Trending Philosophers in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Christine Grady.
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1,467,952
Total Views (this week)
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1
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
60,597
views
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2
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
42,101
views
views
3
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
41,139
views
views
4
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
37,337
views
views
5
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
35,340
views
views
6
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935β2024)
28,836
views
views
7
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
27,920
views
views
8
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
27,167
views
views
9
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
26,420
views
views
10
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
26,084
views
views
11
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
25,368
views
views
12
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
24,013
views
views
13
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
23,814
views
views
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
23,710
views
views
15
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
22,787
views
views
16
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
22,601
views
views
17
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
22,386
views
views
18
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
21,055
views
views
19
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
21,013
views
views
20
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
20,789
views
views
21
Crates of Thebes
Cynic philosopher
20,195
views
views
22
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919β2007) Un gran hombre
19,878
views
views
23
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
19,445
views
views
24
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
19,157
views
views
25
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
18,174
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
17,894
views
views
27
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
17,599
views
views
28
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
16,982
views
views
29
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
16,585
views
views
30
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
16,413
views
views
31
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
16,309
views
views
32
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
16,145
views
views
33
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
15,380
views
views
34
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,884
views
views
35
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905β1982)
14,803
views
views
36
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
14,711
views
views
37
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,571
views
views
38
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
14,188
views
views
39
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
14,175
views
views
40
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
13,761
views
views
41
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
13,024
views
views
42
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
12,867
views
views
43
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884β1962)
12,527
views
views
44
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
12,498
views
views
45
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
12,455
views
views
46
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
12,006
views
views
47
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225β1274)
11,854
views
views
48
Krishna
major deity in Hinduism, worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right
11,852
views
views
49
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
11,770
views
views
50
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
11,614
views
views
51
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
11,010
views
views
52
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928β1982)
10,753
views
views
53
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
10,701
views
views
54
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian nationalist leader, writer and journalist (1856β1920)
10,444
views
views
55
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
10,374
views
views
56
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106β43 BC)
10,175
views
views
57
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
10,132
views
views
58
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751β1836)
10,049
views
views
59
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
10,009
views
views
60
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927β2023)
9,912
views
views
61
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
9,705
views
views
62
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874β1926)
9,686
views
views
63
Henry Rollins
American musician
9,574
views
views
64
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
9,568
views
views
65
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
9,535
views
views
66
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922β2007)
9,526
views
views
67
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902β1974)
9,342
views
views
68
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
9,241
views
views
69
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863β1902)
9,200
views
views
70
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
9,162
views
views
71
Iain Banks
Scottish writer (1954β2013)
9,100
views
views
72
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871β1919)
8,758
views
views
73
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
8,698
views
views
74
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
8,636
views
views
75
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832β1898)
8,570
views
views
76
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
8,567
views
views
77
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
8,549
views
views
78
T. G. Mohandas
Hindu Nationalist ideologue
8,457
views
views
79
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
8,303
views
views
80
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
8,199
views
views
81
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
8,160
views
views
82
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
7,998
views
views
83
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
7,947
views
views
84
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
7,938
views
views
85
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
7,777
views
views
86
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694β1778)
7,653
views
views
87
Michael Stipe
American musician
7,647
views
views
88
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
7,575
views
views
89
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894β1963)
7,538
views
views
90
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
7,513
views
views
91
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
7,472
views
views
92
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
7,365
views
views
93
Rumi
Iranian poet
7,356
views
views
94
RenΓ© Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596β1650)
7,282
views
views
95
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883β1946)
7,242
views
views
96
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868β1963)
7,209
views
views
97
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813β1855)
7,141
views
views
98
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915β1973)
7,023
views
views
99
Pliny the Elder
Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24β79)
7,019
views
views
100
Edmund Husserl
German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 β β 1938)
6,969
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