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Most Viewed Pre-Modern People on Wikipedia

Name the people born before 1413 whose Wikipedia pages have been viewed the most times.
Years 2007-2021
Some's existence is disputed
Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Multiyear_ranking_of_most_viewed_pages
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Last updated: September 6, 2021
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Views
Century
Answer
51 m
1st AD
Jesus
47 m
4th BC
Alexander the Great
43 m
6th-7th AD
Muhammad
42 m
1st BC
Julius Caesar
37 m
12th-13th AD
Genghis Khan
32 m
1st BC
Cleopatra
32 m
4th BC
Aristotle
30 m
6th-4th BC ∼
Gautama Buddha
26 m
5th-4th BC
Plato
26 m
5th-6th AD
King Arthur
25 m
2nd-1st BC
Spartacus
25 m
15th AD
Joan of Arc
24 m
5th-4th BC
Socrates
22 m
8th-9th AD
Charlemagne
22 m
14th BC
Tutankhamun
22 m
9th AD
Ragnar Lodbrok
Views
Century
Answer
21 m
1st BC-1st AD
Augustus
20 m
13th-14th AD
William Wallace
20 m
13th-14th AD
Marco Polo
20 m
14th-13th BC
Moses
19 m
12th-14th AD ∼
Robin Hood
19 m
1st AD
Nero
19 m
1st AD
Caligula
16 m
9th AD
Alfred the Great
16 m
3rd-2nd BC
Hannibal
16 m
6th-5th BC
Confucius
15 m
12th AD
Richard I
15 m
5th-6th BC
Pythagoras
15 m
19th-17th BC ∼
Abraham
15 m
4th-3rd-BC
Asoka
15 m
1st AD
Mary Magdalene
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Level 65
Aug 28, 2021
I think you mean pre-modern, rather than pre-historic. If these people were truly pre-historic, we would have no idea who they were.
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Level 67
Aug 30, 2021
King Arthur is a bit of a stretch. Though there is evidence in Normandy, Brittany and southern England of architecture or peoples who were inspiried by an Arthur-figure, there's very little historical evidence that such an individual actually existed. In my studies, he is an almagamation of French and English noble ideals and a tidy way to bring pre-Christian values/holidays/myths into the increasingly prevalent Christiandom of Europe.
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Level 88
Sep 2, 2021
I think Arthur safely falls into the disputed category given here. Most of the stories we have now are clearly fictional, but there are enough references from the few surviving records of writers relatively near the time to suggest there at least might have been an actual British military leader that the legends were later applied to.
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Level 58
Sep 2, 2021
Moses too is considered legendary rather than a real person by almost all historians. As is Robin Hood.
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Level 67
Sep 2, 2021
Whoever spotlighted this quiz, thank you so much. I think these Wikipedia quizzes would be good as featured quizzes.
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Level 66
Sep 2, 2021
I should've paid closer attention to that "existence is disputed" note. I think it's appropriate to keep them all because usually someone what that name did exist, even if they didn't do everything its said they did or multiple people did it. But if you wanted to bold the existence note, for the careless like myself I'm sure someone will appreciate it. Nominated.
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Level 32
Sep 2, 2021
Very surprised Alfred the Great was on here and not William the Conqueror. Very good and challenging quiz. Although some of these questionable “fairytale” ones such as Ragnar and Arthur shouldn’t be included
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Level 76
Sep 6, 2021
Can you accept Ashoka?