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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Lennon (1940â1980), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles | 755028 |
| 2 | Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles | 45563 |
| 3 | Norman Wisdom (born 1915) | 42558 |
| 4 | Henry VIII (1491â1547), separated English Catholicism from link with the Roman Catholic Church | 39393 |
| 5 | Cheryl Cole Singer (born 1983) | 35325 |
| 6 | Stephen Hawking (born 1942), cosmologist | 32897 |
| 7 | Sir Isaac Newton (1642â1727), founder of modern physics, inventor of the reflector telescope | 32546 |
| 8 | George Harrison (1943â2001), composer, member of The Beatles | 31239 |
| 9 | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926), English-born British monarch | 29912 |
| 10 | Ringo Starr (born 1940), composer, member of The Beatles | 28969 |
| 11 | Elizabeth I (1558â1603), Protestant queen and first Supreme Governor of the Church of England | 25398 |
| 12 | David Bowie (born 1947) | 22237 |
| 13 | John Locke (1632â1704), philosopher | 22082 |
| 14 | Charles Darwin (1809â1882), Founder of The Theory of Evolution | 21949 |
| 15 | Winston Churchill (1874â1965), British prime minister | 21355 |
| 16 | Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics | 20766 |
| 17 | Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948) | 19856 |
| 18 | Jack the Ripper (serial killer) | 19794 |
| 19 | Robbie Williams (born 1974) | 17279 |
| 20 | Charlie Chaplin (1889â1977) | 17185 |
| 21 | Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist | 17095 |
| 22 | Robert Pattinson (born 1986) | 16507 |
| 23 | David Beckham (born 1975), football player | 16305 |
| 24 | Emma Watson (born 1990) | 16255 |
| 25 | Keira Knightley (born 1985) | 15881 |
| 26 | Eric Clapton (born 1945) | 15057 |
| 27 | Margaret Thatcher (born 1925), British prime minister | 14678 |
| 28 | Audrey Hepburn Actress/Icon (born 1929) | 14600 |
| 29 | Simon Cowell (born 1959), T.V. personality, record producer | 14330 |
| 30 | Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987) | 14228 |
| 31 | Stephen Fry (born 1958) | 14038 |
| 32 | Naomi Watts Actress (born-1968) | 13954 |
| 33 | Kate Beckinsale (born 1973) | 13178 |
| 34 | Gemma Arterton (born 1986) | 13047 |
| 35 | Patrick Stewart (born 1940) | 12666 |
| 36 | Sir Elton John (born 1947), pop star and composer | 12665 |
| 37 | Mary I (1553â1558), Roman Catholic queen | 12603 |
| 38 | Hugh Laurie (born 1959) | 12421 |
| 39 | Christian Bale (born 1974) | 12252 |
| 40 | Lily Allen (born 1985) | 12117 |
| 41 | Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) | 12008 |
| 42 | Amy Winehouse (born 1983) | 11722 |
| 43 | Kate Winslet (born 1975) | 11592 |
| 44 | Sir Richard Branson (born 1950) | 11403 |
| 45 | Richard the Lionheart (1157â1199), English monarch, leader and hero of the Third Crusade | 11049 |
| 46 | Kelly Brook (born 1979) | 11011 |
| 47 | Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971) | 10361 |
| 48 | Dame Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932) | 10262 |
| 49 | Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), T.V. Presenter, broadcaster and writer. | 10224 |
| 50 | Pixie Lott (born 1991), Pop star | 9958 |
| 51 | Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist | 9850 |
| 52 | Thomas Hobbes (1588â1679), philosopher | 9797 |
| 53 | Alfred Hitchcock (1899â1980) | 9744 |
| 54 | Roger Waters (born 1943), founder of Pink Floyd | 9726 |
| 55 | Carey Mulligan Actress (born-1985) | 9684 |
| 56 | Rod Stewart (born 1945) | 9593 |
| 57 | William Blake (1757â1827), painter, poet | 9577 |
| 58 | John Dalton (1766â1844), chemist and physicist | 9515 |
| 59 | Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer | 9511 |
| 60 | Dame Helen Mirren (born 1945) | 9507 |
| 61 | Oliver Cromwell (1599â1658), Lord Protector of England | 9473 |
| 62 | Guy Fawkes | 9472 |
| 63 | Alan Rickman (born 1946) | 9373 |
| 64 | Aaron Johnson (born 1990) | 9190 |
| 65 | Rowan Atkinson (born 1955) | 9063 |
| 66 | Thomas Paine (1737â1809) | 9007 |
| 67 | Sir Michael Caine (born 1933) | 8845 |
| 68 | Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer and songwriter | 8801 |
| 69 | Dido (Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong) (born 1971), singer and songwriter | 8750 |
| 70 | Richard Dawkins (born 1941), evolutionary theorist | 8735 |
| 71 | Helena Bonham Carter Actress (born 1966) | 8714 |
| 72 | Daniel Craig (born 1968) | 8476 |
| 73 | Gary Oldman (born 1958) | 8336 |
| 74 | Wentworth Miller (born 1972) | 8318 |
| 75 | Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead | 8153 |
| 76 | Emma Thompson (born 1959) | 8046 |
| 77 | Robert Plant (born 1948), singer, member of Led Zeppelin | 8031 |
| 78 | J. J. Thomson (1856â1940), physicist | 7861 |
| 79 | Edward I (1272â1307), English monarch | 7834 |
| 80 | Tony Blair (born 1953), British prime minister | 7789 |
| 81 | Ralph Fiennes (born 1962) | 7631 |
| 82 | Minnie Driver Actress (born 1970) | 7617 |
| 83 | Emily Blunt Actress (born 1983) | 7604 |
| 84 | Orlando Bloom (born 1977) | 7531 |
| 85 | Bertrand Russell (1872â1970), philosopher | 7462 |
| 86 | Cary Grant (1904â1986), film actor. | 7299 |
| 87 | Simon Pegg (born 1970) | 7285 |
| 88 | Sienna Guillory Actress (born 1975) | 7220 |
| 89 | James Cook (1728â1779), British explorer | 7174 |
| 90 | Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths | 7164 |
| 91 | Edward VI (1547â1553), first English Protestant monarch. | 7155 |
| 92 | Victoria Beckham (born 1974), singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress and model | 7005 |
| 93 | Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) | 6997 |
| 94 | Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter | 6959 |
| 95 | Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop star | 6949 |
| 96 | Ricky Gervais (born 1961) | 6898 |
| 97 | Charles II (1660â1685), also King of Scotland | 6867 |
| 98 | Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), computer scientist - inventor of the WorldWideWeb | 6845 |
| 99 | John Cleese (born 1939) | 6670 |
| 100 | Tim Curry (born 1946) | 6635 |
| 101 | Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935) | 6633 |
| 102 | Jude Law (born 1972) | 6616 |
| 103 | Jane Seymour Actress (born-1951) | 6558 |
| 104 | John Maynard Keynes (1883â1946), economist | 6309 |
| 105 | Idris Elba (born 1972) | 6253 |
| 106 | Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player | 6155 |
| 107 | Vivien Leigh (1913â1967) | 6097 |
| 108 | Rachel Weisz (born 1971) | 6085 |
| 109 | Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540â1596) | 6056 |
| 110 | John Stuart Mill (1806â1873), philosopher and economist | 5975 |
| 111 | Ridley Scott (born 1942) | 5955 |
| 112 | Alan Turing (1912â1954), mathematician | 5946 |
| 113 | Ed Westwick (born 1987) | 5900 |
| 114 | Alfred the Great (c. 849 â 899), King of the Anglo-Saxons. | 5729 |
| 115 | Sir Laurence Olivier (1907â1989) | 5724 |
| 116 | Sir Ben Kingsley (born 1943) | 5682 |
| 117 | Tim Roth (born 1958) | 5654 |
| 118 | Robert Hooke (1635â1703), scientist | 5563 |
| 119 | Sir Roger Moore (born 1927) | 5549 |
| 120 | James Blunt (born 1977) | 5535 |
| 121 | Elizabeth Hurley Actress (born-1965) | 5526 |
| 122 | Michael Faraday (1791â1867), scientist | 5415 |
| 123 | Sienna Miller (born 1981) | 5356 |
| 124 | Chris Martin (born 1977) singer-songwriter, lead of Coldplay | 5333 |
| 125 | Sir Ian McKellen (born 1939) | 5287 |
| 126 | Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552â1618) | 5250 |
| 127 | Hugh Grant (born 1960) | 5109 |
| 128 | Stephen Graham (born 1973) | 5059 |
| 129 | Sean Bean (born 1959) | 5041 |
| 130 | Rupert Grint (born 1988) | 4998 |
| 131 | Peter Sellers (1925â1980) | 4996 |
| 132 | Colin Firth (born 1960) | 4994 |
| 133 | Rick Astley (born 1966), singer-songwriter | 4899 |
| 134 | Dominic Monaghan (born 1976) | 4879 |
| 135 | Charles Babbage (1791â1871), mathematician | 4846 |
| 136 | Kate Bush (born 1958), singer, songwriter, musician and record producer | 4779 |
| 137 | Natasha Richardson (1963â2009) | 4769 |
| 138 | Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 World Champion | 4691 |
| 139 | Alice Eve Actress (born-1982) | 4642 |
| 140 | Nicollette Sheridan Actress (born-1963) | 4567 |
| 141 | Edward II (1307â1327), English monarch | 4565 |
| 142 | Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals | 4505 |
| 143 | Bob Hope (1903â2003) | 4469 |
| 144 | Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter | 4443 |
| 145 | The Kray twins (Ronald 1933â1995, Reginald 1933â2000), east London gangsters | 4423 |
| 146 | Frank Lampard (born 1978), footballer | 4389 |
| 147 | Jeremy Bentham (1748â1832), philosopher | 4368 |
| 148 | Amir Khan (born 1986), lightweight boxer | 4340 |
| 149 | Clive Owen (born 1964) | 4278 |
| 150 | Mischa Barton (born 1986) | 4266 |
| 151 | Richard III (1483â1485), last Plantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in Battle | 4262 |
| 152 | Rebecca Hall Actress (born-1982) | 4247 |
| 153 | Kim Cattrall (born 1956) | 4231 |
| 154 | Sir Michael Gambon (born 1940) | 4223 |
| 155 | Billie Piper Actress (born-1982) | 4203 |
| 156 | Eddie Izzard (born 1962) | 4171 |
| 157 | Pete Doherty former co-lead singer of The Libertines and current lead singer of Babyshambles and solo artist | 4141 |
| 158 | Dev Patel (born 1990) | 4093 |
| 159 | John Hurt (born 1940) | 4093 |
| 160 | Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer, actress, songwriter and dancer | 4054 |
| 161 | Queen Anne (1665â1714), also Queen of Scotland, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707 | 3997 |
| 162 | David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster | 3973 |
| 163 | Michael Owen (born 1979), football player | 3915 |
| 164 | Joss Stone (born 1987) | 3890 |
| 165 | William Morris (1834â1896), architect and author | 3864 |
| 166 | Tom Felton (born 1987) | 3783 |
| 167 | Douglas Adams (1952â2001), author, comic and radio dramatist | 3778 |
| 168 | Jeremy Irons (born 1948) | 3757 |
| 169 | Guy Ritchie (born 1968) | 3747 |
| 170 | Edward III (1327â1377), English monarch | 3741 |
| 171 | Nicholas Hoult (born 1989) | 3732 |
| 172 | Friedrich Hayek (1899 â1992) - Nobel Prize winning Economics | 3625 |
| 173 | Dame Maggie Smith (born 1934) | 3611 |
| 174 | Joe Strummer (1952â2002), singer, member of The Clash | 3601 |
| 175 | Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist | 3527 |
| 176 | Dame Judi Dench (born 1934) | 3522 |
| 177 | Dhani Harrison (born 1978) guitarist, son of George Harrison | 3466 |
| 178 | William IV (1765â1837) | 3398 |
| 179 | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769â1852), Field Marshal, victor of Waterloo, politician | 3366 |
| 180 | Claire Forlani Actress (born-1972) | 3334 |
| 181 | Bill Nighy (born 1949) | 3264 |
| 182 | Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970) | 3214 |
| 183 | Lita Ford | 3210 |
| 184 | Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer | 3171 |
| 185 | Rik Mayall (born 1958) | 3153 |
| 186 | Joely Richardson (born 1965) | 3113 |
| 187 | Terence Stamp (born 1939) | 3089 |
| 188 | Edward IV (1461â1470 and 1471â1483), English monarch | 3072 |
| 189 | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738â1805), General | 3072 |
| 190 | David Niven (1910â1983) | 3066 |
| 191 | Benjamin Disraeli (1804â1881), British prime minister | 2996 |
| 192 | Sir Alec Guinness (1914â2000) | 2968 |
| 193 | William Wilberforce (1759â1833), abolitionist | 2956 |
| 194 | Henry VI (1421â1471), English monarch | 2913 |
| 195 | Harold Shipman (1946â2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide - convicted of 15 - probably killed over 250 | 2887 |
| 196 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806â1859), transport engineer | 2885 |
| 197 | John Terry (born 1980), footballer | 2865 |
| 198 | Rosamund Pike Actress (born-1979) | 2835 |
| 199 | Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (Land Art) | 2823 |
| 200 | Edward Jenner (1749â1823), doctor | 2794 |
| 201 | Miranda Richardson (born 1958) | 2772 |
| 202 | Henry III (1207â1272), English monarch | 2764 |
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