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Trending Poets this month

The 100 most-viewed poets this month 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
128,383
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
95,470
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
πŸ“š 79 citations Person
90,867
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
πŸ“š 130 citations Person
90,632
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
πŸ“š 61 citations Person
73,182
views
6
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
65,976
views
7
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
64,135
views
8
Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
63,867
views
9
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
πŸ“š 2 citations Person
59,926
views
10
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
πŸ“š 56 citations Person
51,352
views
11
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
47,196
views
12
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
46,925
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
45,855
views
14
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
44,391
views
15
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
πŸ“š 63 citations Person
40,700
views
16
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
Person
39,172
views
17
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
39,106
views
18
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
37,130
views
19
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
35,832
views
20
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
35,735
views
21
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
35,528
views
22
James Stewart
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
35,369
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
πŸ“š 35 citations Person
35,144
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
34,807
views
25
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
32,783
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
32,634
views
27
BjΓΆrk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
32,362
views
28
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
πŸ“š 118 citations Person
31,563
views
29
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
30,996
views
30
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
πŸ“š 62 citations Person
30,268
views
31
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
πŸ“š 73 citations Person
29,830
views
32
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
πŸ“š 66 citations Person
29,680
views
33
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
29,398
views
34
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
29,092
views
35
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
πŸ“š 57 citations Person
28,297
views
36
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
27,729
views
37
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
27,621
views
38
Nero
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
πŸ“š 24 citations Person
27,419
views
39
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
25,694
views
40
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
25,092
views
41
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
24,940
views
42
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
πŸ“š 65 citations Person
24,634
views
43
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pΓ©piniΓ©riste and inventor (born 1939)
πŸ“š 91 citations Person
24,129
views
44
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
23,919
views
45
John Denver
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
23,840
views
46
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
πŸ“š 109 citations Person
23,732
views
47
David
David
king of Israel and Judah
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
23,570
views
48
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
23,224
views
49
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Person
23,070
views
50
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
22,715
views
51
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
πŸ“š 52 citations Person
22,133
views
52
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
πŸ“š 72 citations Person
22,039
views
53
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
21,644
views
54
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
21,603
views
55
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
21,423
views
56
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
21,378
views
57
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
21,026
views
58
Richard I of England
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
20,985
views
59
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
Person
20,982
views
60
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
πŸ“š 47 citations Person
20,722
views
61
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
20,659
views
62
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
20,523
views
63
Voltaire
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
20,402
views
64
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
19,885
views
65
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
19,405
views
66
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
πŸ“š 20 citations Person
19,273
views
67
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
19,226
views
68
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
19,203
views
69
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
19,090
views
70
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
18,818
views
71
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
Person
18,559
views
72
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
18,494
views
73
Charles Bronson
English criminal
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
18,183
views
74
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
18,016
views
75
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
17,801
views
76
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
πŸ“š 83 citations Person
17,728
views
77
Mumtaz Mahal
Mumtaz Mahal
Mughal empress
πŸ“š 7 citations Person
17,280
views
78
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
17,135
views
79
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
16,861
views
80
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
πŸ“š 48 citations Person
16,860
views
81
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
16,531
views
82
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
16,352
views
83
Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
American musician
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
16,217
views
84
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
πŸ“š 37 citations Person
16,110
views
85
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
15,960
views
86
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
15,936
views
87
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
15,474
views
88
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
πŸ“š 67 citations Person
15,474
views
89
Emily BrontΓ«
Emily BrontΓ«
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
15,205
views
90
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
15,191
views
91
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
15,172
views
92
Bo Burnham
American comedian
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
15,031
views
93
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
14,895
views
94
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
14,848
views
95
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
πŸ“š 68 citations Person
14,783
views
96
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
14,587
views
97
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
14,571
views
98
Hadrian
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
πŸ“š 20 citations Person
14,548
views
99
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
14,531
views
100
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
14,246
views