Trending Historians in USA this month
The 99 most-viewed historians this month on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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3,107,134
Total Views (this month)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
325,343
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2
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
83,908
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3
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
78,398
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4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
66,153
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5
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
64,067
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6
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
60,683
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7
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
55,082
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8
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
55,027
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views
9
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
53,526
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views
10
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
52,985
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11
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
50,176
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12
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
45,901
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13
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
45,342
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14
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
45,326
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15
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
44,855
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16
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
43,929
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17
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
41,076
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18
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
41,044
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views
19
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
37,742
views
views
20
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
36,322
views
views
21
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
35,559
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views
22
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
34,652
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views
23
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
34,522
views
views
24
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
34,271
views
views
25
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
32,861
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views
26
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
32,855
views
views
27
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
31,199
views
views
28
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
30,934
views
views
29
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
30,700
views
views
30
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
30,579
views
views
31
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
29,967
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views
32
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,566
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views
33
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
29,033
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views
34
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
28,756
views
views
35
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
28,449
views
views
36
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
28,417
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views
37
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
27,944
views
views
38
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
27,772
views
views
39
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
27,680
views
views
40
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
27,078
views
views
41
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
26,992
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views
42
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
26,765
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views
43
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
26,475
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views
44
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
26,039
views
views
45
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
25,797
views
views
46
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
25,683
views
views
47
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
25,037
views
views
48
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
24,162
views
views
49
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
23,754
views
views
50
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
23,470
views
views
51
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
23,115
views
views
52
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
23,034
views
views
53
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
22,969
views
views
54
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
22,704
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views
55
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
22,421
views
views
56
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
22,019
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views
57
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
21,368
views
views
58
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
20,740
views
views
59
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
20,664
views
views
60
Rik Mayall
English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)
20,587
views
views
61
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
20,301
views
views
62
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
19,846
views
views
63
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
19,700
views
views
64
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
19,332
views
views
65
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
19,083
views
views
66
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
18,932
views
views
67
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
18,699
views
views
68
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)
18,694
views
views
69
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
18,522
views
views
70
Sondra Locke
American actress (1944–2018)
18,476
views
views
71
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
18,362
views
views
72
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
18,198
views
views
73
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
18,114
views
views
74
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
18,022
views
views
75
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
18,019
views
views
76
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
17,959
views
views
77
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
17,925
views
views
78
Danny Dyer
English actor
17,851
views
views
79
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
17,818
views
views
80
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
17,782
views
views
81
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
17,650
views
views
82
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
17,588
views
views
83
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
17,395
views
views
84
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
17,337
views
views
85
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
17,326
views
views
86
Sela Ward
American actress, author, and producer
17,277
views
views
87
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
17,188
views
views
88
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
17,084
views
views
89
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
17,027
views
views
90
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
16,944
views
views
91
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
16,877
views
views
92
Wendell Pierce
American actor and businessman
16,799
views
views
93
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
16,780
views
views
94
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
16,665
views
views
95
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
16,546
views
views
96
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
16,521
views
views
97
John McCain
American politician (1936–2018)
16,367
views
views
98
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
16,334
views
views
99
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
16,320
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