Trending Linguists in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed linguists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Joseph Stalin. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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4,225,839
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
452,363
views
views
2
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
353,291
views
views
3
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
305,495
views
views
4
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
205,065
views
views
5
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
148,211
views
views
6
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
140,353
views
views
7
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
107,869
views
views
8
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
93,294
views
views
9
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
88,720
views
views
10
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
85,680
views
views
11
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
73,869
views
views
12
Reality Winner
U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator, with the longest prison sentence for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media
71,456
views
views
13
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
70,974
views
views
14
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
70,696
views
views
15
Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
67,137
views
views
16
Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
61,849
views
views
17
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
57,126
views
views
18
Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
54,136
views
views
19
Jane Hawking
British author
51,496
views
views
20
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)
50,386
views
views
21
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
46,841
views
views
22
Susie Dent
English lexicographer
46,354
views
views
23
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
45,446
views
views
24
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
40,514
views
views
25
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind
40,492
views
views
26
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
36,887
views
views
27
Aurobindo Ghosh
Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
32,225
views
views
28
C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
32,165
views
views
29
Nyota Uhura
Star Trek character
31,789
views
views
30
Jaun Elia
Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
31,368
views
views
31
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
30,948
views
views
32
Daniel Everett
American linguist (born 1951)
30,665
views
views
33
Sejong the Great
fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
29,210
views
views
34
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
28,277
views
views
35
J. M. Coetzee
South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)
27,845
views
views
36
Girish Karnad
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
27,622
views
views
37
Seamus Heaney
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
27,549
views
views
38
Gertrude Bell
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
27,374
views
views
39
David Mitchell (author)
English novelist (b. 1969)
27,200
views
views
40
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
26,629
views
views
41
H. L. Mencken
American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
26,616
views
views
42
Roger Williams
English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)
25,025
views
views
43
Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist (1915–1980)
24,593
views
views
44
Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
22,389
views
views
45
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
22,304
views
views
46
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
21,982
views
views
47
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
21,513
views
views
48
Al-Biruni
11th-century Khwarazmian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
21,323
views
views
49
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
20,977
views
views
50
Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
20,650
views
views
51
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
20,228
views
views
52
Gregory Potyomkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
19,948
views
views
53
Patrick O'Brian
English novelist (1914–2000)
19,779
views
views
54
Anatoly Moskvin
Russian ethnographer, linguist and criminal
19,465
views
views
55
Aulus Gellius
2nd century Roman author and grammarian
19,244
views
views
56
William Caxton
English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)
18,637
views
views
57
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
18,417
views
views
58
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
18,164
views
views
59
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta
West African princess
17,887
views
views
60
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
17,602
views
views
61
Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
16,796
views
views
62
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
16,787
views
views
63
Vyvyan Holland
British author, translator (1886–1967)
16,534
views
views
64
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
16,088
views
views
65
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)
16,056
views
views
66
Panini
ancient philologist who standardized classical Sanskrit through grammatical rules
16,044
views
views
67
Muhammad Asad
Austrian-born Pakistani writer and social activist (1900–1992)
16,007
views
views
68
Haakon Chevalier
American translator, writer and academic (1901–1985)
15,666
views
views
69
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
15,332
views
views
70
Cesare Pavese
Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
15,256
views
views
71
Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
15,215
views
views
72
Angela Carter
English novelist (1940–1992)
14,728
views
views
73
Thomas Bernhard
Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)
14,636
views
views
74
Noah Webster
American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)
14,461
views
views
75
Katharine Gun
translator and whistle-blower
14,348
views
views
76
John Searle
American philosopher (1932–2025)
14,080
views
views
77
Julia Kristeva
Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
14,019
views
views
78
Mamah Borthwick
American translator (1869–1914)
13,822
views
views
79
Benjamin Moser
American linguist, writer
13,597
views
views
80
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai royal
13,355
views
views
81
Gary Marcus
American psycholinguist
13,324
views
views
82
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
13,224
views
views
83
Solehah Yaacob
Malaysian scholar of Arabic linguistics known for controversial pseudohistorical claims
13,049
views
views
84
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
12,861
views
views
85
John McWhorter
American academic and linguist
12,731
views
views
86
Patanjali
ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
12,288
views
views
87
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
12,209
views
views
88
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)
11,940
views
views
89
Daniel Jackson
fictional character from the Stargate universe
11,707
views
views
90
Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian intellectual and philosopher (1895–1975)
11,352
views
views
91
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
11,121
views
views
92
Edwin Thumboo
Singaporean poet and academic (born 1933)
10,750
views
views
93
Gustav Schilling
German musicologist and music educator (1805-1880)
10,649
views
views
94
Friedrich Max Müller
German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)
10,621
views
views
95
Thomas De Quincey
British author (1785–1859)
10,544
views
views
96
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902)
10,534
views
views
97
Harriet Martineau
English writer and sociologist (1802–1876)
10,187
views
views
98
Friedrich August Wolf
German philologist
10,168
views
views
99
Franz Miklosich
Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891)
10,086
views
views
100
Rahul Sankrityayan
Indian Buddhist scholar, polyglot and travel writer (1893–1963); 'Father of Hindi travel literature'
10,058
views
views