Trending Poets of all time
The 100 most-viewed poets of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
2,150,275
Total Views (of all time)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
104,918
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
88,506
views
views
3
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
51,718
views
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
44,976
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
43,197
views
views
6
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
41,368
views
views
7
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
38,926
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
38,533
views
views
9
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
38,001
views
views
10
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
37,587
views
views
11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
36,891
views
views
12
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
35,704
views
views
13
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
35,540
views
views
14
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
32,644
views
views
15
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
32,298
views
views
16
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
32,023
views
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
31,913
views
views
18
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
30,670
views
views
19
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,460
views
views
20
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
27,420
views
views
21
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
26,594
views
views
22
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
26,312
views
views
23
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
25,950
views
views
24
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
25,535
views
views
25
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
24,957
views
views
26
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
24,578
views
views
27
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
23,976
views
views
28
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
23,702
views
views
29
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
23,619
views
views
30
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
23,618
views
views
31
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
22,941
views
views
32
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
22,924
views
views
33
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
22,130
views
views
34
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
21,659
views
views
35
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
21,273
views
views
36
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
20,497
views
views
37
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
20,267
views
views
38
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
20,021
views
views
39
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
19,185
views
views
40
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
19,167
views
views
41
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
18,872
views
views
42
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
18,328
views
views
43
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
18,302
views
views
44
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
18,290
views
views
45
David
king of Israel and Judah
17,456
views
views
46
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
17,298
views
views
47
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
16,952
views
views
48
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
16,948
views
views
49
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
16,805
views
views
50
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
16,789
views
views
51
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
16,762
views
views
52
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
16,731
views
views
53
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
16,624
views
views
54
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
16,078
views
views
55
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
15,577
views
views
56
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
15,435
views
views
57
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
15,396
views
views
58
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
15,233
views
views
59
Billy Corgan
American musician
14,988
views
views
60
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
14,883
views
views
61
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
14,492
views
views
62
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
14,457
views
views
63
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
14,415
views
views
64
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
14,408
views
views
65
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
14,177
views
views
66
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
14,073
views
views
67
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
13,872
views
views
68
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
13,741
views
views
69
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
13,358
views
views
70
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
13,239
views
views
71
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
13,206
views
views
72
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
13,151
views
views
73
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
13,146
views
views
74
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
13,145
views
views
75
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
13,143
views
views
76
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
13,132
views
views
77
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
12,936
views
views
78
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
12,756
views
views
79
Toni Morrison
African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
12,702
views
views
80
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
12,677
views
views
81
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
12,523
views
views
82
Charles Bronson
English criminal
12,419
views
views
83
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
12,363
views
views
84
Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
12,217
views
views
85
Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
12,170
views
views
86
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
12,111
views
views
87
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
12,020
views
views
88
Verka Serduchka
Ukrainian artist, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and actor.
11,849
views
views
89
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
11,841
views
views
90
Bo Burnham
American comedian
11,833
views
views
91
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
11,830
views
views
92
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
11,634
views
views
93
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
11,607
views
views
94
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish writer and activist (1962-)
11,561
views
views
95
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
11,481
views
views
96
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
11,170
views
views
97
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
11,151
views
views
98
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
11,147
views
views
99
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
11,119
views
views
100
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
11,058
views
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