Trending Historians — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tenzing Norgay. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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6,651,169
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
325,092
views
views
2
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
314,214
views
views
3
Jerry Hall
American model
255,569
views
views
4
Miranda Hart
English comedian
181,474
views
views
5
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
158,179
views
views
6
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
131,745
views
views
7
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
125,091
views
views
8
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
112,841
views
views
9
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
110,093
views
views
10
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
107,502
views
views
11
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
107,252
views
views
12
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
99,545
views
views
13
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
97,321
views
views
14
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
93,722
views
views
15
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
92,165
views
views
16
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
87,137
views
views
17
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
79,322
views
views
18
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
77,479
views
views
19
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
76,087
views
views
20
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
74,540
views
views
21
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
73,752
views
views
22
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
73,192
views
views
23
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
72,332
views
views
24
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
72,308
views
views
25
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
70,378
views
views
26
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
70,116
views
views
27
Gadi Eisenkot
Israeli military officer
69,990
views
views
28
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
68,879
views
views
29
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
67,665
views
views
30
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
67,557
views
views
31
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
67,032
views
views
32
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
66,489
views
views
33
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
66,054
views
views
34
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
65,959
views
views
35
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
63,346
views
views
36
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
61,440
views
views
37
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
59,348
views
views
38
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
58,800
views
views
39
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
58,118
views
views
40
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
56,754
views
views
41
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
56,171
views
views
42
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
55,034
views
views
43
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
54,582
views
views
44
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
54,320
views
views
45
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
53,384
views
views
46
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
53,078
views
views
47
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
52,560
views
views
48
Richard Hammond
English motoring journalist and broadcaster
51,476
views
views
49
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
51,383
views
views
50
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
50,826
views
views
51
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
50,713
views
views
52
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
49,423
views
views
53
Evander Holyfield
American boxer
48,995
views
views
54
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
48,845
views
views
55
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
48,419
views
views
56
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
48,384
views
views
57
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
48,243
views
views
58
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
47,777
views
views
59
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
47,762
views
views
60
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
47,744
views
views
61
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
47,200
views
views
62
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
47,190
views
views
63
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
47,007
views
views
64
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
46,785
views
views
65
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
46,711
views
views
66
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
46,260
views
views
67
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter born 1948
45,075
views
views
68
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
44,399
views
views
69
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
44,167
views
views
70
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
44,062
views
views
71
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
43,896
views
views
72
Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo
Spanish journalist, politician and peer (born 1974)
43,379
views
views
73
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
42,975
views
views
74
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
42,571
views
views
75
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
42,474
views
views
76
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
41,178
views
views
77
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
41,085
views
views
78
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
40,963
views
views
79
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
40,846
views
views
80
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
40,476
views
views
81
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
40,304
views
views
82
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
40,082
views
views
83
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
39,785
views
views
84
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
38,382
views
views
85
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
37,874
views
views
86
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
37,365
views
views
87
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
37,154
views
views
88
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
36,838
views
views
89
Michel Foucault
French philosopher (1926–1984)
36,496
views
views
90
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
36,169
views
views
91
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
36,164
views
views
92
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
34,938
views
views
93
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
34,084
views
views
94
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
33,888
views
views
95
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
33,757
views
views
96
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
33,472
views
views
97
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
33,446
views
views
98
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
32,979
views
views
99
Roy Cohn
American lawyer (1927–1985)
32,192
views
views
100
Truman Capote
American writer (1924-1984)
32,103
views
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