Most popular people in May 2020

The international top 20 people includes: Elon Musk, Michael Jordan, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Grimes, Little Richard, Donald Trump, Judy Mikovits, Adolf Hitler, Scottie Pippen, Catherine II of Russia, Elizabeth II, Jerry Stiller, Dennis Rodman, Kayleigh McEnany, 6ix9ine, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Hana Kimura, Napoleon and Mike Tysons.

1st place – Elon Musk

Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur, in May 2020 the person was on the 1st place in English, Russian, on the 2nd place in Spanish, on the 4th place in Portuguese, on the 5th place in German, French, Italian, on the 17th place in Polish, on the 21st place in Chinese, on the 136th place in Arabic and on the 279th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

2nd place – Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman, in May 2020 the person was on the 1st place in Spanish, on the 2nd place in English, on the 3rd place in Italian, Portuguese, on the 9th place in French, on the 10th place in Polish, on the 16th place in German, on the 60th place in Chinese, on the 104th place in Russian, on the 419th place in Japanese and on the 731st place in Arabic Wikipedia.

3rd place – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – Hawaiian recording artist; musician, in May 2020 the person was on the 2nd place in German, Italian, on the 5th place in English, on the 6th place in French, on the 199th place in Portuguese, on the 367th place in Spanish, on the 658th place in Chinese, on the 808th place in Polish, on the 2091st place in Russian, on the 2238th place in Arabic and on the 12485th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

4th place – Grimes

Grimes – Canadian musician, singer, record producer and visual artist, in May 2020 the person was on the 3rd place in English, on the 22nd place in Russian, on the 25th place in German, on the 34th place in French, on the 75th place in Portuguese, on the 122nd place in Spanish, on the 137th place in Polish, on the 178th place in Italian, on the 1396th place in Chinese, on the 4784th place in Arabic and on the 5849th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

5th place – Little Richard

Little Richard – American pianist, singer and songwriter, in May 2020 the person was on the 6th place in English, on the 11th place in German, on the 17th place in French, on the 59th place in Portuguese, on the 104th place in Spanish, on the 139th place in Italian, on the 300th place in Japanese, on the 323rd place in Polish, on the 468th place in Russian, on the 4858th place in Chinese and on the 5724th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

6th place – Donald Trump

Donald Trump – 45th and current president of the United States, in May 2020 the person was on the 8th place in English, on the 10th place in Chinese, on the 17th place in German, on the 32nd place in French, on the 40th place in Russian, on the 43rd place in Spanish, on the 49th place in Portuguese, on the 82nd place in Italian, on the 114th place in Polish, on the 117th place in Arabic and on the 130th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

7th place – Judy Mikovits

Judy Mikovits – American anti-vaccination activist, conspiracy theorist, and ex-research scientist, in May 2020 the person was on the 4th place in English and on the 419th place in Portuguese Wikipedia.

8th place – Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler – chancellor and Führer of Germany; leader of the Nazi Party, in May 2020 the person was on the 4th place in Spanish, on the 6th place in Russian, on the 14th place in German, on the 16th place in Portuguese, on the 24th place in Italian, on the 30th place in English, on the 40th place in French, on the 43rd place in Polish, on the 67th place in Arabic, on the 105th place in Chinese and on the 263rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

9th place – Scottie Pippen

Scottie Pippen – American basketball player, in May 2020 the person was on the 11th place in English, on the 44th place in Portuguese, on the 53rd place in Spanish, on the 69th place in Italian, on the 75th place in French, on the 78th place in Polish, on the 131st place in German, on the 477th place in Chinese, on the 1248th place in Russian, on the 3310th place in Japanese and on the 7330th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

10th place – Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II of Russia – Empress of Russia, in May 2020 the person was on the 3rd place in Russian, on the 9th place in English, on the 71st place in Polish, on the 292nd place in Portuguese, on the 416th place in German, on the 465th place in Chinese, on the 499th place in French, on the 511th place in Spanish, on the 618th place in Italian, on the 1568th place in Arabic and on the 3753rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

11th place – Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II – queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations, in May 2020 the person was on the 14th place in Russian, on the 20th place in English, Portuguese, on the 22nd place in French, on the 34th place in Spanish, on the 51st place in Italian, on the 57th place in German, on the 68th place in Polish, on the 158th place in Arabic, on the 199th place in Chinese and on the 669th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

12th place – Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller – American comedian, actor, and author, in May 2020 the person was on the 4th place in German, on the 10th place in English, on the 517th place in French, on the 573rd place in Portuguese, on the 593rd place in Polish, on the 637th place in Spanish, on the 1216th place in Italian, on the 3928th place in Japanese, on the 4070th place in Russian, on the 4584th place in Arabic and on the 14908th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

13th place – Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman – American basketball player, in May 2020 the person was on the 12th place in English, on the 47th place in Portuguese, on the 50th place in Italian, on the 52nd place in Spanish, on the 71st place in French, on the 94th place in Polish, on the 150th place in German, on the 285th place in Chinese, on the 726th place in Russian, on the 2949th place in Japanese and on the 5394th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

14th place – Kayleigh McEnany

Kayleigh McEnany – American political commentator and writer, in May 2020 the person was on the 7th place in English, on the 404th place in German, on the 1013th place in French, on the 2452nd place in Chinese, on the 5705th place in Italian, on the 7337th place in Japanese and on the 10135th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

15th place – 6ix9ine

6ix9ine – American rapper, in May 2020 the person was on the 16th place in English, on the 47th place in German, Spanish, on the 51st place in French, on the 54th place in Russian, on the 96th place in Polish, on the 105th place in Portuguese, on the 129th place in Italian, on the 168th place in Chinese, on the 652nd place in Arabic and on the 3422nd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

16th place – Barack Obama

Barack Obama – 44th president of the United States, in May 2020 the person was on the 15th place in English, on the 35th place in German, on the 65th place in French, on the 94th place in Spanish, on the 101st place in Portuguese, on the 149th place in Italian, on the 155th place in Chinese, on the 169th place in Japanese, on the 223rd place in Polish, on the 252nd place in Russian and on the 311th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

17th place – Bill Gates

Bill Gates – American business magnate and philanthropist, in May 2020 the person was on the 9th place in German, on the 13th place in Russian, on the 33rd place in English, on the 38th place in Spanish, on the 72nd place in French, Portuguese, on the 79th place in Polish, on the 99th place in Italian, on the 107th place in Arabic, on the 356th place in Japanese and on the 376th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

18th place – Hana Kimura

Hana Kimura – Japanese female professional wrestler, in May 2020 the person was on the 3rd place in Japanese, on the 36th place in English, on the 268th place in Chinese, on the 601st place in French, on the 643rd place in Spanish, on the 2572nd place in Arabic and on the 6154th place in Russian Wikipedia.

19th place – Napoleon

Napoleon – French general and emperor, in May 2020 the person was on the 11th place in Italian, on the 12th place in Polish, on the 16th place in Spanish, on the 18th place in French, on the 32nd place in Portuguese, on the 33rd place in German, on the 69th place in Russian, on the 82nd place in English, on the 125th place in Arabic, on the 271st place in Japanese and on the 341st place in Chinese Wikipedia.

20th place – Mike Tysons

Mike Tysons – American boxer, in May 2020 the person was on the 18th place in Portuguese, on the 22nd place in English, on the 41st place in Russian, on the 94th place in French, on the 126th place in Polish, on the 131st place in Spanish, on the 135th place in Italian, on the 162nd place in German, on the 188th place in Japanese, on the 260th place in Chinese and on the 299th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

The most popular people in Arabic Wikipedia

1. Ahmed Mansi – Egyptian military personnel
2. Hassan Hosny – Egyptian actor
3. Ramez Galal – Egyptian actor
4. Hesham Ashmawy el2rhaby – Egyptian militant
5. Muhammad – Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
6. Ibn Taymiyyah – Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian, who lived during the era of the first Mamluks (1250-1328)
7. Mohamed Ramadan – Egyptian actor
8. Adel Emam – Egyptian actor
9. Yasmine Sabri – Egyptian actress
10. Ibrahim Nasr – Egyptian actor
11. Umar ibn Al-Khattāb – companion of Muhammad
12. Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib – cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
13. Saleh Abdullah Kamel – chairman and founder of the Dallah Al-Baraka
14. Ertuğrul – Ottoman ruler, father of Osman I
15. Youssef El Sherif – Egyptian actor
16. Ahmed Abou Hashima – Egyptian businessperson
17. Carles Puigdemont – Catalan politician
18. Osman I – Ottoman sultan
19. Abu Bakr – First Muslim Caliph and a companion of Muhammad
20. Menna Arafa – Egyptian actress

The most popular people in Chinese Wikipedia

1. Stanley Ho – Chinese entrepreneur
2. Wu Pong-fong – Taiwanese actor
3. Xi Jinping – General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and paramount leader of China
4. Anthony Wong – Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film producer
5. IU – South Korean singer, songwriter, producer and actress
6. Gillian Chung – Hong Kong actor and singer
7. Chen Chien-jen – Vice President of the Republic of China, Taiwanese epidemiologist and academic
8. Tsai Ing-wen – President of the Republic of China
9. Fanny Liu – Taiwanese singer and actress
10. Donald Trump – 45th and current president of the United States
11. Emperor Renzong of Song – emperor of the Song Dynasty
12. Aaron Kwok – Hong Kong singer and actor
13. Mao Zedong – Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
14. Showmydick Luo – Taiwanese singer, actor and dancer
15. Dilraba Dilmurat – Chinese actress of Uyghur ethnicity
16. Kim Jong-un – 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
17. Rainie Yang – Taiwanese actress and singer
18. John Lone – American actor
19. 李來希
20. Tiffany Hsu – Taiwanese actress and model

The most popular people in English Wikipedia

1. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
2. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
3. Grimes – Canadian musician, singer, record producer and visual artist
4. Judy Mikovits – American anti-vaccination activist, conspiracy theorist, and ex-research scientist
5. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – Hawaiian recording artist; musician
6. Little Richard – American pianist, singer and songwriter
7. Kayleigh McEnany – American political commentator and writer
8. Donald Trump – 45th and current president of the United States
9. Catherine II of Russia – Empress of Russia
10. Jerry Stiller – American comedian, actor, and author
11. Scottie Pippen – American basketball player
12. Dennis Rodman – American basketball player
13. Dominic Cummings – English political strategist
14. Fred Willard – American actor and comedian
15. Barack Obama – 44th president of the United States
16. 6ix9ine – American rapper
17. Jeffrey Epstein – American financier and sentenced child sex offender
18. Anthony Fauci – American immunologist and head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
19. Doja Cat – American singer, rapper and songwriter
20. Elizabeth II – queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations

The most popular people in French Wikipedia

1. Michel Piccoli – French actor
2. Guy Bedos – French actor
3. Camélia Jordana – French pop singer
4. Jean-Loup Dabadie – French writer, screenwriter, songwriter, dialog writer, translator, theater and movie director, Member of the Académie française
5. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
6. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – Hawaiian recording artist; musician
7. Lætitia Avia – French politician
8. Didier Raoult – French biology researcher
9. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
10. Sophie Daumier – French actress
11. Victor Hugo – French poet, novelist, and dramatist
12. Louis XIV of France – King of France and Navarra, from 1643 to 1715
13. Molière – French playwright and actor
14. Idir – French singer
15. Michael Jackson – American recording artist; singer and songwriter
16. Emmanuel Macron – French official and statesman
17. Little Richard – American pianist, singer and songwriter
18. Napoleon – French general and emperor
19. Charles de Gaulle – eighteenth President of the French Republic
20. Charles Baudelaire – 19th century French poet, essayist and art critic,

The most popular people in German Wikipedia

1. Ken Jebsen – German television presenter, journalist and radio host
2. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – Hawaiian recording artist; musician
3. Attila Hildmann – German author
4. Jerry Stiller – American comedian, actor, and author
5. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
6. Astrid Lindgren – Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays
7. Florian Homm – German businessman
8. Tomris Uyar – Turkish journalist, author and translator
9. Bill Gates – American business magnate and philanthropist
10. Florian Schneider – founding member of German electronic band Kraftwerk
11. Little Richard – American pianist, singer and songwriter
12. Michel Piccoli – French actor
13. Sabine Zimmermann – German television presenter
14. Adolf Hitler – chancellor and Führer of Germany; leader of the Nazi Party
15. Irm Hermann – German actress
16. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
17. Donald Trump – 45th and current president of the United States
18. Sam Lloyd – American actor
19. Christian Drosten – German virologist and university teacher
20. Johanna Bassani – Austrian nordic combined skier

The most popular people in Italian Wikipedia

1. Ezio Bosso – Italian composer, pianist and conductor
2. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole – Hawaiian recording artist; musician
3. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
4. Sara Cunial – Italian politician
5. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
6. Pablo Picasso – Spanish artist
7. Martin Luther King Jr. – American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
8. Giuseppe Ungaretti – poet and writer from Italy
9. Lucia Azzolina – Italian politician
10. Giovanni Falcone – Italian magistrate murdered by the Mafia
11. Napoleon – French general and emperor
12. Nelson Mandela – former President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
13. Leonardo da Vinci – Italian Renaissance polymath (1452-1519)
14. Gabriele D’Annunzio – Italian writer, poet, journalist and playwright
15. Luigi Pirandello – Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate
16. John Peter Sloan – British writer and comedian
17. Primo Levi – Italian chemist, memoirist, short story writer, novelist, essayist
18. Mia Martini – Italian singer
19. Vincent van Gogh – Dutch post-impressionist painter (1853–1890)
20. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during the British Raj

The most popular people in Japanese Wikipedia

1. Yūji Koseki – Japanese composer
2. Hirofumi Yoshimura – governor of Osaka, Japan
3. Hana Kimura – Japanese female professional wrestler
4. Hiromu Kurokawa
5. Masako Mori – Japanese politician
6. Akechi Mitsuhide – daimyo
7. Ryūichi Yoneyama – Japanese politician
8. Saitō Dōsan – Sengoku period Japanese samurai
9. Minori Chihara – Japanese voice actress and singer
10. Saitō Yoshitatsu – Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
11. Yasutoshi Nishimura – Japanese politician
12. Yukio Okamoto – Japanese political pundit
13. Mikako Komatsu – Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
14. Yuzuki Muroi
15. Harue Okada – Japanese Public health scholar
16. Ayaka Miyoshi – Japanese actress, model
17. Koyoharu Gotōge – Japanese manga artist
18. Oda Nobunaga – samurai daimyo and warlord of Japan
19. Yuriko Koike – Japanese politician
20. Kyoko Kimura – Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

The most popular people in Polish Wikipedia

1. John Paul II – 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
2. Rafał Trzaskowski – Polish politician
3. Paweł Tanajno – Polish politician and businessman
4. Szymon Hołownia – Polish journalist and writer
5. Krzysztof Bosak – Polish politician
6. Kazik Staszewski – Polish musician
7. Sylwester Latkowski – Polish film director
8. Małgorzata Manowska – Polish judge, professor
9. Stanisław Żółtek – Polish politician
10. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
11. Frédéric Chopin – Polish composer and pianist
12. Napoleon – French general and emperor
13. Jan Kochanowski – Polish poet
14. Andrzej Duda – Polish politician, President of Poland
15. Józef Piłsudski – Polish politician and Prime Minister
16. Marie Curie – Polish-French physicist and chemist
17. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
18. Marek Niedźwiecki – Polish music journalist
19. Johann Sebastian Bach – German composer and musician of the Baroque era
20. Stefan Wyszyński – Polish cardinal

The most popular people in Portuguese Wikipedia

1. Jair Bolsonaro – President of Brazil
2. Flávio Migliaccio – Brazilian actor, film director and screenwriter
3. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
4. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
5. Sara Winter – Brazilian activist
6. Regina Duarte – Brazilian actress
7. Eduardo Pazuello
8. Karl Marx – German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
9. Nelson Luiz Sperle Teich – oncologist, businessman, health consultant and former Minister of Health of Brazil
10. Pedro I – first Emperor of Brazil
11. Aldir Blanc – Brazilian composer
12. Mário Frias – Brazilian actor
13. Leonardo da Vinci – Italian Renaissance polymath (1452-1519)
14. Abraham Weintraub – is an economist and Brazilian professor.
15. Ayrton Senna – Brazilian racing driver
16. Adolf Hitler – chancellor and Führer of Germany; leader of the Nazi Party
17. Alok – Brazilian DJ and producer
18. Mike Tysons – American boxer
19. Pedro II of Brazil – Emperor of Brazil from 7 April 1831 until deposed on 15 November 1889, Pedro II was the last ruler of the Empire of Brazil
20. Elizabeth II – queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations

The most popular people in Russian Wikipedia

1. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
2. Vladimir Putin – 2nd and 4th President of Russia
3. Catherine II of Russia – Empress of Russia
4. Joseph Stalin – general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and premier of the Soviet Union (1878-1953)
5. Joseph Brodsky – Russian-American poet
6. Adolf Hitler – chancellor and Führer of Germany; leader of the Nazi Party
7. Georgy Zhukov – Marshal of the Soviet Union
8. Dmitry Bosov – Russian businessman
9. Vladimir Lenin – Russian politician, communist theorist, and founder of the Soviet Union
10. Justin Gaethje – American MMA fighter
11. Peter the Great – Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire
12. Alexander Pushkin – Russian poet
13. Bill Gates – American business magnate and philanthropist
14. Elizabeth II – queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations
15. Nicholas II of Russia – Emperor of All the Russias, Grand Duke of Finland and King of Poland By the Grace of God
16. Kim Jong-un – 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
17. Al Capone – American gangster
18. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Russian composer
19. Igor Strelkov – Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass
20. Mikhail Gorbachev – General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The most popular people in Spanish Wikipedia

1. Michael Jordan – American basketball player and businessman
2. Elon Musk – South African-born American entrepreneur
3. Leonardo da Vinci – Italian Renaissance polymath (1452-1519)
4. Adolf Hitler – chancellor and Führer of Germany; leader of the Nazi Party
5. Aristotle – ancient Greek philosopher
6. Karl Marx – German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
7. Ludwig van Beethoven – German classical and romantic composer
8. Fernando Simón Soria – Spanish physician
9. Albert Einstein – German-born physicist; developer of the theory of relativity
10. Frida Kahlo – Mexican painter
11. Christopher Columbus – Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer
12. Plato – ancient Greek philosopher
13. Miguel de Cervantes – Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
14. Gabriel García Márquez – Colombian writer, journalist and Nobel laureate in literature
15. Isaac Newton – influential British physicist and mathematician
16. Napoleon – French general and emperor
17. Pablo Picasso – Spanish artist
18. Isabel Díaz Ayuso – Spanish politician
19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Austrian composer of the Classical period
20. Charles Darwin – British naturalist, author of “On the origin of species, by means of natural selection”

The most popular people in other months are available on https://wikirank.net/top/human

 

Briefly about the method

Wikipedia currently has over 53 million articles in over 300 languages. Despite the impressive number of articles, not all topics can be written in this free encyclopedia. At the same time, the community of each language version has the ability to decide which topic can be described in the encyclopedia, and which is not (for example, article must be notable). In addition, each language version can describe the same topic in its own way – it all depends on the number and experience of interested authors (Wikipedia users who edit articles).

Almost every Wikipedia article has an alignment to certain categories. Additionally, based on the content, you can specify the subject of the article – for example, using semantic relations on Wikidata or DBpedia. More details on the automatic classification process can be found in various scholarly papers (e.g. for articles or sources).

This article selected the most-developed language versions of Wikipedia with more than 1 million articles, including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other. After the classification of articles, only those that are dedicated to individual people. As a result for English Wikipedia 1706556 articles about people were found, for German – 766714 people, for French – 601192 people, for Arabic – 452145 people, for Russian – 447602 people, for Italian – 400997 people, for Spanish – 398414 people, for Polish – 363355 people, for Japanese – 348428 people, for Portuguese – 232446 people and for Chinese – 223934 people.

As mentioned earlier, every Wikipedia article can have different language versions, so we can find out different names of the same object (person). Using open data on Wikipedia article views we can find out how many times a given article has been viewed on specific days. After collecting data for viewing all Wikipedia articles on people in the appropriate language versions May 2020 ranking of the most popular was made. First, the positions of people in the ranking are shown, which were obtained by adding up the page views from different language versions for a given person. Later, the most popular people are shown for only one language version of Wikipedia.

Recently we observed that visitors number for some articles was “overclocked” in some periods of time. Therefore, we decide to provide additional modification of the pageview statistics for such cases and change this number (usually by reduction). Fairness of statistics for each article in selected language version in selected months can be assessed using such indicators as: number of the edits and authors, page protection, the rate of citation increasing of the article, popularity statistics of related keywords (phrases) in Google Trends and others.