Trending Scientists this week
The 98 most-viewed scientists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jean Grey.
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Ranked
4,839,276
Total Views (this week)
1
Jean Grey
fictional character in Marvel Comics
318,540
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2
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
301,342
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3
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
270,145
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4
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
151,984
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views
5
Andy Burnham
Leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2026
144,693
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views
6
Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
138,058
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7
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
136,303
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views
8
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
130,206
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9
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
98,582
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10
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
70,234
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views
11
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
66,376
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views
12
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
62,799
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views
13
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
62,217
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views
14
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
57,283
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views
15
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
56,292
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views
16
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
52,482
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views
17
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
51,803
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views
18
Jason Arday
British sociologist
48,792
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views
19
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
48,721
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views
20
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
47,506
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views
21
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
45,797
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views
22
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
44,619
views
views
23
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
44,548
views
views
24
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
42,762
views
views
25
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
42,630
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views
26
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
41,288
views
views
27
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
40,970
views
views
28
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
40,657
views
views
29
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
40,562
views
views
30
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
40,138
views
views
31
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
40,127
views
views
32
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
39,168
views
views
33
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
39,089
views
views
34
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
38,761
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views
35
Geoff Hamilton
British gardener (1936-1996)
38,738
views
views
36
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
38,606
views
views
37
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
38,556
views
views
38
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
37,900
views
views
39
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
37,533
views
views
40
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
36,557
views
views
41
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
35,856
views
views
42
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
35,800
views
views
43
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)
35,616
views
views
44
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
35,365
views
views
45
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
35,135
views
views
46
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
34,787
views
views
47
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
34,453
views
views
48
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
33,729
views
views
49
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
33,704
views
views
50
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
33,297
views
views
51
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
32,923
views
views
52
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
32,753
views
views
53
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
32,658
views
views
54
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
32,392
views
views
55
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
32,222
views
views
56
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
32,142
views
views
57
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
32,059
views
views
58
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
31,820
views
views
59
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
31,587
views
views
60
S. Venkitaramanan
Indian economist, (1931-2023)
31,535
views
views
61
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
31,179
views
views
62
Emma Frost
fictional character in Marvel Comics
30,742
views
views
63
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
30,712
views
views
64
Alberto Fujimori
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
30,237
views
views
65
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
29,578
views
views
66
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
29,568
views
views
67
Justin Trudeau
23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
29,437
views
views
68
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
29,405
views
views
69
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
29,310
views
views
70
Elaine Chao
18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
29,129
views
views
71
Patrick Stewart
British actor (born 1940)
29,085
views
views
72
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,021
views
views
73
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
28,974
views
views
74
Chelsea Manning
American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)
28,906
views
views
75
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
28,796
views
views
76
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
28,752
views
views
77
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
28,033
views
views
78
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
27,482
views
views
79
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
27,436
views
views
80
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
27,198
views
views
81
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
27,159
views
views
82
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
27,152
views
views
83
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
27,121
views
views
84
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
26,878
views
views
85
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
26,630
views
views
86
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
26,589
views
views
87
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
26,440
views
views
88
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
26,295
views
views
89
Bernie Sanders
United States Senator from Vermont
26,184
views
views
90
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
25,976
views
views
91
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Hong Wang
Chinese mathematician (1991–)
25,514
views
views
92
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
25,422
views
views
93
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James Stagg
British meteorologist (1900-1975)
24,926
views
views
94
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
24,889
views
views
95
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
24,580
views
views
96
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
24,143
views
views
97
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
23,819
views
views
98
Norman Finkelstein
American political scientist (born 1953)
23,382
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