Trending Philosophers in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophers this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Albert Einstein.
100
Ranked
4,236,869
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879β1955)
121,007
views
views
2
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
113,542
views
views
3
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961β1997)
111,489
views
views
4
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942β2023)
93,979
views
views
5
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,158
views
views
6
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757β1804)
88,159
views
views
7
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743β1826)
85,491
views
views
8
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869β1948)
82,688
views
views
9
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
79,459
views
views
10
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924β2024)
78,842
views
views
11
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
73,660
views
views
12
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
72,708
views
views
13
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706β1790)
70,610
views
views
14
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935β2024)
68,680
views
views
15
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870β1924)
68,588
views
views
16
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
68,375
views
views
17
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735β1826)
66,930
views
views
18
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912β1954)
66,882
views
views
19
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
62,972
views
views
20
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929β1968)
62,385
views
views
21
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
62,151
views
views
22
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642β1727)
60,986
views
views
23
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821β1881)
58,294
views
views
24
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE β 543 or 483 BCE)
55,431
views
views
25
Desmond Doss
American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919β2007) Un gran hombre
55,373
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
55,277
views
views
27
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936β2025)
54,681
views
views
28
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
51,938
views
views
29
George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
51,327
views
views
30
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
49,000
views
views
31
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
45,458
views
views
32
Socrates
5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
44,545
views
views
33
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879β1940)
44,253
views
views
34
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
43,407
views
views
35
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
42,381
views
views
36
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905β1982)
41,736
views
views
37
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902β1974)
41,051
views
views
38
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724-1804)
40,797
views
views
39
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
40,674
views
views
40
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
39,455
views
views
41
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
39,352
views
views
42
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist and science communicator
39,294
views
views
43
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884β1962)
38,767
views
views
44
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
37,484
views
views
45
Lee Kuan Yew
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923β2015)
36,832
views
views
46
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751β1836)
35,833
views
views
47
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
35,446
views
views
48
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
35,052
views
views
49
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
34,619
views
views
50
Krishna
major deity in Hinduism, worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right
34,246
views
views
51
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)
33,793
views
views
52
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809β1882)
32,613
views
views
53
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
32,335
views
views
54
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
31,863
views
views
55
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225β1274)
31,598
views
views
56
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
31,446
views
views
57
Danny Glover
American actor (born 1946)
31,404
views
views
58
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005β2013)
30,920
views
views
59
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928β1982)
30,258
views
views
60
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
29,627
views
views
61
Henry Rollins
American musician
29,588
views
views
62
Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564β1642)
29,546
views
views
63
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
29,421
views
views
64
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874β1926)
29,174
views
views
65
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922β2007)
28,166
views
views
66
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
27,905
views
views
67
Michael Stipe
American musician
26,426
views
views
68
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856β1950)
26,043
views
views
69
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866β1925)
25,310
views
views
70
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926β1984)
25,174
views
views
71
Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919β2014)
24,786
views
views
72
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
24,671
views
views
73
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
24,386
views
views
74
Bertha von Suttner
Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
24,383
views
views
75
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927β2023)
24,218
views
views
76
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
24,217
views
views
77
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694β1778)
23,835
views
views
78
Confucius
5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
23,695
views
views
79
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106β43 BC)
23,608
views
views
80
Lewis Carroll
British author and scholar (1832β1898)
23,598
views
views
81
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
23,379
views
views
82
Rumi
Iranian poet
22,795
views
views
83
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868β1963)
22,793
views
views
84
Diogenes of Sinope
4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
22,270
views
views
85
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
22,216
views
views
86
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894β1963)
22,191
views
views
87
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906β1975)
22,137
views
views
88
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872β1970)
22,054
views
views
89
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905β1980)
21,856
views
views
90
RenΓ© Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596β1650)
21,732
views
views
91
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 β c. 212 BC)
21,689
views
views
92
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915β1973)
21,596
views
views
93
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813β1855)
21,436
views
views
94
Benedictus de Spinoza
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
21,386
views
views
95
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
20,833
views
views
96
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788-1860)
20,577
views
views
97
Mary Wollstonecraft
English writer and intellectual (1759β1797)
20,496
views
views
98
Samuel Adams
American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)
20,272
views
views
99
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817β1862)
20,217
views
views
100
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863β1902)
20,193
views
views
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