Trending Scientists this month
The 100 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hulk Hogan.
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Ranked
3,114,391
Total Views (this month)
1
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
197,091
views
views
2
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
177,076
views
views
3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
165,506
views
views
4
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
123,649
views
views
5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
80,293
views
views
6
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
69,207
views
views
7
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
60,213
views
views
8
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
59,609
views
views
9
David Wilcock
American religious writer (1973-)
48,791
views
views
10
James Comey
American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)
48,165
views
views
11
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
44,548
views
views
12
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
42,372
views
views
13
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
42,349
views
views
14
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
41,162
views
views
15
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
38,708
views
views
16
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
36,996
views
views
17
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
36,743
views
views
18
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
36,372
views
views
19
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
35,642
views
views
20
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
34,192
views
views
21
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
33,091
views
views
22
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
32,751
views
views
23
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
31,766
views
views
24
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
31,663
views
views
25
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
31,319
views
views
26
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
31,261
views
views
27
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
30,778
views
views
28
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
30,772
views
views
29
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
30,719
views
views
30
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
29,672
views
views
31
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
28,410
views
views
32
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
26,818
views
views
33
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
26,375
views
views
34
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
26,117
views
views
35
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
25,871
views
views
36
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
24,632
views
views
37
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
24,623
views
views
38
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
24,400
views
views
39
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
24,033
views
views
40
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist (1958–2009)
23,970
views
views
41
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
23,753
views
views
42
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
23,562
views
views
43
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
23,027
views
views
44
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
22,468
views
views
45
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
22,377
views
views
46
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
22,328
views
views
47
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
22,219
views
views
48
Vince McMahon
American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)
21,858
views
views
49
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
21,103
views
views
50
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
21,015
views
views
51
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
20,841
views
views
52
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
20,769
views
views
53
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
20,623
views
views
54
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
20,598
views
views
55
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
20,371
views
views
56
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
20,260
views
views
57
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
20,142
views
views
58
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
20,090
views
views
59
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
20,005
views
views
60
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
19,840
views
views
61
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
19,836
views
views
62
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
19,745
views
views
63
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
19,617
views
views
64
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
19,528
views
views
65
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
19,354
views
views
66
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
19,337
views
views
67
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
19,168
views
views
68
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
18,803
views
views
69
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
18,311
views
views
70
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
18,291
views
views
71
Tim Cook
American business executive
18,277
views
views
72
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
18,011
views
views
73
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
17,961
views
views
74
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
17,795
views
views
75
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
17,647
views
views
76
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
17,606
views
views
77
Mary Magdalene
follower of Jesus (-100)
17,594
views
views
78
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
17,534
views
views
79
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
17,482
views
views
80
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
17,382
views
views
81
Richard Attenborough
British actor (1923–2014)
17,303
views
views
82
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
17,144
views
views
83
Alexei Mordashov
Russian businessman
16,957
views
views
84
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
16,903
views
views
85
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
16,896
views
views
86
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
16,856
views
views
87
Chuck Grassley
United States Senator from Iowa since 1981
16,830
views
views
88
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
16,806
views
views
89
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
16,743
views
views
90
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
16,592
views
views
91
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
16,448
views
views
92
Maureen Lipman
British actress, columnist and comedian
16,448
views
views
93
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
16,274
views
views
94
Marilyn Manson
American musician (born 1969)
16,196
views
views
95
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
16,152
views
views
96
Monica Crowley
American conservative pundit and television personality
16,147
views
views
97
Justin Trudeau
23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
16,059
views
views
98
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
15,926
views
views
99
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
15,744
views
views
100
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
15,714
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