Trending Poets in USA this week
The 100 most-viewed poets this week on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lisa Marie Presley.
100
Ranked
1,872,903
Total Views (this week)
1
Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
77,043
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
60,400
views
views
3
Madonna
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)
56,236
views
views
4
Tennessee Williams
American playwright (1911–1983)
53,797
views
views
5
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
51,100
views
views
6
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
46,749
views
views
7
George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)
41,349
views
views
8
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
37,930
views
views
9
Che Guevara
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
33,261
views
views
10
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
31,020
views
views
11
Mick Jagger
British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones
30,270
views
views
12
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
29,456
views
views
13
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
28,711
views
views
14
Björk
Icelandic singer (born 1965)
28,459
views
views
15
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
27,666
views
views
16
James Franco
American actor (born 1978)
27,290
views
views
17
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
26,730
views
views
18
Ali Khamenei
cleric and former Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026 (1939–2026)
25,275
views
views
19
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
23,732
views
views
20
Stevie Wonder
American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)
23,316
views
views
21
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
23,282
views
views
22
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
23,265
views
views
23
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
23,056
views
views
24
Lenny Kravitz
American rock musician
22,833
views
views
25
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
21,847
views
views
26
Yukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
20,409
views
views
27
Lou Reed
American rock musician (1942–2013)
20,094
views
views
28
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
19,759
views
views
29
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
19,385
views
views
30
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
18,851
views
views
31
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
18,404
views
views
32
John Denver
American singer (1943–1997)
18,191
views
views
33
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
18,138
views
views
34
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)
18,105
views
views
35
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
17,074
views
views
36
David
king of Israel and Judah
16,996
views
views
37
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
16,385
views
views
38
Nero
fifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68)
16,198
views
views
39
Sylvia Plath
American poet and writer (1932–1963)
15,918
views
views
40
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
15,558
views
views
41
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
15,058
views
views
42
Richard I of England
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
15,050
views
views
43
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)
14,393
views
views
44
Tim Burton
American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)
14,366
views
views
45
Homer
reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
14,356
views
views
46
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)
14,319
views
views
47
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
14,110
views
views
48
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
14,080
views
views
49
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912–1998)
13,949
views
views
50
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
13,897
views
views
51
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
13,888
views
views
52
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
13,864
views
views
53
Sean Lennon
American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
13,762
views
views
54
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
13,671
views
views
55
Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
13,395
views
views
56
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
13,330
views
views
57
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
13,245
views
views
58
Julian Lennon
English musician; son of John Lennon
13,244
views
views
59
Bashir Badr
Indian poet of Urdu
13,212
views
views
60
Russell Brand
English comedian, actor, and podcaster (born 1975)
13,143
views
views
61
Ada Lovelace
English mathematician (1815–1852)
12,735
views
views
62
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
12,597
views
views
63
Charles Bronson
English criminal
12,592
views
views
64
Voltaire
French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
12,574
views
views
65
Plato
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
12,547
views
views
66
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
12,431
views
views
67
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
12,387
views
views
68
John Lithgow
American actor (born 1945)
12,292
views
views
69
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
12,292
views
views
70
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
12,232
views
views
71
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
12,197
views
views
72
Dante Alighieri
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
12,189
views
views
73
Bo Burnham
American comedian
12,168
views
views
74
Garth Brooks
American country music singer and songwriter
12,127
views
views
75
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
11,922
views
views
76
Michael Madsen
American actor (1957–2025)
11,919
views
views
77
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam (1890–1969)
11,873
views
views
78
Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
11,855
views
views
79
Peter Gabriel
British singer and musician
11,750
views
views
80
Charles J. Guiteau
American assassin (1841–1882)
11,533
views
views
81
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
11,290
views
views
82
Mehmed II
seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
11,198
views
views
83
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (1970–2025)
11,157
views
views
84
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
11,088
views
views
85
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
10,992
views
views
86
Todd Rundgren
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
10,956
views
views
87
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
ruler of Dubai (born 1949)
10,938
views
views
88
LaKeith Stanfield
American actor and rapper
10,928
views
views
89
Art Garfunkel
American singer (born 1941)
10,628
views
views
90
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
10,443
views
views
91
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
10,135
views
views
92
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
10,084
views
views
93
Masiela Lusha
Albanian American actress and author
10,084
views
views
94
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
9,804
views
views
95
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
9,636
views
views
96
Van Morrison
Northern Irish musician
9,573
views
views
97
W. E. B. Du Bois
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
9,533
views
views
98
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
9,492
views
views
99
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
9,434
views
views
100
Billy Corgan
American musician
9,428
views
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