Trending Historians — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Dolly Parton. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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60,622,506
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
14,187,047
views
views
2
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
6,402,950
views
views
3
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
903,334
views
views
4
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
851,346
views
views
5
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
850,260
views
views
6
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
825,936
views
views
7
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
809,331
views
views
8
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
667,254
views
views
9
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
654,951
views
views
10
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
642,757
views
views
11
Serena Williams
American tennis player (born 1981)
640,719
views
views
12
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
613,649
views
views
13
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
602,527
views
views
14
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
602,210
views
views
15
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
587,662
views
views
16
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
586,053
views
views
17
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
543,509
views
views
18
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
536,761
views
views
19
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
528,090
views
views
20
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
517,511
views
views
21
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
504,117
views
views
22
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
500,249
views
views
23
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
497,964
views
views
24
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
496,151
views
views
25
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
493,074
views
views
26
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
489,083
views
views
27
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
485,128
views
views
28
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
482,952
views
views
29
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
480,553
views
views
30
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
473,023
views
views
31
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
468,429
views
views
32
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
465,591
views
views
33
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
457,753
views
views
34
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
451,366
views
views
35
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
449,093
views
views
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
445,578
views
views
37
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
443,390
views
views
38
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
442,012
views
views
39
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
429,149
views
views
40
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
425,408
views
views
41
Kevin Keegan
English association football player and manager (1951–2026)
419,923
views
views
42
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
416,399
views
views
43
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
404,325
views
views
44
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
401,428
views
views
45
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
397,589
views
views
46
Imran Khan
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
395,977
views
views
47
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
395,438
views
views
48
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
375,258
views
views
49
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
372,194
views
views
50
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
371,616
views
views
51
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
371,261
views
views
52
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
365,100
views
views
53
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
364,548
views
views
54
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
361,242
views
views
55
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
360,647
views
views
56
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
355,140
views
views
57
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
349,875
views
views
58
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
349,522
views
views
59
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
344,944
views
views
60
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
343,411
views
views
61
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
342,664
views
views
62
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
342,423
views
views
63
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
342,379
views
views
64
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
333,010
views
views
65
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
329,520
views
views
66
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
327,612
views
views
67
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
314,634
views
views
68
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
314,338
views
views
69
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
312,309
views
views
70
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
310,704
views
views
71
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
303,297
views
views
72
Roy Cohn
American lawyer (1927–1985)
302,195
views
views
73
Nigel Farage
British politician
290,904
views
views
74
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
288,716
views
views
75
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
286,344
views
views
76
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
286,196
views
views
77
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
285,957
views
views
78
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
282,316
views
views
79
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
275,478
views
views
80
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
274,175
views
views
81
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
273,628
views
views
82
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
266,686
views
views
83
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
266,168
views
views
84
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
265,132
views
views
85
Luis Suárez
Uruguayan association football player
264,215
views
views
86
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
262,905
views
views
87
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
258,180
views
views
88
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
252,198
views
views
89
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
248,732
views
views
90
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
247,983
views
views
91
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
245,520
views
views
92
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
243,700
views
views
93
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist
243,304
views
views
94
Richard Burton
Welsh actor (1925–1984)
242,866
views
views
95
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
242,614
views
views
96
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
242,516
views
views
97
Richard Branson
British business magnate
241,854
views
views
98
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
241,487
views
views
99
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
241,296
views
views
100
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
236,594
views
views