Trending Programmers this month
The 100 most-viewed programmers this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sam Altman.
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Ranked
334,559
Total Views (this month)
1
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
49,898
views
views
2
Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
44,768
views
views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
14,606
views
views
4
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
12,837
views
views
5
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
9,293
views
views
6
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
8,861
views
views
7
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
8,487
views
views
8
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
8,383
views
views
9
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
7,966
views
views
10
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
7,599
views
views
11
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
6,255
views
views
12
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
6,252
views
views
13
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
6,229
views
views
14
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
5,935
views
views
15
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
5,814
views
views
16
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
5,805
views
views
17
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
4,955
views
views
18
Krzysztof Cwalina
Polish swimmer
4,583
views
views
19
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
4,574
views
views
20
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
4,415
views
views
21
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
4,178
views
views
22
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
3,993
views
views
23
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
3,733
views
views
24
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
3,700
views
views
25
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
3,331
views
views
26
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
3,306
views
views
27
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
3,153
views
views
28
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
3,125
views
views
29
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
2,844
views
views
30
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
2,407
views
views
31
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
2,159
views
views
32
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
2,062
views
views
33
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
2,060
views
views
34
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
1,956
views
views
35
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
1,951
views
views
36
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
1,927
views
views
37
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
1,894
views
views
38
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
1,843
views
views
39
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
1,708
views
views
40
Eugene Roshal
Russian computer programmer
1,700
views
views
41
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
1,653
views
views
42
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
1,651
views
views
43
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
1,587
views
views
44
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
1,584
views
views
45
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
1,584
views
views
46
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
1,516
views
views
47
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
1,515
views
views
48
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
1,426
views
views
49
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
1,391
views
views
50
John Romero
American video game designer
1,350
views
views
51
Anatoly Wasserman
Russian journalist
1,289
views
views
52
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
1,213
views
views
53
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
1,193
views
views
54
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
1,151
views
views
55
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
1,130
views
views
56
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
1,114
views
views
57
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
1,049
views
views
58
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
1,010
views
views
59
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
995
views
views
60
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
889
views
views
61
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
874
views
views
62
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
864
views
views
63
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
844
views
views
64
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
842
views
views
65
George Hotz
American hacker
837
views
views
66
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
835
views
views
67
Vlad Yatsenko
CTO and Co-founder of Revolut
824
views
views
68
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
809
views
views
69
Tim Paterson
American computer programmer
796
views
views
70
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programmer
791
views
views
71
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
785
views
views
72
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
780
views
views
73
Scott Forstall
American software engineer
775
views
views
74
Naomi Novik
American writer
757
views
views
75
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
752
views
views
76
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
741
views
views
77
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
739
views
views
78
Kelley Deal
American musician
730
views
views
79
Alek Minassian
Canadian mass murderer copycatting Elliot Rodger
718
views
views
80
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
697
views
views
81
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
694
views
views
82
Junichi Masuda
Japanese video game developer
692
views
views
83
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
673
views
views
84
Fredrick Brennan
American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)
672
views
views
85
Alexander Drouz
Game show participant
639
views
views
86
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
618
views
views
87
Rhianna Pratchett
English video game writer and journalist (born 1976)
609
views
views
88
Tony Hoare
British computer scientist
604
views
views
89
David Heinemeier Hansson
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
589
views
views
90
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
582
views
views
91
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
581
views
views
92
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
579
views
views
93
Bill Joy
American computer scientist
575
views
views
94
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
570
views
views
95
Alec Holowka
Canadian video game developer (1983–2019)
557
views
views
96
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
551
views
views
97
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
550
views
views
98
Andrew Bosworth
American computer scientist
543
views
views
99
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
542
views
views
100
Aleksandr Tsoi
Russian musician
514
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