Trending Scientists in USA this month
The 99 most-viewed scientists this month on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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Ranked
6,602,691
Total Views (this month)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
502,433
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2
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
397,251
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3
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
211,501
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4
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
197,599
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5
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
190,525
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views
6
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
149,616
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7
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
130,272
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views
8
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
109,980
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9
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
108,880
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10
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
100,629
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11
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
100,199
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12
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
95,498
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views
13
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
87,935
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14
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
86,640
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15
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
84,618
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16
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
84,262
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views
17
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
81,455
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views
18
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
80,883
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19
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
78,982
views
views
20
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
78,574
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views
21
Ben Reilly
fictional character in Marvel Comics
75,738
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22
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
73,134
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views
23
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
69,993
views
views
24
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
69,224
views
views
25
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
68,782
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26
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
68,296
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views
27
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
67,614
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views
28
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
67,553
views
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29
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
67,252
views
views
30
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
63,502
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views
31
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
62,886
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views
32
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
61,496
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views
33
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
60,945
views
views
34
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
60,763
views
views
35
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
59,174
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views
36
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
55,607
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views
37
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
55,122
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views
38
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
54,334
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views
39
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
54,175
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views
40
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
53,878
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views
41
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
53,706
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views
42
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
53,142
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43
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
51,536
views
views
44
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
51,449
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views
45
Karen Bass
American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
50,460
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views
46
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
49,930
views
views
47
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
49,437
views
views
48
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
48,912
views
views
49
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
47,957
views
views
50
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
46,189
views
views
51
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
45,437
views
views
52
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
44,369
views
views
53
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
44,257
views
views
54
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
43,520
views
views
55
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
43,436
views
views
56
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
42,975
views
views
57
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
42,137
views
views
58
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
41,846
views
views
59
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
41,719
views
views
60
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
41,682
views
views
61
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
41,518
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views
62
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
41,256
views
views
63
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
41,224
views
views
64
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
41,183
views
views
65
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
40,950
views
views
66
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
40,808
views
views
67
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
40,705
views
views
68
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
40,520
views
views
69
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
40,149
views
views
70
Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
40,019
views
views
71
Arsène Wenger
French football manager
39,457
views
views
72
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
39,101
views
views
73
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
39,007
views
views
74
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
38,814
views
views
75
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
38,096
views
views
76
Jill Biden
American educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
38,018
views
views
77
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
37,897
views
views
78
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
37,720
views
views
79
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
37,259
views
views
80
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
37,126
views
views
81
Pippa Bacca
Italian artist (1974–2008)
36,809
views
views
82
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
36,492
views
views
83
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
36,380
views
views
84
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James Stagg
British meteorologist (1900-1975)
35,284
views
views
85
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
34,994
views
views
86
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
34,881
views
views
87
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
34,696
views
views
88
Mojtaba Khamenei
cleric and 3rd Supreme Leader of Iran since 2026
34,390
views
views
89
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
34,060
views
views
90
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
34,045
views
views
91
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
34,022
views
views
92
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
33,761
views
views
93
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
33,678
views
views
94
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
33,640
views
views
95
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
33,467
views
views
96
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
32,750
views
views
97
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
32,461
views
views
98
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
32,447
views
views
99
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
32,311
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