Trending Poets this week
The 100 most-viewed poets this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Homer.
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Ranked
1,894,870
Total Views (this week)
1
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
136,500
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
61,338
views
views
3
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
46,974
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
38,168
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
37,998
views
views
6
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
36,805
views
views
7
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
36,072
views
views
8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
33,998
views
views
9
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
33,580
views
views
10
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
33,263
views
views
11
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
31,465
views
views
12
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
31,083
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,009
views
views
14
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
27,166
views
views
15
Taslima Nasrin
author, secular humanist, and feminist
27,033
views
views
16
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
26,271
views
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
25,685
views
views
18
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
25,393
views
views
19
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
25,201
views
views
20
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
24,345
views
views
21
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
24,299
views
views
22
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
23,064
views
views
23
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
22,059
views
views
24
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
21,824
views
views
25
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
20,748
views
views
26
Billy Corgan
American musician
20,131
views
views
27
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
19,655
views
views
28
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
18,980
views
views
29
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
18,873
views
views
30
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
18,533
views
views
31
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
18,057
views
views
32
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
17,973
views
views
33
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
17,869
views
views
34
Joyce Carol Oates
American author (born 1938)
17,777
views
views
35
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
17,753
views
views
36
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
17,623
views
views
37
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
17,551
views
views
38
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
17,446
views
views
39
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
17,408
views
views
40
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
16,908
views
views
41
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
16,701
views
views
42
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
16,483
views
views
43
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
16,195
views
views
44
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
16,064
views
views
45
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
15,986
views
views
46
Charles Bronson
English criminal
15,471
views
views
47
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
15,128
views
views
48
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
14,949
views
views
49
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
14,922
views
views
50
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
14,900
views
views
51
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
14,305
views
views
52
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
14,152
views
views
53
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
14,103
views
views
54
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
14,078
views
views
55
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
14,009
views
views
56
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
13,726
views
views
57
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
13,486
views
views
58
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
13,326
views
views
59
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
13,325
views
views
60
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
13,305
views
views
61
Virgil
Roman poet (1st century BC)
13,262
views
views
62
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
13,237
views
views
63
David
king of Israel and Judah
13,188
views
views
64
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
12,984
views
views
65
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
12,669
views
views
66
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
12,668
views
views
67
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
12,561
views
views
68
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
12,558
views
views
69
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
12,526
views
views
70
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
12,267
views
views
71
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
12,207
views
views
72
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
12,001
views
views
73
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
11,904
views
views
74
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
11,800
views
views
75
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
11,741
views
views
76
Bo Burnham
American comedian
11,737
views
views
77
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
11,725
views
views
78
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
11,691
views
views
79
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
11,570
views
views
80
Mary de Rachewiltz
American writer
11,419
views
views
81
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
11,215
views
views
82
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
10,809
views
views
83
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
10,778
views
views
84
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
10,752
views
views
85
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
10,750
views
views
86
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
10,434
views
views
87
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
10,412
views
views
88
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
10,343
views
views
89
Daniel Defoe
English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
10,260
views
views
90
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
10,243
views
views
91
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
10,111
views
views
92
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
10,069
views
views
93
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
9,998
views
views
94
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
9,996
views
views
95
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
9,811
views
views
96
Crispin Glover
American actor
9,625
views
views
97
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
9,302
views
views
98
Henry Rollins
American musician
9,288
views
views
99
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
9,244
views
views
100
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
9,223
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