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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Wales (1989); co-founder of Wikipedia | 6680 |
| 2 | Bo Jackson (1992); 1985 Heisman trophy winner, former professional football and baseball player | 3085 |
| 3 | Jimmy Buffett; singer/songwriter (attended Auburn and was a pledge of Sigma Pi Fraternity, but graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi) | 2794 |
| 4 | Charles Barkley; former professional basketball player (joined the NBA after his junior year in 1984) | 2617 |
| 5 | Taylor Hicks; singer, American Idol season five winner | 1832 |
| 6 | Eric O'Neill (1995); FBI Investigative Specialist who played a pivotal role in the investigation and arrest of his fellow agent, Robert Hanssen, for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia. The story is the subject of the 2007 film Breach, in which O'Neill is portrayed by Ryan Phillippe. | 1336 |
| 7 | Eugene Sledge (1955); World War II Marine; author of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa | 1107 |
| 8 | Richard Marcinko (M.A. Political Science); founder U.S. Navy SEAL Team SIX and Red Cell; author of Rogue Warrior and several other fictional and non-fictional books. | 843 |
| 9 | Jason Campbell (2004); professional football player and first round NFL draft pick | 748 |
| 10 | Tim Hudson (1997) Major League Baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves | 723 |
| 11 | Kimberly Page (1990); American actress & professional wrestling valet | 722 |
| 12 | Kevin Greene (1985); Pro-Bowl NFL linebacker and WCW pro wrestler | 673 |
| 13 | Victoria Jackson; comedian of Saturday Night Live fame (attended Auburn for one year but graduated from Furman University) | 602 |
| 14 | Brandon Jacobs; NFL running back | 581 |
| 15 | Johnny Micheal Spann (1992); first American killed in combat after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan | 579 |
| 16 | Carnell Williams (2004); professional football player and 2005 NFL first round draft pick | 547 |
| 17 | Vince Dooley (1954, M. His 1963); University of Georgia Head Football Coach 1964-1988, Athletic Director 1979-2004 | 546 |
| 18 | Takeo Spikes; NFL linebacker | 514 |
| 19 | Ronnie Brown (2004); professional football player and first round NFL draft pick | 465 |
| 20 | Kate Higgins-Voice actress, notably Sakura Haruno on Naruto | 457 |
| 21 | Ken Mattingly (1958); astronaut, Apollo 13 (pulled), Apollo 16 (spacewalk), STS-4, STS-51-C | 439 |
| 22 | Timothy D. Cook (1982); Apple Computer COO | 431 |
| 23 | Kirsty Coventry (2006); Olympic gold medal swimmer for Zimbabwe | 383 |
| 24 | Toni Tennille (1962); award winning singer, half of the singing group "The Captain & Tennille." | 373 |
| 25 | Michael O'Neill (1974); actor | 353 |
| 26 | Hugh Shelton (1973, M.S.); retired general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (US) from 1997-2001 | 325 |
| 27 | Rudi Johnson; NFL running back | 277 |
| 28 | Mark Bellhorn (1997); major league baseball player (played for World Series winning Red Sox in 2004) | 249 |
| 29 | Frank Thomas; professional baseball player | 237 |
| 30 | Paul Rudolph (1940); architect, chairman of Yale Department of Architecture - 1958 to 1965 | 231 |
| 31 | Chuck Person (1986); NBA forward, 1987 NBA Rookie of the Year | 229 |
| 32 | Pat Sullivan (1972); 1971 Heisman trophy winner | 222 |
| 33 | Richard Myers (1967, M.S.); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the United States of America | 218 |
| 34 | Rob Bironas (2000); professional football player | 187 |
| 35 | Gen. Holland Smith (1901); United States Marine Corps General, "father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare" | 168 |
| 36 | Fob James (1957); Governor of Alabama, 1979-1983, 1995-1999 | 159 |
| 37 | Carlos Rogers (2004); professional football player and first round NFL draft pick | 158 |
| 38 | Millard Fuller (1957); founder of Habitat for Humanity | 157 |
| 39 | Samuel Mockbee (1974); architect, founder of Auburn's Rural Studio, 2004 AIA Gold Medal | 137 |
| 40 | Roderick Long; libertarian political commentator. | 123 |
| 41 | Rowdy Gaines (1982); Olympic gold medalist, world record holder and television sports commentator | 101 |
| 42 | Tim Dorsey (1983); author | 99 |
| 43 | Clifton Williams (1954); Gemini astronaut, test pilot | 87 |
| 44 | Willie Anderson (1996); NFL offensive tackle | 80 |
| 45 | Anne Rivers Siddons (1958); best-selling author | 76 |
| 46 | Mark Spencer (1999); President and CEO, Digium. Creator of Asterisk PBX. | 73 |
| 47 | Jan Davis (1977); astronaut, STS-47, STS-60 | 72 |
| 48 | Cynthia Tucker (1976); syndicated columnist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor, Pulitzer Prize winner | 69 |
| 49 | Big Bill Morganfield (Communications); blues singer and guitarist | 63 |
| 50 | Donald J. Boudreaux (1986); economist | 60 |
| 51 | Travis S. Taylor (1991); science fiction author. | 54 |
| 52 | Jon Coffelt attended Auburn in 1986 - New York Artist, Painter, Sculptor | 50 |
| 53 | Mark Thornton (1989 Ph.D.); economist | 46 |
| 54 | Billy Hitchcock (1938); Former pro baseball player, coach, manager, and scout | 44 |
| 55 | Tom Hardy (designer) (1970); design strategist and former corporate head of the IBM Design Program | 42 |
| 56 | Bill Holbrook (1980); cartoonist, "On The Fast Track", "Safe Havens" and "Kevin & Kell" | 35 |
| 57 | Stephen Huss (2000); 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion â the first ever as a qualifier | 34 |
| 58 | Major Gen. Wilton B. Persons (1916); Special Adviser to President Eisenhower | 32 |
| 59 | Joe Forehand (1971); Chairman, Accenture | 32 |
| 60 | Alvin Vogtle - World War II fighter pilot who inspired Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape | 29 |
| 61 | Rheta Grimsley Johnson (1977); syndicated newspaper columnist | 28 |
| 62 | Dr. Lester Crawford (1963); former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner. | 27 |
| 63 | Ace Atkins (1994); Author and journalist | 26 |
| 64 | Miller Reese Hutchison (1897); Inventor of the electric hearing aid and Klaxon automobile horn | 25 |
| 65 | Herbert W. Ehrgott; U.S. Air Force general | 25 |
| 66 | Gordon Persons (1922); Governor of Alabama, 1951-1955 | 24 |
| 67 | John Mengelt; former NBA player 1971-1981 and network ABC basketball analyst | 23 |
| 68 | E. T. York (1942 and 1946); Alabama Cooperative Extension System director (1959–1961); interim president of the University of Florida (1973–1974); chancellor of the State University System of Florida (1974–1980) | 23 |
| 69 | Krystyna Kuperberg; mathematician, known for creating a counterexample to the Seifert conjecture. | 23 |
| 70 | Olav Kallenberg; mathematician known for research in the field of probability theory. | 22 |
| 71 | Jimmy Johnson (1974); cartoonist, "Arlo and Janis" | 21 |
| 72 | Harold D. Melton (1988); Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 2005-current | 21 |
| 73 | Jimmy Hitchcock (1932); Pro baseball player; former Auburn assistant football coach, head baseball coach, and trustee | 18 |
| 74 | William Spratling (1921); silversmith and artist, "father of Mexican silver" | 17 |
| 75 | Luther Duncan (1900 and 1907); 4-H pioneer, Cooperative Extension administrator; Auburn University President. | 16 |
| 76 | Tom Cochran (1924â2010), Former fullback for the NFL | 16 |
| 77 | Samuel Ginn (1959); wireless communications pioneer and former chairman, Vodafone. | 16 |
| 78 | Jason Sanford (1993); science fiction author. | 16 |
| 79 | Lorenz J. "Lo" Walker - Retired Air Force Colonel and mayor of Bossier City since 2005 | 15 |
| 80 | Wayne Flynt; Professor Emeritus; a leading authority on Alabaman history and Baptist history in Alabama. The author of eleven books, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites. | 15 |
| 81 | Hal Herring (1948); Pro football player and coach | 15 |
| 82 | Paul Saia (1978); businessman and father, American Cancer Society Lifetime Achievement Award | 14 |
| 83 | Byron Lavoy Cockrell (1957); aeronautical engineer and rocket scientist | 13 |
| 84 | Walter Merritt Riggs (1892); president of Clemson University (1910-1924), "father of Clemson football"; | 13 |
| 85 | John M. Harbert (1946); billionaire businessman and founder of Harbert Corporation, philanthropist | 12 |
| 86 | Gerald Roush (1968 B.A., 1973 M.A.); Ferrari historian, publisher of the Ferrari Market Letter | 11 |
| 87 | Justice Leak (2003); actor, The Great Debaters | 11 |
| 88 | P. O. Davis (1916); Agricultural Editor, radio pioneer, Alabama Extension Service director, and national agricultural leader and spokesman | 9 |
| 89 | Ali Abdelghany (1980); Egyptian academic and prominent marine biologist | 9 |
| 90 | Jake Adam York (1993); poet. | 9 |
| 91 | Kenneth R. Giddens (1931); director of Voice of America and founder of WKRG-TV, Inc. in Mobile, Alabama | 9 |
| 92 | Rick Austin (1993); Georgia State Congressman | 7 |
| 93 | Charles Durward Griffin (1975); biomedical engineer, member of the Alabama Engineers Hall of Fame | 6 |
| 94 | Mrinal Thakur; mechanical engineering faculty, co-discoverer of conducting polymers. | 5 |
| 95 | Susan Whitson (1991); Press Secretary, Office of First Lady Laura Bush | 5 |
| 96 | James Voss; former US astronaut and veteran of five spaceflights; teaching courses on Space Mission Design. | < 5 |
| 97 | Hank Hartsfield (1954); astronaut, STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A | < 5 |
| 98 | Donda West (1980, Ph.D); mother to rapper Kanye West, former chair of English department at Chicago State University. [link] | < 5 |
| 99 | Kathryn Thornton (1974); astronaut, second US woman in space, spacewalk, STS-33, STS-73 | < 5 |
| 100 | Thom Gossom Jr (1975); actor | < 5 |
| 101 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan (1932); National Championship Winning Coach of Auburn Tigers Football Team | < 5 |
| 102 | Roderick Hood (2003); professional football player | < 5 |
| 103 | Carl Mundy Jr. (1957); Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (1991-1995) | < 5 |
| 104 | Red Smith (1912); Major League Baseball third baseman for Brooklyn. | < 5 |
| 105 | Jim Phillips (football player) (1957); Three time NFL Pro-Bowler | < 5 |
| 106 | James Brooks (1980); 4-time pro bowl NFL running back | < 5 |
| 107 | Lynn McCroskey; Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal Award Winner, 1995 Invented Digital Playback System For Motion Pictures Initially Used In IMAX Theaters | < 5 |
| 108 | James R. "Jimmy" Harper Jr.; (1969); All State Football/Track performer at Banks High School in Birmingham..Two time State Wrestling Champion ( Auburn Wrestling Team, S.E.C. Champion),( Won 1st match at Auburn w/ 38sec. pin vs. LSU),Highly decorated Viet Nam veteran | < 5 |
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