Trending Scientists this year
The 98 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jeff Bezos.
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Ranked
12,874,260
Total Views (this year)
1
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
599,450
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2
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
511,472
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3
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
477,325
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4
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
462,060
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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
447,221
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views
6
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
374,160
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views
7
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
288,489
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8
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
271,262
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views
9
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
269,176
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views
10
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
256,945
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views
11
Jean Grey
fictional character in Marvel Comics
224,467
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views
12
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
194,982
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views
13
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
182,954
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views
14
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
180,515
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views
15
Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
171,066
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views
16
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
159,092
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views
17
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
152,271
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views
18
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
151,120
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views
19
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
148,499
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views
20
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
133,015
views
views
21
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
132,285
views
views
22
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
130,133
views
views
23
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
130,090
views
views
24
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
127,499
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views
25
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
126,274
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views
26
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
125,800
views
views
27
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
125,209
views
views
28
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
124,279
views
views
29
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
117,799
views
views
30
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
117,521
views
views
31
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
117,175
views
views
32
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
116,551
views
views
33
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
115,619
views
views
34
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
115,452
views
views
35
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
114,717
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views
36
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
114,058
views
views
37
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
112,315
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views
38
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
111,568
views
views
39
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
109,670
views
views
40
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
107,383
views
views
41
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
101,612
views
views
42
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
101,334
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views
43
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
101,038
views
views
44
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
100,251
views
views
45
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
99,734
views
views
46
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
99,457
views
views
47
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
96,367
views
views
48
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
95,980
views
views
49
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
95,465
views
views
50
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
92,397
views
views
51
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
91,235
views
views
52
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)
90,755
views
views
53
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
90,596
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views
54
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
90,363
views
views
55
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
89,972
views
views
56
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
89,663
views
views
57
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
89,517
views
views
58
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,087
views
views
59
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
88,359
views
views
60
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
87,301
views
views
61
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
86,207
views
views
62
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
86,117
views
views
63
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
85,403
views
views
64
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
85,276
views
views
65
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
84,573
views
views
66
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
84,078
views
views
67
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
83,396
views
views
68
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
82,975
views
views
69
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
82,800
views
views
70
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
82,652
views
views
71
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
82,128
views
views
72
Alberto Fujimori
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
82,095
views
views
73
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
81,870
views
views
74
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
81,827
views
views
75
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Hong Wang
Fundamental Mathematician (1991–)
81,529
views
views
76
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
81,465
views
views
77
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
80,193
views
views
78
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
78,459
views
views
79
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
77,383
views
views
80
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
76,088
views
views
81
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
75,680
views
views
82
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
74,759
views
views
83
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
74,424
views
views
84
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist and statesman (1931–2015)
74,024
views
views
85
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
73,701
views
views
86
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
73,401
views
views
87
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
73,219
views
views
88
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
73,086
views
views
89
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
72,809
views
views
90
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
72,560
views
views
91
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
72,413
views
views
92
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
71,207
views
views
93
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
71,191
views
views
94
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
70,611
views
views
95
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
69,763
views
views
96
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
69,561
views
views
97
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
69,300
views
views
98
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
68,616
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