Trending Historians in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Dolly Parton. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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52,529,910
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
14,015,169
views
views
2
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
6,318,318
views
views
3
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
722,206
views
views
4
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
674,373
views
views
5
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
653,077
views
views
6
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
604,689
views
views
7
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
596,983
views
views
8
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
591,612
views
views
9
Serena Williams
American tennis player (born 1981)
576,579
views
views
10
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
531,657
views
views
11
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
520,722
views
views
12
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
496,429
views
views
13
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
490,522
views
views
14
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
483,415
views
views
15
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
477,935
views
views
16
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
472,679
views
views
17
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
463,550
views
views
18
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
450,326
views
views
19
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
443,727
views
views
20
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
442,051
views
views
21
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
425,085
views
views
22
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
409,233
views
views
23
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
406,190
views
views
24
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
398,574
views
views
25
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
397,645
views
views
26
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
396,233
views
views
27
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
393,874
views
views
28
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
391,037
views
views
29
Kevin Keegan
English association football player and manager (1951–2026)
390,014
views
views
30
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
385,778
views
views
31
Imran Khan
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
383,850
views
views
32
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
367,820
views
views
33
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
362,672
views
views
34
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
359,324
views
views
35
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
359,195
views
views
36
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
359,182
views
views
37
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
353,291
views
views
38
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
352,587
views
views
39
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
351,286
views
views
40
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
347,933
views
views
41
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
343,924
views
views
42
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
331,480
views
views
43
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
324,545
views
views
44
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
324,085
views
views
45
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
318,170
views
views
46
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
317,957
views
views
47
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
314,499
views
views
48
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
311,082
views
views
49
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
309,327
views
views
50
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
306,876
views
views
51
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
305,495
views
views
52
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
303,965
views
views
53
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
292,904
views
views
54
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
290,760
views
views
55
Roy Cohn
American lawyer (1927–1985)
281,865
views
views
56
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
272,291
views
views
57
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
272,051
views
views
58
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
271,827
views
views
59
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
270,674
views
views
60
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
269,533
views
views
61
Nigel Farage
British politician
268,521
views
views
62
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
267,526
views
views
63
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
253,190
views
views
64
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
251,428
views
views
65
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
249,713
views
views
66
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
247,632
views
views
67
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
244,080
views
views
68
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
243,940
views
views
69
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
235,365
views
views
70
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
234,362
views
views
71
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
233,720
views
views
72
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
231,189
views
views
73
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
230,026
views
views
74
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
230,016
views
views
75
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
229,772
views
views
76
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
228,839
views
views
77
David Mitchell (comedian)
British actor, comedian and writer
226,168
views
views
78
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
225,387
views
views
79
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
224,842
views
views
80
Richard Branson
British business magnate
218,705
views
views
81
Richard Burton
Welsh actor (1925–1984)
215,345
views
views
82
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
215,177
views
views
83
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
210,872
views
views
84
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
208,762
views
views
85
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
208,755
views
views
86
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975)
207,955
views
views
87
Chrissie Hynde
American rock musician, founder of The Pretenders
207,931
views
views
88
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
206,825
views
views
89
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
206,667
views
views
90
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
206,131
views
views
91
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
205,508
views
views
92
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
205,065
views
views
93
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
202,762
views
views
94
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
201,653
views
views
95
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
201,652
views
views
96
John Cleese
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
200,295
views
views
97
Jimmy Savile
English media personality and sex offender (1926–2011)
200,059
views
views
98
Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025)
198,826
views
views
99
Rick Springfield
Australian-American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
197,839
views
views
100
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
197,278
views
views