Trending Historians this week
The 99 most-viewed historians this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
362,879
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Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
164,931
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3
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
68,433
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4
Lady Pamela Hicks
noblewoman; British aristocrat and memoirist (1929-2026)
62,592
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5
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
59,841
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6
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
54,381
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7
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
53,900
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8
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
52,703
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9
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
48,877
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10
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
48,699
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11
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
46,113
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12
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
44,529
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13
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
41,573
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14
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
40,977
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15
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
39,394
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16
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
38,399
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17
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
37,487
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18
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
37,167
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19
David Gold
British businessman (1936–2023)
36,613
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20
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
34,783
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21
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
34,500
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22
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
33,915
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23
Geoff Hurst
English footballer (born 1941)
31,516
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24
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
31,300
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25
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
30,820
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26
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
30,648
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views
27
Karren Brady
British businesswoman (born 1969)
30,537
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28
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
30,326
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29
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
29,789
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30
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
29,539
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31
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
29,192
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32
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
27,718
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33
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
26,940
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34
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
26,737
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35
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
26,311
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views
36
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
25,423
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37
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
24,218
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38
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
23,891
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39
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
23,040
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40
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
22,951
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41
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
22,668
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42
Len Goodman
British professional ballroom dancer
22,448
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43
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
22,402
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44
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
22,033
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45
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
21,516
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46
Tim Curry
British actor
21,152
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47
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
21,136
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48
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
21,066
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49
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
20,604
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50
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
20,561
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views
51
Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
20,365
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views
52
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
20,095
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views
53
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
20,067
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54
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
19,969
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55
Nigel Farage
British right-wing politician (born 1964)
19,906
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56
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
19,766
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57
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
19,448
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58
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
19,406
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views
59
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
19,084
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60
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
18,945
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61
Gordon S. Wood
American historian
18,869
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62
Brian Clough
English football player and manager (1935–2004)
18,864
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63
Dan Snow
British historian and television presenter
18,805
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64
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
18,751
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65
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
18,375
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66
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
18,025
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67
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
18,002
views
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68
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
17,904
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69
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
17,812
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70
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
17,628
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71
Bobby Charlton
English association football player and manager (1937–2023)
17,272
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views
72
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
17,127
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73
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
17,026
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views
74
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
16,966
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75
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
16,961
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views
76
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
16,828
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77
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
16,644
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views
78
Steve Coogan
English actor and comedian
16,325
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views
79
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
16,278
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80
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
16,243
views
views
81
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
16,193
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82
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
16,150
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83
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
15,305
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84
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
15,266
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85
Richard Pryor
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
15,128
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86
Richard Burton
Welsh actor (1925–1984)
15,087
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87
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
15,003
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views
88
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
14,451
views
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89
Chris Kyle
American war veteran and author (1974-2013)
14,437
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views
90
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
14,347
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views
91
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
14,169
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92
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
14,088
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views
93
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
14,018
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views
94
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
14,018
views
views
95
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
14,014
views
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96
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
13,980
views
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97
Kyrie Irving
American basketball player
13,960
views
views
98
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
13,855
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99
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
13,706
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