Trending Poets — all time
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Anne Carson. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
14,384,060
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
993,499
views
views
2
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
450,156
views
views
3
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
430,188
views
views
4
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
348,345
views
views
5
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
297,962
views
views
6
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
276,773
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
276,148
views
views
8
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
253,501
views
views
9
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
241,995
views
views
10
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
227,197
views
views
11
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
218,951
views
views
12
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
215,865
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
215,726
views
views
14
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
212,161
views
views
15
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
207,993
views
views
16
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
204,846
views
views
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
201,787
views
views
18
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
201,564
views
views
19
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
200,105
views
views
20
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
182,140
views
views
21
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
181,965
views
views
22
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
180,037
views
views
23
Johnny Flynn
British actor
175,452
views
views
24
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist (1958–2006)
171,014
views
views
25
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
170,275
views
views
26
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
165,702
views
views
27
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
165,121
views
views
28
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
164,602
views
views
29
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
161,709
views
views
30
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
160,777
views
views
31
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
156,506
views
views
32
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
154,073
views
views
33
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
147,851
views
views
34
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
143,350
views
views
35
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
142,518
views
views
36
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 (1566-1625)
141,804
views
views
37
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
131,662
views
views
38
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
124,150
views
views
39
Teresa of Ávila
Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
123,274
views
views
40
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
119,597
views
views
41
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
119,245
views
views
42
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
117,934
views
views
43
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
117,101
views
views
44
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
116,856
views
views
45
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
114,983
views
views
46
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
114,926
views
views
47
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
113,263
views
views
48
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
111,333
views
views
49
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
110,361
views
views
50
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
108,494
views
views
51
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
107,984
views
views
52
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
106,376
views
views
53
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
106,253
views
views
54
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
104,094
views
views
55
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
104,093
views
views
56
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
103,479
views
views
57
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
100,663
views
views
58
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
98,441
views
views
59
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian scientist, president and statesman (1931–2015)
97,028
views
views
60
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
96,881
views
views
61
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
96,643
views
views
62
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
95,547
views
views
63
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
94,620
views
views
64
Michel Temer
24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
92,545
views
views
65
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
92,333
views
views
66
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
92,314
views
views
67
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
91,355
views
views
68
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
90,285
views
views
69
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
90,176
views
views
70
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
87,897
views
views
71
Billy Corgan
American musician
87,851
views
views
72
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
87,698
views
views
73
Charles Bronson
English criminal
87,475
views
views
74
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
87,471
views
views
75
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
87,050
views
views
76
David
king of Israel and Judah
86,801
views
views
77
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
83,968
views
views
78
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
83,253
views
views
79
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
82,488
views
views
80
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
82,257
views
views
81
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
82,233
views
views
82
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
80,232
views
views
83
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
80,070
views
views
84
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
79,999
views
views
85
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
77,517
views
views
86
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
77,081
views
views
87
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
76,820
views
views
88
Yōsuke Eguchi
Japanese actor and singer (born 1967)
76,667
views
views
89
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
75,064
views
views
90
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
74,947
views
views
91
Johnny Marr
English musician (born 1963)
74,633
views
views
92
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
74,170
views
views
93
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
72,970
views
views
94
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
72,505
views
views
95
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
70,879
views
views
96
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
70,358
views
views
97
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
70,301
views
views
98
Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)
69,895
views
views
99
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
69,875
views
views
100
Bo Burnham
American comedian
69,688
views
views
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