Trending Poets in Germany this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Freddie Mercury.
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71,259
Total Views (this month)
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Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
2,142
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2
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
1,727
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views
3
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
1,581
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views
4
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
1,416
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views
5
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
1,321
views
views
6
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,299
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views
7
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,291
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views
8
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
1,264
views
views
9
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
1,248
views
views
10
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,204
views
views
11
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
1,139
views
views
12
Lisa Eckhart
Austrian entertainer, literary standup comedian, novelist and former poetry slammer
1,074
views
views
13
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
1,067
views
views
14
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,004
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views
15
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
975
views
views
16
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
975
views
views
17
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
966
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views
18
Erich Kästner
German children's writer (1899–1974)
966
views
views
19
Heinrich Heine
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
956
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views
20
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
933
views
views
21
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
909
views
views
22
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
875
views
views
23
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
855
views
views
24
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
854
views
views
25
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
853
views
views
26
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
852
views
views
27
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
846
views
views
28
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
831
views
views
29
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
828
views
views
30
Judith Holofernes
German singer-songwriter, podcaster and writer
819
views
views
31
Klaus Mann
German writer (1906–1949)
804
views
views
32
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
800
views
views
33
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)
795
views
views
34
Torsten Sträter
German writer, satirist and stand-up comedian
792
views
views
35
Hazel Brugger
Swiss comedian
783
views
views
36
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
765
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views
37
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
765
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views
38
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
751
views
views
39
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
707
views
views
40
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)
690
views
views
41
Verka Serduchka
Ukrainian artist, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and actor.
687
views
views
42
Alexander Kluge
German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (1932–2026)
683
views
views
43
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
681
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views
44
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)
664
views
views
45
Till Lindemann
German singer (born 1963)
658
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views
46
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
656
views
views
47
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
649
views
views
48
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)
649
views
views
49
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher (1889–1976)
644
views
views
50
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
641
views
views
51
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
637
views
views
52
Heide Simonis
German politician (1943–2023)
630
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views
53
Volker Pispers
German cabaret artist
621
views
views
54
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
618
views
views
55
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
589
views
views
56
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
588
views
views
57
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
573
views
views
58
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
565
views
views
59
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
562
views
views
60
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
557
views
views
61
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
552
views
views
62
Heinrich von Kleist
German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)
546
views
views
63
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
538
views
views
64
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
529
views
views
65
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
529
views
views
66
Wolf Biermann
German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident
518
views
views
67
Till Reiners
German writer
515
views
views
68
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
508
views
views
69
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
504
views
views
70
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
504
views
views
71
Kurt Tucholsky
Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)
479
views
views
72
Günter Grass
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
471
views
views
73
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
466
views
views
74
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
459
views
views
75
Theodor Fontane
German novelist and poet (1819–1898)
452
views
views
76
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
452
views
views
77
Mascha Kaléko
German poet (1907-1975)
448
views
views
78
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)
441
views
views
79
Crispin Glover
American actor
439
views
views
80
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
439
views
views
81
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
437
views
views
82
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
435
views
views
83
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
425
views
views
84
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
424
views
views
85
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
422
views
views
86
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
421
views
views
87
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
420
views
views
88
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
419
views
views
89
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
416
views
views
90
Heinz Erhardt
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)
415
views
views
91
Georg Büchner
German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)
410
views
views
92
Tim Fischer
German actor
408
views
views
93
Joseph von Eichendorff
German poet and novelist (1788-1857)
407
views
views
94
Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)
399
views
views
95
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
396
views
views
96
Heinrich Böll
German writer (1917–1985)
395
views
views
97
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
394
views
views
98
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
German composer and writer (1797–1848)
391
views
views
99
Moritz Neumeier
German comedian and writer
382
views
views
100
David
king of Israel and Judah
380
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