Trending Historians in Germany this month
The 100 most-viewed historians this month on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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116,737
Total Views (this month)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
10,741
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2
Jens Söring
Convicted murderer and former prisoner in the USA, German author
6,909
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3
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
4,458
views
views
4
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
2,999
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views
5
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
2,554
views
views
6
Osman Hamdi Bey
Ottoman statesman, academic and artist (1842-1910)
2,419
views
views
7
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
2,166
views
views
8
Hape Kerkeling
German comedian
2,054
views
views
9
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
2,011
views
views
10
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
1,821
views
views
11
Michael Lüders
German journalist and author
1,786
views
views
12
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
1,727
views
views
13
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
1,604
views
views
14
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
1,588
views
views
15
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
1,581
views
views
16
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
1,571
views
views
17
Konrad Adenauer
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
1,474
views
views
18
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
1,416
views
views
19
Erich Honecker
former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
1,349
views
views
20
Jakob Schwerdtfeger
German art historian
1,343
views
views
21
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
1,321
views
views
22
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,299
views
views
23
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
1,298
views
views
24
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,291
views
views
25
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
1,291
views
views
26
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,277
views
views
27
Helmut Kohl
Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)
1,276
views
views
28
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
1,273
views
views
29
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,204
views
views
30
Bianca Berding
1,158
views
views
31
Willy Brandt
German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1,150
views
views
32
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
1,139
views
views
33
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
1,044
views
views
34
Baldur von Schirach
German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)
1,036
views
views
35
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,005
views
views
36
Sido
German rapper
990
views
views
37
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
966
views
views
38
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
965
views
views
39
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
962
views
views
40
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
949
views
views
41
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
902
views
views
42
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
891
views
views
43
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
870
views
views
44
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
867
views
views
45
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
854
views
views
46
Emmy Göring
German actress, art collector (1893-1973)
835
views
views
47
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
831
views
views
48
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
828
views
views
49
Judith Holofernes
German singer-songwriter, podcaster and writer
819
views
views
50
Klaus Mann
German writer (1906–1949)
804
views
views
51
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
804
views
views
52
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
801
views
views
53
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
800
views
views
54
Marlene Dietrich
German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
776
views
views
55
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
766
views
views
56
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
765
views
views
57
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
765
views
views
58
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
761
views
views
59
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
758
views
views
60
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
753
views
views
61
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
746
views
views
62
Nadja Abd el Farrag
German television personality (1965–2025)
745
views
views
63
Daniele Ganser
Swiss author, publicist, conspiracy theorist
736
views
views
64
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
716
views
views
65
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
716
views
views
66
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
714
views
views
67
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
707
views
views
68
Florence Gaub
Franco-German political scientist
688
views
views
69
Keith Richards
British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones
679
views
views
70
Christiane F.
German author
670
views
views
71
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
669
views
views
72
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
652
views
views
73
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
639
views
views
74
Erika Mann
German actress and writer (1905-1969)
599
views
views
75
Andreas Rödder
German historian of modern age, historian and academic
596
views
views
76
Natascha Kampusch
Austrian woman held captive for eight years
591
views
views
77
Pete Townshend
British musician
590
views
views
78
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
587
views
views
79
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
570
views
views
80
Heide Rezepa-Zabel
German art historian
567
views
views
81
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
565
views
views
82
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
562
views
views
83
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
561
views
views
84
Heiner Lauterbach
German actor and voice actor
561
views
views
85
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
558
views
views
86
Albert Schweitzer
French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)
557
views
views
87
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
557
views
views
88
Philipp Lahm
German association football player
555
views
views
89
Roger Moore
English actor (1927–2017)
548
views
views
90
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
547
views
views
91
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
544
views
views
92
Hildegard Knef
German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)
536
views
views
93
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
536
views
views
94
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
529
views
views
95
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
529
views
views
96
Erich Ludendorff
German Army officer (1865–1937)
528
views
views
97
E. T. A. Hoffmann
German Romantic author (1776–1822)
526
views
views
98
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
518
views
views
99
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
517
views
views
100
Erich Raeder
German admiral (1876–1960)
511
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