Trending Poets this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
4,301,926
Total Views (this year)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
239,081
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
149,420
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
144,738
views
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
114,900
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
97,582
views
views
6
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
95,374
views
views
7
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
95,203
views
views
8
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
85,330
views
views
9
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
85,319
views
views
10
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
77,394
views
views
11
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
75,714
views
views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
74,914
views
views
13
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
68,211
views
views
14
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
67,424
views
views
15
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
61,436
views
views
16
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
60,097
views
views
17
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
59,349
views
views
18
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
58,661
views
views
19
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
55,449
views
views
20
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
53,381
views
views
21
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
52,110
views
views
22
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
51,603
views
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
50,897
views
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
50,359
views
views
25
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
48,378
views
views
26
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
47,642
views
views
27
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
47,456
views
views
28
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
46,084
views
views
29
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
44,971
views
views
30
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
44,477
views
views
31
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
43,867
views
views
32
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
42,918
views
views
33
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
42,803
views
views
34
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
42,670
views
views
35
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
41,310
views
views
36
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
41,294
views
views
37
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
39,992
views
views
38
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
39,907
views
views
39
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
38,428
views
views
40
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
37,093
views
views
41
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
36,522
views
views
42
David
king of Israel and Judah
36,412
views
views
43
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
34,587
views
views
44
Philippe Léotard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
33,922
views
views
45
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
33,355
views
views
46
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
33,323
views
views
47
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
32,388
views
views
48
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
32,057
views
views
49
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
31,812
views
views
50
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
31,710
views
views
51
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
31,219
views
views
52
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
31,167
views
views
53
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
31,110
views
views
54
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
30,971
views
views
55
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
30,554
views
views
56
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
30,552
views
views
57
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
30,284
views
views
58
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
29,691
views
views
59
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
29,618
views
views
60
Charles Bronson
English criminal
28,520
views
views
61
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
28,504
views
views
62
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
27,970
views
views
63
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
27,230
views
views
64
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
27,199
views
views
65
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
27,163
views
views
66
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966)
26,839
views
views
67
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
26,689
views
views
68
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
26,526
views
views
69
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
26,131
views
views
70
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
26,063
views
views
71
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
25,893
views
views
72
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
25,449
views
views
73
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
25,195
views
views
74
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
25,086
views
views
75
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
25,049
views
views
76
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
24,585
views
views
77
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
24,419
views
views
78
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
24,367
views
views
79
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
24,354
views
views
80
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
23,578
views
views
81
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
23,433
views
views
82
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
23,253
views
views
83
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
22,606
views
views
84
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
22,422
views
views
85
Billy Corgan
American musician
22,421
views
views
86
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
22,107
views
views
87
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
21,940
views
views
88
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
21,893
views
views
89
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
21,858
views
views
90
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
21,565
views
views
91
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
21,489
views
views
92
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
21,206
views
views
93
Michaela Coel
British actress and screenwriter
21,102
views
views
94
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
20,876
views
views
95
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
20,666
views
views
96
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
20,560
views
views
97
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
20,461
views
views
98
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
20,363
views
views
99
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
20,206
views
views
100
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
20,200
views
views
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