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Trending Poets of all time

The 100 most-viewed poets of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.

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1
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
152,924
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
πŸ“š 130 citations Person
125,626
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
πŸ“š 79 citations Person
109,236
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
88,506
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
πŸ“š 61 citations Person
78,491
views
6
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
71,688
views
7
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
68,833
views
8
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
68,113
views
9
Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
66,775
views
10
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
59,655
views
11
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
πŸ“š 56 citations Person
55,283
views
12
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
50,061
views
13
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
48,802
views
14
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
πŸ“š 35 citations Person
46,817
views
15
James VI and I
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
46,688
views
16
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
46,217
views
17
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
πŸ“š 63 citations Person
43,113
views
18
David
David
king of Israel and Judah
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
42,350
views
19
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
41,368
views
20
BjΓΆrk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
40,822
views
21
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
39,420
views
22
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
38,926
views
23
James Stewart
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
38,001
views
24
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
37,587
views
25
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
πŸ“š 62 citations Person
35,860
views
26
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
35,147
views
27
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
πŸ“š 118 citations Person
34,093
views
28
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
33,879
views
29
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
32,945
views
30
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
32,436
views
31
Nero
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
πŸ“š 24 citations Person
32,379
views
32
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
πŸ“š 57 citations Person
32,298
views
33
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
Person
32,023
views
34
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
30,670
views
35
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pΓ©piniΓ©riste and inventor (born 1939)
πŸ“š 91 citations Person
29,466
views
36
Richard I of England
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
29,173
views
37
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
28,702
views
38
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
28,321
views
39
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
πŸ“š 52 citations Person
27,734
views
40
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
πŸ“š 47 citations Person
26,725
views
41
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
26,594
views
42
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
πŸ“š 83 citations Person
26,454
views
43
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
πŸ“š 66 citations Person
25,950
views
44
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
πŸ“š 109 citations Person
25,749
views
45
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
25,631
views
46
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
25,114
views
47
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
24,957
views
48
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
24,886
views
49
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
24,578
views
50
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
24,286
views
51
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
Person
24,107
views
52
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
23,795
views
53
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
23,578
views
54
Charles Bronson
English criminal
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
23,445
views
55
Bo Burnham
American comedian
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
23,424
views
56
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
22,827
views
57
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
22,077
views
58
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
22,062
views
59
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
πŸ“š 37 citations Person
21,986
views
60
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
Person
21,914
views
61
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
21,693
views
62
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
21,659
views
63
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
πŸ“š 73 citations Person
21,273
views
64
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
20,562
views
65
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
πŸ“š 69 citations Person
20,473
views
66
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
20,327
views
67
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Person
20,122
views
68
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
πŸ“š 65 citations Person
20,021
views
69
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
19,859
views
70
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
19,346
views
71
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
πŸ“š 20 citations Person
19,185
views
72
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
19,167
views
73
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
18,985
views
74
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
πŸ“š 15 citations Person
18,678
views
75
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
18,604
views
76
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
18,589
views
77
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
18,302
views
78
John Denver
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
18,290
views
79
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
18,143
views
80
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
17,748
views
81
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
16,956
views
82
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
16,952
views
83
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
16,948
views
84
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
πŸ“š 72 citations Person
16,805
views
85
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
16,762
views
86
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
πŸ“š 17 citations Person
16,256
views
87
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
16,166
views
88
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
16,078
views
89
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
16,077
views
90
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
16,025
views
91
Cynthia Nixon
American actress and politician
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
15,950
views
92
Crispin Glover
American actor
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
15,894
views
93
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
15,801
views
94
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
15,435
views
95
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
15,396
views
96
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
πŸ“š 75 citations Person
15,297
views
97
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
πŸ“š 67 citations Person
15,274
views
98
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
15,154
views
99
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
15,103
views
100
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
15,050
views