Trending Poets in Germany this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Madonna.
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Ranked
120,298
Total Views (this year)
1
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
4,101
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views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
3,623
views
views
3
Heinz Erhardt
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)
2,943
views
views
4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
2,532
views
views
5
Lisa Eckhart
Austrian entertainer, literary standup comedian, novelist and former poetry slammer
2,392
views
views
6
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
2,333
views
views
7
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
2,040
views
views
8
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
2,035
views
views
9
Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
1,938
views
views
10
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
1,924
views
views
11
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,840
views
views
12
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
1,835
views
views
13
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,831
views
views
14
Erich Kästner
German children's writer (1899–1974)
1,804
views
views
15
Torsten Sträter
German writer, satirist and stand-up comedian
1,753
views
views
16
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1,711
views
views
17
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
1,584
views
views
18
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
1,546
views
views
19
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
1,474
views
views
20
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
1,467
views
views
21
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
1,461
views
views
22
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
1,440
views
views
23
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
1,425
views
views
24
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
1,422
views
views
25
Paolo Conte
Italian recording artist; musician
1,413
views
views
26
Heinrich Heine
German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
1,399
views
views
27
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
1,394
views
views
28
Judith Holofernes
German singer-songwriter, podcaster and writer
1,364
views
views
29
Till Reiners
German writer
1,352
views
views
30
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
1,351
views
views
31
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
1,343
views
views
32
Laura Karasek
German lawyer, writer and poet lawyer
1,311
views
views
33
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
1,304
views
views
34
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
1,282
views
views
35
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
1,241
views
views
36
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)
1,207
views
views
37
Till Lindemann
German singer (born 1963)
1,204
views
views
38
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)
1,198
views
views
39
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,189
views
views
40
Hazel Brugger
Swiss comedian
1,181
views
views
41
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
1,144
views
views
42
Ernst Jünger
German writer (1895–1998)
1,132
views
views
43
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
1,130
views
views
44
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
1,126
views
views
45
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
1,097
views
views
46
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
1,054
views
views
47
Volker Pispers
German cabaret artist
1,046
views
views
48
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
1,040
views
views
49
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher (1889–1976)
1,012
views
views
50
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)
1,011
views
views
51
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
1,001
views
views
52
Klaus Mann
German writer (1906–1949)
989
views
views
53
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
986
views
views
54
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
975
views
views
55
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
951
views
views
56
Alexander Kluge
German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (1932–2026)
949
views
views
57
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
943
views
views
58
Tim Fischer
German actor
942
views
views
59
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
942
views
views
60
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
942
views
views
61
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
937
views
views
62
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
907
views
views
63
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
865
views
views
64
Fabian Köster
German comedian and comedy writer
853
views
views
65
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
847
views
views
66
Günter Grass
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
830
views
views
67
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
818
views
views
68
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
815
views
views
69
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
810
views
views
70
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
808
views
views
71
Heinrich von Kleist
German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)
804
views
views
72
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
803
views
views
73
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
799
views
views
74
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
798
views
views
75
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
797
views
views
76
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)
788
views
views
77
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
782
views
views
78
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
776
views
views
79
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
768
views
views
80
Mascha Kaléko
German poet (1907-1975)
759
views
views
81
Kurt Tucholsky
Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)
754
views
views
82
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
751
views
views
83
Wolf Biermann
German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident
749
views
views
84
Crispin Glover
American actor
745
views
views
85
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
743
views
views
86
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
741
views
views
87
David
king of Israel and Judah
735
views
views
88
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
733
views
views
89
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
728
views
views
90
Verka Serduchka
Ukrainian artist, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and actor.
727
views
views
91
Heide Simonis
German politician (1943–2023)
725
views
views
92
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
720
views
views
93
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
718
views
views
94
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
692
views
views
95
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
690
views
views
96
Theodor Fontane
German novelist and poet (1819–1898)
688
views
views
97
Louise Michel
French author and anarchist (1830-1905)
683
views
views
98
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
678
views
views
99
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
676
views
views
100
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
659
views
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