Trending Historians — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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8,333,926
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
376,367
views
views
2
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
369,082
views
views
3
Jerry Hall
American model
298,832
views
views
4
Miranda Hart
English comedian
249,849
views
views
5
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
184,580
views
views
6
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
177,962
views
views
7
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
155,251
views
views
8
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
140,416
views
views
9
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
136,088
views
views
10
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
133,251
views
views
11
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
124,128
views
views
12
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
122,256
views
views
13
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
121,608
views
views
14
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
116,516
views
views
15
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
107,587
views
views
16
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
105,082
views
views
17
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
98,923
views
views
18
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
97,667
views
views
19
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
96,858
views
views
20
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
96,602
views
views
21
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
95,397
views
views
22
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
94,510
views
views
23
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
91,544
views
views
24
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
89,143
views
views
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
88,654
views
views
26
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
87,869
views
views
27
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
87,319
views
views
28
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
85,484
views
views
29
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
84,931
views
views
30
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
84,925
views
views
31
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
84,506
views
views
32
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
82,723
views
views
33
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
82,354
views
views
34
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
81,493
views
views
35
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
80,824
views
views
36
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
77,870
views
views
37
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
76,278
views
views
38
Richard Hammond
English motoring journalist and broadcaster
75,869
views
views
39
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
75,181
views
views
40
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
74,611
views
views
41
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
72,883
views
views
42
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
72,156
views
views
43
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
71,005
views
views
44
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
70,890
views
views
45
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
69,527
views
views
46
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
68,716
views
views
47
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
68,023
views
views
48
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
67,741
views
views
49
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
67,145
views
views
50
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
66,653
views
views
51
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
66,265
views
views
52
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
66,221
views
views
53
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
65,173
views
views
54
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
64,082
views
views
55
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
62,668
views
views
56
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
62,241
views
views
57
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
61,959
views
views
58
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
60,208
views
views
59
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
60,166
views
views
60
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
59,628
views
views
61
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
58,845
views
views
62
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
58,698
views
views
63
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
58,238
views
views
64
Evander Holyfield
American boxer
57,880
views
views
65
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
57,140
views
views
66
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
56,943
views
views
67
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
56,910
views
views
68
Gene Tierney
American actress (1920–1991)
56,772
views
views
69
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
56,432
views
views
70
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
56,220
views
views
71
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
56,160
views
views
72
Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
Spanish journalist, politician and peer (born 1974)
54,990
views
views
73
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
54,785
views
views
74
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
54,260
views
views
75
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
53,747
views
views
76
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
53,369
views
views
77
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
53,257
views
views
78
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
53,236
views
views
79
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
52,134
views
views
80
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
50,828
views
views
81
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
50,429
views
views
82
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
49,689
views
views
83
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
48,915
views
views
84
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
48,591
views
views
85
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
47,471
views
views
86
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
47,327
views
views
87
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
47,227
views
views
88
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
46,141
views
views
89
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
45,697
views
views
90
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,395
views
views
91
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
44,583
views
views
92
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
44,536
views
views
93
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
44,434
views
views
94
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
44,341
views
views
95
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
43,916
views
views
96
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
43,595
views
views
97
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
43,040
views
views
98
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
41,597
views
views
99
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
41,567
views
views
100
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
40,851
views
views