Trending Scientists this month
The 99 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
400,743
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2
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
284,580
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3
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
176,732
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4
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
149,478
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views
5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
133,567
views
views
6
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
93,970
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views
7
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
93,335
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views
8
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
83,191
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views
9
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
77,116
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views
10
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
75,788
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11
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
70,380
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12
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
69,596
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views
13
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
66,613
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views
14
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
65,941
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views
15
Ben Reilly
fictional character in Marvel Comics
64,781
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views
16
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
62,483
views
views
17
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
57,788
views
views
18
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
57,187
views
views
19
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
55,720
views
views
20
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
55,463
views
views
21
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
54,284
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views
22
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
52,821
views
views
23
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
49,462
views
views
24
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
49,127
views
views
25
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
48,991
views
views
26
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
48,643
views
views
27
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
48,570
views
views
28
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
48,197
views
views
29
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
48,139
views
views
30
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
47,784
views
views
31
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
47,686
views
views
32
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
46,903
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views
33
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
44,971
views
views
34
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
43,464
views
views
35
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
43,109
views
views
36
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
40,255
views
views
37
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
39,672
views
views
38
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
38,646
views
views
39
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
38,503
views
views
40
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
38,234
views
views
41
Karen Bass
American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
37,682
views
views
42
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
37,651
views
views
43
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
37,319
views
views
44
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
36,661
views
views
45
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
36,327
views
views
46
Jill Biden
American educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
35,239
views
views
47
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
35,195
views
views
48
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
34,625
views
views
49
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
34,581
views
views
50
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
34,209
views
views
51
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
34,197
views
views
52
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
34,013
views
views
53
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
33,669
views
views
54
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
33,593
views
views
55
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
33,111
views
views
56
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
31,971
views
views
57
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
31,816
views
views
58
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
31,598
views
views
59
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
31,470
views
views
60
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
31,452
views
views
61
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
31,398
views
views
62
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
31,005
views
views
63
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
30,884
views
views
64
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
30,830
views
views
65
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
30,767
views
views
66
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
30,764
views
views
67
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
30,297
views
views
68
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
30,193
views
views
69
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
30,091
views
views
70
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
30,060
views
views
71
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
29,609
views
views
72
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
29,555
views
views
73
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
29,431
views
views
74
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
29,095
views
views
75
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
28,903
views
views
76
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
28,673
views
views
77
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James Stagg
British meteorologist (1900-1975)
28,396
views
views
78
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
28,207
views
views
79
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
28,194
views
views
80
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
28,174
views
views
81
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
28,147
views
views
82
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
27,186
views
views
83
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
27,146
views
views
84
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
27,059
views
views
85
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
26,861
views
views
86
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
26,527
views
views
87
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
26,342
views
views
88
Alan Milburn
British politician (born 1958)
26,222
views
views
89
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
26,147
views
views
90
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
26,041
views
views
91
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
26,009
views
views
92
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
25,926
views
views
93
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
25,777
views
views
94
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
25,692
views
views
95
Sting
British musician (born 1951)
25,398
views
views
96
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
25,271
views
views
97
August Coppola
American academic, author, film executive, and advocate for the arts
25,133
views
views
98
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
25,123
views
views
99
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
25,073
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