Trending Poets in USA this month
The 100 most-viewed poets this month on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Homer.
100
Ranked
3,206,132
Total Views (this month)
1
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
292,411
views
views
2
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
106,864
views
views
3
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
68,413
views
views
4
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
66,092
views
views
5
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
66,085
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
64,925
views
views
7
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
64,902
views
views
8
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
62,071
views
views
9
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
55,377
views
views
10
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
54,330
views
views
11
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
50,777
views
views
12
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
50,062
views
views
13
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
50,039
views
views
14
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
46,201
views
views
15
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
45,197
views
views
16
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
43,744
views
views
17
Tupac Shakur
American rapper (1971–1996)
43,436
views
views
18
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
42,933
views
views
19
Common
American rapper and actor (born 1972)
40,247
views
views
20
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
39,061
views
views
21
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
38,340
views
views
22
Édith Piaf
French singer (1915–1963)
35,131
views
views
23
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
34,471
views
views
24
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
33,071
views
views
25
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
32,654
views
views
26
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
32,381
views
views
27
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
32,103
views
views
28
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
31,640
views
views
29
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
31,145
views
views
30
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
30,594
views
views
31
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
30,182
views
views
32
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
29,912
views
views
33
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
29,711
views
views
34
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
29,677
views
views
35
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
29,487
views
views
36
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
29,269
views
views
37
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
29,203
views
views
38
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
29,075
views
views
39
Orpheus
legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth
28,987
views
views
40
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
28,690
views
views
41
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
28,166
views
views
42
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
27,808
views
views
43
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
27,569
views
views
44
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
27,517
views
views
45
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
27,133
views
views
46
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
26,983
views
views
47
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
26,611
views
views
48
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
26,292
views
views
49
Charles Bronson
English criminal
26,165
views
views
50
Virgil
Roman poet (1st century BC)
25,839
views
views
51
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
25,683
views
views
52
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
25,486
views
views
53
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
24,621
views
views
54
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
24,415
views
views
55
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
23,220
views
views
56
David
king of Israel and Judah
22,736
views
views
57
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
22,690
views
views
58
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
21,603
views
views
59
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
21,489
views
views
60
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
21,465
views
views
61
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
21,421
views
views
62
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
21,314
views
views
63
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
20,621
views
views
64
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
20,561
views
views
65
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
20,533
views
views
66
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
20,057
views
views
67
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
20,053
views
views
68
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
19,741
views
views
69
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
19,663
views
views
70
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
19,662
views
views
71
Bo Burnham
American comedian
19,503
views
views
72
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
19,422
views
views
73
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
19,342
views
views
74
James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
18,957
views
views
75
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
18,948
views
views
76
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
18,588
views
views
77
Joyce Carol Oates
American author (born 1938)
18,562
views
views
78
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
18,555
views
views
79
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
18,391
views
views
80
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
18,228
views
views
81
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
18,211
views
views
82
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
17,945
views
views
83
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
17,834
views
views
84
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
17,742
views
views
85
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
17,563
views
views
86
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
17,297
views
views
87
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
17,103
views
views
88
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
17,018
views
views
89
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
16,922
views
views
90
Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
16,729
views
views
91
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
16,296
views
views
92
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
16,281
views
views
93
Henry Rollins
American musician
16,164
views
views
94
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
16,074
views
views
95
Rudyard Kipling
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
16,025
views
views
96
Hadrian
14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
15,557
views
views
97
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
15,271
views
views
98
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
15,225
views
views
99
Crispin Glover
American actor
15,198
views
views
100
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
15,174
views
views
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