Trending Programmers in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed programmers this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sam Altman.
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5,385
Total Views (this week)
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Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
651
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2
Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
581
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3
Andy Weir
American writer (born 1972)
288
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4
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
214
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5
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986–2013)
187
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6
Mark Zuckerberg
American Internet entrepreneur
183
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7
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)
174
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8
Gabe Newell
American computer programmer and businessman
159
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9
Ed Boon
American videogame producer
146
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10
Demis Hassabis
British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)
143
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11
Carlo Acutis
Italian Catholic saint
139
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12
John McAfee
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
124
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13
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
102
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14
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
94
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15
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
90
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16
Greg Brockman
American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer
90
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17
Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
86
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18
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018)
82
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19
Satoshi Nakamoto
pseudonym for the person or group who designed and developed Bitcoin
70
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20
Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
69
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21
Marc Andreessen
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
65
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22
Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang (born 1979)
60
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23
Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
59
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24
Scott Adams
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
57
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25
Linus Torvalds
Finnish software engineer (born 1969)
55
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26
Leonid Radvinsky
Ukrainian-American businessman (1982–2026)
55
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27
Takashi Tezuka
Japanese video game designer and producer
54
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28
Gary McKinnon
British suspected hacker
52
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29
Tim Berners-Lee
English computer scientist (born 1955)
49
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30
Zoë Quinn
American video game developer
49
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31
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
43
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32
Jan Koum
Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
41
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33
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
40
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34
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer
38
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35
Jonathan Blow
American video game designer and programmer
31
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36
Pierre Omidyar
American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay
31
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37
John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
29
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38
Alexey Pajitnov
Russian video game designer (born 1955)
28
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39
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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
26
views
views
40
Dennis E. Taylor
Canadian novelist
26
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41
Patrick Collison
Irish entrepreneur
25
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42
Paul Graham
English-American programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
25
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43
Donald Knuth
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
23
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44
Peter Molyneux
English video game designer and game programmer
22
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45
Adrian Lamo
American hacker and threat analyst (1981–2018)
22
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46
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
22
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47
Jonathan James
American computer criminal (1983-2008)
22
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48
Naomi Novik
American writer
22
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49
Mike Harrington
co-founder of Valve Corporation
21
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50
Guido van Rossum
Dutch programmer and creator of Python
20
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51
Richard Stallman
American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
20
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52
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
19
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53
Eric S. Raymond
American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
19
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54
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
18
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55
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
17
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56
Sid Meier
Canadian-American game programmer and designer
17
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views
57
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
16
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58
Kim Dotcom
German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
16
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59
Chris Sawyer
Scottish game developer
15
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60
Vitalik Buterin
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
15
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61
Henk Rogers
Dutch computer programmer
15
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views
62
Ken Liu
Chinese-American writer
15
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views
63
Trevor Blackwell
Canadian programmer
14
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views
64
John Romero
American video game designer
14
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65
Tobias Lütke
German entrepreneur and software developer
13
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66
Davey Wreden
video game developer
13
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67
April O'Neil
fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
13
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68
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
12
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69
DougDoug
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
12
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70
Fabrice Bellard
French computer programmer
12
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71
Aleksandr Tsoi
Russian musician
12
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72
Richard Garriott
British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur
12
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73
Brendan Eich
American computer programmer and technology executive
12
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74
George Hotz
American hacker
12
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75
Jens Bergensten
Swedish video game programmer (born 1979)
12
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76
Carol Reiley
American roboticist
11
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77
Gennady Korotkevich
Belarusian competitive programmer
11
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78
Alec Holowka
Canadian video game developer (1983–2019)
11
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79
Yang Zhilin
Chinese businessman (born 1992)
11
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80
Randall Munroe
American cartoonist, author and engineer
11
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81
David Brevik
American video game developer
10
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82
Felicity Smoak
fictional character from the TV series Arrow
10
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83
Igor Sysoev
creator and developer of the nginx Web server
10
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84
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
10
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85
Naomi Wu
Chinese DIY maker
10
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86
Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer
10
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87
Brian Kernighan
Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system
9
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88
Paul Le Roux
programmer, criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration
9
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89
Salvatore Sanfilippo
Italian software engineer
9
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90
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)
9
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91
ZUN
Japanese video game developer and composer
9
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92
Roger Akelius
Swedish business magnate and philanthropist
9
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93
Earl Isaac
American computer programmer (1921-1983)
9
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94
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakh computer scientist and founder of Sci-Hub
9
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95
Phil Fish
Quebecois indie video game designer
9
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96
Swen Vincke
Belgian video game designer, programmer and director
8
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97
Bill Atkinson
American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer (1951–2025)
8
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98
Daniel Stenberg
Swedish software developer
8
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99
SpaceGhostPurrp
American rapper and record producer from Florida
8
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100
Joel Spolsky
American blogger
8
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