# Scientists — Top Profiles on Fame.am
# https://fame.am/category/scientists
# Generated: 2026-09-02T03:39:56.775Z

category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
  description: "The scientists whose work escapes the lab and enters the conversation — the researchers the public actually knows by name. 5,825 tracked, ordered by real public-attention signals: how often the world searches them, reads their Wikipedia, and follows them, updated every day."
  total_indexed: 20871
  source: "https://fame.am"
  profiles_url: "https://fame.am/category/scientists"

leaderboard:
  - rank: 1
    name: "Albert Einstein"
    slug: "albert-einstein"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-einstein"
    known_for: "Theoretical physicist, theory of relativity"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 94.21
    momentum: 20.81
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 11
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/albert-einstein/yaml"
  - rank: 2
    name: "Elon Musk"
    slug: "elon-musk"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/elon-musk"
    known_for: "CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X. Founder of Neuralink, xAI"
    country: "South Africa"
    country_code: "ZA"
    fame_score: 92.67
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "LEGACY"
    global_rank: 27
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/elon-musk/yaml"
  - rank: 3
    name: "Galileo Galilei"
    slug: "galileo-galilei"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/galileo-galilei"
    country: "Italy"
    country_code: "IT"
    fame_score: 91.95
    momentum: 4.68
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 37
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/galileo-galilei/yaml"
  - rank: 4
    name: "Leonardo da Vinci"
    slug: "leonardo-da-vinci"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/leonardo-da-vinci"
    known_for: "Renaissance polymath"
    country: "Italy"
    country_code: "IT"
    fame_score: 90.62
    momentum: 0.80
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 52
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/leonardo-da-vinci/yaml"
  - rank: 5
    name: "Thomas Edison"
    slug: "thomas-edison"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-edison"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 90.15
    momentum: 2.03
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 59
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/thomas-edison/yaml"
  - rank: 6
    name: "Charles Darwin"
    slug: "charles-darwin"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-darwin"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 89.55
    momentum: 0.25
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 75
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/charles-darwin/yaml"
  - rank: 7
    name: "Marie Curie"
    slug: "marie-curie"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/marie-curie"
    known_for: "Physicist & chemist, two-time Nobel laureate"
    fame_score: 88.46
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 100
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/marie-curie/yaml"
  - rank: 8
    name: "Louis Pasteur"
    slug: "louis-pasteur"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-pasteur"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 88.10
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 109
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/louis-pasteur/yaml"
  - rank: 9
    name: "Stephen Hawking"
    slug: "stephen-hawking"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-hawking"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 87.04
    momentum: 0.88
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 120
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/stephen-hawking/yaml"
  - rank: 10
    name: "Nikola Tesla"
    slug: "nikola-tesla"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/nikola-tesla"
    fame_score: 85.71
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 190
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/nikola-tesla/yaml"
  - rank: 11
    name: "Niels Bohr"
    slug: "niels-bohr"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/niels-bohr"
    fame_score: 85.15
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    global_rank: 222
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/niels-bohr/yaml"
  - rank: 12
    name: "Carl Linnaeus"
    slug: "carl-linnaeus"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-linnaeus"
    country: "Sweden"
    country_code: "SE"
    fame_score: 84.96
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    global_rank: 234
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/carl-linnaeus/yaml"
  - rank: 13
    name: "Osama bin Laden"
    slug: "osama-bin-laden"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/osama-bin-laden"
    fame_score: 84.25
    momentum: 5.08
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/osama-bin-laden/yaml"
  - rank: 14
    name: "Carl Sagan"
    slug: "carl-sagan"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-sagan"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 83.84
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/carl-sagan/yaml"
  - rank: 15
    name: "Alfred Nobel"
    slug: "alfred-nobel"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-nobel"
    country: "Sweden"
    country_code: "SE"
    fame_score: 82.58
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/alfred-nobel/yaml"
  - rank: 16
    name: "James Watt"
    slug: "james-watt"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/james-watt"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 81.41
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/james-watt/yaml"
  - rank: 17
    name: "James Clerk Maxwell"
    slug: "james-clerk-maxwell"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/james-clerk-maxwell"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 81.36
    momentum: 6.09
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/james-clerk-maxwell/yaml"
  - rank: 18
    name: "Max Planck"
    slug: "max-planck"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/max-planck"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 81.23
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/max-planck/yaml"
  - rank: 19
    name: "Johannes Gutenberg"
    slug: "johannes-gutenberg"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/johannes-gutenberg"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 80.90
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/johannes-gutenberg/yaml"
  - rank: 20
    name: "Richard Feynman"
    slug: "richard-feynman"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-feynman"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 80.84
    momentum: 4.54
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/richard-feynman/yaml"
  - rank: 21
    name: "Dmitri Mendeleev"
    slug: "dmitri-mendeleev"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/dmitri-mendeleev"
    fame_score: 80.79
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/dmitri-mendeleev/yaml"
  - rank: 22
    name: "Ernest Rutherford"
    slug: "ernest-rutherford"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-rutherford"
    country: "New Zealand"
    country_code: "NZ"
    fame_score: 80.61
    momentum: 1.40
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/ernest-rutherford/yaml"
  - rank: 23
    name: "Michael Faraday"
    slug: "michael-faraday"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-faraday"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 80.55
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/michael-faraday/yaml"
  - rank: 24
    name: "Wilhelm Röntgen"
    slug: "wilhelm-rontgen"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-rontgen"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 79.64
    momentum: 2.97
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/wilhelm-rontgen/yaml"
  - rank: 25
    name: "Enrico Fermi"
    slug: "enrico-fermi"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/enrico-fermi"
    country: "Italy"
    country_code: "IT"
    fame_score: 79.42
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/enrico-fermi/yaml"
  - rank: 26
    name: "Erwin Schrödinger"
    slug: "erwin-schrodinger"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/erwin-schrodinger"
    country: "Austria"
    country_code: "AT"
    fame_score: 78.52
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/erwin-schrodinger/yaml"
  - rank: 27
    name: "Alexander Graham Bell"
    slug: "alexander-graham-bell"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-graham-bell"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 78.36
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/alexander-graham-bell/yaml"
  - rank: 28
    name: "Vivek Ramaswamy"
    slug: "vivek-ramaswamy"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/vivek-ramaswamy"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 78.17
    momentum: 2.38
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/vivek-ramaswamy/yaml"
  - rank: 29
    name: "J. Robert Oppenheimer"
    slug: "j-robert-oppenheimer"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/j-robert-oppenheimer"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 78.03
    momentum: 11.53
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/j-robert-oppenheimer/yaml"
  - rank: 30
    name: "Walter Lewin"
    slug: "walter-lewin"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-lewin"
    country: "Netherlands"
    country_code: "NL"
    fame_score: 77.43
    momentum: 9.36
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/walter-lewin/yaml"
  - rank: 31
    name: "James Prescott Joule"
    slug: "james-prescott-joule"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/james-prescott-joule"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 77.10
    momentum: 15.00
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/james-prescott-joule/yaml"
  - rank: 32
    name: "Bear Grylls"
    slug: "bear-grylls"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/bear-grylls"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 76.94
    momentum: 7.20
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/bear-grylls/yaml"
  - rank: 33
    name: "Guglielmo Marconi"
    slug: "guglielmo-marconi"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/guglielmo-marconi"
    country: "Italy"
    country_code: "IT"
    fame_score: 76.45
    momentum: 5.28
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/guglielmo-marconi/yaml"
  - rank: 34
    name: "Sonam Wangchuk"
    slug: "sonam-wangchuk"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/sonam-wangchuk"
    country: "India"
    country_code: "IN"
    fame_score: 76.34
    momentum: 10.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/sonam-wangchuk/yaml"
  - rank: 35
    name: "Forrest Galante"
    slug: "forrest-galante"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/forrest-galante"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 75.84
    momentum: 16.11
    trend: "BREAKOUT"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/forrest-galante/yaml"
  - rank: 36
    name: "Oleg Artemyev"
    slug: "oleg-artemyev"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/oleg-artemyev"
    fame_score: 74.91
    momentum: 8.34
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/oleg-artemyev/yaml"
  - rank: 37
    name: "Max Born"
    slug: "max-born"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/max-born"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 74.79
    momentum: 9.26
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/max-born/yaml"
  - rank: 38
    name: "Werner Heisenberg"
    slug: "werner-heisenberg"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-heisenberg"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 74.60
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/werner-heisenberg/yaml"
  - rank: 39
    name: "André-Marie Ampère"
    slug: "andre-marie-ampere"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-marie-ampere"
    country: "France"
    country_code: "FR"
    fame_score: 74.45
    momentum: 15.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/andre-marie-ampere/yaml"
  - rank: 40
    name: "Richard Dawkins"
    slug: "richard-dawkins"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-dawkins"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 74.43
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/richard-dawkins/yaml"
  - rank: 41
    name: "Tycho Brahe"
    slug: "tycho-brahe"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/tycho-brahe"
    country: "Sweden"
    country_code: "SE"
    fame_score: 74.41
    momentum: 4.54
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/tycho-brahe/yaml"
  - rank: 42
    name: "Bret Weinstein"
    slug: "bret-weinstein"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/bret-weinstein"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 74.39
    momentum: 9.71
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/bret-weinstein/yaml"
  - rank: 43
    name: "Sabine Hossenfelder"
    slug: "sabine-hossenfelder"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/sabine-hossenfelder"
    country: "Germany"
    country_code: "DE"
    fame_score: 74.31
    momentum: 0.93
    trend: "STABLE"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/sabine-hossenfelder/yaml"
  - rank: 44
    name: "Steve Chen"
    slug: "steve-chen"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-chen"
    fame_score: 74.30
    momentum: 15.83
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/steve-chen/yaml"
  - rank: 45
    name: "Mike Horn"
    slug: "mike-horn"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-horn"
    country: "South Africa"
    country_code: "ZA"
    fame_score: 74.01
    momentum: 3.42
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/mike-horn/yaml"
  - rank: 46
    name: "Alexander Fleming"
    slug: "alexander-fleming"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-fleming"
    country: "United Kingdom"
    country_code: "GB"
    fame_score: 73.77
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/alexander-fleming/yaml"
  - rank: 47
    name: "Gregor Mendel"
    slug: "gregor-mendel"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/gregor-mendel"
    fame_score: 73.58
    momentum: 0.00
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/gregor-mendel/yaml"
  - rank: 48
    name: "Wojciech Cejrowski"
    slug: "wojciech-cejrowski"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/wojciech-cejrowski"
    fame_score: 73.52
    momentum: 3.43
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/wojciech-cejrowski/yaml"
  - rank: 49
    name: "John Romero"
    slug: "john-romero"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/john-romero"
    country: "United States"
    country_code: "US"
    fame_score: 73.18
    momentum: 2.28
    trend: "FALLING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/john-romero/yaml"
  - rank: 50
    name: "Andrei Sakharov"
    slug: "andrei-sakharov"
    url: "https://fame.am/person/andrei-sakharov"
    fame_score: 73.14
    momentum: 15.00
    trend: "RISING"
    yaml_profile: "https://fame.am/api/person/andrei-sakharov/yaml"
