Trending Historians this year
The 99 most-viewed historians this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Michael Jackson.
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9,774,457
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
511,858
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2
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
462,521
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
298,641
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4
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
280,037
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5
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
272,335
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6
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
265,786
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7
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
186,658
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8
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
172,979
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9
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
159,069
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10
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
158,670
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11
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
147,274
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12
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
144,261
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13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
137,157
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14
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
134,957
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15
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
126,929
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16
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
126,511
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17
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
123,816
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18
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
118,114
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19
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
117,371
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20
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
117,172
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21
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
112,185
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22
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
109,117
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23
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
107,846
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24
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
105,949
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25
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
102,615
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26
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
102,256
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views
27
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
100,603
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28
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
99,163
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29
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
98,851
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views
30
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
96,848
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31
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
96,422
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32
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
96,115
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33
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
94,556
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34
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
93,471
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35
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
92,672
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36
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
92,127
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37
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
90,334
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38
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
90,213
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39
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
89,270
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views
40
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
88,811
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41
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
87,760
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42
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
86,367
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43
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
83,210
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44
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
83,154
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views
45
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
81,825
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46
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
80,699
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47
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
78,761
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views
48
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
77,195
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views
49
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
76,444
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views
50
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
76,368
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51
Lance Armstrong
cyclist from the United States
75,303
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views
52
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
74,669
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53
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
73,746
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54
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
71,604
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55
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
69,271
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56
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
68,004
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views
57
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
67,734
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58
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
67,326
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59
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
67,031
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60
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
66,085
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61
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
65,943
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62
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
65,716
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63
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
64,444
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64
Tim Curry
British actor
64,302
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65
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
63,726
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66
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
63,386
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views
67
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
62,813
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views
68
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
62,544
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views
69
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
61,798
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70
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
60,693
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views
71
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
59,705
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views
72
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
58,905
views
views
73
Nigel Farage
British politician
58,386
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74
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
58,249
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views
75
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
58,084
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76
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
58,041
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views
77
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
57,676
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views
78
J. Paul Getty
American industrialist and art collector (1892–1976)
57,372
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views
79
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
57,279
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views
80
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
57,217
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81
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
57,127
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82
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
56,867
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views
83
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
56,858
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84
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
56,270
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views
85
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
55,983
views
views
86
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
55,652
views
views
87
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
55,529
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views
88
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
53,867
views
views
89
John Cleese
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
53,387
views
views
90
Ann Widdecombe
British politician and media personality (1947–2026)
53,350
views
views
91
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
53,062
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views
92
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
52,505
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views
93
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
52,422
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views
94
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)
52,230
views
views
95
Calvin Coolidge
president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
52,103
views
views
96
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
51,961
views
views
97
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
51,872
views
views
98
Sammy Hagar
American rock singer
51,804
views
views
99
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
51,233
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