Trending Poets this year
The 100 most-viewed poets this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
5,203,928
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968β2023)
232,537
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
232,418
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946β1991)
192,019
views
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
124,855
views
views
5
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925β1970)
103,060
views
views
6
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564β1616)
101,090
views
views
7
John Lennon
British musician (1940β1980)
99,177
views
views
8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928β1967)
95,689
views
views
9
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
87,500
views
views
10
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943β2001)
84,455
views
views
11
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971β1996)
82,879
views
views
12
Husayn ibn Ali
grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626β680)
80,336
views
views
13
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
79,596
views
views
14
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
75,904
views
views
15
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
75,605
views
views
16
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893β1976)
75,373
views
views
17
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939β2026)
71,915
views
views
18
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818β1883)
71,546
views
views
19
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
71,360
views
views
20
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
70,137
views
views
21
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
67,870
views
views
22
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892β1973)
66,356
views
views
23
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881β1973)
65,460
views
views
24
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899β1961)
63,849
views
views
25
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916β1990)
62,507
views
views
26
John Denver
American singer (1943β1997)
60,161
views
views
27
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
57,291
views
views
28
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
55,808
views
views
29
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883β1924)
52,925
views
views
30
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903β1950)
51,145
views
views
31
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
49,660
views
views
32
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890β1976)
49,378
views
views
33
AlΔ« ibn AbΔ« αΉ¬Δlib
4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656β661) and first Shia Imam
49,177
views
views
34
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
49,134
views
views
35
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265β1321)
47,833
views
views
36
David
king of Israel and Judah
47,698
views
views
37
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943β1971)
47,620
views
views
38
BjΓΆrk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
46,537
views
views
39
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809β1849)
46,346
views
views
40
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908β1997)
45,926
views
views
41
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54β68)
45,215
views
views
42
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
44,181
views
views
43
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978β2005)
43,283
views
views
44
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483β1546)
42,337
views
views
45
Kishore Kumar
Indian singer and actor (1929β1987)
40,449
views
views
46
Yazid I
second caliph of the Umayyad caliphate (646-683)
40,345
views
views
47
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157β1199)
40,317
views
views
48
Henry Rollins
American musician
39,884
views
views
49
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932β1963)
39,854
views
views
50
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354β430)
39,515
views
views
51
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898β1963)
39,070
views
views
52
Saima Raina
Indian stand-up comedian
38,742
views
views
53
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
37,961
views
views
54
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
37,736
views
views
55
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
37,713
views
views
56
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
37,353
views
views
57
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913β1960)
37,351
views
views
58
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
36,971
views
views
59
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478β1535)
36,728
views
views
60
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
36,498
views
views
61
Charles Bronson
English criminal
36,335
views
views
62
NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469β1527)
36,260
views
views
63
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797β1851)
35,719
views
views
64
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
35,588
views
views
65
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
35,378
views
views
66
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
35,023
views
views
67
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946β2006)
34,705
views
views
68
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890β1937)
34,695
views
views
69
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
34,255
views
views
70
Philippe LΓ©otard
French singer and actor (1940-2001)
33,972
views
views
71
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
33,779
views
views
72
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934β2016)
33,625
views
views
73
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917β1997)
33,604
views
views
74
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890β1969)
33,523
views
views
75
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
33,511
views
views
76
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828β1910)
33,505
views
views
77
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
31,504
views
views
78
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942β2013)
31,243
views
views
79
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912β1998)
30,430
views
views
80
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970β2025)
30,360
views
views
81
Bo Burnham
American comedian
30,347
views
views
82
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815β1852)
29,758
views
views
83
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931β2015)
29,438
views
views
84
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
28,894
views
views
85
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788β1824)
28,848
views
views
86
Amber Tamblyn
American actress and writer
28,652
views
views
87
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2β1226)
28,296
views
views
88
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
28,143
views
views
89
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pΓ©piniΓ©riste and inventor (born 1939)
27,647
views
views
90
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
26,752
views
views
91
Ian Curtis
British musician (1956β1980)
26,715
views
views
92
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904β1991)
26,541
views
views
93
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802β1885)
26,532
views
views
94
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
26,031
views
views
95
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868β1963)
25,902
views
views
96
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841β1882)
25,752
views
views
97
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
25,703
views
views
98
James Baldwin
American writer (1924β1987)
25,424
views
views
99
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865β1936)
25,050
views
views
100
Johnny Marr
English musician (born 1963)
24,854
views
views
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