Trending Scientists in USA this year
The 99 most-viewed scientists this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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Ranked
9,068,034
Total Views (this year)
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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)
407,025
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3
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
280,605
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4
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
275,879
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5
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate (born 1964)
275,773
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6
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
262,276
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7
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
258,632
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8
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
223,421
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9
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
151,609
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10
Ben Sasse
American politician and college president (born 1972)
141,493
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11
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
134,919
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12
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)
134,472
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13
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
131,199
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14
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
130,012
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15
Jeffrey Epstein
American financier and sex offender (1953–2019)
127,017
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16
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
120,546
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17
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
113,167
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18
Jon Hamm
American actor (born 1971)
110,098
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19
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
109,439
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20
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
107,624
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views
21
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
104,931
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views
22
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
104,504
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views
23
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
104,325
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24
Jensen Huang
American entrepreneur and businessman; founder and CEO of Nvidia
95,090
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views
25
Joseph Stalin
leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
94,520
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26
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
92,127
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views
27
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
88,486
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views
28
Albert Einstein
german-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
87,539
views
views
29
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
87,182
views
views
30
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
87,139
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views
31
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
85,912
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views
32
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
84,635
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views
33
Dario Amodei
CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, Ph.D. Princeton University 2011
84,116
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views
34
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
81,455
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views
35
Ben Reilly
fictional character in Marvel Comics
81,435
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views
36
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
81,391
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37
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
80,665
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38
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
79,837
views
views
39
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
74,503
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views
40
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33) (5-33)
72,090
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41
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
71,281
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42
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
70,346
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43
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
69,993
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44
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
68,245
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views
45
Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
66,847
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views
46
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
66,675
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views
47
Warren Jeffs
American religious leader and convicted felon (born 1955)
66,503
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views
48
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
64,579
views
views
49
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
64,209
views
views
50
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
63,837
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views
51
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
63,605
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views
52
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
62,914
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views
53
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
62,857
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views
54
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
62,393
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views
55
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
60,620
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56
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
60,591
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views
57
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
60,193
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views
58
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
60,059
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views
59
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
59,730
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views
60
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
58,664
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views
61
David Wilcock
American religious writer (1973-)
58,165
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62
Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
58,016
views
views
63
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
57,111
views
views
64
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
57,001
views
views
65
Lyndon B. Johnson
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)
55,709
views
views
66
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
55,706
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views
67
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
55,666
views
views
68
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
55,655
views
views
69
Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)
55,481
views
views
70
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
55,419
views
views
71
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
55,227
views
views
72
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
55,046
views
views
73
Chris Olah
artificial intelligence researcher
55,020
views
views
74
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
54,712
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views
75
Karen Bass
American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles
54,350
views
views
76
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
54,319
views
views
77
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
54,044
views
views
78
James Comey
American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)
53,948
views
views
79
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
53,472
views
views
80
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
52,847
views
views
81
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
52,647
views
views
82
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
52,330
views
views
83
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
52,196
views
views
84
Sergey Brin
American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
51,810
views
views
85
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
51,109
views
views
86
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
51,081
views
views
87
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
50,005
views
views
88
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
49,843
views
views
89
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
49,433
views
views
90
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
48,275
views
views
91
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
47,880
views
views
92
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
47,617
views
views
93
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
47,303
views
views
94
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
46,547
views
views
95
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
46,495
views
views
96
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
46,209
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views
97
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
45,704
views
views
98
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
45,661
views
views
99
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
45,313
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