Trending Officers — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed officers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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34,382,502
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
1,233,588
views
views
2
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
862,246
views
views
3
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
851,346
views
views
4
Ratko Mladić
Convicted war criminal and general of the Bosnian Serb military (1942–2026)
820,998
views
views
5
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
811,999
views
views
6
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
765,258
views
views
7
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
710,382
views
views
8
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
639,041
views
views
9
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
602,210
views
views
10
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
600,649
views
views
11
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
587,662
views
views
12
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
583,604
views
views
13
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
581,030
views
views
14
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
574,794
views
views
15
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)
555,841
views
views
16
Genghis Khan
founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
548,673
views
views
17
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)
522,594
views
views
18
Muhammad
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
499,329
views
views
19
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
496,151
views
views
20
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
489,083
views
views
21
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
478,689
views
views
22
John Stewart
fictional superhero published by DC Comics
466,122
views
views
23
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
449,093
views
views
24
Mel Brooks
American comedian, filmmaker, and actor (born 1926)
434,780
views
views
25
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
416,399
views
views
26
Paul Newman
American actor (1925–2008)
408,043
views
views
27
Muammar Gaddafi
Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)
390,185
views
views
28
Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
383,530
views
views
29
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
375,258
views
views
30
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
371,261
views
views
31
Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
362,924
views
views
32
Hal Jordan
fictional superhero published by DC Comics
357,043
views
views
33
Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
342,797
views
views
34
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
333,010
views
views
35
Guy Gardner
DC Comics fictional character
330,422
views
views
36
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
324,407
views
views
37
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
315,440
views
views
38
Lindsey Graham
American politician and attorney (1955–2026)
311,374
views
views
39
James A. Garfield
president of the United States in 1881
309,428
views
views
40
Pol Pot
former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
299,933
views
views
41
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
294,056
views
views
42
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
293,410
views
views
43
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
291,748
views
views
44
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)
291,544
views
views
45
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
290,856
views
views
46
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
286,196
views
views
47
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
282,432
views
views
48
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
278,539
views
views
49
William IV
King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
275,909
views
views
50
Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
271,540
views
views
51
Idi Amin
President of Uganda (1971-1979)
269,856
views
views
52
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
268,028
views
views
53
Felipe VI of Spain
King of Spain since 2014
264,500
views
views
54
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)
261,292
views
views
55
Rick Rescorla
British American army officer, hero and victim of 9/11
260,623
views
views
56
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024
259,307
views
views
57
Otto von Bismarck
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
250,261
views
views
58
Adolf Eichmann
German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)
249,296
views
views
59
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne
246,066
views
views
60
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
238,130
views
views
61
Arthur Ashe
American tennis player (1943–1993)
237,326
views
views
62
Ayman al-Zawahiri
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
236,626
views
views
63
Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025)
234,650
views
views
64
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
232,095
views
views
65
Andrew Jackson
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
229,782
views
views
66
Dean Martin
American singer, actor, comedian and film producer (1917–1995)
227,375
views
views
67
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
224,731
views
views
68
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
224,582
views
views
69
Nicolae Ceaușescu
dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989
223,655
views
views
70
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
220,932
views
views
71
Suleiman the Magnificent
the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
220,027
views
views
72
Oda Nobukatsu
Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period
216,896
views
views
73
Timur
the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
216,697
views
views
74
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
214,099
views
views
75
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
213,332
views
views
76
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal (1891–1944)
212,882
views
views
77
Ibrahim Traoré
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
211,747
views
views
78
David
king of Israel and Judah
211,704
views
views
79
Clark Gable
American actor (1901–1960)
210,701
views
views
80
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
205,886
views
views
81
Hannibal
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
200,353
views
views
82
Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
200,126
views
views
83
Moses
Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt
198,029
views
views
84
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
197,325
views
views
85
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
191,002
views
views
86
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
189,454
views
views
87
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
189,410
views
views
88
Mohammed VI of Morocco
king of Morocco since 1999
188,157
views
views
89
Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
187,892
views
views
90
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-American actor and comedian (1926–2010)
187,716
views
views
91
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Hung Cao
American politician and Navy veteran (born 1971)
186,614
views
views
92
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Daniel P. Driscoll
American politician
184,671
views
views
93
Johnny Carson
American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)
182,584
views
views
94
Jackie Robinson
American baseball player (1919–1972)
181,956
views
views
95
Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
179,698
views
views
96
J. Edgar Hoover
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
179,669
views
views
97
Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
179,502
views
views
98
Pete Buttigieg
American politician (born 1982)
178,808
views
views
99
Richard Winters
United States Army Officer
177,308
views
views
100
Chesley Sullenberger
American commercial airline pilot
176,298
views
views
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