Trending Scientists this week
The 99 most-viewed scientists this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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3,643,766
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
270,043
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Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
165,307
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3
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
152,818
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4
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
126,573
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5
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
122,155
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6
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
96,552
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7
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
60,744
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8
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
56,457
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9
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
53,530
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10
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
53,446
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11
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
52,218
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12
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
47,932
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13
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
47,575
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14
Ben Reilly
fictional character in Marvel Comics
46,959
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15
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
45,759
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16
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
43,124
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17
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
43,118
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18
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
42,821
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19
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
42,591
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20
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
42,165
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21
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
41,776
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22
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
41,460
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views
23
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
40,374
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views
24
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
40,338
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views
25
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
39,238
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26
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
37,947
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27
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
37,688
views
views
28
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
37,148
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views
29
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
36,297
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views
30
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
35,429
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views
31
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
34,982
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views
32
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
33,382
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views
33
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
33,087
views
views
34
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
32,682
views
views
35
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
32,291
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36
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
32,036
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37
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
31,681
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38
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
31,336
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39
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
30,555
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40
Karen Bass
American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
30,146
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views
41
Jill Biden
American educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
29,816
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42
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
29,528
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views
43
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
28,746
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44
Edgar Morin
French philosopher and sociologist (1921–2026)
28,417
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views
45
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James Stagg
British meteorologist (1900-1975)
27,606
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46
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
27,412
views
views
47
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
27,351
views
views
48
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
27,259
views
views
49
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
27,200
views
views
50
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
26,165
views
views
51
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
25,951
views
views
52
Dan Aykroyd
Canadian-American actor (born 1952)
25,371
views
views
53
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
24,974
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views
54
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
24,463
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views
55
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
24,417
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views
56
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
24,395
views
views
57
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
24,029
views
views
58
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
23,438
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views
59
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)
23,407
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60
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
23,114
views
views
61
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
22,622
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62
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
22,561
views
views
63
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
22,553
views
views
64
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
22,522
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views
65
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
22,481
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views
66
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
22,427
views
views
67
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
22,279
views
views
68
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
22,139
views
views
69
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
22,036
views
views
70
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
21,959
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views
71
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
21,818
views
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72
Sondra Locke
American actress (1944–2018)
21,226
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views
73
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
21,223
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views
74
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
21,179
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views
75
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
21,173
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views
76
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
21,039
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views
77
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
21,027
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views
78
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
20,575
views
views
79
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
20,565
views
views
80
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
20,314
views
views
81
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
20,261
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views
82
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
20,120
views
views
83
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
20,017
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views
84
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
19,996
views
views
85
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
19,954
views
views
86
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
19,804
views
views
87
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
19,726
views
views
88
Tiffany Trump
American socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
19,480
views
views
89
Ken Jennings
American game show contestant, host, and writer
19,215
views
views
90
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
19,103
views
views
91
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
18,963
views
views
92
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
18,861
views
views
93
Richard Pryor
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
18,825
views
views
94
Mojtaba Khamenei
cleric and 3rd Supreme Leader of Iran since 2026
18,789
views
views
95
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
18,626
views
views
96
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
18,477
views
views
97
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
18,383
views
views
98
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
18,380
views
views
99
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
18,249
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