Trending Poets in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed poets this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tennessee Williams.
100
Ranked
1,628,567
Total Views (this week)
1
Tennessee Williams
American playwright (1911–1983)
128,548
views
views
2
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
64,508
views
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
53,878
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
49,864
views
views
5
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
49,271
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
43,193
views
views
7
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
40,703
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
30,307
views
views
9
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
29,837
views
views
10
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
27,598
views
views
11
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
27,387
views
views
12
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
23,703
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
22,875
views
views
14
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
22,149
views
views
15
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
22,045
views
views
16
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
20,568
views
views
17
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
20,488
views
views
18
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
20,348
views
views
19
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
20,255
views
views
20
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
20,095
views
views
21
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
19,381
views
views
22
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
19,300
views
views
23
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
18,529
views
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
18,254
views
views
25
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
18,224
views
views
26
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
17,980
views
views
27
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
16,784
views
views
28
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
16,271
views
views
29
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
15,072
views
views
30
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
14,948
views
views
31
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
14,206
views
views
32
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
14,169
views
views
33
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
14,047
views
views
34
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
13,758
views
views
35
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
13,758
views
views
36
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
13,741
views
views
37
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
13,717
views
views
38
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
13,214
views
views
39
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
13,157
views
views
40
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
12,314
views
views
41
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
12,277
views
views
42
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
12,158
views
views
43
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
11,932
views
views
44
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
11,694
views
views
45
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
11,672
views
views
46
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
11,589
views
views
47
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
11,524
views
views
48
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
11,259
views
views
49
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
11,255
views
views
50
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
11,236
views
views
51
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
11,202
views
views
52
David
king of Israel and Judah
11,129
views
views
53
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
10,981
views
views
54
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
10,763
views
views
55
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
10,740
views
views
56
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
10,688
views
views
57
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
10,548
views
views
58
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
10,543
views
views
59
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
10,516
views
views
60
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
10,414
views
views
61
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
10,379
views
views
62
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
10,362
views
views
63
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
10,285
views
views
64
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
10,204
views
views
65
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
10,194
views
views
66
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
10,177
views
views
67
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
10,130
views
views
68
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
10,103
views
views
69
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
10,051
views
views
70
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
9,688
views
views
71
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
9,645
views
views
72
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
9,548
views
views
73
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
9,333
views
views
74
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
9,316
views
views
75
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
9,216
views
views
76
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
9,167
views
views
77
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
9,139
views
views
78
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
9,070
views
views
79
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
9,059
views
views
80
Charles Bronson
English criminal
8,933
views
views
81
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
8,835
views
views
82
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
8,817
views
views
83
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
8,772
views
views
84
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
8,589
views
views
85
Bo Burnham
American comedian
8,588
views
views
86
Billy Corgan
American musician
8,306
views
views
87
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
8,286
views
views
88
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
8,283
views
views
89
Henry Rollins
American musician
8,253
views
views
90
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
8,145
views
views
91
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
8,020
views
views
92
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
8,003
views
views
93
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
7,871
views
views
94
Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
7,750
views
views
95
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
7,687
views
views
96
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
7,667
views
views
97
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
7,619
views
views
98
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
7,514
views
views
99
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
7,508
views
views
100
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
7,491
views
views
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