Trending Scientists this year
The 99 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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7,694,572
Total Views (this year)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
424,713
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2
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
294,526
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3
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
246,672
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4
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
245,230
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5
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
241,294
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6
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
218,685
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7
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
213,860
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8
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
213,728
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9
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
136,207
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10
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
126,826
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11
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
119,710
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12
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
118,278
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13
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
112,430
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14
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
106,944
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15
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
96,355
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16
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
94,413
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17
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
94,010
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18
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
93,559
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19
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
90,569
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views
20
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
88,354
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views
21
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
88,214
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views
22
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
85,611
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views
23
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
82,538
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views
24
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
81,734
views
views
25
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
80,790
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26
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
78,684
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views
27
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
78,242
views
views
28
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
77,958
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views
29
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
75,897
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views
30
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
75,230
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31
Ben Reilly
fictional character in Marvel Comics
70,574
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views
32
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
70,063
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33
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
69,965
views
views
34
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
69,764
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views
35
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
68,345
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views
36
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
68,082
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views
37
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
64,975
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views
38
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
63,436
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views
39
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
61,638
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views
40
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
60,223
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views
41
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
59,257
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42
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
59,111
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43
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
57,487
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44
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
56,594
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45
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
56,241
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views
46
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
55,684
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views
47
David Wilcock
American religious writer (1973-)
55,198
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views
48
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
55,028
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views
49
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
54,723
views
views
50
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
54,351
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views
51
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
53,977
views
views
52
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
53,471
views
views
53
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
53,232
views
views
54
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
52,419
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views
55
James Comey
American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)
52,381
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56
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
51,856
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57
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
51,561
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58
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
51,438
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59
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
51,201
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views
60
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
51,127
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views
61
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
50,920
views
views
62
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
50,565
views
views
63
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
50,396
views
views
64
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
50,052
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views
65
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
49,904
views
views
66
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
49,442
views
views
67
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
49,115
views
views
68
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
49,016
views
views
69
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
48,746
views
views
70
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
48,414
views
views
71
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
48,199
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views
72
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
47,570
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views
73
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
47,542
views
views
74
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
46,979
views
views
75
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
46,198
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views
76
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
46,174
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views
77
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
45,907
views
views
78
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
45,610
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views
79
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
45,251
views
views
80
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
45,077
views
views
81
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
44,438
views
views
82
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
44,018
views
views
83
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
43,992
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views
84
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
43,901
views
views
85
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
43,886
views
views
86
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
43,423
views
views
87
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
42,587
views
views
88
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
42,447
views
views
89
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
42,374
views
views
90
Karen Bass
American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
41,630
views
views
91
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
41,192
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views
92
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
40,999
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views
93
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
40,912
views
views
94
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
40,880
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views
95
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
40,879
views
views
96
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
40,746
views
views
97
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
40,439
views
views
98
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
40,100
views
views
99
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
39,989
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