Trending Poets this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Homer.
100
Ranked
4,128,293
Total Views (this month)
1
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
390,159
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
143,546
views
views
3
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
84,925
views
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
84,559
views
views
5
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
83,167
views
views
6
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
82,855
views
views
7
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
82,327
views
views
8
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
80,180
views
views
9
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
71,248
views
views
10
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
70,200
views
views
11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
68,140
views
views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
63,268
views
views
13
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
63,039
views
views
14
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
61,974
views
views
15
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
61,951
views
views
16
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
55,806
views
views
17
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
55,136
views
views
18
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
53,045
views
views
19
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
50,338
views
views
20
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
50,174
views
views
21
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
49,949
views
views
22
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
47,825
views
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
45,967
views
views
24
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
43,000
views
views
25
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
42,288
views
views
26
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
41,894
views
views
27
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
41,821
views
views
28
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
39,769
views
views
29
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
39,674
views
views
30
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
39,259
views
views
31
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
38,996
views
views
32
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
38,820
views
views
33
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
38,809
views
views
34
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
38,363
views
views
35
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
37,890
views
views
36
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
37,775
views
views
37
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
37,626
views
views
38
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
36,896
views
views
39
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
35,640
views
views
40
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
35,425
views
views
41
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
35,344
views
views
42
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
35,198
views
views
43
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
34,965
views
views
44
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
34,644
views
views
45
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
34,629
views
views
46
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
34,415
views
views
47
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
34,143
views
views
48
Virgil
Roman poet (1st century BC)
33,854
views
views
49
Charles Bronson
English criminal
32,855
views
views
50
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
32,744
views
views
51
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
31,405
views
views
52
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
31,371
views
views
53
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
30,888
views
views
54
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
30,606
views
views
55
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
29,844
views
views
56
David
king of Israel and Judah
29,459
views
views
57
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
29,024
views
views
58
Rosario Murillo
co-president of Nicaragua since 2025
28,891
views
views
59
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
28,539
views
views
60
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
27,492
views
views
61
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
27,279
views
views
62
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
27,171
views
views
63
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
27,087
views
views
64
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
26,724
views
views
65
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
26,617
views
views
66
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
26,513
views
views
67
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
25,920
views
views
68
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
25,645
views
views
69
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
25,273
views
views
70
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
25,028
views
views
71
Bo Burnham
American comedian
24,744
views
views
72
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
24,547
views
views
73
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
24,544
views
views
74
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
24,521
views
views
75
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
24,427
views
views
76
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
24,403
views
views
77
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
23,468
views
views
78
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
23,422
views
views
79
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
23,411
views
views
80
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
23,283
views
views
81
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
23,101
views
views
82
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
22,323
views
views
83
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
22,149
views
views
84
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
22,138
views
views
85
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
22,113
views
views
86
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
21,954
views
views
87
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
21,665
views
views
88
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
21,583
views
views
89
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
21,169
views
views
90
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
20,994
views
views
91
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
20,988
views
views
92
Henry Rollins
American musician
20,788
views
views
93
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
20,767
views
views
94
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
20,555
views
views
95
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
20,431
views
views
96
Joyce Carol Oates
American author (born 1938)
20,006
views
views
97
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
19,925
views
views
98
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
19,365
views
views
99
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
19,184
views
views
100
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
19,035
views
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