Trending Astronomers in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed astronomers this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Stephen Hawking.
100
Ranked
1,029,281
Total Views (this year)
Country
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๐บ๐ธ USA
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
๐ซ๐ท France
๐ฏ๐ต Japan
๐ช๐ธ Spain
๐ง๐ท Brazil
๐ท๐บ Russia
๐จ๐ณ China
1
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942โ2018)
85,101
views
views
2
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452โ1519)
62,151
views
views
3
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642โ1727)
60,986
views
views
4
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
45,458
views
views
5
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
39,294
views
views
6
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
37,128
views
views
7
Brian Cox
English physicist and musician
31,990
views
views
8
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934โ1996)
30,974
views
views
9
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564โ1642)
29,546
views
views
10
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503โ1566)
22,649
views
views
11
Renรฉ Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596โ1650)
21,732
views
views
12
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 โ c. 212 BC)
21,689
views
views
13
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707โ1783)
20,945
views
views
14
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
19,609
views
views
15
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951โ2012)
17,127
views
views
16
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791โ1871)
13,383
views
views
17
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980โ1037)
13,015
views
views
18
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
12,996
views
views
19
Ptolemy
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
12,718
views
views
20
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
12,450
views
views
21
Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
12,054
views
views
22
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777โ1855)
11,759
views
views
23
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135โ1204)
11,148
views
views
24
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548โ1600)
10,977
views
views
25
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571โ1630)
10,627
views
views
26
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
10,605
views
views
27
Eratosthenes
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
10,396
views
views
28
Muแธฅammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
10,158
views
views
29
Alan Guth
American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
9,515
views
views
30
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493โ1541)
9,266
views
views
31
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
9,118
views
views
32
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 โ 1703)
8,696
views
views
33
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546โ1601
8,546
views
views
34
Raj Koothrappali
fictional character on the television series The Big Bang Theory
8,322
views
views
35
Aryabhata
Pioneer astronomer who formulated zero, quadratic rules, and earth's rotation.
8,201
views
views
36
Imhotep
Egyptian polymath, later revered as a god
8,149
views
views
37
Kip S. Thorne
American physicist (born 1940)
8,054
views
views
38
John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
8,040
views
views
39
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
7,576
views
views
40
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743โ1794)
7,218
views
views
41
Thales
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
6,688
views
views
42
Omar Khayyรกm
Persian mathematician and poet (1048โ1131)
5,995
views
views
43
Averroes
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126โ1198)
5,459
views
views
44
Hasan-i Sabbah
The founder of the Ismaili state of Alamut and the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis (1081โ1124)
5,423
views
views
45
Michelle Thaller
American astronomer
5,412
views
views
46
Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749โ1827)
5,137
views
views
47
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824โ1907)
5,096
views
views
48
Henri Poincarรฉ
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854โ1912)
5,081
views
views
49
Christopher Wren
English architect (1632โ1723)
4,911
views
views
50
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973โ1048)
4,908
views
views
51
Robert H. Goddard
American physicist
4,902
views
views
52
Ibn al-Haytham
Persian physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 โ c. 1040)
4,902
views
views
53
Tim Russ
American actor
4,883
views
views
54
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer (1889โ1953)
4,652
views
views
55
Georges Lemaรฎtre
Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894โ1966)
4,598
views
views
56
John Harrison
British clockworker
4,579
views
views
57
Fritz Zwicky
Swiss astronomer who posited dark matter (1898โ1974)
4,514
views
views
58
Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629โ1695)
4,435
views
views
59
Jane Foster
fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
4,363
views
views
60
Lawrence M. Krauss
American particle physicist and cosmologist
4,270
views
views
61
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738โ1822)
4,233
views
views
62
Alastair Reynolds
British science fiction author (born 1966)
4,035
views
views
63
Idris
prophet
3,955
views
views
64
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian astronomer (1201โ1274)
3,933
views
views
65
Sean M. Carroll
American theoretical cosmologist
3,933
views
views
66
Jacques Vallรฉe
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher
3,841
views
views
67
Toghon Temรผr
Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
3,838
views
views
68
Max Tegmark
Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist
3,831
views
views
69
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890โ1962)
3,773
views
views
70
Nancy Roman
American astronomer and principal in the Hubble Space Telescope project (1925-2018)
3,754
views
views
71
Avi Loeb
Israeli astrophysicist (1962-)
3,696
views
views
72
John of Damascus
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
3,598
views
views
73
Walter Lewin
Dutch-born American physicist (born 1936)
3,571
views
views
74
Johann Georg Faust
German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
3,485
views
views
75
Brahmagupta
Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 โ c. 668 CE)
3,430
views
views
76
Anaximander
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
3,429
views
views
77
Sima Qian
2nd-century BCE Chinese historian and writer
3,347
views
views
78
Vasiแนฃแนญha
ancient Indian sage
3,238
views
views
79
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
3,166
views
views
80
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486โ1535)
3,160
views
views
81
Alfred Wegener
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880โ1930)
3,134
views
views
82
Pytheas
ancient Greek explorer
3,089
views
views
83
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736โ1813)
3,076
views
views
84
Anaxagoras
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
2,986
views
views
85
Arthur Eddington
British astrophysicist (1882-1944)
2,986
views
views
86
Aristarchus of Samos
Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310โc.230 BC)
2,955
views
views
87
Leopold Bloom
fictional protagonist of James Joyce's novel Ulysses
2,899
views
views
88
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
British astrophysicist (born 1943)
2,862
views
views
89
Benjamin Banneker
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731โ1806)
2,780
views
views
90
Ulugh Beg
Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394โ1449)
2,758
views
views
91
Farabi
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
2,753
views
views
92
Edmond Halley
English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656โ1742)
2,742
views
views
93
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
2,731
views
views
94
Theodore von Kรกrmรกn
Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881โ1963)
2,731
views
views
95
Patrick Moore
English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923โ2012)
2,700
views
views
96
Franz Anton Mesmer
German physician
2,699
views
views
97
Basil Brown
British archaeologist
2,691
views
views
98
Maggie Aderin
British space scientist
2,638
views
views
99
Shrinivas Kulkarni
American astronomer
2,628
views
views
100
Jabir ibn Hayyan
8th-century Islamic alchemist and author
2,623
views
views
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