Trending Poets in Germany this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Madonna.
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53,353
Total Views (this month)
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Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
3,034
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2
Heinz Erhardt
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)
2,528
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views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
1,481
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views
4
Lisa Eckhart
Austrian entertainer, literary standup comedian, novelist and former poetry slammer
1,318
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views
5
Paolo Conte
Italian recording artist; musician
1,300
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views
6
Laura Karasek
German lawyer, writer and poet lawyer
1,138
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views
7
Torsten Sträter
German writer, satirist and stand-up comedian
961
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views
8
Erich Kästner
German children's writer (1899–1974)
838
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views
9
Till Reiners
German writer
837
views
views
10
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
805
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views
11
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
752
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views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
749
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views
13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
745
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views
14
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
732
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views
15
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
715
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views
16
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
714
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views
17
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
676
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views
18
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
649
views
views
19
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
635
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views
20
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
633
views
views
21
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
629
views
views
22
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
627
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views
23
Fabian Köster
German comedian and comedy writer
623
views
views
24
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
619
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views
25
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
601
views
views
26
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
571
views
views
27
Christine Koch
German poet (1869–1951)
561
views
views
28
Till Lindemann
German singer (born 1963)
546
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views
29
Judith Holofernes
German singer-songwriter, podcaster and writer
545
views
views
30
Sylvie Vartan
French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)
544
views
views
31
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
541
views
views
32
Tim Fischer
German actor
534
views
views
33
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
531
views
views
34
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
522
views
views
35
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)
517
views
views
36
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
517
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views
37
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
513
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views
38
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
492
views
views
39
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
490
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views
40
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
486
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41
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
485
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views
42
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
454
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views
43
Heinrich Heine
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
443
views
views
44
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)
442
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views
45
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
441
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views
46
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
441
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views
47
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
436
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views
48
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
433
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views
49
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
429
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views
50
Volker Pispers
German cabaret artist
425
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views
51
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
424
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views
52
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
422
views
views
53
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
Prince consort of Denmark from 1972 to 2018
420
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views
54
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
418
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views
55
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
406
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views
56
Eduard Mörike
German poet (1804–1875)
405
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views
57
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)
403
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views
58
Hazel Brugger
Swiss comedian
398
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views
59
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
393
views
views
60
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
388
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views
61
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
386
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62
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
386
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63
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
383
views
views
64
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
381
views
views
65
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
378
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views
66
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
377
views
views
67
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
375
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views
68
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
373
views
views
69
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher (1889–1976)
368
views
views
70
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)
362
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views
71
Günter Grass
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
359
views
views
72
David
king of Israel and Judah
355
views
views
73
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
349
views
views
74
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
347
views
views
75
Gertrude Stein
American author (1874–1946)
333
views
views
76
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
326
views
views
77
Mascha Kaléko
German poet (1907-1975)
311
views
views
78
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
307
views
views
79
Crispin Glover
American actor
306
views
views
80
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
305
views
views
81
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
301
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views
82
Giacomo Casanova
Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
300
views
views
83
Barbara
French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
294
views
views
84
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
291
views
views
85
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
286
views
views
86
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
284
views
views
87
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
281
views
views
88
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
278
views
views
89
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
277
views
views
90
Kurt Tucholsky
Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)
275
views
views
91
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
274
views
views
92
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
271
views
views
93
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
270
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views
94
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
269
views
views
95
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
268
views
views
96
Alexander Kluge
German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (1932–2026)
266
views
views
97
Pauley Perrette
American actress and musician
263
views
views
98
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
263
views
views
99
Wilhelm Busch
German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)
262
views
views
100
Heinrich von Kleist
German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)
258
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