Trending Physicians in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 99 most-viewed physicians on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anthony Fauci. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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10,640,203
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
531,926
views
views
2
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
367,869
views
views
3
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
271,756
views
views
4
Mister Sinister
fictional character in Marvel Comics
258,852
views
views
5
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
Norwegian princess; daughter of Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
236,170
views
views
6
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
233,744
views
views
7
The Buddha
Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
226,661
views
views
8
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
207,017
views
views
9
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
196,792
views
views
10
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Amy Acton
American physician (born 1966)
190,156
views
views
11
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
187,584
views
views
12
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
186,653
views
views
13
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
186,356
views
views
14
Rand Paul
United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011
181,698
views
views
15
Mahathir Mohamad
Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
180,538
views
views
16
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
169,118
views
views
17
Zack Polanski
British politician (born 1982)
168,020
views
views
18
Ken Jeong
South Korean-American stand-up comedian and actor
166,389
views
views
19
Conrad Murray
American physician (born 1953)
155,794
views
views
20
Doc Holliday
gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
149,815
views
views
21
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide
148,719
views
views
22
Jordan Peterson
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-)
142,694
views
views
23
Temple Grandin
American doctor of animal science, author, and autism activist
141,327
views
views
24
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
134,351
views
views
25
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Indian actress
127,105
views
views
26
Harold Shipman
English doctor and serial killer (1947-2004)
126,780
views
views
27
Mehmet Öz
Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)
126,575
views
views
28
John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
126,560
views
views
29
Nidal Hasan
American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
125,920
views
views
30
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
125,891
views
views
31
Masoud Pezeshkian
9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
124,394
views
views
32
H. H. Holmes
American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)
121,303
views
views
33
Ben Carson
Neurosurgeon and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
119,606
views
views
34
Sneha Anne Philip
Victim of September 11 attacks (1969–2001)
118,740
views
views
35
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958)
117,022
views
views
36
Hannibal Lecter
fictional character created by Thomas Harris
115,036
views
views
37
Jonny Kim
American physician, Navy SEAL, and NASA astronaut
113,456
views
views
38
Priscilla Chan
American pediatrician and philanthropist
111,203
views
views
39
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)
110,043
views
views
40
Freida McFadden
American thriller author and practicing physician
108,340
views
views
41
Michael Burry
American hedge fund manager
106,165
views
views
42
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
93,088
views
views
43
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
88,048
views
views
44
Roger Marshall
American politician
86,952
views
views
45
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
84,330
views
views
46
Nostradamus
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
83,179
views
views
47
Ron Paul
American politician (born 1935)
82,745
views
views
48
Miriam Adelson
American-Israeli physician and business billionaire (born in 1945)
81,419
views
views
49
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy
79,315
views
views
50
Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)
78,830
views
views
51
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
76,824
views
views
52
Salvador Allende
28th president of Chile (1908–1973
76,629
views
views
53
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
76,103
views
views
54
Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician (1944–)
75,296
views
views
55
José Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
70,696
views
views
56
Catherine Connolly
President of Ireland since 2025 (born 1955)
69,236
views
views
57
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
69,198
views
views
58
Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)
67,633
views
views
59
Alice Roberts
English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author
66,714
views
views
60
Harley Quinn
fictional character in DC Comics
65,918
views
views
61
Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody
Iranian anesthesiologist and hostage-taker
65,471
views
views
62
Jean-Paul Marat
politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
65,208
views
views
63
Jean Tatlock
American activist (1914-1944)
64,729
views
views
64
Maria Vorontsova
daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
64,656
views
views
65
Christiana Morgan
American psychoanalyst
63,514
views
views
66
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
61,964
views
views
67
Christopher Duntsch
American neurosurgeon and convicted criminal for malpractice
61,214
views
views
68
Drew Pinsky
American radio and television personality, physician, addiction medicine specialist
60,495
views
views
69
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
59,726
views
views
70
Hasnat Khan
Pakistani cardiothoracic surgeon
59,232
views
views
71
Mary L. Trump
American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
58,522
views
views
72
María Belón
Spanish physician
58,163
views
views
73
Baruch Goldstein
American-Israeli doctor, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (1956-1994)
57,588
views
views
74
John Keats
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
57,058
views
views
75
Simon Baron-Cohen
British psychologist and author
55,304
views
views
76
Frantz Fanon
French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
55,277
views
views
77
Bill Cassidy
American physician and politician (born 1957)
54,846
views
views
78
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
54,188
views
views
79
Doctor Mike
Russian–American celebrity doctor (born 1989)
54,032
views
views
80
John Money
New Zealand-US psychologist and sexologist (1921–2006)
53,866
views
views
81
Gloria Hemingway
American physician (1931-2001)
53,699
views
views
82
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
52,807
views
views
83
Connie Booth
American writer and actress (born 1940)
52,417
views
views
84
Britt Baker
American professional wrestler
52,391
views
views
85
George Miller
Australian filmmaker (born 1945)
52,135
views
views
86
Al Jardine
American musician
51,537
views
views
87
Judy Lewis
American actress (1935-2011)
50,919
views
views
88
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)
49,943
views
views
89
Paolo Macchiarini
Italian surgeon
49,886
views
views
90
Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and author
49,585
views
views
91
Younan Nowzaradan
doctor famous for operating on morbidly obese patients
48,761
views
views
92
Judith Butler
American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
48,444
views
views
93
William James
American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
48,076
views
views
94
John Carter
fictional character from the television series ER
47,336
views
views
95
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
46,879
views
views
96
Hippocrates
Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
46,464
views
views
97
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
American medical researcher
45,901
views
views
98
Osamu Tezuka
Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)
45,871
views
views
99
Ezekiel Emanuel
American physician
45,808
views
views