Trending Historians in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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42,128
Total Views (May 2026)
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
8,324
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views
2
Kuan Yew Lee
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
1,626
views
views
3
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
1,040
views
views
4
Li Ao
Taiwanese writer (1935-2018)
1,001
views
views
5
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
791
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views
6
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
German Field Marshal (1800–1891)
762
views
views
7
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
723
views
views
8
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
714
views
views
9
Su Shi
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
698
views
views
10
Chen Boda
Chinese politician (1904-1989)
672
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views
11
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
669
views
views
12
Qi Xin
2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping
647
views
views
13
Liu Ji
Chinese philosopher and politician (1311–1375)
628
views
views
14
何法盛
626
views
views
15
Li Rui
Chinese politician (1917–2019)
618
views
views
16
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
598
views
views
17
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
590
views
views
18
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player (born 1980)
546
views
views
19
董狐
543
views
views
20
Liang Chi-chao
Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873–1929)
537
views
views
21
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
519
views
views
22
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
499
views
views
23
Thucydides
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
478
views
views
24
William Carey
English Baptist missionary and Particular Baptist minister (1761-1834)
474
views
views
25
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
411
views
views
26
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
392
views
views
27
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
391
views
views
28
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
389
views
views
29
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
383
views
views
30
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
372
views
views
31
Lin Huiyin
Chinese architect and writer (1904-1955)
365
views
views
32
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
361
views
views
33
Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)
359
views
views
34
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
358
views
views
35
Zhang Yihe
Chinese author
356
views
views
36
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
352
views
views
37
Mao Xinyu
grandson of former CCP Chairman Mao Zedong
348
views
views
38
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
340
views
views
39
Guo Moruo
Chinese writer (1892-1978)
306
views
views
40
Yi Qiang
paleontologist
305
views
views
41
Kyrie Irving
American basketball player (born 1992)
302
views
views
42
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
290
views
views
43
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
290
views
views
44
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
288
views
views
45
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
287
views
views
46
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
286
views
views
47
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
275
views
views
48
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
262
views
views
49
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
255
views
views
50
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
254
views
views
51
Cho-yun Hsu
Taiwanese-American historian
253
views
views
52
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
243
views
views
53
Liang Sicheng
Chinese architect and scholar (1901-1972)
238
views
views
54
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
236
views
views
55
Zhu Xi
Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
231
views
views
56
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
226
views
views
57
Liu Xiaoqing
Chinese actress and businesswoman
224
views
views
58
Wei Zheng
Tang Dynasty chancellor (580-643)
224
views
views
59
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
218
views
views
60
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
218
views
views
61
Xie Na
Chinese host, singer and actress
218
views
views
62
Fang Xiaoru
Chinese scholar
213
views
views
63
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
212
views
views
64
Li Zhisui
Chinese physician (1919–1995)
203
views
views
65
Qin Hui
Chinese historian
201
views
views
66
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
201
views
views
67
Zeng Shiqiang
Taiwanese sinologist
196
views
views
68
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
188
views
views
69
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
186
views
views
70
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
183
views
views
71
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
183
views
views
72
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
183
views
views
73
Chu Suiliang
Chinese chancellor
181
views
views
74
Michelle Ye
Chinese actress
179
views
views
75
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
177
views
views
76
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
174
views
views
77
Hsieh Che-ching
cultural and art history expert, broadcaster, travel writer, and mountaineer
174
views
views
78
Mahathir Mohamad
Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
172
views
views
79
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
172
views
views
80
Han Yu
Chinese historian, poet, philosopher and politician (768–824)
172
views
views
81
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
171
views
views
82
Wu Den-yih
Politician and former Premier of Taiwan
171
views
views
83
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
167
views
views
84
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
164
views
views
85
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
164
views
views
86
Sima Qian
Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)
163
views
views
87
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
162
views
views
88
Hiroo Onoda
Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer (1922-2014)
162
views
views
89
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and former player (born 1941)
159
views
views
90
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
157
views
views
91
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
157
views
views
92
Zhang Tingyu
Chinese politician and historian (1672-1755)
154
views
views
93
Matteo Ricci
Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)
154
views
views
94
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Li Ji
Chinese archaeologist (1896-1979)
154
views
views
95
Ouyang Xiu
Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)
152
views
views
96
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
151
views
views
97
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist
150
views
views
98
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
150
views
views
99
Murray MacLehose
British politician (1917–2000)
144
views
views
100
Fu Ssu-nien
Chinese linguist (1896-1950)
143
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