brinley Newton-John
professor of German literature (1914β1992)
57
views
views
93
Gavrila Derzhavin
Russian poet
57
views
views
94
Jiva Goswami
16th-century Indian philosopher
55
views
views
95
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and Russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999)
54
views
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96
Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (1839β1908)
54
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views
97
William Caxton
English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer
54
views
views
98
Jean Hersholt
Danish-American actor (1886β1956)
54
views
views
99
Robert Caldwell
British orientalist and dravidologist (1814β1891)
53
views
views
100
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980)
53
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