Trending Historians in USA this year
The 99 most-viewed historians this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hulk Hogan.
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2,793,449
Total Views (this year)
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Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
205,449
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2
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
194,711
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
181,251
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4
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
86,980
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5
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
56,113
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6
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
55,926
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7
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
46,043
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8
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
44,992
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9
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
43,858
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10
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
42,812
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11
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
38,408
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12
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
38,303
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13
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
38,076
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14
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
37,381
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15
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
37,071
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views
16
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
35,352
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17
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
34,418
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18
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
33,096
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19
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
31,660
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20
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
31,421
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views
21
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
30,687
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views
22
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
29,542
views
views
23
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
27,309
views
views
24
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
27,211
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25
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
26,891
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26
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
26,652
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27
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
26,154
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views
28
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
25,985
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29
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
25,971
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views
30
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
25,965
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views
31
Thomas Jefferson
president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
25,949
views
views
32
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
25,281
views
views
33
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
25,255
views
views
34
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
24,772
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views
35
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
24,754
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views
36
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
24,633
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views
37
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
24,041
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views
38
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
23,581
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views
39
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
23,017
views
views
40
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
21,749
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views
41
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
21,746
views
views
42
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
21,293
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views
43
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
20,915
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views
44
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
20,414
views
views
45
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
20,075
views
views
46
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
19,915
views
views
47
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
19,804
views
views
48
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
19,785
views
views
49
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
19,586
views
views
50
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
19,533
views
views
51
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
19,488
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views
52
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
19,401
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views
53
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
19,144
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views
54
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
19,021
views
views
55
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
18,551
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views
56
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
18,076
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views
57
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
17,873
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views
58
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
17,861
views
views
59
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
17,509
views
views
60
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
17,316
views
views
61
Maureen Lipman
British actress, columnist and comedian
17,157
views
views
62
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
17,020
views
views
63
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
16,842
views
views
64
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
16,644
views
views
65
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
16,605
views
views
66
Monica Crowley
American conservative pundit and television personality
16,441
views
views
67
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
16,415
views
views
68
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
16,224
views
views
69
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
16,040
views
views
70
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
15,993
views
views
71
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
15,841
views
views
72
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
15,653
views
views
73
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
15,255
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views
74
Ted Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009
15,203
views
views
75
Miles Davis
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
15,128
views
views
76
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
14,971
views
views
77
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
14,929
views
views
78
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
14,774
views
views
79
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
14,708
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views
80
Sela Ward
American actress, author, and producer
14,487
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views
81
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player
14,481
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views
82
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
14,450
views
views
83
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
14,371
views
views
84
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
14,309
views
views
85
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
14,170
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views
86
Trevor Noah
South African comedian and television host
14,100
views
views
87
Tim Curry
British actor
14,057
views
views
88
Kyrie Irving
American basketball player
13,929
views
views
89
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
13,877
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views
90
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
13,709
views
views
91
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
13,684
views
views
92
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
13,638
views
views
93
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)
13,468
views
views
94
Rajneesh
Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement (1931–1990)
13,360
views
views
95
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
13,195
views
views
96
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
13,146
views
views
97
Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host
13,105
views
views
98
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
13,043
views
views
99
Mary Wollstonecraft
English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
13,001
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