Trending Historians of all time
The 100 most-viewed historians of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Caine.
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Ranked
1,686,332
Total Views (of all time)
1
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
93,259
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2
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
86,873
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3
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
82,163
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4
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
81,548
views
views
5
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
68,947
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6
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
67,819
views
views
7
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
62,063
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views
8
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
45,228
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views
9
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
40,078
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views
10
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
38,423
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views
11
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
38,100
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views
12
Calvin Coolidge
president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
34,263
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13
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
33,888
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14
Pattie Boyd
English model, photographer (born 1944)
28,553
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15
David Mitchell (comedian)
British actor, comedian and writer
27,920
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16
Richard Branson
British business magnate
27,624
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17
Howard Stern
American radio and television personality (born 1954)
24,893
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18
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
23,717
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views
19
Portia de Rossi
Australian-American actress
22,554
views
views
20
Richard Hammond
English motoring journalist and broadcaster
22,151
views
views
21
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
21,772
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views
22
Maureen O'Hara
Irish–American actress and singer (1920–2015)
21,714
views
views
23
Gilda Radner
American actress and comedian (1946–1989)
20,348
views
views
24
Brian Clough
English football player and manager (1935–2004)
17,969
views
views
25
Pliny the Elder
Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)
17,287
views
views
26
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
17,217
views
views
27
Danny Dyer
English actor
16,827
views
views
28
Levon Helm
American musician (1940–2012)
16,048
views
views
29
Alastair Campbell
British director of communications and strategy, journalist, author and broadcaster
15,744
views
views
30
Babur
founder of the Mughal Empire (1526–1530)
14,097
views
views
31
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
14,034
views
views
32
Michael Collins
American astronaut (1930–2021)
13,253
views
views
33
Anne Robinson
English television presenter and journalist
12,887
views
views
34
Britt Ekland
Swedish actress (born 1942)
12,883
views
views
35
Ralph Nader
American lawyer and activist (born 1934)
12,404
views
views
36
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
12,023
views
views
37
Anaïs Nin
French-born American author (1903–1977)
11,454
views
views
38
Walter Mondale
Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1928–2021)
11,163
views
views
39
Gordon Banks
English association football player (1937–2019)
10,982
views
views
40
Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
10,836
views
views
41
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
10,812
views
views
42
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
10,731
views
views
43
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
10,598
views
views
44
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
10,515
views
views
45
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
9,960
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views
46
Mary L. Trump
American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
9,783
views
views
47
Elie Wiesel
Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)
9,748
views
views
48
Booker T. Washington
African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
9,698
views
views
49
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
9,401
views
views
50
Bud Spencer
Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player
9,396
views
views
51
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
9,347
views
views
52
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
9,246
views
views
53
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
9,012
views
views
54
John Eisenhower
United States Army general, military historian, diplomat (1922–2013)
8,844
views
views
55
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
8,621
views
views
56
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
8,443
views
views
57
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
8,323
views
views
58
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
8,295
views
views
59
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
8,032
views
views
60
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
7,952
views
views
61
Mary Beard
English classicist (born 1955)
7,936
views
views
62
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
7,906
views
views
63
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
7,888
views
views
64
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588–1679)
7,796
views
views
65
Anthony Blunt
British art historian and Soviet spy (1907-1983)
7,568
views
views
66
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
7,322
views
views
67
Alan Bennett
English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1934)
7,300
views
views
68
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
7,181
views
views
69
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
7,030
views
views
70
Jack Hemingway
Canadian-American fly fisherman, conservationist and writer
6,885
views
views
71
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
6,848
views
views
72
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
6,835
views
views
73
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
6,656
views
views
74
Louise Brooks
American actress (1906–1985)
6,620
views
views
75
Corrie ten Boom
Dutch resistance hero and writer
6,514
views
views
76
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
6,495
views
views
77
Douglas Murray
British author and political commentator (born 1979)
6,491
views
views
78
Ejner Johansson
Danish art historian and author (1922-2001)
6,282
views
views
79
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
6,186
views
views
80
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
6,123
views
views
81
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
6,049
views
views
82
David McCullough
American historian and author (1933–2022)
5,985
views
views
83
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
5,924
views
views
84
Raymond Ibrahim
American critic of Islam (1973-)
5,898
views
views
85
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
5,803
views
views
86
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
5,789
views
views
87
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
5,788
views
views
88
Nigel Farage
British politician
5,701
views
views
89
Marcia Wallace Peams
American actress and comedian (1942-2013)
5,361
views
views
90
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
5,332
views
views
91
Freddie Starr
British singer and comedian (1943-2019)
5,302
views
views
92
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
5,250
views
views
93
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
5,222
views
views
94
mi tió tilin
American journalist (1920–1980)
5,185
views
views
95
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
5,185
views
views
96
Seymour Hersh
American investigative journalist (born 1937)
5,125
views
views
97
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
5,056
views
views
98
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
5,024
views
views
99
Charles Bronson
English criminal
4,900
views
views
100
Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent
wife of Prince Michael of Kent
4,828
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