Trending Historians — the 7 days to 28 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 28 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Gadi Eisenkot. Data as of 28 October 2026.
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8,723,248
Total Views (the 7 days to 28 October 2026)
1
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
410,705
views
views
2
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
324,453
views
views
3
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
307,472
views
views
4
Jerry Hall
American model
304,095
views
views
5
Miranda Hart
English comedian
249,185
views
views
6
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
213,190
views
views
7
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
201,610
views
views
8
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
153,272
views
views
9
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
151,198
views
views
10
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
140,218
views
views
11
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
137,446
views
views
12
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
127,754
views
views
13
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
116,645
views
views
14
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
103,697
views
views
15
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
101,883
views
views
16
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
99,888
views
views
17
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
99,805
views
views
18
Kevin Keegan
English association football player and manager (1951–2026)
98,399
views
views
19
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
98,204
views
views
20
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
96,956
views
views
21
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
93,660
views
views
22
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
93,355
views
views
23
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
92,413
views
views
24
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
92,327
views
views
25
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
92,168
views
views
26
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
91,110
views
views
27
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
90,140
views
views
28
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
88,243
views
views
29
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
87,811
views
views
30
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
85,305
views
views
31
Richard Hammond
English motoring journalist and broadcaster
84,670
views
views
32
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
84,472
views
views
33
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
84,262
views
views
34
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
83,853
views
views
35
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
81,919
views
views
36
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
81,246
views
views
37
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
76,333
views
views
38
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
76,112
views
views
39
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
73,634
views
views
40
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
73,595
views
views
41
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
72,895
views
views
42
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
72,631
views
views
43
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
72,554
views
views
44
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
72,421
views
views
45
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
72,380
views
views
46
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
72,298
views
views
47
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
72,100
views
views
48
Gene Tierney
American actress (1920–1991)
71,842
views
views
49
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
70,953
views
views
50
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
70,765
views
views
51
Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
Spanish journalist, politician and peer (born 1974)
69,043
views
views
52
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
68,332
views
views
53
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
65,300
views
views
54
Stanley Matthews
English association football player (1915-2000)
64,718
views
views
55
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
64,659
views
views
56
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
64,599
views
views
57
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
64,588
views
views
58
Michela Ponzani
Italian historian, TV presenter and essayist
64,184
views
views
59
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
62,708
views
views
60
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
62,331
views
views
61
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
61,570
views
views
62
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
61,412
views
views
63
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
60,456
views
views
64
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
60,223
views
views
65
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
59,921
views
views
66
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
59,133
views
views
67
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
58,886
views
views
68
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
58,486
views
views
69
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
58,481
views
views
70
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
58,219
views
views
71
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
57,108
views
views
72
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
57,086
views
views
73
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
56,867
views
views
74
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
56,355
views
views
75
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
54,482
views
views
76
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
54,444
views
views
77
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
54,130
views
views
78
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
54,095
views
views
79
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
54,066
views
views
80
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
52,285
views
views
81
Evander Holyfield
American boxer
51,994
views
views
82
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
51,741
views
views
83
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
51,041
views
views
84
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
50,958
views
views
85
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
50,519
views
views
86
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
50,470
views
views
87
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
50,450
views
views
88
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
49,994
views
views
89
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
49,791
views
views
90
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
49,703
views
views
91
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
48,128
views
views
92
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
47,714
views
views
93
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
47,522
views
views
94
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
46,981
views
views
95
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
45,391
views
views
96
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
45,071
views
views
97
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
44,247
views
views
98
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
43,666
views
views
99
Vincent Price
American actor (1911–1993)
43,529
views
views
100
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
42,629
views
views