Trending Scientists — all time
The 100 most-viewed scientists on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ted Kaczynski. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
33,411,336
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Ted Kaczynski
American mathematician and domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
2,368,484
views
views
2
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
1,287,735
views
views
3
Kensō Soai
Japanese organic chemist (1950– )
1,096,164
views
views
4
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
993,499
views
views
5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
971,170
views
views
6
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
815,041
views
views
7
Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
792,209
views
views
8
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
730,431
views
views
9
Jerry Hall
American model
648,251
views
views
10
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
607,224
views
views
11
Raphaël Glucksmann
French film director, journalist and politician
591,625
views
views
12
James Talarico
American politician and former teacher
578,902
views
views
13
Hannah Fry
British mathematician and TV presenter (1984-)
531,585
views
views
14
Michael Dell
American businessman and CEO (born 1965)
508,251
views
views
15
Karl Deisseroth
American optogeneticist
486,321
views
views
16
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
484,157
views
views
17
Margaret Hamilton
American mathematician and designer of embedded computer systems (1936–2026)
471,568
views
views
18
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
450,156
views
views
19
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
388,885
views
views
20
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (1946–1989)
360,423
views
views
21
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
357,069
views
views
22
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
348,345
views
views
23
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
347,609
views
views
24
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
343,551
views
views
25
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
324,899
views
views
26
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
321,410
views
views
27
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
French left-wing populist politician (born 1951)
313,329
views
views
28
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
311,370
views
views
29
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
303,710
views
views
30
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
290,409
views
views
31
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
286,836
views
views
32
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
283,861
views
views
33
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
283,539
views
views
34
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
276,148
views
views
35
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
273,172
views
views
36
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
272,015
views
views
37
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
270,796
views
views
38
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
269,744
views
views
39
Francis Halzen
Belgian-American astrophysicist
268,914
views
views
40
Charles Manson
American criminal and cult leader (1934–2017)
268,607
views
views
41
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
257,868
views
views
42
Frances Haugen
American data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower
254,387
views
views
43
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
254,298
views
views
44
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
252,226
views
views
45
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
251,924
views
views
46
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
249,499
views
views
47
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
243,160
views
views
48
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
242,297
views
views
49
Henry Murray
American psychologist and academic (1893–1988)
239,758
views
views
50
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
236,905
views
views
51
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
234,977
views
views
52
Dennis Hastert
American politician and criminal (1942–2026)
234,163
views
views
53
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
228,246
views
views
54
Helen Haines
Australian nurse, health researcher and politician
228,105
views
views
55
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
228,054
views
views
56
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
227,093
views
views
57
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
226,662
views
views
58
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic
223,115
views
views
59
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
222,083
views
views
60
Henri B. Kagan
French chemist
220,395
views
views
61
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
219,918
views
views
62
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
219,123
views
views
63
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
215,865
views
views
64
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
215,726
views
views
65
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
215,087
views
views
66
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
214,222
views
views
67
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
210,370
views
views
68
Miranda Hart
English comedian
205,261
views
views
69
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
204,846
views
views
70
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
203,683
views
views
71
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
201,787
views
views
72
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
201,564
views
views
73
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
201,315
views
views
74
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
200,105
views
views
75
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
198,269
views
views
76
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
193,881
views
views
77
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
190,999
views
views
78
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
190,805
views
views
79
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
190,700
views
views
80
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
185,878
views
views
81
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
185,342
views
views
82
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
182,367
views
views
83
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
182,140
views
views
84
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
181,965
views
views
85
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
175,115
views
views
86
Larry Ellison
American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)
172,535
views
views
87
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
171,247
views
views
88
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist (1958–2006)
171,014
views
views
89
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
170,275
views
views
90
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
169,256
views
views
91
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
167,454
views
views
92
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
167,146
views
views
93
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
165,121
views
views
94
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
164,561
views
views
95
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
164,109
views
views
96
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
163,876
views
views
97
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
161,536
views
views
98
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
161,491
views
views
99
Luigi Mangione
American who killed Brian Thompson
161,431
views
views
100
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia
161,322
views
views