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Trending Poets this month

The 100 most-viewed poets this month 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
31,717
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
26,592
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
πŸ“š 79 citations Person
26,055
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
πŸ“š 130 citations Person
19,814
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
πŸ“š 61 citations Person
19,222
views
6
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
19,050
views
7
Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
18,588
views
8
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
16,826
views
9
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
15,542
views
10
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
14,163
views
11
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
πŸ“š 56 citations Person
13,718
views
12
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
12,387
views
13
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
πŸ“š 63 citations Person
12,011
views
14
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
11,028
views
15
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
Person
10,863
views
16
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
πŸ“š 118 citations Person
10,739
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
πŸ“š 80 citations Person
10,543
views
18
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
πŸ“š 50 citations Person
10,265
views
19
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
10,046
views
20
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
9,704
views
21
BjΓΆrk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
9,605
views
22
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
9,481
views
23
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
πŸ“š 9 citations Person
9,181
views
24
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
πŸ“š 29 citations Person
9,076
views
25
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
πŸ“š 62 citations Person
8,990
views
26
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
8,851
views
27
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
8,710
views
28
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
πŸ“š 35 citations Person
8,521
views
29
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
πŸ“š 73 citations Person
8,049
views
30
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
7,951
views
31
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
7,946
views
32
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
7,828
views
33
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
πŸ“š 57 citations Person
7,698
views
34
James Stewart
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
7,486
views
35
Nero
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
πŸ“š 24 citations Person
7,465
views
36
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
πŸ“š 53 citations Person
7,407
views
37
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
πŸ“š 28 citations Person
7,261
views
38
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
7,254
views
39
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
7,223
views
40
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
7,203
views
41
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
πŸ“š 30 citations Person
7,064
views
42
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
7,040
views
43
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
πŸ“š 72 citations Person
7,000
views
44
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
6,998
views
45
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
πŸ“š 66 citations Person
6,998
views
46
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
πŸ“š 60 citations Person
6,917
views
47
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
πŸ“š 65 citations Person
6,847
views
48
Richard I of England
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
6,711
views
49
David
David
king of Israel and Judah
πŸ“š 26 citations Person
6,530
views
50
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
πŸ“š 68 citations Person
6,377
views
51
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
πŸ“š 44 citations Person
6,370
views
52
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
6,369
views
53
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
πŸ“š 34 citations Person
6,183
views
54
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
πŸ“š 67 citations Person
6,032
views
55
Voltaire
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
πŸ“š 38 citations Person
6,019
views
56
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
πŸ“š 36 citations Person
5,749
views
57
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
πŸ“š 49 citations Person
5,714
views
58
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Person
5,700
views
59
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
πŸ“š 75 citations Person
5,592
views
60
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pΓ©piniΓ©riste and inventor (born 1939)
πŸ“š 91 citations Person
5,361
views
61
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
5,263
views
62
Γ‰dith Piaf
Γ‰dith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
πŸ“š 47 citations Person
5,204
views
63
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
5,163
views
64
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
πŸ“š 109 citations Person
5,142
views
65
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
5,123
views
66
John Denver
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
5,112
views
67
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
πŸ“š 47 citations Person
5,101
views
68
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
5,020
views
69
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
4,917
views
70
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
πŸ“š 59 citations Person
4,916
views
71
Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
πŸ“š 40 citations Person
4,795
views
72
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
πŸ“š 52 citations Person
4,791
views
73
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
πŸ“š 33 citations Person
4,761
views
74
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
πŸ“š 20 citations Person
4,690
views
75
Mehmed II
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
4,651
views
76
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
Person
4,637
views
77
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
πŸ“š 64 citations Person
4,623
views
78
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
πŸ“š 27 citations Person
4,450
views
79
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
πŸ“š 83 citations Person
4,377
views
80
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
4,344
views
81
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
πŸ“š 51 citations Person
4,275
views
82
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
πŸ“š 49 citations Person
4,255
views
83
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
πŸ“š 47 citations Person
4,078
views
84
Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry
Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
πŸ“š 46 citations Person
4,021
views
85
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
πŸ“š 25 citations Person
4,018
views
86
Emily BrontΓ«
Emily BrontΓ«
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
4,009
views
87
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
πŸ“š 43 citations Person
3,951
views
88
Hadrian
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
πŸ“š 20 citations Person
3,907
views
89
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
πŸ“š 2 citations Person
3,894
views
90
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
πŸ“š 45 citations Person
3,866
views
91
Sergey Shnurov
Russian musician
πŸ“š 6 citations Person
3,858
views
92
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
American playwright (1911–1983)
πŸ“š 49 citations Person
3,856
views
93
Charles Bronson
English criminal
πŸ“š 5 citations Person
3,834
views
94
Thomas More
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
πŸ“š 42 citations Person
3,812
views
95
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
πŸ“š 16 citations Person
3,773
views
96
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
πŸ“š 21 citations Person
3,755
views
97
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
πŸ“š 8 citations Person
3,709
views
98
Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
πŸ“š 19 citations Person
3,709
views
99
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
πŸ“š 12 citations Person
3,697
views
100
Molière
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
πŸ“š 41 citations Person
3,671
views