Trending Swimmers — all time
The 100 most-viewed swimmers on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Timothy Olyphant. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,452,506
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Timothy Olyphant
American actor
109,059
views
views
2
Sarah Storey
British swimmer, track and road cyclist
90,177
views
views
3
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
73,918
views
views
4
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
65,638
views
views
5
Michael Phelps
American swimmer (born 1985)
57,883
views
views
6
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Zimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer; wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
50,561
views
views
7
Thomas Kretschmann
German actor (born 1962)
34,833
views
views
8
Riley Gaines
American swimmer
32,071
views
views
9
Cody Simpson
Australian singer
28,757
views
views
10
Manon Aubry
French politician (born 1989)
26,025
views
views
11
Tom Daley
British diver
25,510
views
views
12
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)
24,715
views
views
13
Katherine Langford
Australian actress (born 1996)
22,926
views
views
14
Franziska van Almsick
German swimmer
22,404
views
views
15
Eddie Hall
British strongman
20,413
views
views
16
Ulrike Folkerts
German actress
20,379
views
views
17
David Shaw
Australian scuba diver and technical diver (1954-2005)
19,083
views
views
18
Théo Curin
19,075
views
views
19
Yui Ohashi
Japanese swimmer
18,661
views
views
20
Katie Ledecky
American Olympic swimmer
17,627
views
views
21
Jessica Watkins
US astronaut
17,231
views
views
22
Filippo Magnini
Italian swimmer
16,518
views
views
23
Gertrude Ederle
American swimmer (1905–2003)
16,320
views
views
24
Esther Williams
American swimmer, actress and singer (1921–2013)
15,604
views
views
25
Federica Pellegrini
Italian swimmer (1988)
14,906
views
views
26
Ryosuke Irie
Japanese swimmer
14,843
views
views
27
Ian Thorpe
Australian swimmer
14,812
views
views
28
Homer Hickam
American author and engineer (born 1943)
14,469
views
views
29
Wim Hof
Dutch extreme athlete and motivational speaker
14,402
views
views
30
Eric Moussambani Malonga
Equatoguinean swimmer
14,034
views
views
31
Kosuke Hagino
Japanese swimmer
13,540
views
views
32
Ryan Lochte
American swimmer
13,537
views
views
33
Emilia Pikkarainen
Finnish swimmer
13,428
views
views
34
Ryuji Akiyama
Japanese owarai tarento and actor
13,153
views
views
35
Lia Thomas
American swimmer
13,046
views
views
36
Bonnie Garmus
American author and former copywriter (born 1957)
12,915
views
views
37
Amaury Leveaux
French swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
11,880
views
views
38
Estella Warren
Canadian actress, model, and synchronized swimmer
11,474
views
views
39
François de Roubaix
French composer (1939-1975)
11,419
views
views
40
Ralf Moeller
German actor and bodybuilder
11,187
views
views
41
Egor Kornev
Russian swimmer
11,072
views
views
42
Léon Marchand
French swimmer
10,871
views
views
43
Toshiaki Kasuga
Japanese owarai talent, television presenter, bodybuilder, fin swimming player (1979-)
10,590
views
views
44
大橋信
Japanese swimmer (born 2009)
10,117
views
views
45
Emma Virginia Menicucci
Italian swimmer
9,998
views
views
46
Camille Lacourt
French swimmer
9,968
views
views
47
Diana Nyad
American long-distance swimmer (born 1949)
9,561
views
views
48
Laure Manaudou
French swimmer (born 1986)
9,469
views
views
49
Luca Dotto
Italian swimmer
9,467
views
views
50
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administrator
8,475
views
views
51
Yusra Mardini
german syrian swimmer
8,320
views
views
52
Mark Spitz
American Olympic swimmer (born 1950)
8,231
views
views
53
Andrea Kiewel
German television presenter
8,222
views
views
54
Kane Kosugi
American actor
8,179
views
views
55
Archie Goodburn
British swimmer
7,891
views
views
56
Daiya Seto
Japanese swimmer
7,789
views
views
57
Marco Pigossi
Brazilian actor, film producer and former swimmer
7,580
views
views
58
Mayumi Narita
Japanese Paralympic swimmer
7,352
views
views
59
Betty Cooper
Archie Comics character
7,086
views
views
60
Jacques Mayol
holder of many world records in free diving
6,997
views
views
61
Rikako Ikee
Japanese swimmer
6,978
views
views
62
Paul-Henri Nargeolet
submersible pilot; former head of France's Deep Submersible Program
6,877
views
views
63
Shavarsh Karapetyan
Soviet swimmer
6,854
views
views
64
Taliso Engel
German Paralympic swimmer
6,757
views
views
65
Stephanie Rice
Australian swimmer
6,747
views
views
66
Herbert Nitsch
Austrian freediver
6,737
views
views
67
Duke Kahanamoku
American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
6,563
views
views
68
Alessia Zecchini
Italian freediver who set world and Italian records
6,312
views
views
69
Kristin Otto
East German swimmer
6,287
views
views
70
Summer McIntosh
Canadian swimmer (2006-)
6,221
views
views
71
Martin Strel
Slovenian swimmer
6,100
views
views
72
João Havelange
Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916–2016)
6,061
views
views
73
Murlikant Petkar
Indian athlete
5,974
views
views
74
Valentina Gómez
Colombian-American far-right politician and activist
5,959
views
views
75
Ross Edgley
British athlete
5,924
views
views
76
Philippe Croizon
French athlete, first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel
5,805
views
views
77
Natalia Molchanova
Russian free diver (1962-2015)
5,742
views
views
78
Johanna Griggs
Australian swimmer and television presenter
5,544
views
views
79
Chandler Halderson
American murderer
5,459
views
views
80
Harumi Inoue
Japanese idol
5,404
views
views
81
Richard Harris
Australian anaesthetist and cave diver
5,370
views
views
82
Lyubov Tolkalina
Russian actress, film actress, swimmer, and model (born 1978)
5,095
views
views
83
Lauren Steadman
Paralympic athlete, Paratriathlete
5,087
views
views
84
Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer
4,898
views
views
85
Buster Crabbe
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983)
4,896
views
views
86
Teresa Perales, 1st Marchioness of Perales
Spanish Paralympian swimmer and noble
4,705
views
views
87
Kosuke Kitajima
Japanese swimmer
4,703
views
views
88
Alexey Molchanov
Russian champion freediver
4,694
views
views
89
Cameron McEvoy
Australian swimmer
4,684
views
views
90
Aleksandr Popov
Russian swimmer and politician (born 1971)
4,653
views
views
91
Pan Zhanle
Chinese swimmer
4,614
views
views
92
Marta Kos
Slovene diplomat and politician
4,596
views
views
93
Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir
Icelandic actress and swimmer
4,563
views
views
94
Sharron Davies
British swimmer and politician
4,506
views
views
95
Florent Manaudou
French swimmer
4,423
views
views
96
Saman Gunan
Thai diver
4,289
views
views
97
John Volanthen
British civilian cave diver who specializes in rescues
4,253
views
views
98
Justin Norris
Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist
4,185
views
views
99
Gunther Philipp
Austrian actor (1918–2003)
4,183
views
views
100
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American golfer and athlete
4,136
views
views