Trending Poets in USA this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
1,223,160
Total Views (this month)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
106,575
views
views
2
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
65,398
views
views
3
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
44,709
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
42,222
views
views
5
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
37,705
views
views
6
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
29,002
views
views
7
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
26,204
views
views
8
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
20,984
views
views
9
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
20,933
views
views
10
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
20,366
views
views
11
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
20,193
views
views
12
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
19,595
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
19,348
views
views
14
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
17,675
views
views
15
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
16,962
views
views
16
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
16,951
views
views
17
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
16,605
views
views
18
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
16,365
views
views
19
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
14,811
views
views
20
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
14,215
views
views
21
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
14,192
views
views
22
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
13,237
views
views
23
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
13,090
views
views
24
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
12,976
views
views
25
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
12,932
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
12,468
views
views
27
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
11,802
views
views
28
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
11,500
views
views
29
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
10,705
views
views
30
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
10,672
views
views
31
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
10,510
views
views
32
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
10,466
views
views
33
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
10,355
views
views
34
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
10,068
views
views
35
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
9,983
views
views
36
Charles Bronson
English criminal
9,976
views
views
37
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
9,791
views
views
38
David
king of Israel and Judah
9,669
views
views
39
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
9,614
views
views
40
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
9,562
views
views
41
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
9,396
views
views
42
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
9,361
views
views
43
Misha Collins
American actor
9,334
views
views
44
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
9,235
views
views
45
Michaela Coel
British actress and screenwriter
9,027
views
views
46
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
8,968
views
views
47
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
8,918
views
views
48
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
8,902
views
views
49
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
8,776
views
views
50
Harper Lee
American novelist (1926–2016)
8,649
views
views
51
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
8,145
views
views
52
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
8,137
views
views
53
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
8,062
views
views
54
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
7,952
views
views
55
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
7,918
views
views
56
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
7,870
views
views
57
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
7,807
views
views
58
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
7,643
views
views
59
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
7,422
views
views
60
Sonja Sohn
American actress, activist (b. 1964)
7,359
views
views
61
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
7,291
views
views
62
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
7,261
views
views
63
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
7,210
views
views
64
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
7,144
views
views
65
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
7,039
views
views
66
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
6,973
views
views
67
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
6,900
views
views
68
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
6,900
views
views
69
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
6,875
views
views
70
David Malouf
Australian writer
6,685
views
views
71
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
6,681
views
views
72
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
6,518
views
views
73
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
6,509
views
views
74
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
6,476
views
views
75
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
6,335
views
views
76
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
6,297
views
views
77
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
6,281
views
views
78
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
6,266
views
views
79
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
6,244
views
views
80
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
5,989
views
views
81
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
5,942
views
views
82
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
5,896
views
views
83
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
5,872
views
views
84
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
5,867
views
views
85
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
5,805
views
views
86
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
5,761
views
views
87
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
5,719
views
views
88
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
5,713
views
views
89
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
5,609
views
views
90
Billy Corgan
American musician
5,481
views
views
91
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
5,478
views
views
92
Shel Silverstein
American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930-1999)
5,312
views
views
93
Crispin Glover
American actor
5,263
views
views
94
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
5,256
views
views
95
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
5,250
views
views
96
Toni Morrison
African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
5,240
views
views
97
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
5,164
views
views
98
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
5,152
views
views
99
Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
5,132
views
views
100
Craig Charles
British actor (born 1964)
5,107
views
views
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