Trending Historians — all time
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anne Carson. Data as of 29 October 2026.
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26,775,370
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
1,022,755
views
views
2
Jerry Hall
American model
992,097
views
views
3
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
879,964
views
views
4
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
840,678
views
views
5
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
551,087
views
views
6
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
527,483
views
views
7
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
476,578
views
views
8
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
476,435
views
views
9
Miranda Hart
English comedian
438,284
views
views
10
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
432,563
views
views
11
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
416,615
views
views
12
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
406,874
views
views
13
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
373,752
views
views
14
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
332,114
views
views
15
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
322,043
views
views
16
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
321,275
views
views
17
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
319,170
views
views
18
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
317,410
views
views
19
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
314,949
views
views
20
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
312,000
views
views
21
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
310,946
views
views
22
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
306,883
views
views
23
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
302,042
views
views
24
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
300,495
views
views
25
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
294,545
views
views
26
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
293,621
views
views
27
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
290,352
views
views
28
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
289,489
views
views
29
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
286,712
views
views
30
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
277,354
views
views
31
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
275,207
views
views
32
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
271,880
views
views
33
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
270,343
views
views
34
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
267,297
views
views
35
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
259,367
views
views
36
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
258,199
views
views
37
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
253,533
views
views
38
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
252,706
views
views
39
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
250,957
views
views
40
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
250,625
views
views
41
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
247,487
views
views
42
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
237,482
views
views
43
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
232,330
views
views
44
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
231,824
views
views
45
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
230,809
views
views
46
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
227,711
views
views
47
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
227,611
views
views
48
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
225,915
views
views
49
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
224,707
views
views
50
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
221,902
views
views
51
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
221,491
views
views
52
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
215,756
views
views
53
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
214,748
views
views
54
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
212,149
views
views
55
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
211,866
views
views
56
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
210,944
views
views
57
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
207,749
views
views
58
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
207,109
views
views
59
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
205,384
views
views
60
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
199,636
views
views
61
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
197,344
views
views
62
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
195,398
views
views
63
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
194,372
views
views
64
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
193,407
views
views
65
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
192,213
views
views
66
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
190,898
views
views
67
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
187,623
views
views
68
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
185,132
views
views
69
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
185,084
views
views
70
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
184,617
views
views
71
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
183,005
views
views
72
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
182,524
views
views
73
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
180,922
views
views
74
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
180,445
views
views
75
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
177,058
views
views
76
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist
176,399
views
views
77
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
176,017
views
views
78
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
170,819
views
views
79
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
169,096
views
views
80
Hans-Thomas Tillschneider
German politician
168,935
views
views
81
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
167,036
views
views
82
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
166,779
views
views
83
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
164,519
views
views
84
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
160,749
views
views
85
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
160,628
views
views
86
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
158,135
views
views
87
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
154,947
views
views
88
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
154,005
views
views
89
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
153,745
views
views
90
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
151,775
views
views
91
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
151,356
views
views
92
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
149,219
views
views
93
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
148,746
views
views
94
Richard Burton
Welsh actor (1925–1984)
148,399
views
views
95
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and former player (born 1941)
147,667
views
views
96
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
146,243
views
views
97
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
143,670
views
views
98
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
141,929
views
views
99
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
141,774
views
views
100
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
141,452
views
views