Trending Chemists in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed chemists this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Dolph Lundgren.
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409,673
Total Views (this week)
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Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
32,994
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2
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
29,135
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3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
22,291
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4
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
22,284
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5
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
21,670
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6
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
20,633
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7
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
15,096
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views
8
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
11,279
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9
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
7,478
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views
10
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
7,008
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11
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
6,736
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12
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
6,373
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13
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
6,189
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14
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
5,739
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15
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
5,330
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16
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
5,293
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17
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
4,975
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18
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
4,741
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views
19
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
4,669
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views
20
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
4,654
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views
21
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
4,580
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22
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
4,508
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23
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
4,242
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views
24
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
3,944
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25
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
3,910
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26
Rupert Sheldrake
English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
3,781
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27
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
3,575
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28
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
3,381
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views
29
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
3,344
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views
30
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
3,245
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views
31
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
3,213
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32
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
3,151
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33
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
3,069
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views
34
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
3,048
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views
35
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
3,021
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views
36
Roald Hoffmann
Polish-American Nobel laureate chemist and playwright
2,997
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37
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
2,859
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38
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
2,836
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views
39
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
2,643
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views
40
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
2,562
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views
41
David Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)
2,560
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views
42
Omar M. Yaghi
American chemist of Arabic descent (born 1965)
2,511
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views
43
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
2,473
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44
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
2,371
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views
45
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
2,365
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views
46
Harrison Ruffin Tyler
American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
2,324
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views
47
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
2,261
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views
48
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,210
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views
49
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
2,178
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views
50
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
2,177
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views
51
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
2,094
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views
52
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
2,078
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53
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
2,056
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54
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
1,992
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views
55
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
1,979
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views
56
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
1,969
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57
Owsley Stanley
American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011)
1,936
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58
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
1,921
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59
Mr. Freeze
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
1,920
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60
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
1,884
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views
61
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
1,839
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62
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
1,781
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63
Wang Chuanfu
Chinese chemist and manager
1,752
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64
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
1,662
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views
65
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
1,643
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views
66
Jeffrey Wigand
American whistleblower, tobacco company executive
1,641
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views
67
Benjamin Rush
American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)
1,584
views
views
68
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
1,553
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views
69
Morbius
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,533
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views
70
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
1,483
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views
71
Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz
Mexican chemical engineer
1,479
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views
72
Harsha Bhogle
Indian cricket commentator
1,413
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views
73
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
1,386
views
views
74
Yellapragada Subbarow
Indian-American scientist
1,376
views
views
75
Kary Mullis
American biochemist (1944–2019)
1,372
views
views
76
Sidney Gottlieb
American chemist (1918–1999)
1,364
views
views
77
Antony Kidman
Australian academic and father of Nicole Kidman (1938-2014)
1,361
views
views
78
Eli Lilly
American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist
1,331
views
views
79
Gordon Moore
American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
1,324
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views
80
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
1,323
views
views
81
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
1,320
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views
82
Nigel Braun
Canadian YouTuber (born 1991)
1,297
views
views
83
Lucius Fox
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
1,293
views
views
84
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,290
views
views
85
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Kashmiri politician (1905-1982)
1,256
views
views
86
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
1,226
views
views
87
Darshan Ranganathan
Indian chemist (1941–2001)
1,219
views
views
88
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
1,216
views
views
89
Frederick Banting
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
1,198
views
views
90
Albert Bourla
Greek-American pharmaceutical executive
1,194
views
views
91
Peter Douglas
American film producer
1,178
views
views
92
Nambi Narayanan
Indian aerospace scientist (born 1941)
1,165
views
views
93
Fred Chase Koch
American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (1900–1967)
1,150
views
views
94
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
1,139
views
views
95
John Magufuli
5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021
1,134
views
views
96
Humphry Davy
British chemist
1,127
views
views
97
Francis Collins
American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
1,123
views
views
98
Frank Olson
American chemist (1910-1953)
1,073
views
views
99
Jessie Inchauspé
French biochemist and author
1,071
views
views
100
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
1,069
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