Trending Poets this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
784,658
Total Views (this month)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
31,717
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
26,592
views
views
3
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
26,055
views
views
4
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
19,814
views
views
5
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
19,222
views
views
6
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
19,050
views
views
7
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
18,588
views
views
8
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
16,826
views
views
9
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
15,542
views
views
10
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
14,163
views
views
11
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
13,718
views
views
12
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
12,387
views
views
13
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
12,011
views
views
14
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
11,028
views
views
15
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
10,863
views
views
16
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
10,739
views
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
10,543
views
views
18
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
10,265
views
views
19
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
10,046
views
views
20
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
9,704
views
views
21
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
9,605
views
views
22
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
9,481
views
views
23
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
9,181
views
views
24
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
9,076
views
views
25
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
8,990
views
views
26
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
8,851
views
views
27
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
8,710
views
views
28
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
8,521
views
views
29
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
8,049
views
views
30
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
7,951
views
views
31
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
7,946
views
views
32
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
7,828
views
views
33
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
7,698
views
views
34
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
7,486
views
views
35
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
7,465
views
views
36
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
7,407
views
views
37
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
7,261
views
views
38
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
7,254
views
views
39
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
7,223
views
views
40
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
7,203
views
views
41
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
7,064
views
views
42
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
7,040
views
views
43
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
7,000
views
views
44
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
6,998
views
views
45
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
6,998
views
views
46
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
6,917
views
views
47
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
6,847
views
views
48
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
6,711
views
views
49
David
king of Israel and Judah
6,530
views
views
50
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
6,377
views
views
51
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
6,370
views
views
52
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
6,369
views
views
53
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
6,183
views
views
54
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
6,032
views
views
55
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
6,019
views
views
56
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
5,749
views
views
57
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
5,714
views
views
58
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
5,700
views
views
59
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
5,592
views
views
60
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
5,361
views
views
61
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
5,263
views
views
62
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
5,204
views
views
63
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
5,163
views
views
64
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
5,142
views
views
65
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
5,123
views
views
66
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
5,112
views
views
67
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
5,101
views
views
68
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
5,020
views
views
69
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
4,917
views
views
70
Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)
4,916
views
views
71
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
4,795
views
views
72
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
4,791
views
views
73
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
4,761
views
views
74
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
4,690
views
views
75
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
4,651
views
views
76
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
4,637
views
views
77
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
4,623
views
views
78
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
4,450
views
views
79
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
4,377
views
views
80
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
4,344
views
views
81
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
4,275
views
views
82
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
4,255
views
views
83
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
4,078
views
views
84
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
4,021
views
views
85
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
4,018
views
views
86
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
4,009
views
views
87
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
3,951
views
views
88
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
3,907
views
views
89
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
3,894
views
views
90
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
3,866
views
views
91
Sergey Shnurov
Russian musician
3,858
views
views
92
Tennessee Williams
American playwright (1911–1983)
3,856
views
views
93
Charles Bronson
English criminal
3,834
views
views
94
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
3,812
views
views
95
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
3,773
views
views
96
Empress Michiko
wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
3,755
views
views
97
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
3,709
views
views
98
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
3,709
views
views
99
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
3,697
views
views
100
Molière
French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
3,671
views
views
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