Trending Economists in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed economists on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Benjamin Netanyahu. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
7,064,982
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
550,404
views
views
2
Alice Weidel
German politician (born 1979), AfD
518,855
views
views
3
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (1946–1989)
351,402
views
views
4
Mark Carney
24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
306,338
views
views
5
Warren Buffett
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
220,472
views
views
6
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
193,688
views
views
7
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
186,240
views
views
8
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
167,802
views
views
9
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
151,962
views
views
10
Mikhail Gorbachev
leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
149,909
views
views
11
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
112,625
views
views
12
Kevin Warsh
Chairman of the Federal Reserve since 2026
110,126
views
views
13
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
109,435
views
views
14
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
109,146
views
views
15
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
108,520
views
views
16
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
98,315
views
views
17
S. Venkitaramanan
Indian economist, (1931-2023)
90,277
views
views
18
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
84,241
views
views
19
Magdalena Andersson
Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
82,764
views
views
20
Elaine Chao
18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
81,886
views
views
21
George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)
77,993
views
views
22
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
74,941
views
views
23
Diana Fox
British economist and author
70,346
views
views
24
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
70,166
views
views
25
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)
69,573
views
views
26
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
68,197
views
views
27
Manmohan Singh
Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
66,464
views
views
28
Sahra Wagenknecht
German politician (born 1969)
64,929
views
views
29
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
64,768
views
views
30
Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
63,987
views
views
31
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
62,112
views
views
32
Francis Fukuyama
American political scientist, political economist, and author
60,995
views
views
33
Adam Smith
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
58,417
views
views
34
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
57,091
views
views
35
Sam Walton
American businessman (1918–1992)
55,951
views
views
36
Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
54,090
views
views
37
Jeffrey Sachs
American economist (born 1954)
53,296
views
views
38
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
53,031
views
views
39
Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
52,090
views
views
40
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
51,944
views
views
41
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
50,225
views
views
42
Ana Brnabić
Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly
48,906
views
views
43
Friedrich Engels
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
48,588
views
views
44
Sanjeev Sanyal
Indian economist
47,758
views
views
45
Alexander Lukashenka
President of the Republic of Belarus
47,220
views
views
46
Thomas Sowell
American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
46,841
views
views
47
Lawrence Wong
Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024
46,822
views
views
48
David Miliband
British politician (born 1965)
46,247
views
views
49
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
44,707
views
views
50
Barack Obama Sr.
economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)
43,436
views
views
51
Elizabeth Warren
American politician (born 1949)
42,176
views
views
52
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
40,962
views
views
53
Stephen Harper
22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015
40,678
views
views
54
Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
40,646
views
views
55
Arsène Wenger
French football manager (born 1949)
38,849
views
views
56
Robert Reich
American political economist (1946–)
38,457
views
views
57
Antonio Gramsci
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
38,426
views
views
58
Robert McNamara
American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)
38,344
views
views
59
Dan Ariely
Israeli-American professor of psychology and behavioral economics
38,157
views
views
60
Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
37,654
views
views
61
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
37,598
views
views
62
Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
37,305
views
views
63
David Hume
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
37,167
views
views
64
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
36,874
views
views
65
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
36,417
views
views
66
James Callaghan
former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)
34,980
views
views
67
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
34,787
views
views
68
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
32,704
views
views
69
Nathaniel Philip Rothschild
British-born Canadian financier (born 1971)
31,597
views
views
70
Peter Navarro
American economist and author, Trump advisor (born 1949)
31,516
views
views
71
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
31,329
views
views
72
Samia Suluhu Hassan
President of Tanzania since 2021
30,219
views
views
73
Siegfried Mureșan
Romanian politician
30,016
views
views
74
Ashraf Ghani
President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021
29,926
views
views
75
Brian Hallisay
American actor
29,774
views
views
76
Viktor Yanukovych
President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014
29,749
views
views
77
Édouard Balladur
91st Prime Minister of France (1929–2026)
29,381
views
views
78
António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
29,376
views
views
79
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
28,899
views
views
80
Jeremy Bentham
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)
28,721
views
views
81
Guy Standing
British labour economist (born 1948)
28,438
views
views
82
Amartya Sen
Indian economist and philosopher (1933-)
28,415
views
views
83
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
queen consort of the Netherlands (born 1971)
28,268
views
views
84
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (1926–2026)
27,646
views
views
85
Luciana Pedraza
Argentine actress
27,125
views
views
86
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)
26,918
views
views
87
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
26,425
views
views
88
Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir
Icelandic politician
26,148
views
views
89
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
25,943
views
views
90
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greek politician, prime Minister of Greece, President of New Democracy party
25,798
views
views
91
Ed Davey
British politician (born 1965)
25,645
views
views
92
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
25,593
views
views
93
Yvette Cooper
British politician (born 1969)
25,259
views
views
94
Rebeca Grynspan
Costa Rican politician
25,011
views
views
95
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
24,279
views
views
96
Daniel Kahneman
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
24,169
views
views
97
Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
24,165
views
views
98
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
24,068
views
views
99
Janet Yellen
78th United States Secretary of the Treasury
23,835
views
views
100
Chanakya
Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy
23,612
views
views