Trending Scientists in USA this year
The 98 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jeff Bezos.
98
Ranked
13,130,769
Total Views (this year)
1
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
675,772
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views
2
Andy Burnham
Leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2026
515,682
views
views
3
Anthony Fauci
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022
512,441
views
views
4
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
462,520
views
views
5
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
414,295
views
views
6
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
412,488
views
views
7
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
281,164
views
views
8
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
273,112
views
views
9
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
268,932
views
views
10
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
259,376
views
views
11
Jean Grey
fictional character in Marvel Comics
227,686
views
views
12
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
212,288
views
views
13
Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
185,654
views
views
14
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
182,896
views
views
15
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
166,670
views
views
16
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
160,461
views
views
17
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
156,213
views
views
18
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
153,878
views
views
19
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
144,399
views
views
20
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
143,340
views
views
21
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
138,621
views
views
22
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
135,632
views
views
23
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
131,380
views
views
24
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
129,881
views
views
25
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
128,963
views
views
26
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
123,149
views
views
27
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
121,007
views
views
28
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
120,084
views
views
29
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
119,953
views
views
30
Spider-Man
fictional character in Marvel Comics
118,375
views
views
31
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
118,082
views
views
32
James Talarico
American politician (born 1989)
117,159
views
views
33
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Hong Wang
Chinese mathematician (1991–)
116,659
views
views
34
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
116,485
views
views
35
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
114,507
views
views
36
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
114,293
views
views
37
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
113,542
views
views
38
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
112,322
views
views
39
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
111,794
views
views
40
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
111,489
views
views
41
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
111,222
views
views
42
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
108,153
views
views
43
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
106,888
views
views
44
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
103,258
views
views
45
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
100,983
views
views
46
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
100,200
views
views
47
Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)
99,278
views
views
48
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
98,335
views
views
49
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
97,389
views
views
50
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
97,122
views
views
51
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
96,782
views
views
52
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
95,848
views
views
53
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
93,979
views
views
54
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
92,424
views
views
55
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
91,316
views
views
56
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
91,260
views
views
57
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
90,725
views
views
58
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
90,040
views
views
59
Christine Grady
nurse-bioethicist and researcher
89,158
views
views
60
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
88,424
views
views
61
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
88,292
views
views
62
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
88,159
views
views
63
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
88,033
views
views
64
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
87,942
views
views
65
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
87,854
views
views
66
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
85,491
views
views
67
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
85,336
views
views
68
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
85,329
views
views
69
Sepp Blatter
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
85,236
views
views
70
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
85,160
views
views
71
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
85,101
views
views
72
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
83,037
views
views
73
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
82,688
views
views
74
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
81,884
views
views
75
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
79,673
views
views
76
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
79,459
views
views
77
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist and statesman (1931–2015)
79,336
views
views
78
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
79,293
views
views
79
Alberto Fujimori
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
79,168
views
views
80
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
78,842
views
views
81
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
77,017
views
views
82
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
75,953
views
views
83
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
75,616
views
views
84
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
75,122
views
views
85
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
74,728
views
views
86
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
73,660
views
views
87
Lance Armstrong
cyclist from the United States
73,234
views
views
88
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
72,708
views
views
89
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
71,870
views
views
90
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
70,610
views
views
91
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
70,047
views
views
92
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
69,554
views
views
93
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James Stagg
British meteorologist (1900-1975)
69,048
views
views
94
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
68,680
views
views
95
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
68,588
views
views
96
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
68,375
views
views
97
Patrick Stewart
British actor (born 1940)
68,288
views
views
98
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
66,930
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