Trending Historians — all time
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anne Carson. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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29,562,819
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
1,033,866
views
views
2
Jerry Hall
American model
992,097
views
views
3
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
931,202
views
views
4
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
904,396
views
views
5
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
777,754
views
views
6
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
701,792
views
views
7
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
605,909
views
views
8
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
551,087
views
views
9
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
517,173
views
views
10
Miranda Hart
English comedian
478,847
views
views
11
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
476,578
views
views
12
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
476,435
views
views
13
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
432,563
views
views
14
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
416,615
views
views
15
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
405,288
views
views
16
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
359,065
views
views
17
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
354,134
views
views
18
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
351,605
views
views
19
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
341,976
views
views
20
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
338,389
views
views
21
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
332,114
views
views
22
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
331,400
views
views
23
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
322,043
views
views
24
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
321,846
views
views
25
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
321,503
views
views
26
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
318,690
views
views
27
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist and philosopher (1821–1881)
312,778
views
views
28
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
312,000
views
views
29
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
310,946
views
views
30
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
305,473
views
views
31
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
302,042
views
views
32
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
300,730
views
views
33
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
300,495
views
views
34
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
300,112
views
views
35
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
282,792
views
views
36
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
281,896
views
views
37
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
279,122
views
views
38
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
277,058
views
views
39
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
275,207
views
views
40
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
272,123
views
views
41
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
259,580
views
views
42
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
259,079
views
views
43
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
258,249
views
views
44
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
258,199
views
views
45
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
252,754
views
views
46
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
252,706
views
views
47
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
250,957
views
views
48
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
250,004
views
views
49
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
245,422
views
views
50
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
242,148
views
views
51
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
237,261
views
views
52
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
232,330
views
views
53
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
231,204
views
views
54
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
228,741
views
views
55
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
227,711
views
views
56
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
227,688
views
views
57
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
227,611
views
views
58
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
222,538
views
views
59
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
219,998
views
views
60
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
219,751
views
views
61
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
215,909
views
views
62
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
215,314
views
views
63
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
211,866
views
views
64
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
210,944
views
views
65
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
203,398
views
views
66
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
199,636
views
views
67
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
197,344
views
views
68
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
197,172
views
views
69
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist
195,140
views
views
70
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
193,265
views
views
71
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
190,898
views
views
72
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
190,688
views
views
73
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
187,809
views
views
74
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
187,623
views
views
75
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
185,132
views
views
76
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
185,084
views
views
77
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
184,617
views
views
78
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
182,853
views
views
79
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
182,524
views
views
80
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
180,445
views
views
81
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
179,720
views
views
82
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
178,301
views
views
83
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
178,119
views
views
84
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
178,118
views
views
85
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
177,761
views
views
86
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
177,403
views
views
87
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
176,017
views
views
88
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
173,530
views
views
89
Hans-Thomas Tillschneider
German politician
170,800
views
views
90
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
170,622
views
views
91
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
167,565
views
views
92
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
166,905
views
views
93
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
162,974
views
views
94
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
161,095
views
views
95
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
160,478
views
views
96
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
157,928
views
views
97
Roger Moore
English actor (1927–2017)
155,403
views
views
98
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
154,656
views
views
99
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
154,445
views
views
100
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
152,246
views
views