Trending Physicians — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 99 most-viewed physicians on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Amy Acton. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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2,596,241
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
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Amy Acton
American physician (born 1966)
511,543
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2
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
128,572
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3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
80,852
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4
Nidal Hasan
American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
74,786
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5
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
53,843
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6
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
49,758
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7
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
49,043
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8
Miriam Stoppard
British journalist
48,207
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9
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
43,305
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10
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
42,060
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11
Mehmet Öz
Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)
38,007
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12
Annie L. Andrews
American pediatrician and political activist
34,997
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13
Claude Malhuret
French politician
34,261
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views
14
Hannibal Lecter
fictional character created by Thomas Harris
32,709
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15
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
30,768
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16
Enéas Carneiro
Brazilian politician (1938–2007)
30,479
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views
17
Geraldo Alckmin
Brazilian politician, 56th and 60th governor of São Paulo (2001-2006, 2011-2018) and 26th Vice President of Brazil since 2023
29,433
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views
18
Vasanth Ravi
Indian actor
28,175
views
views
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
27,395
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20
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
26,958
views
views
21
Hedy Fry
Canadian politician
26,925
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views
22
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
26,560
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views
23
Luke the Evangelist
one of the four evangelists
26,170
views
views
24
Roger Marshall
American politician
25,956
views
views
25
Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)
24,670
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views
26
Freida McFadden
American thriller author and practicing physician
24,284
views
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27
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
23,950
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28
Mary L. Trump
American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
21,820
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29
Priscilla Chan
American pediatrician and philanthropist
21,516
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views
30
Salvador Allende
28th president of Chile (1908–1973
21,414
views
views
31
Ken Jeong
South Korean-American stand-up comedian and actor
21,395
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views
32
Ray Muzyka
Canadian video game designer
21,203
views
views
33
H. H. Holmes
American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)
20,830
views
views
34
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
20,724
views
views
35
Diego Peretti
Argentine actor
20,710
views
views
36
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
20,679
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views
37
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
20,211
views
views
38
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
20,187
views
views
39
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
19,012
views
views
40
Doc Holliday
gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
18,719
views
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41
Zack Polanski
British politician (born 1982)
18,607
views
views
42
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
18,376
views
views
43
Jordan Peterson
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-)
18,243
views
views
44
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958)
17,464
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views
45
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt
German sports physician
17,097
views
views
46
Harley Quinn
fictional character in DC Comics
16,839
views
views
47
Greg Zeschuk
Canadian businessman
16,624
views
views
48
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
16,177
views
views
49
Harold Shipman
English doctor and serial killer (1947-2004)
15,995
views
views
50
Jean-Paul Marat
politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
15,386
views
views
51
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
14,878
views
views
52
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
14,672
views
views
53
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
14,273
views
views
54
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Indian actress
14,079
views
views
55
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author (1891–1940)
13,990
views
views
56
Iddo Netanyahu
Israeli physician, author and playwright (born 1952)
13,975
views
views
57
Jean-Christophe Rufin
French doctor, writer and diplomat
13,954
views
views
58
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
13,860
views
views
59
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
13,716
views
views
60
Richard Fuisz
American physician
13,527
views
views
61
lomar aja Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and researcher
13,509
views
views
62
Deepak Chopra
Indian-born American author and alternative-medicine advocate, physician and public speaker
13,417
views
views
63
Simon Baron-Cohen
British psychologist and author
13,384
views
views
64
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
13,058
views
views
65
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
13,029
views
views
66
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
12,650
views
views
67
Jacques Lacan
French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
12,463
views
views
68
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
12,267
views
views
69
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
12,187
views
views
70
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
12,099
views
views
71
Michael Burry
American hedge fund manager
11,949
views
views
72
Gérard Larcher
French politician, President of the Senate of France
11,867
views
views
73
Abraham Van Helsing
fictional character from Bram Stoker's Dracula
11,850
views
views
74
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
11,767
views
views
75
Hippocrates
Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
11,766
views
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76
Augusto Cury
Brazilian writer and psychiatrist
11,561
views
views
77
Meredith Grey
fictional character from Grey's Anatomy
11,550
views
views
78
Emmanuel Uduaghan
Nigerian politician and doctor
11,504
views
views
79
Masoud Pezeshkian
9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
11,462
views
views
80
Albert Schweitzer
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
11,360
views
views
81
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
11,321
views
views
82
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
11,266
views
views
83
Judith Butler
American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
11,255
views
views
84
Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician (1944–)
11,201
views
views
85
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
10,844
views
views
86
Jonny Kim
American physician, Navy SEAL, and NASA astronaut
10,828
views
views
87
James Herriot
veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)
10,605
views
views
88
Zakir Naik
Indian Islamic preacher
10,557
views
views
89
Mansour Abbas
Arab-Israeli dentist and politician
10,539
views
views
90
John Keats
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
10,514
views
views
91
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
10,385
views
views
92
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
10,234
views
views
93
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
10,159
views
views
94
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
9,912
views
views
95
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
9,782
views
views
96
Karl Deisseroth
American optogeneticist
9,657
views
views
97
Junji Itō
Japanese horror writer and mangaka
9,626
views
views
98
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
9,538
views
views
99
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
9,501
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