Trending Programmers of all time
The 100 most-viewed programmers of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
672,514
Total Views (of all time)
1
Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
127,437
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2
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
33,925
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views
3
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
29,565
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views
4
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
22,088
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views
5
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
20,421
views
views
6
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
17,912
views
views
7
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
17,285
views
views
8
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
16,685
views
views
9
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
16,305
views
views
10
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
16,034
views
views
11
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
14,525
views
views
12
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
14,521
views
views
13
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
13,792
views
views
14
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
13,334
views
views
15
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
13,271
views
views
16
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
12,907
views
views
17
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
12,706
views
views
18
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
12,109
views
views
19
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
10,234
views
views
20
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
10,165
views
views
21
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
10,160
views
views
22
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
9,684
views
views
23
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
9,113
views
views
24
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
8,341
views
views
25
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
8,206
views
views
26
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
7,959
views
views
27
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
7,417
views
views
28
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
6,993
views
views
29
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
6,747
views
views
30
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
6,719
views
views
31
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
5,500
views
views
32
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
4,358
views
views
33
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
4,352
views
views
34
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
4,192
views
views
35
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
3,930
views
views
36
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
3,658
views
views
37
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
3,654
views
views
38
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
3,580
views
views
39
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
3,526
views
views
40
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
3,413
views
views
41
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
3,314
views
views
42
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
3,187
views
views
43
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
3,177
views
views
44
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
3,071
views
views
45
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
2,793
views
views
46
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
2,756
views
views
47
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
2,699
views
views
48
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
2,599
views
views
49
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
2,596
views
views
50
John Romero
American video game designer
2,571
views
views
51
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
2,479
views
views
52
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
2,467
views
views
53
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
2,376
views
views
54
Alec Holowka
Canadian video game developer (1983–2019)
2,279
views
views
55
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
2,259
views
views
56
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
2,200
views
views
57
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)
2,194
views
views
58
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
2,170
views
views
59
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
1,998
views
views
60
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
1,942
views
views
61
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
1,911
views
views
62
Vlad Yatsenko
CTO and Co-founder of Revolut
1,879
views
views
63
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
1,788
views
views
64
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
1,773
views
views
65
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
1,743
views
views
66
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
1,686
views
views
67
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
1,686
views
views
68
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
1,685
views
views
69
Garry Newman
British programmer, video games producer
1,644
views
views
70
Kelley Deal
American musician
1,637
views
views
71
Casey Muratori
programmer and computer graphics researcher
1,568
views
views
72
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
1,557
views
views
73
Paul Le Roux
programmer, criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
1,531
views
views
74
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
1,516
views
views
75
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
1,498
views
views
76
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
1,410
views
views
77
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
1,385
views
views
78
Eric S. Raymond
American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
1,380
views
views
79
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
1,363
views
views
80
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
1,359
views
views
81
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
1,298
views
views
82
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
1,280
views
views
83
Gennady Korotkevich
Belarusian competitive programmer
1,261
views
views
84
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
1,223
views
views
85
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
1,208
views
views
86
Fredrick Brennan
American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)
1,192
views
views
87
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
1,192
views
views
88
Eugene Roshal
Russian computer programmer
1,186
views
views
89
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
1,168
views
views
90
Davey Wreden
video game developer
1,153
views
views
91
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
1,136
views
views
92
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
1,109
views
views
93
Anders Hejlsberg
Danish software engineer (born 1960)
1,108
views
views
94
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
1,076
views
views
95
Andrew Bosworth
American computer scientist
1,051
views
views
96
Adrian Lamo
American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018)
1,049
views
views
97
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
1,043
views
views
98
Bill Joy
American computer scientist
1,012
views
views
99
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
970
views
views
100
Phil Fish
Quebecois indie video game designer
950
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