Trending Chemists in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed chemists this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Margaret Thatcher.
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Ranked
337,404
Total Views (this year)
1
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
24,772
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2
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
21,293
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views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
19,147
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4
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
18,191
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views
5
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
16,529
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views
6
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
16,156
views
views
7
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
13,513
views
views
8
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
9,827
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views
9
Craig Venter
American biotechnologist and businessman (1946–2026)
7,643
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views
10
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
6,664
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views
11
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
6,446
views
views
12
Walter White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
4,892
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views
13
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
4,791
views
views
14
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
4,673
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views
15
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
4,666
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views
16
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
4,582
views
views
17
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
4,055
views
views
18
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
4,025
views
views
19
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
3,970
views
views
20
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
3,827
views
views
21
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
3,788
views
views
22
Harsha Bhogle
Indian cricket commentator
3,574
views
views
23
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
3,546
views
views
24
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
3,300
views
views
25
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
3,289
views
views
26
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
2,977
views
views
27
Raymond Davis Jr.
American scientist (1914-2006)
2,932
views
views
28
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
2,756
views
views
29
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
2,688
views
views
30
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
2,676
views
views
31
Harrison Ruffin Tyler
American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
2,664
views
views
32
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
2,564
views
views
33
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
2,540
views
views
34
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
2,502
views
views
35
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
2,486
views
views
36
Wang Chuanfu
Chinese chemist and manager
2,444
views
views
37
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
2,440
views
views
38
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
2,428
views
views
39
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859–1906)
2,262
views
views
40
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
2,259
views
views
41
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
2,062
views
views
42
David Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)
2,029
views
views
43
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
2,007
views
views
44
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
2,003
views
views
45
Rupert Sheldrake
English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942)
1,963
views
views
46
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
1,924
views
views
47
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
1,919
views
views
48
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao
Indian chemist
1,874
views
views
49
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
1,846
views
views
50
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
1,750
views
views
51
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
1,729
views
views
52
Antony Kidman
Australian academic and father of Nicole Kidman (1938-2014)
1,727
views
views
53
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
1,659
views
views
54
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
1,654
views
views
55
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
1,653
views
views
56
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
1,613
views
views
57
Lionel Dahmer
American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer
1,543
views
views
58
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936)
1,519
views
views
59
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
1,516
views
views
60
Beast
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,511
views
views
61
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
1,495
views
views
62
Rake Yohn
American television personality
1,493
views
views
63
Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte
Spanish biochemist
1,469
views
views
64
Alessandro Volta
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
1,444
views
views
65
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
1,421
views
views
66
Sidney Gottlieb
American chemist (1918–1999)
1,397
views
views
67
Nigel Braun
Canadian YouTuber (born 1991)
1,382
views
views
68
Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
1,378
views
views
69
Owsley Stanley
American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011)
1,309
views
views
70
Mr. Freeze
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
1,282
views
views
71
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014)
1,274
views
views
72
Francis Collins
American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
1,256
views
views
73
Nambi Narayanan
Indian aerospace scientist (born 1941)
1,255
views
views
74
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
1,247
views
views
75
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
1,217
views
views
76
Benjamin Rush
American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)
1,199
views
views
77
Tu Youyou
Chinese medical scientist
1,100
views
views
78
Johanna Budwig
German biochemist (1908–2003)
1,091
views
views
79
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
1,091
views
views
80
Charles M. Lieber
American chemist (1959-)
1,089
views
views
81
Frederick Banting
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)
1,079
views
views
82
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
1,064
views
views
83
Fred Chase Koch
American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (1900–1967)
1,060
views
views
84
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
1,057
views
views
85
Gordon Moore
American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
1,056
views
views
86
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
1,052
views
views
87
Frank Olson
American chemist (1910-1953)
1,048
views
views
88
Henry Pym
fictional character in Marvel Comics
1,030
views
views
89
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
1,028
views
views
90
Eli Lilly
American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist
1,020
views
views
91
Peter Douglas
American film producer
1,015
views
views
92
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Kashmiri politician (1905-1982)
1,013
views
views
93
Omar M. Yaghi
American chemist of Arabic descent (born 1965)
1,002
views
views
94
James Tour
American chemist and creationist
997
views
views
95
Morbius
fictional character in Marvel Comics
980
views
views
96
Katalin Karikó
Hungarian biochemist
980
views
views
97
Kary Mullis
American biochemist (1944–2019)
964
views
views
98
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
French naturalist (1744-1829)
944
views
views
99
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)
931
views
views
100
Humphry Davy
British chemist
917
views
views
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