Trending Inventors in USA — the 7 days to 31 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed inventors on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 31 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Steve Jobs. Data as of 31 October 2026.
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1,595,922
Total Views (the 7 days to 31 October 2026)
1
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
73,188
views
views
2
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
65,374
views
views
3
Bill Wyman
British musician, former bassist of the Rolling Stones
61,957
views
views
4
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)
46,491
views
views
5
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
41,913
views
views
6
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
39,653
views
views
7
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
38,985
views
views
8
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
38,600
views
views
9
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
37,091
views
views
10
Mike Pondsmith
American game designer
35,493
views
views
11
Palmer Luckey
American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift
34,207
views
views
12
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
33,079
views
views
13
John G. Trump
American electrical engineer (1907–1985)
32,160
views
views
14
Todd Stashwick
American actor and writer
29,075
views
views
15
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
28,820
views
views
16
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
27,433
views
views
17
Manuel Alexander Otto
German computer game developer (1996–2026)
26,558
views
views
18
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
26,540
views
views
19
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
25,113
views
views
20
Luigi Mangione
American who killed Brian Thompson
24,881
views
views
21
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
24,157
views
views
22
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
23,956
views
views
23
Bobby Fischer
American chess player (1943–2008)
22,468
views
views
24
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
22,296
views
views
25
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
21,487
views
views
26
Hideo Kojima
Japanese video game designer (born 1963)
20,851
views
views
27
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
20,828
views
views
28
Mate Rimac
Croatian inventor and entrepreneur
19,490
views
views
29
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
19,363
views
views
30
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
17,497
views
views
31
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
17,058
views
views
32
Toby Fox
American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
16,970
views
views
33
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
16,348
views
views
34
Richard Fuisz
American physician
15,739
views
views
35
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
15,169
views
views
36
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
14,367
views
views
37
Justin Roiland
American animator and voice actor (born 1980)
14,073
views
views
38
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
13,112
views
views
39
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
13,025
views
views
40
Matthew Mercer
American actor
12,880
views
views
41
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
12,746
views
views
42
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
12,429
views
views
43
Epic Games
American video game and software developer
12,230
views
views
44
Tom Swift
fictional literary character and book series
12,126
views
views
45
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
11,757
views
views
46
Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
11,484
views
views
47
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
11,380
views
views
48
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
11,224
views
views
49
Mark Rober
American YouTuber, engineer and inventor
11,047
views
views
50
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
10,979
views
views
51
Tim Sweeney
American game developer (born 1970)
10,461
views
views
52
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
10,083
views
views
53
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
10,048
views
views
54
Alanah Pearce
Australian video game writer and journalist
9,865
views
views
55
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
9,805
views
views
56
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
9,505
views
views
57
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
9,371
views
views
58
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
9,260
views
views
59
Vince Zampella
American video game designer (1970–2025)
8,991
views
views
60
Iron Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
8,923
views
views
61
Lori Greiner
American TV personality and entrepreneur
8,388
views
views
62
Shiva Ayyadurai
Indian inventor
8,200
views
views
63
Michael Faraday
British scientist (1791–1867)
7,952
views
views
64
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
7,739
views
views
65
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
7,601
views
views
66
George Ballas
American entrepreneur and inventor (1925-2011)
7,294
views
views
67
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
7,258
views
views
68
Jonas Salk
Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)
7,240
views
views
69
David Packouz
American former arms dealer
7,013
views
views
70
Sam Houser
British video game producer and developer (born 1971)
6,995
views
views
71
Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
6,905
views
views
72
Hank Green
American author, vlogger, and science communicator
6,758
views
views
73
Casey Hudson
Canadian video game designer
6,727
views
views
74
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
6,572
views
views
75
Edward Teller
Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist (1908–2003)
6,490
views
views
76
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
6,423
views
views
77
Robert Watson-Watt
physicist (1892-1973)
6,351
views
views
78
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
6,299
views
views
79
Zeppo Marx
American film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)
6,285
views
views
80
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
6,129
views
views
81
Scott Cawthon
former independent video game developer
6,112
views
views
82
Ash Williams
fictional character from the Evil Dead series
6,058
views
views
83
Nellie Bly
American journalist
5,975
views
views
84
Steve Urkel
fictional character on the sitcom Family Matters
5,965
views
views
85
Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
5,923
views
views
86
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Japanese video game designer and executive (born 1974)
5,898
views
views
87
Joseph Pilates
German inventor of pilates (1883–1967)
5,870
views
views
88
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
5,763
views
views
89
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
5,688
views
views
90
John Romero
American video game designer
5,684
views
views
91
Bob Irwin
Australian naturalist and former zookeeper (born 1939)
5,659
views
views
92
Hypatia
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
5,626
views
views
93
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
5,614
views
views
94
Jony Ive
English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple (born 1967)
5,503
views
views
95
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
5,502
views
views
96
Madam C. J. Walker
American entrepreneur (1867-1919)
5,457
views
views
97
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish physicist (1831–1879)
5,441
views
views
98
Greg Zeschuk
Canadian businessman
5,385
views
views
99
Phil Robertson
American professional hunter, businessman and reality television personality
5,371
views
views
100
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
5,350
views
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