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
13,867,707
Total Views (this year)
1
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
682,374
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2
Andy Burnham
Leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2026
516,804
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3
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
512,828
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4
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
511,858
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5
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
462,521
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views
6
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
414,588
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views
7
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
298,641
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8
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
280,037
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9
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
272,335
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views
10
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
265,786
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views
11
Jean Grey
fictional character in Marvel Comics
228,436
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views
12
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
212,596
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views
13
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
194,237
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views
14
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
192,502
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views
15
Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
185,654
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views
16
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
172,979
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views
17
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
167,178
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views
18
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
159,069
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views
19
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
158,670
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views
20
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
158,221
views
views
21
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
147,274
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views
22
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
144,261
views
views
23
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
137,157
views
views
24
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
136,938
views
views
25
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
136,423
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views
26
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
134,846
views
views
27
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
133,788
views
views
28
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
131,429
views
views
29
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
126,929
views
views
30
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
125,539
views
views
31
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
124,643
views
views
32
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
124,445
views
views
33
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
124,321
views
views
34
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
123,816
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views
35
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
123,617
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views
36
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
122,638
views
views
37
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
118,114
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views
38
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
117,595
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views
39
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
117,371
views
views
40
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
117,172
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views
41
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Hong Wang
Chinese mathematician (1991–)
116,942
views
views
42
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
114,245
views
views
43
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
112,185
views
views
44
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
109,117
views
views
45
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
108,457
views
views
46
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
107,846
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views
47
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
106,727
views
views
48
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
106,549
views
views
49
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
105,949
views
views
50
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)
103,943
views
views
51
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
102,615
views
views
52
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
102,256
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views
53
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
100,603
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views
54
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
99,163
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views
55
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
98,851
views
views
56
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
96,990
views
views
57
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
96,848
views
views
58
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
96,115
views
views
59
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
95,168
views
views
60
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
93,597
views
views
61
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
93,471
views
views
62
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
93,137
views
views
63
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
92,672
views
views
64
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
92,251
views
views
65
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
92,127
views
views
66
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
90,468
views
views
67
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
90,334
views
views
68
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
90,213
views
views
69
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
89,529
views
views
70
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
89,270
views
views
71
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,163
views
views
72
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
88,811
views
views
73
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
87,760
views
views
74
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
87,623
views
views
75
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
86,921
views
views
76
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
86,367
views
views
77
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
83,978
views
views
78
Alberto Fujimori
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
83,308
views
views
79
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
83,210
views
views
80
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
82,524
views
views
81
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
81,825
views
views
82
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
80,781
views
views
83
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
80,699
views
views
84
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
80,675
views
views
85
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist and statesman (1931–2015)
79,499
views
views
86
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
79,334
views
views
87
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
79,102
views
views
88
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
78,767
views
views
89
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
78,761
views
views
90
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
78,107
views
views
91
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
77,336
views
views
92
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
77,195
views
views
93
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
76,444
views
views
94
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
76,368
views
views
95
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
75,458
views
views
96
Lance Armstrong
cyclist from the United States
75,303
views
views
97
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
74,669
views
views
98
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
74,451
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