Trending Poets this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Homer.
100
Ranked
6,959,397
Total Views (this year)
1
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
410,739
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
259,779
views
views
3
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
245,471
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
186,598
views
views
5
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
155,624
views
views
6
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
139,238
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
137,893
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
132,843
views
views
9
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
117,766
views
views
10
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
117,254
views
views
11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
116,425
views
views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
112,392
views
views
13
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
108,024
views
views
14
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
106,574
views
views
15
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
101,938
views
views
16
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
98,651
views
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
92,434
views
views
18
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
90,595
views
views
19
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
90,153
views
views
20
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
89,061
views
views
21
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
84,901
views
views
22
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
81,991
views
views
23
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
81,256
views
views
24
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
77,770
views
views
25
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
75,855
views
views
26
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
74,537
views
views
27
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
72,542
views
views
28
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
70,791
views
views
29
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
69,961
views
views
30
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
67,594
views
views
31
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
67,280
views
views
32
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
66,378
views
views
33
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
66,147
views
views
34
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
65,916
views
views
35
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
65,547
views
views
36
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
64,875
views
views
37
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
63,932
views
views
38
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
63,916
views
views
39
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
63,748
views
views
40
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
62,236
views
views
41
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
59,195
views
views
42
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
59,092
views
views
43
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
56,806
views
views
44
David
king of Israel and Judah
56,026
views
views
45
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
55,949
views
views
46
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
54,131
views
views
47
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
53,523
views
views
48
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
53,386
views
views
49
Charles Bronson
English criminal
53,124
views
views
50
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
52,879
views
views
51
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
52,538
views
views
52
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
52,323
views
views
53
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
51,867
views
views
54
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
49,859
views
views
55
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
49,777
views
views
56
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
49,521
views
views
57
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
49,477
views
views
58
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
49,243
views
views
59
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
47,996
views
views
60
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
47,659
views
views
61
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
46,650
views
views
62
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
46,160
views
views
63
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
45,865
views
views
64
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
45,711
views
views
65
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
45,472
views
views
66
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
45,338
views
views
67
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
45,194
views
views
68
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
44,359
views
views
69
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
43,901
views
views
70
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
43,829
views
views
71
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
43,113
views
views
72
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
42,992
views
views
73
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
42,924
views
views
74
Virgil
Roman poet (1st century BC)
42,293
views
views
75
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
42,014
views
views
76
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
41,848
views
views
77
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
41,340
views
views
78
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
41,243
views
views
79
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
40,252
views
views
80
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
39,059
views
views
81
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
38,413
views
views
82
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
38,255
views
views
83
Bo Burnham
American comedian
37,842
views
views
84
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
37,532
views
views
85
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
37,041
views
views
86
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
36,772
views
views
87
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
36,344
views
views
88
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
36,311
views
views
89
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
36,199
views
views
90
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
35,956
views
views
91
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
35,837
views
views
92
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
35,511
views
views
93
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
35,237
views
views
94
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
34,846
views
views
95
Henry Rollins
American musician
34,693
views
views
96
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
34,650
views
views
97
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
34,540
views
views
98
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
34,336
views
views
99
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
34,273
views
views
100
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
34,256
views
views
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