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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Moss § (born 1977) - football player | 78341 |
| 2 | Brock Lesnar § (born 1977) - wrestler | 36570 |
| 3 | Bob Dylan (born 1941) - singer-songwriter, musician, poet | 22955 |
| 4 | Prince (born 1958) - singer, songwriter, actor, composer | 17482 |
| 5 | Judy Garland (1922â1969) - singer, actor | 13281 |
| 6 | Winona Ryder (born 1971) - actor | 10579 |
| 7 | Ric Flair § (born 1949) - wrestler | 9801 |
| 8 | Owl City Music group | 9729 |
| 9 | Jessica Biel (born 1982) - actor (7th Heaven) | 8648 |
| 10 | Joe Mauer (born 1983) - baseball player | 7853 |
| 11 | Nick Swardson (born 1977) - stand-up comedian, actor | 6949 |
| 12 | Vince Vaughn (born 1970) - actor | 6486 |
| 13 | F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896â1940) - novelist, short story writer | 6172 |
| 14 | Jesse Ventura (born 1951) - wrestler, 38th Governor of Minnesota | 6083 |
| 15 | Seann William Scott (born 1976) - actor | 5734 |
| 16 | Walter Mondale (born 1928) - Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator | 5384 |
| 17 | Josh Hartnett § (born 1978) - actor | 5188 |
| 18 | Mitch Hedberg (1968â2005) - absurdist comic | 5051 |
| 19 | Mint Condition-R&B Group | 4805 |
| 20 | Charles Lindbergh § (1902â1974) - aviator, first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean | 4658 |
| 21 | Daunte Culpepper § (born 1977) - former Minnesota Vikings football player | 4602 |
| 22 | Neil Gaiman § (born 1960) - British-born author | 4351 |
| 23 | Ron Gardenhire § (born 1957) - manager of the Minnesota Twins | 4291 |
| 24 | Billy Graham § (born 1918) - evangelist, former president of Northwestern College | 4040 |
| 25 | Kirby Puckett § (1960â2006) - Baseball Hall of Famer | 3953 |
| 26 | Kofi Annan § (born 1938) - outgoing Secretary-General of the United Nations | 3922 |
| 27 | Terry Gilliam (born 1940) - actor (Monty Python), writer, director | 3885 |
| 28 | Laura Ingalls Wilder § (1867â1957) - novelist | 3822 |
| 29 | Ken Anderson (born 1976) - wrestler | 3730 |
| 30 | Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979) - actor, model | 3657 |
| 31 | Sean Waltman (born 1972) - wrestler | 3470 |
| 32 | Gretchen Carlson - beauty queen, anchor | 3332 |
| 33 | Jim Bakker § (born 1939) - televangelist | 3025 |
| 34 | Peter Krause (born 1965) - actor | 2976 |
| 35 | Lea Thompson (born 1961) - actor, dancer | 2868 |
| 36 | Jack Morris (born 1955) - baseball player | 2852 |
| 37 | Michele Bachmann § (born 1956) - politician | 2774 |
| 38 | T. R. Knight (born 1973) - actor | 2740 |
| 39 | Shelton Benjamin § (born 1975) - wrestler | 2723 |
| 40 | Vincent Kartheiser (born 1979) - actor | 2681 |
| 41 | Abigail and Brittany Hensel (born 1990) - conjoined twins | 2648 |
| 42 | Sinclair Lewis (1885â1951) - Nobel Prize-winning novelist | 2588 |
| 43 | Steve Zahn (born 1967) - actor | 2563 |
| 44 | Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950) - television actor (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1) | 2453 |
| 45 | Curt Hennig (1958â2003) - wrestler | 2432 |
| 46 | Louie Anderson (born 1953) - comedian, television personality (Life with Louie, Family Feud) | 2400 |
| 47 | Garrett Hedlund (born 1984) - actor | 2379 |
| 48 | Ian Anthony Dale (born 1978) - actor | 2318 |
| 49 | Diablo Cody § (born 1978) - writer | 2314 |
| 50 | Bobby McFerrin § (born 1950) - jazz singer | 2195 |
| 51 | Jessica Lange (born 1949) - actor | 2147 |
| 52 | Craig Kilborn (born 1962) - television personality | 2140 |
| 53 | Jane Russell (born 1921) - actor | 2127 |
| 54 | Al Franken § (born 1951) - political humorist, author, radio commentator, U.S. Senator | 2127 |
| 55 | Billy Martin § (1928â1989) - baseball coach | 2114 |
| 56 | Charles M. Schulz (1922â2000) - cartoonist | 2110 |
| 57 | James Arness (born 1923) - television actor (Gunsmoke) | 2071 |
| 58 | Shirley Ardell Mason (1923â1998) - abuse victim | 1969 |
| 59 | Larry Fitzgerald (born 1983) - football player | 1882 |
| 60 | Hubert Humphrey § (1911â1978) - U.S. Senator, Vice President, and presidential candidate | 1842 |
| 61 | Tippi Hedren (born 1930) - actor | 1794 |
| 62 | Chad Smith (born 1961) - Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1782 |
| 63 | Randall Cunningham § (born 1963) - former Minnesota Vikings football player | 1763 |
| 64 | Tammy Faye Messner (1942â2007) - Televangelist, singer | 1745 |
| 65 | Loni Anderson (born 1945) - television actor (WKRP in Cincinnati), former wife of Burt Reynolds. | 1694 |
| 66 | The Replacements - rock group | 1690 |
| 67 | Kevin Sorbo (born 1958) - actor | 1638 |
| 68 | The Andrews Sisters - singers | 1613 |
| 69 | Norman Borlaug (born 1914) - agricultural scientist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize | 1586 |
| 70 | Sofia Vassilieva (born 1992) - child actor | 1582 |
| 71 | Tiny Tim (Herbert Buckingham Khaury) § (1932â1996) - musician | 1570 |
| 72 | Roger Maris (1934â1985) - baseball player | 1565 |
| 73 | Kelly Carlson (born 1976) - actor | 1532 |
| 74 | Motion City Soundtrack - rock group | 1528 |
| 75 | Thomas Friedman (born 1953) - journalist, columnist, author | 1527 |
| 76 | Kevin McHale (born 1957) - basketball player | 1525 |
| 77 | Shantel VanSanten (born 1985) - actress, model, One Tree Hill | 1523 |
| 78 | Warren Moon (born 1956) - football player | 1486 |
| 79 | Freddy Moore (born 1950) - songwriter, | 1455 |
| 80 | Carol Bartz (born 1948) - President and CEO of Yahoo! | 1449 |
| 81 | Peter Graves (Peter Aurness) (1926-2010) - actor (Mission: Impossible television series, Airplane!, 7th Heaven) | 1442 |
| 82 | Jason Behr (born 1973) - actor | 1432 |
| 83 | Slug (born 1973) - rapper | 1427 |
| 84 | Gena Lee Nolin (born 1971) - actress and model, Baywatch, Sheena | 1409 |
| 85 | Kelly Lynch (born 1959) - actor | 1392 |
| 86 | Brother Ali (Ali Newman) § - hip-hop artist | 1389 |
| 87 | Dave Winfield (born 1951) Baseball Hall of Fame | 1339 |
| 88 | Alan Page § (born 1945) - football player and Minnesota Supreme Court justice | 1329 |
| 89 | Johan Santana (born 1979) - baseball player | 1306 |
| 90 | Marshall Eriksen, character from the show How I Met Your Mother. | 1270 |
| 91 | Garrison Keillor (born 1942) - radio humorist and author (A Prairie Home Companion) | 1247 |
| 92 | Soul Asylum - rock group | 1232 |
| 93 | Breckin Meyer (born 1974) - actor | 1232 |
| 94 | Chelsea Charms (born 1976) - model | 1230 |
| 95 | J. Paul Getty (1892â1976) - entrepreneur, philanthropist, founder of Getty Oil Company | 1219 |
| 96 | Chuck Klosterman (born 1972) - writer | 1204 |
| 97 | Thorstein Veblen § (1857â1929) - economist, sociologist, author | 1140 |
| 98 | Vince Flynn - author | 1120 |
| 99 | Mike Farrell (born 1939) - actor (M*A*S*H) | 1117 |
| 100 | Cheryl Tiegs (born 1947) - actor, model | 1111 |
| 101 | Tim Pawlenty (born 1960) - 39th Governor of Minnesota | 1075 |
| 102 | Zygi Wilf § (born 1950) - football team owner | 1068 |
| 103 | Gordon Parks § (1912â2006) - photographer | 1066 |
| 104 | Rod Carew § (born 1945) - Minnesota Twins baseball player | 1061 |
| 105 | Analeigh Tipton (Born 1988) - Third place winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 11 | 1060 |
| 106 | David Carr (born 1956) - NY Times Writer | 1035 |
| 107 | Fran Tarkenton § (born 1940) - football player | 1027 |
| 108 | David Flair (born 1979) - wrestler | 1026 |
| 109 | Michael Hegstrand (1957â2003) - wrestler | 1024 |
| 110 | Richard Widmark (born 1914) - actor | 1009 |
| 111 | Eddie Albert § (1906â2005) - actor, gardener and humanitarian activist | 996 |
| 112 | Harmon Killebrew § (born 1936) - baseball player | 989 |
| 113 | August Wilson § (1945â2005) - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright | 988 |
| 114 | Zach Parise (born 1984) - hockey player | 982 |
| 115 | Tim O'Brien (born 1946) - author | 968 |
| 116 | The Time - funk ensemble | 955 |
| 117 | Shawn Daivari § (born 1984) - wrestler | 945 |
| 118 | Troy Williamson (born 1983) - football player | 943 |
| 119 | James Hong (born 1929) - actor | 930 |
| 120 | Chuck Knoblauch § (born 1968) - baseball player | 930 |
| 121 | Mike Tice § (born 1959) - football coach | 921 |
| 122 | Betty Crocker, food brand character | 904 |
| 123 | Semisonic - rock group | 897 |
| 124 | Warren E. Burger (1907â1995) - Chief Justice of the United States | 891 |
| 125 | Dennis Green (born 1949) - Minnesota Vikings football coach | 878 |
| 126 | Henry Gale, character from the TV series Lost. | 873 |
| 127 | John Hawkes (born 1959) - actor | 869 |
| 128 | Morris Day (born 1957) - musician and composer | 865 |
| 129 | Bert Blyleven § (born 1951) - Minnesota Twins baseball player | 849 |
| 130 | Tommy Stinson (born 1966) - musician | 809 |
| 131 | William O. Douglas (1898â1980) - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 770 |
| 132 | Kimberly Elise (born 1967) - actor | 765 |
| 133 | Mark Dayton (born 1947) - former U.S. Senator | 762 |
| 134 | Brad Johnson § (born 1968) - football player | 758 |
| 135 | Mo Collins (born 1965) - comedic actor | 755 |
| 136 | Dr. Demento (born 1941) radio personality (aka Barret Eugene Hansen) | 750 |
| 137 | Joe Nathan (born 1974) - baseball player | 745 |
| 138 | Terry Lewis § (born 1956) - songwriter, co-founder of Flyte Tyme Productions | 735 |
| 139 | Bob Mould § (born 1960) - musician | 731 |
| 140 | Darren Sharper (born 1975) - football player | 728 |
| 141 | Eugene McCarthy (1916â2005) - U.S. Senator; presidential candidate; member of U.S. Congress | 727 |
| 142 | Marisa Coughlan (born 1974) - model and actor | 721 |
| 143 | Tom Kelly (born 1950) - baseball coach | 702 |
| 144 | Morten Andersen § (born 1960) - Minnesota Vikings football player | 697 |
| 145 | Chris Weinke (born 1972) - football player | 689 |
| 146 | Harry Blackmun § (1908â1999) - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 675 |
| 147 | Eleanor Mondale (born 1960) - television host, daughter of Walter Mondale | 673 |
| 148 | Leonid Hurwicz § (1917â2008) - economist, Nobel laureate | 672 |
| 149 | Robert M. Pirsig § (born 1928) - author, philosopher | 660 |
| 150 | Louise Erdrich (born 1954) - novelist, poet, children's author | 653 |
| 151 | Fred Smoot § (born 1979) - football player | 646 |
| 152 | Paul Westerberg (born 1959) - musician | 645 |
| 153 | Carl Panzram (1891â1930) - serial killer, author | 642 |
| 154 | Lindsey Vonn (born 1984) - Olympic Gold Medalist Skier | 632 |
| 155 | Paul Molitor (born 1956) - baseball player | 630 |
| 156 | Mike Todd (1909â1958) - movie producer | 629 |
| 157 | Paul Wellstone § (1944â2002) - U.S. Senator | 625 |
| 158 | Marion Ross (born 1928) - actor | 624 |
| 159 | Kent Hrbek (born 1960) - baseball player | 622 |
| 160 | Bernie Leadon (born 1947) - musician | 619 |
| 161 | Babes in Toyland - rock group | 612 |
| 162 | The Trashmen - rock group | 606 |
| 163 | Bill Berry (born 1958) - R.E.M. drummer | 603 |
| 164 | E. G. Marshall (1914â1998) - actor | 597 |
| 165 | Greg LeMond (born 1961) - Tour de France winner | 593 |
| 166 | Herb Brooks (1937â2003) - 1980 Olympics ice hockey coach, Minnesota Golden Gophers coach, Minnesota North Stars coach | 587 |
| 167 | Verne Gagne (born 1923) - wrestler, founder of American Wrestling Association | 585 |
| 168 | Sheree J. Wilson (born 1958) - actor | 579 |
| 169 | Aaron Brown (born 1948) - broadcast journalist | 574 |
| 170 | Norm Coleman § (born 1949) - U.S. Senator, Mayor of Saint Paul | 574 |
| 171 | Charlie Korsmo § (born 1978) - actor | 568 |
| 172 | Angus MacGyver, Main character of the 80s TV series MacGyver | 567 |
| 173 | Maria Bamford § (born 1970) - stand-up comedian | 555 |
| 174 | Marion Barber III (born 1983) - Dallas Cowboys football player | 552 |
| 175 | Jacob Wetterling (born 1978) - kidnapped in 1989; still missing | 548 |
| 176 | Napoleon Harris § (born 1979) - football player | 544 |
| 177 | Nikita Koloff (born 1959) - wrestler | 537 |
| 178 | Rich Sommer § (born 1978) - actor | 532 |
| 179 | Bruce Schneier (born 1963) - founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security | 529 |
| 180 | P.O.S - rapper | 524 |
| 181 | Elgin Baylor § (born 1934) - former basketball player | 515 |
| 182 | Jay Feely (born 1976) - placekicker for the New York Jets | 513 |
| 183 | American Head Charge - metal group | 503 |
| 184 | Erik Johnson (born 1988) - hockey player | 501 |
| 185 | Michele Norris - radio journalist | 498 |
| 186 | Genevieve Gorder (born 1974) - designer, television personality (Trading Spaces) | 494 |
| 187 | Nate Richert (born 1978) - actor | 490 |
| 188 | Vincent Bugliosi (born 1934) - attorney | 486 |
| 189 | Catharine MacKinnon (born 1946) - legal scholar | 479 |
| 190 | Rose Nylund, eccentric character on The Golden Girls | 478 |
| 191 | Kevin Williams (born 1980) - football player | 474 |
| 192 | Barry Darsow (born 1959) wrestler | 474 |
| 193 | Ole Anderson (born 1942) - wrestler | 473 |
| 194 | Peter Agre (born 1949) - Nobel prize winner | 465 |
| 195 | Pete Docter (born 1968) - director, writer, animator, Up, WALL-E, Monsters, Inc. | 461 |
| 196 | Jerry Lynn (born 1963) - wrestler | 459 |
| 197 | Kyle Okposo (born 1988) - hockey player | 456 |
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