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  1. Hannah FryAcademicsUnited Kingdom

    Busiest day 28 Oct

    78.9Fame score out of 100

    Busiest day 28 Oct

  2. Geoffrey HintonAcademicsUnited Kingdom

    70.8Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  3. Nick LandAcademicsUnited Kingdom

    64.8Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

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4thMatt GoodwinBritish politician and former academic b. 1981United KingdomAcademics62.2of 100
5thAndrew WilesEnglish mathematician b. 1953United KingdomAcademics60.6of 100
6thJohn LennoxNorthern Irish mathematician and philosopher of science b. 1943United KingdomAcademics59.2of 100Counted to 23 September 2026, not since.
7thSimon Baron-CohenBritish psychologist and author b. 1958United KingdomAcademics58.8of 100
8thGuy StandingBritish economist b. 1948United KingdomAcademics57.4of 100
9thSusie DentEnglish lexicographer b. 1964United KingdomAcademics57.3of 100
10thRichard BorcherdsBritish-American mathematician b. 1959United KingdomAcademics57.3of 100
11thMary BeardEnglish classicist b. 1955United KingdomAcademics57.2of 100
12thMiatta FahnbullehLiberian-born british economist and politician b. 1979United KingdomAcademics56.9of 100
13thDavid HarveyBritish geographer and anthropologist b. 1935United KingdomAcademics55.6of 100
14thPhilippe SandsBritish/French lawyer, legal academic and author b. 1960United KingdomAcademics55.5of 100
15thAnthony GiddensBritish sociologist b. 1938United KingdomAcademics54.8of 100
16thEmily WilsonBritish classicist, professor b. 1971United KingdomAcademics54.3of 100
17thJohn N. GrayBritish political philosopher b. 1948United KingdomAcademics53.8of 100
18thKatharine GunTranslator and whistle-blower b. 1974United KingdomAcademics53.2of 100
19thJim O'NeillBritish economist b. 1957United KingdomAcademics51.4of 100Counted to 23 September 2026, not since.
20thJames OrrBritish theologian and political activist b. 1978United KingdomAcademics46.2of 100
21stBen DeloBritish mathematician and programmer b. 1984United KingdomAcademics45.7of 100

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Hannah Fry leads the 529 living academics from the United Kingdom. Ranked by public attention and updated every day.

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United States4,847Germany2,957France2,076Italy824Spain570Netherlands487Switzerland388Japan373

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