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Trending Historians this week

The 100 most-viewed historians this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.

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1
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist (1958–2009)
Person
5,819
views
2
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
πŸ“š 13 citations Person
3,475
views
3
Isadora Duncan
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
2,597
views
4
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
πŸ“š 102 citations Person
1,604
views
5
Katherine Jackson
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
1,394
views
6
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
πŸ“š 7 citations Person
1,231
views
7
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
927
views
8
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
803
views
9
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
Person
732
views
10
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
714
views
11
Victoria
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
693
views
12
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
534
views
13
Jane Hawking
British author
πŸ“š 10 citations Person
529
views
14
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
512
views
15
Nigel Farage
British right-wing politician (born 1964)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
512
views
16
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
490
views
17
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
486
views
18
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
πŸ“š 39 citations Person
478
views
19
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
πŸ“š 74 citations Person
463
views
20
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
πŸ“š 18 citations Person
460
views
21
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
459
views
22
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
415
views
23
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
414
views
24
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
πŸ“š 66 citations Person
413
views
25
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
410
views
26
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
404
views
27
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
πŸ“š 103 citations Person
390
views
28
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
382
views
29
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
376
views
30
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
πŸ“š 65 citations Person
376
views
31
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
πŸ“š 56 citations Person
372
views
32
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
πŸ“š 79 citations Person
371
views
33
Alec Guinness
British actor (1914–2000)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
362
views
34
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
355
views
35
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
347
views
36
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
πŸ“š 59 citations Person
344
views
37
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 23 citations Person
332
views
38
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
πŸ“š 67 citations Person
331
views
39
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
331
views
40
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
328
views
41
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
πŸ“š 59 citations Person
325
views
42
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
319
views
43
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
309
views
44
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
πŸ“š 56 citations Person
306
views
45
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
πŸ“š 35 citations Person
305
views
46
Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
303
views
47
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
288
views
48
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
πŸ“š 14 citations Person
286
views
49
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
πŸ“š 48 citations Person
284
views
50
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
284
views
51
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
283
views
52
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
πŸ“š 57 citations Person
281
views
53
Gisella Perl
Gisella Perl
gynecologist and author (1907–1988)
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
277
views
54
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
πŸ“š 63 citations Person
276
views
55
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
πŸ“š 37 citations Person
271
views
56
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
270
views
57
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner
American actress and comedian (1946–1989)
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
262
views
58
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
262
views
59
Robert Kagan
American historian (born 1958)
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
255
views
60
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
πŸ“š 39 citations Person
254
views
61
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
254
views
62
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
246
views
63
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
246
views
64
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
πŸ“š 57 citations Person
242
views
65
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
239
views
66
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
Person
238
views
67
Neil Patrick Harris
American actor (born 1973)
πŸ“š 32 citations Person
237
views
68
Marilyn Manson
American musician (born 1969)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
219
views
69
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
πŸ“š 11 citations Person
219
views
70
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
214
views
71
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
πŸ“š 48 citations Person
213
views
72
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
211
views
73
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
208
views
74
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
πŸ“š 54 citations Person
206
views
75
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
205
views
76
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
204
views
77
John Major
former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
203
views
78
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
200
views
79
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
196
views
80
Chyna
American professional wrestler and actress (1969-2016)
πŸ“š 10 citations Person
195
views
81
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
193
views
82
Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
193
views
83
Anne Frank
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
192
views
84
Helen Keller
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
πŸ“š 39 citations Person
192
views
85
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
191
views
86
Chris Kyle
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
190
views
87
Tim Curry
British actor
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
190
views
88
Lorrie Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
American musician
πŸ“š 10 citations Person
189
views
89
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
πŸ“š 86 citations Person
189
views
90
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
188
views
91
Kyrie Irving
American basketball player
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
186
views
92
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
184
views
93
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
πŸ“š 23 citations Person
183
views
94
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
πŸ“š 71 citations Person
182
views
95
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
πŸ“š 82 citations Person
181
views
96
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
180
views
97
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
πŸ“š 22 citations Person
179
views
98
Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025)
πŸ“š 24 citations Person
177
views
99
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
177
views
100
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
175
views