Trending Historians in USA this year
The 99 most-viewed historians this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Bill Oddie.
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9,171,003
Total Views (this year)
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Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
462,520
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2
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
412,488
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3
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
281,164
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4
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
273,112
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5
Serena Williams
American tennis player (1981)
268,932
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6
Hulk Hogan
American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
259,376
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7
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
174,156
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8
Michael Jordan
American businessman (born 1963)
160,461
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9
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
144,399
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10
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
143,340
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11
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
138,621
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12
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
135,632
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13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
129,881
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14
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
123,325
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15
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
123,149
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16
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
119,785
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17
Emily Wilson
British-American classicist, author and translator
118,082
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18
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
114,293
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views
19
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1954)
112,322
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20
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
111,794
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views
21
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
111,222
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22
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
103,258
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23
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
100,983
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views
24
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
98,335
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views
25
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
97,122
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26
Michael Caine
English actor (born 1933)
96,782
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27
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter
93,894
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28
Phil Collins
English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
92,424
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views
29
Richard Nixon
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
91,316
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views
30
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
90,040
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views
31
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
88,424
views
views
32
George H. W. Bush
president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924-2018)
88,033
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33
Dolly Parton
American singer, songwriter and actress
87,942
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views
34
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
87,854
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35
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
85,907
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36
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
85,491
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views
37
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
85,336
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38
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
85,160
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39
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
85,101
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40
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
83,037
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views
41
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
82,688
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42
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
81,884
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43
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
79,293
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44
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
78,842
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views
45
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
78,645
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views
46
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
75,616
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views
47
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
74,728
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views
48
Lance Armstrong
cyclist from the United States
73,234
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views
49
Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
71,870
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views
50
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
70,610
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views
51
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
69,692
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views
52
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
69,554
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views
53
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
68,375
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54
Jimmy Savile
English DJ, media personality and sexual abuser (1926–2011)
65,779
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55
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
65,732
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views
56
Gerald Ford
president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
65,223
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views
57
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
64,783
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views
58
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
63,985
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59
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
62,972
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60
Tim Curry
British actor
61,562
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61
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
61,446
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62
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
60,657
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63
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
60,389
views
views
64
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
59,941
views
views
65
Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
59,467
views
views
66
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
58,294
views
views
67
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
57,560
views
views
68
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
56,867
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views
69
Nigel Farage
British politician
56,479
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views
70
Elizabeth Smart
American activist
56,036
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views
71
J. Paul Getty
American industrialist and art collector (1892–1976)
55,786
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views
72
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
55,766
views
views
73
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
55,729
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74
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
55,640
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views
75
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
55,277
views
views
76
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
54,681
views
views
77
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
54,184
views
views
78
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
53,813
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views
79
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
53,501
views
views
80
Ann Widdecombe
British politician and media personality (1947–2026)
53,337
views
views
81
Neil Young
Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)
53,267
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views
82
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
52,643
views
views
83
Katharine Hepburn
American actress (1907–2003)
52,498
views
views
84
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
52,246
views
views
85
John Cleese
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
52,065
views
views
86
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)
51,938
views
views
87
Sammy Hagar
American rock singer
51,157
views
views
88
Calvin Coolidge
president of the United States from 1923 to 1929
51,036
views
views
89
Cary Grant
British-American actor (1904–1986)
51,023
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views
90
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
51,009
views
views
91
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
50,942
views
views
92
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
50,743
views
views
93
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
50,703
views
views
94
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
50,397
views
views
95
Richard Pryor
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
49,987
views
views
96
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
48,849
views
views
97
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
48,841
views
views
98
Trevor Noah
South African comedian and television host
48,812
views
views
99
Melissa Gilbert
American actress
48,437
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