Trending Physicians — the 12 months to October 2026
The 99 most-viewed physicians on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Che Guevara. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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13,970,530
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
563,147
views
views
2
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
547,653
views
views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
449,063
views
views
4
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
359,957
views
views
5
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
345,133
views
views
6
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
336,373
views
views
7
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
332,644
views
views
8
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Norwegian princess; daughter of Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
331,121
views
views
9
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
303,048
views
views
10
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
270,959
views
views
11
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
259,307
views
views
12
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
236,626
views
views
13
Maria Furtwängler
German actress (born 1966)
227,491
views
views
14
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Amy Acton
American physician (born 1966)
190,456
views
views
15
Mahathir Mohamad
Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
188,557
views
views
16
Ken Jeong
South Korean-American stand-up comedian and actor
188,162
views
views
17
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide
187,466
views
views
18
Rand Paul
United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011
184,578
views
views
19
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
176,768
views
views
20
Hannibal Lecter
fictional character created by Thomas Harris
176,414
views
views
21
Salvador Allende
28th president of Chile (1908–1973
171,975
views
views
22
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
171,668
views
views
23
Zack Polanski
British politician (born 1982)
169,626
views
views
24
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
169,082
views
views
25
Conrad Murray
American physician (born 1953)
166,473
views
views
26
Augusto Cury
Brazilian writer and psychiatrist
165,453
views
views
27
Doc Holliday
gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
162,864
views
views
28
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
159,663
views
views
29
Jordan Peterson
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-)
155,246
views
views
30
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
154,874
views
views
31
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
152,811
views
views
32
Freida McFadden
American thriller author and practicing physician
152,738
views
views
33
Masoud Pezeshkian
9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
151,747
views
views
34
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958)
151,542
views
views
35
Harold Shipman
English doctor and serial killer (1947-2004)
147,739
views
views
36
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
145,225
views
views
37
H. H. Holmes
American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)
141,505
views
views
38
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
140,019
views
views
39
Masashi Yanagisawa
American medical scientist
136,705
views
views
40
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
129,165
views
views
41
Mehmet Öz
Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)
128,837
views
views
42
Nidal Hasan
American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
127,928
views
views
43
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
127,805
views
views
44
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Indian actress
127,174
views
views
45
Priscilla Chan
American pediatrician and philanthropist
125,281
views
views
46
Ricardo Barreda
Argentine family killer
124,236
views
views
47
Sneha Anne Philip
Victim of September 11 attacks (1969–2001)
120,481
views
views
48
Jonny Kim
American physician, Navy SEAL, and NASA astronaut
120,392
views
views
49
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
117,957
views
views
50
Michael Burry
American hedge fund manager
116,080
views
views
51
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
112,560
views
views
52
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
108,603
views
views
53
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
101,297
views
views
54
Ronaldo Caiado
traumatologist, orthopedist, Brazilian politician and 79th governor of Goiás (2019–2026) and Federal Deputy (1991–1995; 1999–2015)
99,608
views
views
55
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
99,116
views
views
56
Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)
98,535
views
views
57
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
93,276
views
views
58
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
91,556
views
views
59
Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician (1944–)
91,133
views
views
60
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
89,597
views
views
61
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
89,040
views
views
62
Harley Quinn
fictional character in DC Comics
88,546
views
views
63
Roger Marshall
American politician
88,054
views
views
64
Ron Paul
American politician (born 1935)
86,869
views
views
65
Jean-Paul Marat
politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
86,494
views
views
66
Miriam Adelson
American-Israeli physician and business billionaire (born in 1945)
85,371
views
views
67
Catherine Connolly
President of Ireland since 2025 (born 1955)
83,913
views
views
68
Hanaoka Seishū
Japanese surgeon of the Edo period
82,656
views
views
69
Hippocrates
Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
77,660
views
views
70
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
77,248
views
views
71
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
75,672
views
views
72
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
75,407
views
views
73
Marianne Koch
German actress
75,028
views
views
74
Hasnat Khan
Pakistani cardiothoracic surgeon
73,975
views
views
75
Jean Tatlock
American activist (1914-1944)
72,838
views
views
76
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
71,957
views
views
77
Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
71,446
views
views
78
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author (1891–1940)
70,862
views
views
79
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
69,515
views
views
80
Younan Nowzaradan
doctor famous for operating on morbidly obese patients
69,094
views
views
81
Mikiya Takasu
Japanese Cosmetologist and YouTuber
68,236
views
views
82
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
67,746
views
views
83
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
67,295
views
views
84
Christiana Morgan
American psychoanalyst
66,772
views
views
85
John Keats
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
66,372
views
views
86
Baruch Goldstein
American-Israeli doctor, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (1956-1994)
65,979
views
views
87
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
65,608
views
views
88
Maria Montessori
Italian physician and educator (1870-1952)
65,526
views
views
89
Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody
Iranian anesthesiologist and hostage-taker
65,471
views
views
90
Judith Butler
American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
65,322
views
views
91
Junji Itō
Japanese horror writer and mangaka
63,834
views
views
92
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
63,345
views
views
93
Mary L. Trump
American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
63,285
views
views
94
Christopher Duntsch
American neurosurgeon and convicted criminal for malpractice
63,042
views
views
95
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
62,258
views
views
96
Jacques Lacan
French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
61,941
views
views
97
John Money
New Zealand-US psychologist and sexologist (1921–2006)
61,726
views
views
98
Alexander Rosenbaum
Russian bard
61,465
views
views
99
George Miller
Australian filmmaker (born 1945)
61,167
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