Trending Astronomers in USA — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed astronomers on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Stephen Hawking. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
571,074
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
41,265
views
views
2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
39,075
views
views
3
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
38,273
views
views
4
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
23,337
views
views
5
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
22,188
views
views
6
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
21,376
views
views
7
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
18,635
views
views
8
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
18,070
views
views
9
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
17,055
views
views
10
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
13,823
views
views
11
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
12,637
views
views
12
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
11,973
views
views
13
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
10,653
views
views
14
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
10,394
views
views
15
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
10,101
views
views
16
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
8,563
views
views
17
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
8,135
views
views
18
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
7,546
views
views
19
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
7,383
views
views
20
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
6,596
views
views
21
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
6,544
views
views
22
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
6,369
views
views
23
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
6,208
views
views
24
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
6,204
views
views
25
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
5,728
views
views
26
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
5,581
views
views
27
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
5,394
views
views
28
Aryabhata
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
5,339
views
views
29
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
5,224
views
views
30
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, astronomer, and god of medicine in ancient Egyptian mythology.
4,881
views
views
31
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
4,804
views
views
32
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,298
views
views
33
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889–1953)
4,162
views
views
34
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
4,126
views
views
35
John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
4,030
views
views
36
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
American astronomer (1824–1896)
3,963
views
views
37
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
3,937
views
views
38
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
3,609
views
views
39
Georges Lemaître
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)
3,539
views
views
40
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
3,520
views
views
41
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
3,516
views
views
42
Omar Khayyám
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
3,506
views
views
43
Michael Maestlin
German astronomer and mathematician (1550–1631)
3,349
views
views
44
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
3,202
views
views
45
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
3,115
views
views
46
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
3,093
views
views
47
Christopher Wren
English architect (1632–1723)
2,976
views
views
48
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
2,941
views
views
49
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
2,859
views
views
50
Toghon Temür
Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
2,776
views
views
51
Ibn al-Haytham
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
2,704
views
views
52
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
2,582
views
views
53
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
2,564
views
views
54
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
2,388
views
views
55
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
2,382
views
views
56
Vasiṣṭha
ancient Indian sage
2,381
views
views
57
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
2,375
views
views
58
John Harrison
British clockworker
2,356
views
views
59
Mazlan Othman
Malaysian physicist
2,288
views
views
60
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
2,247
views
views
61
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
2,234
views
views
62
Johann Georg Faust
German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
2,229
views
views
63
Tim Russ
American actor
2,227
views
views
64
Jacques Vallée
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher
2,164
views
views
65
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
2,133
views
views
66
Brahmagupta
Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)
2,112
views
views
67
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
2,091
views
views
68
Robert H. Goddard
American physicist
2,089
views
views
69
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
2,034
views
views
70
John of Damascus
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
2,029
views
views
71
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)
1,968
views
views
72
Alastair Reynolds
British science fiction author (born 1966)
1,956
views
views
73
Carl Grillmair
American astronomer
1,946
views
views
74
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
1,941
views
views
75
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081–1124)
1,931
views
views
76
Benjamin Banneker
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)
1,876
views
views
77
Idris
prophet
1,854
views
views
78
Maggie Aderin
British space scientist
1,781
views
views
79
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
1,777
views
views
80
John Archibald Wheeler
American physicist (1911-2008)
1,754
views
views
81
Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
1,751
views
views
82
Nancy Roman
American astronomer and principal in the Hubble Space Telescope project (1925-2018)
1,663
views
views
83
August Ferdinand Möbius
German mathematician and astronomer (1790–1868)
1,653
views
views
84
Ulugh Beg
Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
1,646
views
views
85
Lawrence M. Krauss
American particle physicist and cosmologist
1,603
views
views
86
Max Tegmark
Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist
1,575
views
views
87
Fred Hoyle
British astronomer (1915–2001)
1,566
views
views
88
Laura Overdeck
American maths education entrepreneur
1,561
views
views
89
Franz Anton Mesmer
German physician
1,537
views
views
90
al-Jazari
mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)
1,534
views
views
91
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
1,532
views
views
92
Michael Servetus
Spanish physician and theologian
1,511
views
views
93
Steven Weinberg
American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
1,497
views
views
94
John Napier
Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1550–1617)
1,488
views
views
95
Sean M. Carroll
American theoretical cosmologist
1,486
views
views
96
Jane Foster
fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
1,473
views
views
97
Jabir ibn Hayyan
8th-century Islamic alchemist and author
1,451
views
views
98
Zhang Heng
Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)
1,438
views
views
99
Avi Loeb
Israeli astrophysicist (1962-)
1,433
views
views
100
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
1,412
views
views