Trending Historians — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Dolly Parton. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
28,464,940
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
1,688,931
views
views
2
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
731,975
views
views
3
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
703,734
views
views
4
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
633,462
views
views
5
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
British peer and author, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964)
626,989
views
views
6
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
587,444
views
views
7
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
562,220
views
views
8
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
538,114
views
views
9
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
438,845
views
views
10
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
394,205
views
views
11
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
378,661
views
views
12
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
375,299
views
views
13
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
362,911
views
views
14
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
347,907
views
views
15
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
346,852
views
views
16
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
340,804
views
views
17
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
339,042
views
views
18
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
334,791
views
views
19
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
334,165
views
views
20
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
332,901
views
views
21
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
328,284
views
views
22
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
325,742
views
views
23
Ranulph Fiennes
British explorer (born 1944)
322,274
views
views
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
319,505
views
views
25
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
317,531
views
views
26
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
316,855
views
views
27
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
316,299
views
views
28
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
309,917
views
views
29
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
305,346
views
views
30
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
301,371
views
views
31
Serena Williams
American tennis player (born 1981)
300,672
views
views
32
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
298,107
views
views
33
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
295,755
views
views
34
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
294,885
views
views
35
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
290,237
views
views
36
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
284,684
views
views
37
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
280,326
views
views
38
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
279,349
views
views
39
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
266,572
views
views
40
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
265,579
views
views
41
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
261,338
views
views
42
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
260,817
views
views
43
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
260,227
views
views
44
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
253,246
views
views
45
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
252,402
views
views
46
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
249,584
views
views
47
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
249,123
views
views
48
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
244,813
views
views
49
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
243,254
views
views
50
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
242,331
views
views
51
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
242,294
views
views
52
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
241,420
views
views
53
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
233,703
views
views
54
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
231,820
views
views
55
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
226,760
views
views
56
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
224,323
views
views
57
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
223,448
views
views
58
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
222,509
views
views
59
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
221,400
views
views
60
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
212,981
views
views
61
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
210,198
views
views
62
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
210,194
views
views
63
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
206,711
views
views
64
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
205,982
views
views
65
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
205,454
views
views
66
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
202,685
views
views
67
Imran Khan
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
201,334
views
views
68
Roy Cohn
American lawyer (1927–1985)
195,948
views
views
69
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
192,782
views
views
70
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
192,628
views
views
71
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
189,766
views
views
72
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
189,381
views
views
73
Chrissie Hynde
American rock musician, founder of The Pretenders
187,869
views
views
74
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
187,664
views
views
75
Richard Branson
British business magnate
187,113
views
views
76
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
186,402
views
views
77
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
185,917
views
views
78
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975)
185,215
views
views
79
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
184,754
views
views
80
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
181,246
views
views
81
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
180,181
views
views
82
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
180,146
views
views
83
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
178,009
views
views
84
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
172,895
views
views
85
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
172,465
views
views
86
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist
171,412
views
views
87
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
170,845
views
views
88
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
169,860
views
views
89
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
169,601
views
views
90
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
169,247
views
views
91
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
165,975
views
views
92
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
165,712
views
views
93
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
164,904
views
views
94
Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025)
163,672
views
views
95
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
162,005
views
views
96
Mahathir Mohamad
Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–2020)
161,362
views
views
97
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
161,231
views
views
98
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
160,976
views
views
99
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
160,158
views
views
100
Rick Springfield
Australian-American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
158,706
views
views