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Most read21.1MStephen Hawking
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Stan Lee

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Stephen Hawking

Scientists

1st21.1M · mom 1

Albert Einstein

Scientists

3rd8M · mom 11
Stephen Hawking leads this board.

Read 21.1M times in 2018, ahead of Stan Lee.

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  1. 4thFrida KahloArtists7.8M
  2. 5thMartin Luther King Jr.Writers7.2M
  3. 6thTed KaczynskiAcademics6.6M
  4. 7thPablo PicassoArtists6.3M
  5. 8thWilliam ShakespeareWriters5.7M
  6. 9thJordan PetersonAcademics5.2M
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10th, stableNikola TeslaScientists · 1856-1943Scientists5Mmom 311th, fallingTiger WoodsWriters · b. 1975United StatesUnited StatesWriters4.9Mmom 512th, stableLeonardo da VinciArtists · 1452-1519ItalyItaly★ #1Artists4.7Mmom 413th, fallingNeil ArmstrongAcademics · 1930-2012United StatesUnited StatesAcademics4.5Mmom 014th, stableKarl MarxAcademics · 1818-1883GermanyGermanyAcademics4.3Mmom 315th, stableVincent van GoghArtists · 1853-1890NetherlandsNetherlands★ #1Artists4.2Mmom 016th, fallingJ. K. RowlingWriters · b. 1965United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters3.8Mmom 2217th, risingIsaac NewtonAcademics · 1642-1727United KingdomUnited KingdomAcademics3.7Mmom 1618th, stableJacqueline Kennedy OnassisJournalists · 1929-1994United StatesUnited StatesJournalists3.6Mmom 419th, stableErnest HemingwayWriters · 1899-1961United StatesUnited StatesWriters3.6Mmom 320th, stablePope FrancisWriters · 1936-2025ArgentinaArgentinaWriters3.5Mmom 2221st, stableStephen KingWriters · b. 1947United StatesUnited StatesWriters3.5Mmom 2

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Antoni Gaudí holds 3rd among architects

Catalan architect (1852-1926)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel holds 21st among academics

German philosopher and theologian (1770-1831)

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