Trending Historians this month
The 100 most-viewed historians this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hulk Hogan.
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2,278,709
Total Views (this month)
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Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
197,091
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2
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
177,076
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
165,506
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4
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
46,587
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5
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
38,708
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6
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
38,373
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views
7
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
36,372
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views
8
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
31,766
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views
9
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
31,663
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10
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
31,319
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11
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
31,261
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views
12
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
30,772
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views
13
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
30,719
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views
14
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
26,818
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views
15
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
26,375
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views
16
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
26,117
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views
17
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
24,632
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views
18
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
24,623
views
views
19
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
24,141
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views
20
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
24,033
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views
21
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist (1958–2009)
23,970
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22
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
23,753
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views
23
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
23,562
views
views
24
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
23,160
views
views
25
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
22,468
views
views
26
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
22,328
views
views
27
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
20,841
views
views
28
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
20,623
views
views
29
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
20,598
views
views
30
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
20,371
views
views
31
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
20,142
views
views
32
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
20,090
views
views
33
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
20,005
views
views
34
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
19,840
views
views
35
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
19,836
views
views
36
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
19,528
views
views
37
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
19,354
views
views
38
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
19,145
views
views
39
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
17,961
views
views
40
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
17,795
views
views
41
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
17,606
views
views
42
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
17,382
views
views
43
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
17,144
views
views
44
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
16,896
views
views
45
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
16,806
views
views
46
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
16,743
views
views
47
Maureen Lipman
British actress, columnist and comedian
16,448
views
views
48
Marilyn Manson
American musician (born 1969)
16,196
views
views
49
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
16,152
views
views
50
Monica Crowley
American conservative pundit and television personality
16,147
views
views
51
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
15,855
views
views
52
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
15,744
views
views
53
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
15,714
views
views
54
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
15,581
views
views
55
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
15,296
views
views
56
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
15,102
views
views
57
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
15,058
views
views
58
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
14,941
views
views
59
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
14,871
views
views
60
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
14,829
views
views
61
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
14,703
views
views
62
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
14,647
views
views
63
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
14,471
views
views
64
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
14,210
views
views
65
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
14,160
views
views
66
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
13,825
views
views
67
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
13,790
views
views
68
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
13,647
views
views
69
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
13,573
views
views
70
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
13,156
views
views
71
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
13,013
views
views
72
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
12,734
views
views
73
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
12,582
views
views
74
Ted Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009
12,575
views
views
75
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
12,360
views
views
76
Mary Wollstonecraft
English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
12,335
views
views
77
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
12,287
views
views
78
Trevor Noah
South African comedian and former television host
12,236
views
views
79
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
12,043
views
views
80
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
11,872
views
views
81
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
11,493
views
views
82
Zoya Boguslavskaya
Russian literary critic
11,239
views
views
83
Tim Curry
British actor
11,201
views
views
84
Buzz Aldrin
American astronaut (born 1930)
11,115
views
views
85
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
10,900
views
views
86
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
10,877
views
views
87
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
10,837
views
views
88
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
10,815
views
views
89
Henry Kissinger
American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)
10,814
views
views
90
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
10,775
views
views
91
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
10,715
views
views
92
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
10,589
views
views
93
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
10,567
views
views
94
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
10,519
views
views
95
Natascha McElhone
British actress
10,456
views
views
96
Mo Farah
British track and field athlete
10,438
views
views
97
Rajneesh
Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement (1931–1990)
10,374
views
views
98
Charles Bronson
English criminal
10,337
views
views
99
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
10,312
views
views
100
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
10,284
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