Trending Historians this year
The 99 most-viewed historians this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hulk Hogan.
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3,436,733
Total Views (this year)
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Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
211,859
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2
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
201,636
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
198,728
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4
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
186,350
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5
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
70,596
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6
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
68,615
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7
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
58,561
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8
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
51,718
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9
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
50,682
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10
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
50,088
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11
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
48,907
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12
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
47,599
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13
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
46,010
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14
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
45,166
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15
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
43,053
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16
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
42,449
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17
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
42,188
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18
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
39,817
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19
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
39,274
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20
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
37,280
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21
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
36,180
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22
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
36,173
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23
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
35,860
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24
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
35,559
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25
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
35,074
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26
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
32,697
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views
27
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
32,511
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28
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
32,392
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29
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
32,108
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views
30
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
31,403
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views
31
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
31,387
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views
32
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
30,708
views
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33
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
30,623
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views
34
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
29,972
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views
35
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
29,738
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views
36
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
29,649
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37
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
29,419
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38
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
29,328
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39
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
29,269
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views
40
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
28,426
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41
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
27,445
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42
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
27,372
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views
43
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
26,818
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views
44
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
26,606
views
views
45
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
26,124
views
views
46
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
26,009
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views
47
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
25,337
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views
48
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
25,128
views
views
49
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
24,772
views
views
50
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
24,260
views
views
51
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
23,997
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views
52
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
23,780
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views
53
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
23,693
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54
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
23,587
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views
55
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
23,222
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56
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
23,186
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views
57
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
23,107
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58
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
23,080
views
views
59
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
23,077
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views
60
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
22,696
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views
61
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
22,348
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views
62
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
21,861
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63
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
21,594
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64
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
21,320
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views
65
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
21,264
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66
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
20,711
views
views
67
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
20,685
views
views
68
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
20,554
views
views
69
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
20,474
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views
70
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
20,362
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views
71
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
20,350
views
views
72
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
19,940
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73
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
19,916
views
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74
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
19,868
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75
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
19,580
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views
76
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
19,375
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views
77
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
18,704
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views
78
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
18,409
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views
79
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
18,241
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views
80
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
18,050
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views
81
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
18,043
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82
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
17,822
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views
83
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
17,809
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84
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
17,215
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views
85
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
17,191
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views
86
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
17,185
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87
Maureen Lipman
British actress, columnist and comedian
17,171
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views
88
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
17,155
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views
89
Ted Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009
17,093
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views
90
Tim Curry
British actor
16,797
views
views
91
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
16,636
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views
92
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
16,616
views
views
93
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
16,603
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94
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
16,495
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views
95
Monica Crowley
American conservative pundit and television personality
16,441
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views
96
Henry Kissinger
American politician and diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 (1923–2023)
16,318
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views
97
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
16,138
views
views
98
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
16,039
views
views
99
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
16,012
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