Trending Officers of all time
The 100 most-viewed officers of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler.
100
Ranked
2,830,505
Total Views (of all time)
1
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
109,313
views
views
2
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
93,790
views
views
3
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
85,777
views
views
4
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
76,080
views
views
5
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
69,211
views
views
6
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
68,912
views
views
7
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
67,094
views
views
8
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
60,658
views
views
9
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
57,888
views
views
10
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
57,650
views
views
11
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
55,561
views
views
12
N. S. Raja Subramani
Indian Army General
54,340
views
views
13
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
52,513
views
views
14
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
50,854
views
views
15
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
49,599
views
views
16
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
45,521
views
views
17
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
45,459
views
views
18
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
44,508
views
views
19
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
43,544
views
views
20
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
39,756
views
views
21
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
37,926
views
views
22
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
36,706
views
views
23
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
36,359
views
views
24
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
35,320
views
views
25
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
35,194
views
views
26
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
34,416
views
views
27
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
33,861
views
views
28
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
32,879
views
views
29
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
30,385
views
views
30
Andrew Jackson
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
29,587
views
views
31
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
29,448
views
views
32
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
29,399
views
views
33
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
29,092
views
views
34
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
28,939
views
views
35
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya (1969-2011)
27,751
views
views
36
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
26,968
views
views
37
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
26,792
views
views
38
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
25,815
views
views
39
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
25,097
views
views
40
William IV
King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
24,680
views
views
41
Tulsi Gabbard
American politician (born 1981)
23,656
views
views
42
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
22,593
views
views
43
Pete Buttigieg
American politician (born 1982)
22,386
views
views
44
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
22,017
views
views
45
David
king of Israel and Judah
21,980
views
views
46
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
21,568
views
views
47
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
19,849
views
views
48
Dean Martin
American singer, actor, comedian and film producer (1917–1995)
19,473
views
views
49
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist and statesman (1931–2015)
19,330
views
views
50
Mark Kelly
American politician, astronaut, and naval officer (born 1964)
19,006
views
views
51
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
18,679
views
views
52
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024
18,152
views
views
53
J. Edgar Hoover
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
17,857
views
views
54
Robert E. Lee
Confederate States general (1807–1870)
17,650
views
views
55
Benedict Arnold
army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)
17,461
views
views
56
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
17,426
views
views
57
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
17,145
views
views
58
John McCain
American politician (1936–2018)
17,065
views
views
59
William Henry Harrison
president of the United States in 1841
16,983
views
views
60
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
16,943
views
views
61
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
16,796
views
views
62
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
16,525
views
views
63
Elroy Hirsch
American football player and executive (1923–2004)
16,428
views
views
64
Boudica
queen of the British Iceni tribe
16,386
views
views
65
Andrew Johnson
President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
16,338
views
views
66
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
16,303
views
views
67
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
16,263
views
views
68
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
16,239
views
views
69
Darth Vader
main villain of the Star Wars Trilogy
16,052
views
views
70
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891-1944)
15,996
views
views
71
Audie Murphy
American soldier and actor (1925–1971)
15,692
views
views
72
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
15,670
views
views
73
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
15,645
views
views
74
Wright brothers
American aviation pioneers
15,499
views
views
75
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
15,446
views
views
76
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
15,433
views
views
77
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
15,226
views
views
78
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)
15,140
views
views
79
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
15,109
views
views
80
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
15,092
views
views
81
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
15,010
views
views
82
Dan Caine
U.S. Air Force general (born 1968)
14,768
views
views
83
Cyrus the Great
founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
14,549
views
views
84
Ron DeSantis
American politician (born 1978)
14,439
views
views
85
Amon Göth
Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1908-1946)
14,412
views
views
86
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834
14,388
views
views
87
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
14,337
views
views
88
Rudolf Höss
German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
14,260
views
views
89
Katherine Johnson
African-American mathematician
14,257
views
views
90
Spartacus
Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic
14,231
views
views
91
David Stirling
World War II British Army officer, and the founder of the Special Air Service (1915-1990)
14,199
views
views
92
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
14,089
views
views
93
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
14,083
views
views
94
Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
13,872
views
views
95
Lindsey Graham
American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
13,633
views
views
96
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-American actor and comedian (1926–2010)
13,493
views
views
97
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
13,407
views
views
98
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
13,404
views
views
99
Chesley Sullenberger
American commercial airline pilot
13,380
views
views
100
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
13,155
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