Trending Officers this week
The 100 most-viewed officers this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: George Washington.
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Ranked
201,889
Total Views (this week)
1
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
7,772
views
views
2
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Hung Cao
American politician and Navy veteran (born 1971)
6,555
views
views
3
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
4,566
views
views
4
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
4,494
views
views
5
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
4,228
views
views
6
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
4,174
views
views
7
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
4,051
views
views
8
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
3,968
views
views
9
Peter Boyle
American actor (1935–2006)
3,952
views
views
10
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
3,918
views
views
11
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
3,338
views
views
12
Audie Murphy
American soldier and actor (1925–1971)
3,331
views
views
13
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
3,277
views
views
14
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
3,264
views
views
15
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
3,136
views
views
16
Jim Lovell
American astronaut (1928–2025)
3,117
views
views
17
Harvey Korman
American actor and comedian (1927–2008)
3,115
views
views
18
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
2,922
views
views
19
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
2,906
views
views
20
Anders Lassen
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1920-1945)
2,791
views
views
21
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
2,773
views
views
22
Benedict Arnold
army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)
2,672
views
views
23
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
2,626
views
views
24
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
2,468
views
views
25
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
2,459
views
views
26
Pete Buttigieg
American politician (born 1982)
2,367
views
views
27
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
2,343
views
views
28
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
2,267
views
views
29
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
2,240
views
views
30
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
2,214
views
views
31
Fred Haise
American astronaut
2,071
views
views
32
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
2,063
views
views
33
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
2,053
views
views
34
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
2,037
views
views
35
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
2,014
views
views
36
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
2,000
views
views
37
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
1,971
views
views
38
Rob Riggle
American actor
1,953
views
views
39
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
1,940
views
views
40
Andrew Jackson
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
1,904
views
views
41
Jack Swigert
NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)
1,869
views
views
42
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,852
views
views
43
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
1,836
views
views
44
Dean Martin
American singer, actor, comedian and film producer (1917–1995)
1,753
views
views
45
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
1,742
views
views
46
William IV
King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
1,682
views
views
47
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
1,627
views
views
48
Afzal Khan
Indian general
1,554
views
views
49
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
1,514
views
views
50
George Armstrong Custer
United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)
1,513
views
views
51
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
1,500
views
views
52
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
1,474
views
views
53
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
1,469
views
views
54
Chester A. Arthur
president of the United States from 1881 to 1885
1,460
views
views
55
R. Lee Ermey
American actor and soldier (1944–2018)
1,453
views
views
56
Johnny Carson
American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)
1,447
views
views
57
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
1,446
views
views
58
David
king of Israel and Judah
1,420
views
views
59
Jackie Robinson
American baseball player (1919–1972)
1,412
views
views
60
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
1,397
views
views
61
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
1,383
views
views
62
Robert E. Lee
Confederate States general (1807–1870)
1,377
views
views
63
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David H. McCormick
American politician and businessman (born 1965)
1,351
views
views
64
David Huddleston
American actor (1930-2016)
1,340
views
views
65
William Henry Harrison
president of the United States in 1841
1,323
views
views
66
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
1,315
views
views
67
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)
1,301
views
views
68
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
1,287
views
views
69
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
1,281
views
views
70
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
1,275
views
views
71
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
1,269
views
views
72
Tulsi Gabbard
American politician (born 1981)
1,268
views
views
73
Christopher T. Donahue
American Army general
1,265
views
views
74
Aaron Burr
vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)
1,255
views
views
75
Husayn ibn Ali
grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
1,246
views
views
76
George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama (1919–1998)
1,241
views
views
77
John McCain
American politician (1936–2018)
1,220
views
views
78
Ken Mattingly
American astronaut
1,215
views
views
79
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
1,193
views
views
80
Andrew Johnson
President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
1,192
views
views
81
David S. Doty
United States federal judge
1,174
views
views
82
Ernest Borgnine
American actor (1917–2012)
1,163
views
views
83
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-American actor and comedian (1926–2010)
1,158
views
views
84
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
1,144
views
views
85
Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
1,142
views
views
86
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
1,138
views
views
87
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
1,136
views
views
88
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
1,111
views
views
89
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
1,092
views
views
90
Vajiralongkorn
King of Thailand (2016–)
1,081
views
views
91
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
1,075
views
views
92
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891-1944)
1,071
views
views
93
Mike Coffman
American politician
1,054
views
views
94
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
1,041
views
views
95
Colin Gubbins
British Army general (1896–1976)
1,034
views
views
96
Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025)
1,032
views
views
97
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
994
views
views
98
Roger Marshall
American politician
986
views
views
99
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
971
views
views
100
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
965
views
views
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