Trending Physicians — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 99 most-viewed physicians on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Amy Acton. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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2,724,058
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
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Amy Acton
American physician and politician (born 1966)
556,571
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2
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
139,425
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3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
83,873
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4
Nidal Hasan
American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
68,837
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5
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
56,588
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6
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
51,291
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7
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
50,651
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8
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
45,130
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9
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
44,515
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views
10
Geraldo Alckmin
Brazilian politician, 56th and 60th governor of São Paulo (2001-2006, 2011-2018) and 26th Vice President of Brazil since 2023
42,346
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views
11
Mehmet Öz
Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)
38,448
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views
12
Enéas Carneiro
Brazilian politician (1938–2007)
37,178
views
views
13
Claude Malhuret
French politician
36,613
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views
14
Annie L. Andrews
American pediatrician and political activist
35,773
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views
15
Hannibal Lecter
fictional character created by Thomas Harris
34,990
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views
16
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
31,978
views
views
17
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
28,935
views
views
18
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
27,907
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19
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
27,622
views
views
20
Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)
26,950
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views
21
Miriam Stoppard
British journalist
26,928
views
views
22
Vasanth Ravi
Indian actor
26,406
views
views
23
Roger Marshall
American politician
26,046
views
views
24
Freida McFadden
American thriller author and practicing physician
25,240
views
views
25
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
24,694
views
views
26
Mary L. Trump
American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
23,064
views
views
27
Ken Jeong
South Korean-American stand-up comedian and actor
23,035
views
views
28
Priscilla Chan
American pediatrician and philanthropist
22,450
views
views
29
Ray Muzyka
Canadian video game designer
22,310
views
views
30
Salvador Allende
28th president of Chile (1908–1973
22,280
views
views
31
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
22,106
views
views
32
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
21,907
views
views
33
H. H. Holmes
American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)
21,838
views
views
34
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
21,610
views
views
35
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
21,187
views
views
36
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
20,641
views
views
37
Diego Peretti
Argentine actor
20,018
views
views
38
Doc Holliday
gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
19,986
views
views
39
Alena Buyx
German medicine ethicist and university teacher
19,883
views
views
40
Jordan Peterson
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-)
19,380
views
views
41
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt
German sports physician
19,337
views
views
42
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
19,215
views
views
43
James Barry
19th-century military surgeon in the British Army
19,209
views
views
44
Harley Quinn
fictional character in DC Comics
18,202
views
views
45
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958)
17,557
views
views
46
Greg Zeschuk
Canadian businessman
17,502
views
views
47
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
16,787
views
views
48
Harold Shipman
English doctor and serial killer (1947-2004)
16,699
views
views
49
Hedy Fry
Canadian politician
16,483
views
views
50
Luke the Evangelist
one of the four evangelists
16,053
views
views
51
Jean-Paul Marat
politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
15,917
views
views
52
Atsushi Amano
Japanese teacher
15,805
views
views
53
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author (1891–1940)
15,625
views
views
54
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
15,486
views
views
55
Richard Fuisz
American physician
15,345
views
views
56
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
15,146
views
views
57
lomar aja Zylberbaum
Mexican psychologist and researcher
14,976
views
views
58
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
14,814
views
views
59
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
14,550
views
views
60
Iddo Netanyahu
Israeli physician, author and playwright (born 1952)
14,425
views
views
61
Larry Nassar
American serial child sexual abuser and physician
14,308
views
views
62
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
14,295
views
views
63
Augusto Cury
Brazilian writer and psychiatrist
14,115
views
views
64
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Indian actress
14,044
views
views
65
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
13,825
views
views
66
Deepak Chopra
Indian-born American author and alternative-medicine advocate, physician and public speaker
13,697
views
views
67
Simon Baron-Cohen
British psychologist and author
13,598
views
views
68
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
13,508
views
views
69
Zack Polanski
British politician (born 1982)
13,375
views
views
70
Jacques Lacan
French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
13,090
views
views
71
Abraham Van Helsing
fictional character from Bram Stoker's Dracula
12,988
views
views
72
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
12,644
views
views
73
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
12,638
views
views
74
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
12,561
views
views
75
Mansour Abbas
Arab-Israeli dentist and politician
12,478
views
views
76
Đuro Macut
Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia
12,252
views
views
77
Michael Burry
American hedge fund manager
12,235
views
views
78
Meredith Grey
fictional character from Grey's Anatomy
12,205
views
views
79
Hippocrates
Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
12,189
views
views
80
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
12,180
views
views
81
Gérard Larcher
French politician, President of the Senate of France
12,041
views
views
82
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
12,016
views
views
83
Masoud Pezeshkian
9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
11,831
views
views
84
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
11,817
views
views
85
Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician (1944–)
11,762
views
views
86
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
11,664
views
views
87
Judith Butler
American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
11,621
views
views
88
Emmanuel Uduaghan
Nigerian politician and doctor
11,605
views
views
89
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
11,440
views
views
90
Albert Schweitzer
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
11,439
views
views
91
James Herriot
veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)
11,409
views
views
92
John Keats
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
11,273
views
views
93
Mikiya Takasu
Japanese Cosmetologist and YouTuber
11,082
views
views
94
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
11,018
views
views
95
Zakir Naik
Indian Islamic preacher
10,929
views
views
96
Juscelino Kubitschek
President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961
10,884
views
views
97
Jean-Christophe Rufin
French doctor, writer and diplomat
10,815
views
views
98
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
10,798
views
views
99
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
10,626
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