Trending Poets this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
2,937,909
Total Views (this month)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
128,383
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
95,470
views
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
90,867
views
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
90,632
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
73,182
views
views
6
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
65,976
views
views
7
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
64,135
views
views
8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
63,867
views
views
9
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
59,926
views
views
10
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
51,352
views
views
11
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
47,196
views
views
12
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
46,925
views
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
45,855
views
views
14
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
44,391
views
views
15
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
40,700
views
views
16
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
39,172
views
views
17
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
39,106
views
views
18
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
37,130
views
views
19
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
35,832
views
views
20
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
35,735
views
views
21
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
35,528
views
views
22
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
35,369
views
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
35,144
views
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
34,807
views
views
25
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
32,783
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
32,634
views
views
27
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
32,362
views
views
28
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
31,563
views
views
29
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
30,996
views
views
30
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
30,268
views
views
31
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
29,830
views
views
32
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
29,680
views
views
33
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
29,398
views
views
34
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
29,092
views
views
35
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
28,297
views
views
36
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
27,729
views
views
37
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
27,621
views
views
38
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
27,419
views
views
39
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
25,694
views
views
40
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
25,092
views
views
41
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966)
24,940
views
views
42
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
24,634
views
views
43
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
24,129
views
views
44
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
23,919
views
views
45
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
23,840
views
views
46
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
23,732
views
views
47
David
king of Israel and Judah
23,570
views
views
48
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
23,224
views
views
49
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
23,070
views
views
50
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
22,715
views
views
51
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
22,133
views
views
52
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
22,039
views
views
53
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
21,644
views
views
54
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
21,603
views
views
55
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
21,423
views
views
56
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
21,378
views
views
57
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
21,026
views
views
58
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
20,985
views
views
59
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
20,982
views
views
60
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
20,722
views
views
61
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
20,659
views
views
62
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
20,523
views
views
63
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
20,402
views
views
64
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
19,885
views
views
65
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
19,405
views
views
66
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
19,273
views
views
67
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
19,226
views
views
68
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
19,203
views
views
69
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
19,090
views
views
70
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
18,818
views
views
71
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
18,559
views
views
72
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
18,494
views
views
73
Charles Bronson
English criminal
18,183
views
views
74
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
18,016
views
views
75
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
17,801
views
views
76
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
17,728
views
views
77
Mumtaz Mahal
Mughal empress
17,280
views
views
78
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
17,135
views
views
79
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
16,861
views
views
80
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
16,860
views
views
81
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
16,531
views
views
82
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
16,352
views
views
83
Billy Corgan
American musician
16,217
views
views
84
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
16,110
views
views
85
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
15,960
views
views
86
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
15,936
views
views
87
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
15,474
views
views
88
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
15,474
views
views
89
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
15,205
views
views
90
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
15,191
views
views
91
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
15,172
views
views
92
Bo Burnham
American comedian
15,031
views
views
93
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
14,895
views
views
94
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
14,848
views
views
95
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
14,783
views
views
96
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
14,587
views
views
97
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
14,571
views
views
98
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
14,548
views
views
99
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
14,531
views
views
100
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
14,246
views
views
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