Trending Poets — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed poets on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Patti Smith. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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4,219,385
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
115,622
views
views
2
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
108,230
views
views
3
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
99,545
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
98,985
views
views
5
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
92,165
views
views
6
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
87,137
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
86,744
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
78,114
views
views
9
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
76,072
views
views
10
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
73,752
views
views
11
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
72,152
views
views
12
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
68,097
views
views
13
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
67,567
views
views
14
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
67,032
views
views
15
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
66,178
views
views
16
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
65,959
views
views
17
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
63,346
views
views
18
Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
61,604
views
views
19
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
59,933
views
views
20
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
59,348
views
views
21
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
58,227
views
views
22
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
58,124
views
views
23
James Avery
American actor (1945–2013)
57,227
views
views
24
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
56,789
views
views
25
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
55,830
views
views
26
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
50,713
views
views
27
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
50,361
views
views
28
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
49,423
views
views
29
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
47,762
views
views
30
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
46,915
views
views
31
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
46,711
views
views
32
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
46,260
views
views
33
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
44,230
views
views
34
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
44,167
views
views
35
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
44,062
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)
43,658
views
views
37
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
42,474
views
views
38
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
42,467
views
views
39
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
40,963
views
views
40
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
40,959
views
views
41
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
40,846
views
views
42
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
40,658
views
views
43
Johnny Flynn
British actor
40,293
views
views
44
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
40,078
views
views
45
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
37,365
views
views
46
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
36,838
views
views
47
Mylène Farmer
French singer and songwriter (born 1961)
36,400
views
views
48
Anne Carson
Canadian-Icelandic poet, academic and essayist (born 1950)
36,169
views
views
49
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
36,042
views
views
50
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
36,017
views
views
51
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
35,609
views
views
52
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
33,507
views
views
53
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
33,441
views
views
54
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
32,759
views
views
55
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
32,004
views
views
56
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
31,692
views
views
57
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
31,400
views
views
58
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
30,690
views
views
59
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
30,587
views
views
60
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
29,190
views
views
61
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
29,094
views
views
62
Roger Waters
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)
28,997
views
views
63
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
28,150
views
views
64
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
27,619
views
views
65
David
king of Israel and Judah
27,609
views
views
66
Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
27,453
views
views
67
Elfriede Jelinek
Austrian playwright and novelist
26,906
views
views
68
Billy Corgan
American musician
26,646
views
views
69
Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
26,636
views
views
70
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
26,557
views
views
71
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
26,379
views
views
72
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
26,271
views
views
73
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
26,209
views
views
74
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
26,200
views
views
75
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
25,863
views
views
76
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
25,660
views
views
77
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
25,547
views
views
78
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
25,269
views
views
79
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
24,339
views
views
80
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
23,897
views
views
81
Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
23,862
views
views
82
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
23,736
views
views
83
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
23,518
views
views
84
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician (born 1950)
23,040
views
views
85
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
23,010
views
views
86
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
22,863
views
views
87
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
22,789
views
views
88
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
22,773
views
views
89
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
22,674
views
views
90
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
22,564
views
views
91
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
22,517
views
views
92
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
22,268
views
views
93
Teresa of Ávila
Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
22,208
views
views
94
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
22,143
views
views
95
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
22,069
views
views
96
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
22,057
views
views
97
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
22,040
views
views
98
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
21,946
views
views
99
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
21,928
views
views
100
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
21,590
views
views
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