Trending Philosophers — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed philosophers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ted Kaczynski. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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28,615,428
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Ted Kaczynski
American mathematician and domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
3,236,260
views
views
2
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
1,012,713
views
views
3
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
718,682
views
views
4
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
590,995
views
views
5
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
516,459
views
views
6
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
510,668
views
views
7
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
470,914
views
views
8
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
451,366
views
views
9
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
449,063
views
views
10
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
445,578
views
views
11
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
443,390
views
views
12
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
442,194
views
views
13
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
425,408
views
views
14
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
414,947
views
views
15
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
378,730
views
views
16
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
372,194
views
views
17
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
371,261
views
views
18
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
365,100
views
views
19
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
364,548
views
views
20
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
362,924
views
views
21
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
361,762
views
views
22
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
357,849
views
views
23
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
355,140
views
views
24
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
354,673
views
views
25
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
353,535
views
views
26
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
345,133
views
views
27
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
327,612
views
views
28
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
303,909
views
views
29
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
303,048
views
views
30
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
293,279
views
views
31
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
289,528
views
views
32
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
286,344
views
views
33
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
285,343
views
views
34
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
266,686
views
views
35
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
266,168
views
views
36
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
263,914
views
views
37
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
258,180
views
views
38
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
255,150
views
views
39
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
250,334
views
views
40
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
245,442
views
views
41
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
242,614
views
views
42
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
240,983
views
views
43
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
238,872
views
views
44
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
235,841
views
views
45
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
232,846
views
views
46
Henry Rollins
American musician
219,965
views
views
47
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
215,745
views
views
48
Krishna
Hindu deity
214,179
views
views
49
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975)
208,743
views
views
50
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
199,085
views
views
51
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
197,485
views
views
52
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
194,914
views
views
53
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
193,934
views
views
54
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
193,688
views
views
55
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
192,440
views
views
56
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
191,628
views
views
57
Kuan Yew Lee
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
181,527
views
views
58
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
180,511
views
views
59
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
180,284
views
views
60
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
179,817
views
views
61
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
179,001
views
views
62
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
177,063
views
views
63
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
175,664
views
views
64
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
174,897
views
views
65
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
173,913
views
views
66
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
170,003
views
views
67
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
169,082
views
views
68
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
167,325
views
views
69
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
164,526
views
views
70
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
163,797
views
views
71
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919–2007) Un gran hombre en la vida militar.
163,252
views
views
72
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
161,587
views
views
73
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
161,463
views
views
74
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
159,663
views
views
75
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
159,054
views
views
76
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
158,551
views
views
77
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
158,418
views
views
78
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
157,970
views
views
79
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
157,878
views
views
80
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
157,322
views
views
81
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
156,951
views
views
82
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
155,833
views
views
83
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
153,526
views
views
84
Ram Dass
American spiritual teacher, author and psychologist
152,091
views
views
85
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
151,737
views
views
86
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
150,365
views
views
87
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
148,205
views
views
88
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
146,781
views
views
89
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
145,225
views
views
90
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
142,589
views
views
91
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
140,019
views
views
92
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
131,909
views
views
93
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
131,604
views
views
94
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
131,168
views
views
95
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
130,606
views
views
96
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
129,613
views
views
97
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
129,569
views
views
98
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832–1898)
126,771
views
views
99
Pythagoras
Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
125,143
views
views
100
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
123,770
views
views