Trending Officers this year
The 100 most-viewed officers this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler.
100
Ranked
2,469,397
Total Views (this year)
1
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889–1945)
94,531
views
views
2
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
75,545
views
views
3
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
73,987
views
views
4
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
71,617
views
views
5
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
62,498
views
views
6
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
57,537
views
views
7
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
53,648
views
views
8
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
53,618
views
views
9
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
51,718
views
views
10
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
49,587
views
views
11
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
47,599
views
views
12
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
47,367
views
views
13
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
42,449
views
views
14
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
39,784
views
views
15
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
39,633
views
views
16
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
39,263
views
views
17
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
38,688
views
views
18
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
37,280
views
views
19
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
35,074
views
views
20
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
31,403
views
views
21
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
29,760
views
views
22
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
29,649
views
views
23
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
27,464
views
views
24
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
26,783
views
views
25
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
26,537
views
views
26
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
26,124
views
views
27
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
25,232
views
views
28
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
24,889
views
views
29
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
24,487
views
views
30
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
24,260
views
views
31
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
23,997
views
views
32
N. S. Raja Subramani
3rd Chief of the Defence Staff (India)
23,543
views
views
33
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
23,351
views
views
34
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
23,075
views
views
35
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
22,121
views
views
36
Andrew Jackson
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
21,806
views
views
37
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
21,611
views
views
38
William IV
King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
21,473
views
views
39
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
21,466
views
views
40
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
20,776
views
views
41
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
20,559
views
views
42
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Hung Cao
American politician and Navy veteran (born 1971)
20,525
views
views
43
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)
19,937
views
views
44
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
19,868
views
views
45
David Robinson
American basketball player
19,858
views
views
46
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
19,673
views
views
47
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
19,559
views
views
48
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
19,424
views
views
49
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
19,375
views
views
50
David
king of Israel and Judah
19,372
views
views
51
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
18,700
views
views
52
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
18,540
views
views
53
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
18,201
views
views
54
Robert Mueller
American attorney and sixth director of the FBI (1944–2026)
18,066
views
views
55
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
17,931
views
views
56
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)
17,640
views
views
57
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024
17,540
views
views
58
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
17,539
views
views
59
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
16,916
views
views
60
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
16,636
views
views
61
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
16,598
views
views
62
Dean Martin
American singer, actor, comedian and film producer (1917–1995)
16,384
views
views
63
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
16,367
views
views
64
George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
16,193
views
views
65
Chester A. Arthur
president of the United States from 1881 to 1885
15,936
views
views
66
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
15,863
views
views
67
Jackie Robinson
American baseball player (1919–1972)
15,856
views
views
68
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
15,484
views
views
69
Triple H
American professional wrestler
15,214
views
views
70
Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
15,118
views
views
71
Benedict Arnold
army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)
15,080
views
views
72
Rumen Radev
Prime Minister of Bulgaria since 2026
15,078
views
views
73
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
15,077
views
views
74
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
14,962
views
views
75
Assimi Goïta
Mali's president and military officer
14,900
views
views
76
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
14,799
views
views
77
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
14,762
views
views
78
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
14,745
views
views
79
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
14,663
views
views
80
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891-1944)
14,648
views
views
81
Dan Caine
U.S. Air Force general (born 1968)
14,242
views
views
82
Robert E. Lee
Confederate States general (1807–1870)
13,900
views
views
83
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
13,844
views
views
84
John McCain
American politician (1936–2018)
13,768
views
views
85
Tulsi Gabbard
American politician (born 1981)
13,712
views
views
86
Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025)
13,058
views
views
87
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
12,950
views
views
88
J. Edgar Hoover
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
12,788
views
views
89
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-American actor and comedian (1926–2010)
12,675
views
views
90
Audie Murphy
American soldier and actor (1925–1971)
12,508
views
views
91
Henry IV of France
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
12,384
views
views
92
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
12,377
views
views
93
William Henry Harrison
president of the United States in 1841
12,278
views
views
94
Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
12,239
views
views
95
Otto Skorzeny
Austrian Waffen-SS officer (1908–1975)
12,195
views
views
96
Bernard Montgomery
British Army officer (1887–1976)
12,187
views
views
97
Pete Buttigieg
American politician (born 1982)
11,905
views
views
98
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
11,879
views
views
99
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
11,854
views
views
100
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
11,838
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