Trending Historians this month
The 99 most-viewed historians this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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1,258,075
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
162,380
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Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
44,221
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
33,222
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4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
26,055
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5
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
24,560
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6
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
22,257
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views
7
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
22,189
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views
8
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
22,028
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9
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
19,019
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10
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
18,912
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11
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
16,826
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views
12
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
16,704
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13
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
15,833
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14
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
15,370
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15
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
15,185
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views
16
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
14,768
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17
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
14,101
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18
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
13,905
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19
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
13,812
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views
20
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
13,718
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views
21
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
13,345
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views
22
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
13,157
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views
23
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
12,700
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views
24
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
12,675
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25
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
12,580
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views
26
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)
12,518
views
views
27
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
12,379
views
views
28
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
12,250
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views
29
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
12,125
views
views
30
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
12,011
views
views
31
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
11,788
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views
32
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
11,716
views
views
33
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
11,547
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views
34
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
11,130
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views
35
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
11,036
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views
36
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
11,028
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37
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
10,737
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38
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
10,629
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views
39
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
10,543
views
views
40
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
10,451
views
views
41
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
10,369
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views
42
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
10,274
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views
43
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
10,265
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views
44
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
10,252
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views
45
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
10,222
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views
46
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
10,199
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views
47
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
10,063
views
views
48
Sela Ward
American actress, author, and producer
10,047
views
views
49
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
9,800
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views
50
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
9,695
views
views
51
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
9,623
views
views
52
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
9,570
views
views
53
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
9,323
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views
54
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
9,296
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views
55
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
9,279
views
views
56
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
9,062
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views
57
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9,026
views
views
58
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
8,990
views
views
59
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
8,935
views
views
60
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
8,897
views
views
61
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
8,758
views
views
62
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
8,606
views
views
63
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
8,475
views
views
64
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
8,214
views
views
65
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
8,209
views
views
66
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
8,142
views
views
67
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
8,128
views
views
68
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
8,087
views
views
69
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
8,049
views
views
70
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
8,021
views
views
71
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
7,951
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views
72
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
7,847
views
views
73
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
7,828
views
views
74
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
7,739
views
views
75
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
7,698
views
views
76
Sondra Locke
American actress (1944–2018)
7,504
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views
77
Danny Dyer
English actor
7,448
views
views
78
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
7,407
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views
79
Jens Söring
Convicted murderer and former prisoner in the USA, German author
7,328
views
views
80
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
7,249
views
views
81
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
7,166
views
views
82
Keith Richards
British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones
6,923
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views
83
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
6,917
views
views
84
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
6,799
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views
85
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
6,784
views
views
86
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
6,768
views
views
87
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
6,697
views
views
88
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
6,696
views
views
89
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
6,649
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views
90
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
6,470
views
views
91
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
6,465
views
views
92
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
6,377
views
views
93
Roger Moore
English actor (1927–2017)
6,373
views
views
94
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
6,370
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views
95
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
6,369
views
views
96
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
6,344
views
views
97
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
6,314
views
views
98
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
6,183
views
views
99
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
6,126
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