Trending Programmers this month
The 100 most-viewed programmers this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Elon Musk.
100
Ranked
860,154
Total Views (this month)
1
Elon Musk
American businessman (born 1971)
151,725
views
views
2
Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
56,730
views
views
3
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
38,262
views
views
4
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
32,340
views
views
5
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
27,073
views
views
6
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
26,539
views
views
7
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
23,684
views
views
8
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
20,374
views
views
9
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
18,913
views
views
10
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
18,555
views
views
11
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
16,206
views
views
12
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
16,088
views
views
13
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
16,051
views
views
14
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
14,478
views
views
15
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
14,325
views
views
16
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
13,983
views
views
17
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
13,253
views
views
18
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
12,984
views
views
19
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
12,934
views
views
20
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
12,698
views
views
21
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
12,681
views
views
22
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
12,267
views
views
23
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
11,659
views
views
24
Yang Zhilin
Chinese businessman (born 1992)
11,421
views
views
25
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
10,255
views
views
26
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
10,178
views
views
27
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
9,892
views
views
28
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
8,815
views
views
29
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
8,463
views
views
30
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
8,365
views
views
31
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
7,261
views
views
32
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
7,233
views
views
33
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
5,993
views
views
34
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
5,707
views
views
35
Naoki Hamaguchi
video game programmer
5,565
views
views
36
David Heinemeier Hansson
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
5,544
views
views
37
Nat Friedman
American computer programmer
5,364
views
views
38
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
5,071
views
views
39
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
4,771
views
views
40
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
4,408
views
views
41
Jaron Lanier
American computer scientist, musician, and author
4,348
views
views
42
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
4,276
views
views
43
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
4,258
views
views
44
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
4,107
views
views
45
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
3,979
views
views
46
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
3,956
views
views
47
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
3,915
views
views
48
John Romero
American video game designer
3,728
views
views
49
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
3,572
views
views
50
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
3,515
views
views
51
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
3,496
views
views
52
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
3,341
views
views
53
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
3,274
views
views
54
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
3,233
views
views
55
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
3,162
views
views
56
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
3,133
views
views
57
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
3,084
views
views
58
Tim Schafer
American video game designer (born 1967)
2,755
views
views
59
Ken Thompson
American programmer and computer scientist, co-creator of the Unix operating system (born 1943)
2,660
views
views
60
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
2,605
views
views
61
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
2,570
views
views
62
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
2,544
views
views
63
Vlad Yatsenko
CTO and Co-founder of Revolut
2,511
views
views
64
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
2,464
views
views
65
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
2,386
views
views
66
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
2,334
views
views
67
Davey Wreden
video game developer
2,201
views
views
68
Naomi Novik
American writer
2,096
views
views
69
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
2,078
views
views
70
Adrian Lamo
American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018)
2,065
views
views
71
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
2,014
views
views
72
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
1,996
views
views
73
Ron Gilbert
American video game designer
1,964
views
views
74
George Hotz
American hacker
1,954
views
views
75
Kelley Deal
American musician
1,924
views
views
76
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
1,834
views
views
77
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
1,822
views
views
78
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programmer
1,816
views
views
79
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
1,812
views
views
80
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
1,747
views
views
81
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
1,736
views
views
82
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
1,690
views
views
83
Alek Minassian
Canadian mass murderer copycatting Elliot Rodger (Born 1992)
1,676
views
views
84
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
1,630
views
views
85
Shawn Fanning
American businessman
1,606
views
views
86
David Jones
British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto
1,574
views
views
87
Charles Simonyi
Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
1,536
views
views
88
Anders Hejlsberg
Danish software engineer (born 1960)
1,506
views
views
89
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
1,487
views
views
90
Moxie Marlinspike
American computer security expert
1,476
views
views
91
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
1,425
views
views
92
Aleksandr Tsoi
Russian musician
1,424
views
views
93
Fredrick Brennan
American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)
1,390
views
views
94
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
1,383
views
views
95
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
1,361
views
views
96
Gennady Korotkevich
Belarusian competitive programmer
1,346
views
views
97
Fahim Saleh
Bengali-American entrepreneur and computer programmer (1986-2020)
1,344
views
views
98
Phil Fish
Quebecois indie video game designer
1,326
views
views
99
Leslie Lamport
American computer scientist
1,315
views
views
100
Alan Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940)
1,286
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