Trending Historians this month
The 99 most-viewed historians this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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2,742,888
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
321,353
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2
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
79,155
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
62,215
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4
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
57,667
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5
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
56,592
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6
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
54,923
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7
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
49,018
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8
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
45,651
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9
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
43,770
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10
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
43,540
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11
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
41,369
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12
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
40,346
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13
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
39,430
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14
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
37,626
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15
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
36,762
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views
16
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
35,662
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17
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
34,651
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18
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
34,000
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views
19
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
31,179
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views
20
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
31,070
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views
21
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
30,021
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22
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
29,343
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views
23
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
29,164
views
views
24
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
29,153
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views
25
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
28,634
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views
26
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
28,095
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views
27
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
28,022
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views
28
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
27,640
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views
29
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
27,272
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views
30
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
26,709
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views
31
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
26,045
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views
32
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
25,253
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views
33
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
25,210
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views
34
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
24,986
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views
35
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
24,726
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views
36
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
24,571
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views
37
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
23,703
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views
38
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
23,525
views
views
39
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
23,340
views
views
40
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
23,237
views
views
41
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
23,051
views
views
42
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
23,019
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views
43
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
22,718
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views
44
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
22,451
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views
45
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
22,384
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views
46
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
21,938
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views
47
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
21,440
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views
48
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
21,009
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views
49
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
20,957
views
views
50
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
20,292
views
views
51
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
20,274
views
views
52
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
20,197
views
views
53
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
20,156
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views
54
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
20,026
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views
55
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
19,994
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views
56
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
19,650
views
views
57
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
19,508
views
views
58
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
19,335
views
views
59
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
19,292
views
views
60
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)
18,648
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views
61
Rik Mayall
English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)
18,627
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views
62
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
18,121
views
views
63
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
18,098
views
views
64
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
18,078
views
views
65
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
17,244
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views
66
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
17,199
views
views
67
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
16,993
views
views
68
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
16,758
views
views
69
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
16,756
views
views
70
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
16,643
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views
71
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
16,531
views
views
72
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
16,369
views
views
73
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
16,285
views
views
74
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
16,274
views
views
75
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
16,074
views
views
76
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
16,020
views
views
77
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
16,012
views
views
78
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
15,978
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views
79
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
15,897
views
views
80
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
15,856
views
views
81
Sondra Locke
American actress (1944–2018)
15,841
views
views
82
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
15,818
views
views
83
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
15,801
views
views
84
Sela Ward
American actress, author, and producer
15,722
views
views
85
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
15,567
views
views
86
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
15,396
views
views
87
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
15,386
views
views
88
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
15,380
views
views
89
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
15,371
views
views
90
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
14,999
views
views
91
Danny Dyer
English actor
14,773
views
views
92
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
14,729
views
views
93
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
14,726
views
views
94
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
14,718
views
views
95
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
14,715
views
views
96
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
14,636
views
views
97
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
14,267
views
views
98
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
14,157
views
views
99
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
14,106
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