Trending Philosophers this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein.
100
Ranked
4,673,065
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
136,938
views
views
2
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
123,617
views
views
3
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
122,638
views
views
4
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
96,990
views
views
5
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
92,251
views
views
6
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
90,468
views
views
7
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
89,270
views
views
8
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,163
views
views
9
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
88,811
views
views
10
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
83,210
views
views
11
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
80,781
views
views
12
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
79,334
views
views
13
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
78,761
views
views
14
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
78,107
views
views
15
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
75,458
views
views
16
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
74,669
views
views
17
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
74,451
views
views
18
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935β2024)
73,872
views
views
19
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
70,366
views
views
20
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
69,271
views
views
21
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
68,746
views
views
22
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
68,316
views
views
23
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
67,031
views
views
24
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
66,085
views
views
25
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
64,444
views
views
26
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
61,610
views
views
27
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919β2007) Un gran hombre
56,956
views
views
28
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
56,503
views
views
29
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
52,742
views
views
30
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
52,230
views
views
31
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
52,038
views
views
32
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
51,233
views
views
33
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
51,159
views
views
34
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
49,002
views
views
35
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
48,358
views
views
36
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
47,944
views
views
37
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
47,677
views
views
38
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
45,676
views
views
39
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
44,693
views
views
40
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905β1982)
43,821
views
views
41
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902β1974)
42,746
views
views
42
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
41,551
views
views
43
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
41,337
views
views
44
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
40,283
views
views
45
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
40,174
views
views
46
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
40,082
views
views
47
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884β1962)
39,964
views
views
48
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
39,614
views
views
49
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
38,634
views
views
50
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
38,295
views
views
51
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
38,013
views
views
52
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751β1836)
36,914
views
views
53
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
35,849
views
views
54
Krishna
major deity in Hinduism, worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right
35,617
views
views
55
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225β1274)
35,392
views
views
56
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
35,353
views
views
57
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
34,666
views
views
58
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
33,503
views
views
59
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
33,136
views
views
60
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
32,539
views
views
61
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928β1982)
32,519
views
views
62
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874β1926)
31,282
views
views
63
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
30,469
views
views
64
Henry Rollins
American musician
30,069
views
views
65
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
29,938
views
views
66
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
29,516
views
views
67
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922β2007)
29,448
views
views
68
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
29,051
views
views
69
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
29,019
views
views
70
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
28,263
views
views
71
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694β1778)
28,150
views
views
72
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
27,344
views
views
73
Michael Stipe
American musician
27,239
views
views
74
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
27,120
views
views
75
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
27,088
views
views
76
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906β1975)
26,976
views
views
77
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106β43 BC)
26,823
views
views
78
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
26,530
views
views
79
RenΓ© Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596β1650)
26,187
views
views
80
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832β1898)
25,926
views
views
81
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
25,679
views
views
82
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
25,575
views
views
83
Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919β2014)
25,438
views
views
84
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
25,387
views
views
85
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927β2023)
25,326
views
views
86
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
25,283
views
views
87
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
25,096
views
views
88
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
24,596
views
views
89
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
24,321
views
views
90
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894β1963)
24,289
views
views
91
Rumi
Iranian poet
24,208
views
views
92
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813β1855)
24,200
views
views
93
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
24,069
views
views
94
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
23,451
views
views
95
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868β1963)
23,371
views
views
96
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
23,345
views
views
97
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871β1919)
23,300
views
views
98
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
23,215
views
views
99
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889β1951)
22,928
views
views
100
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915β1973)
22,679
views
views
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