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
2,659,596
Total Views (this month)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
116,931
views
views
2
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
86,640
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
85,260
views
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
85,036
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
67,553
views
views
6
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
62,886
views
views
7
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
59,926
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
57,700
views
views
9
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
53,413
views
views
10
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
45,048
views
views
11
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
44,257
views
views
12
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
42,137
views
views
13
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
40,854
views
views
14
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
38,814
views
views
15
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
35,903
views
views
16
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
34,990
views
views
17
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
34,060
views
views
18
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
34,022
views
views
19
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
33,678
views
views
20
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
33,640
views
views
21
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
32,933
views
views
22
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
32,406
views
views
23
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
31,514
views
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
31,411
views
views
25
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
30,976
views
views
26
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
30,636
views
views
27
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
27,635
views
views
28
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
26,964
views
views
29
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
26,743
views
views
30
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
26,637
views
views
31
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
25,500
views
views
32
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
25,447
views
views
33
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
25,218
views
views
34
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
24,952
views
views
35
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician (1883-1966)
24,883
views
views
36
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
24,410
views
views
37
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
24,224
views
views
38
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
23,102
views
views
39
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
22,178
views
views
40
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
22,123
views
views
41
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
21,923
views
views
42
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
21,541
views
views
43
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
21,182
views
views
44
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
21,151
views
views
45
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
21,076
views
views
46
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
20,870
views
views
47
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
20,477
views
views
48
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
20,471
views
views
49
David
king of Israel and Judah
20,466
views
views
50
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
20,417
views
views
51
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
20,260
views
views
52
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
19,956
views
views
53
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
19,658
views
views
54
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
19,644
views
views
55
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
19,460
views
views
56
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
19,008
views
views
57
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
19,000
views
views
58
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
18,710
views
views
59
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
18,198
views
views
60
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
18,160
views
views
61
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
18,147
views
views
62
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
18,047
views
views
63
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
18,022
views
views
64
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
18,018
views
views
65
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
17,477
views
views
66
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
17,458
views
views
67
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
17,414
views
views
68
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
17,258
views
views
69
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
17,219
views
views
70
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
17,162
views
views
71
Mumtaz Mahal
Mughal empress
17,048
views
views
72
Charles Bronson
English criminal
16,896
views
views
73
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
16,852
views
views
74
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
16,448
views
views
75
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
16,329
views
views
76
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
16,247
views
views
77
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
16,083
views
views
78
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
16,036
views
views
79
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
15,928
views
views
80
Billy Corgan
American musician
15,675
views
views
81
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
15,624
views
views
82
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
15,434
views
views
83
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
15,129
views
views
84
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
15,112
views
views
85
Bo Burnham
American comedian
14,834
views
views
86
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
14,806
views
views
87
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
14,740
views
views
88
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
14,226
views
views
89
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
14,111
views
views
90
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
14,111
views
views
91
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
14,086
views
views
92
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
14,058
views
views
93
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
13,903
views
views
94
Henry Rollins
American musician
13,818
views
views
95
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
13,815
views
views
96
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
13,707
views
views
97
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
13,552
views
views
98
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
13,542
views
views
99
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
13,502
views
views
100
Malcolm Guite
English poet
13,454
views
views
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