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Trending Poets of all time

The 100 most-viewed poets of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.

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1
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
104,918
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
88,506
views
3
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
πŸ“š 130 citations Person
51,718
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
πŸ“š 79 citations Person
44,976
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
πŸ“š 61 citations Person
43,197
views
6
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
41,368
views
7
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
38,926
views
8
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
38,533
views
9
James Stewart
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
38,001
views
10
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
37,587
views
11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
36,891
views
12
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
35,704
views
13
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
35,540
views
14
Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
32,644
views
15
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
πŸ“š 57 citations Person
32,298
views
16
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
Person
32,023
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
31,913
views
18
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
30,670
views
19
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
πŸ“š 56 citations Person
29,460
views
20
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
27,420
views
21
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
26,594
views
22
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
26,312
views
23
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
πŸ“š 66 citations Person
25,950
views
24
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
πŸ“š 62 citations Person
25,535
views
25
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
24,957
views
26
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
24,578
views
27
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
πŸ“š 35 citations Person
23,976
views
28
James VI and I
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
23,702
views
29
BjΓΆrk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
23,619
views
30
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
23,618
views
31
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
22,941
views
32
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
πŸ“š 63 citations Person
22,924
views
33
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
22,130
views
34
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
21,659
views
35
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
πŸ“š 73 citations Person
21,273
views
36
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
20,497
views
37
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
20,267
views
38
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
πŸ“š 65 citations Person
20,021
views
39
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
πŸ“š 20 citations Person
19,185
views
40
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
19,167
views
41
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
πŸ“š 75 citations Person
18,872
views
42
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
πŸ“š 118 citations Person
18,328
views
43
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
18,302
views
44
John Denver
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
18,290
views
45
David
David
king of Israel and Judah
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
17,456
views
46
Richard I of England
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
17,298
views
47
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
16,952
views
48
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
16,948
views
49
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
πŸ“š 72 citations Person
16,805
views
50
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
16,789
views
51
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
16,762
views
52
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
16,731
views
53
Nero
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
πŸ“š 24 citations Person
16,624
views
54
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
16,078
views
55
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
Person
15,577
views
56
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
15,435
views
57
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
15,396
views
58
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
πŸ“š 47 citations Person
15,233
views
59
Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
American musician
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
14,988
views
60
Emily BrontΓ«
Emily BrontΓ«
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
14,883
views
61
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
πŸ“š 83 citations Person
14,492
views
62
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
14,457
views
63
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
14,415
views
64
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
14,408
views
65
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
14,177
views
66
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pΓ©piniΓ©riste and inventor (born 1939)
πŸ“š 91 citations Person
14,073
views
67
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
13,872
views
68
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
πŸ“š 52 citations Person
13,741
views
69
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
13,358
views
70
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
πŸ“š 68 citations Person
13,239
views
71
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
13,206
views
72
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
13,151
views
73
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
13,146
views
74
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
13,145
views
75
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
πŸ“š 48 citations Person
13,143
views
76
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
πŸ“š 109 citations Person
13,132
views
77
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
12,936
views
78
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
12,756
views
79
Toni Morrison
African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
12,702
views
80
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
12,677
views
81
Voltaire
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
12,523
views
82
Charles Bronson
English criminal
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
12,419
views
83
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
12,363
views
84
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
πŸ“š 39 citations Person
12,217
views
85
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
πŸ“š 69 citations Person
12,170
views
86
Thomas More
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
12,111
views
87
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
12,020
views
88
Verka Serduchka
Ukrainian artist, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and actor.
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
11,849
views
89
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
11,841
views
90
Bo Burnham
American comedian
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
11,833
views
91
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
11,830
views
92
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
11,634
views
93
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
11,607
views
94
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish writer and activist (1962-)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
11,561
views
95
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
πŸ“š 132 citations Person
11,481
views
96
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
Person
11,170
views
97
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
11,151
views
98
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Person
11,147
views
99
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
11,119
views
100
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
11,058
views