Trending Inventors in USA — October 2026
The 100 most-viewed inventors on Wikipedia, October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christopher Columbus. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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6,230,179
Total Views (October 2026)
1
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
355,858
views
views
2
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
291,660
views
views
3
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
265,201
views
views
4
Palmer Luckey
American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift
205,938
views
views
5
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
186,294
views
views
6
Luigi Mangione
American who killed Brian Thompson
172,193
views
views
7
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
155,527
views
views
8
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
153,277
views
views
9
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
151,404
views
views
10
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
137,023
views
views
11
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
129,956
views
views
12
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
127,489
views
views
13
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
123,165
views
views
14
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
120,167
views
views
15
Todd Stashwick
American actor and writer
117,242
views
views
16
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
108,581
views
views
17
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
95,897
views
views
18
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
91,386
views
views
19
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
91,017
views
views
20
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
88,040
views
views
21
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
84,196
views
views
22
Toby Fox
American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
83,918
views
views
23
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
81,834
views
views
24
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
76,132
views
views
25
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
73,145
views
views
26
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
70,589
views
views
27
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
68,315
views
views
28
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
66,574
views
views
29
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
66,349
views
views
30
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
63,979
views
views
31
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
62,705
views
views
32
John G. Trump
American electrical engineer (1907–1985)
60,472
views
views
33
Matthew Mercer
American actor
58,152
views
views
34
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
56,091
views
views
35
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
55,246
views
views
36
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
52,286
views
views
37
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
52,214
views
views
38
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
51,832
views
views
39
Epic Games
American video game and software developer
50,414
views
views
40
Justin Roiland
American animator and voice actor (born 1980)
50,300
views
views
41
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
50,041
views
views
42
Mike Pondsmith
American game designer
49,810
views
views
43
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
43,875
views
views
44
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
43,861
views
views
45
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
43,698
views
views
46
Lori Greiner
American TV personality and entrepreneur
40,831
views
views
47
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
40,739
views
views
48
Mark Rober
American YouTuber, engineer and inventor
39,942
views
views
49
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
39,276
views
views
50
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
39,239
views
views
51
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
38,750
views
views
52
Iron Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
37,240
views
views
53
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
37,233
views
views
54
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
37,052
views
views
55
Alanah Pearce
Australian video game writer and journalist
35,534
views
views
56
Shiva Ayyadurai
Indian inventor
34,564
views
views
57
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
33,032
views
views
58
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
31,988
views
views
59
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
31,853
views
views
60
Richard Fuisz
American physician
31,803
views
views
61
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
31,474
views
views
62
Sam Houser
British video game producer and developer (born 1971)
30,931
views
views
63
Nellie Bly
American journalist
30,900
views
views
64
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
29,775
views
views
65
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
29,773
views
views
66
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
29,377
views
views
67
Mate Rimac
Croatian inventor and entrepreneur
28,694
views
views
68
David Packouz
American former arms dealer
28,291
views
views
69
Madam C. J. Walker
American entrepreneur (1867-1919)
27,863
views
views
70
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
27,845
views
views
71
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
27,075
views
views
72
Tim Sweeney
American game developer (born 1970)
26,738
views
views
73
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
25,941
views
views
74
Hank Green
American author, vlogger, and science communicator
25,733
views
views
75
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
25,645
views
views
76
Scott Cawthon
former independent video game developer
25,488
views
views
77
Vince Zampella
American video game designer (1970–2025)
25,148
views
views
78
Manuel Alexander Otto
German computer game developer (1996–2026)
25,097
views
views
79
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
24,891
views
views
80
Richard Gray
American video game designer (1957–2026)
24,884
views
views
81
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
24,574
views
views
82
John Muir
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
24,281
views
views
83
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
24,194
views
views
84
Joseph Pilates
German inventor of pilates (1883–1967)
24,004
views
views
85
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
23,835
views
views
86
Ash Williams
fictional character from the Evil Dead series
23,806
views
views
87
Steve Urkel
fictional character on the sitcom Family Matters
23,797
views
views
88
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
23,128
views
views
89
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
22,639
views
views
90
Jony Ive
English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)
22,298
views
views
91
Phil Robertson
American professional hunter, businessman and reality television personality
22,165
views
views
92
Zeppo Marx
American film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)
21,807
views
views
93
Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
21,415
views
views
94
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Japanese video game designer and executive (born 1974)
21,215
views
views
95
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
21,125
views
views
96
Lex Luthor
fictional character in DC Comics
20,879
views
views
97
Casey Hudson
Canadian video game designer
20,872
views
views
98
Jonas Salk
Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)
20,375
views
views
99
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874–1937)
20,181
views
views
100
Greg Zeschuk
Canadian businessman
19,607
views
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