Trending Painters in Germany — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, September 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sylvester Stallone. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,592,882
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
123,671
views
views
2
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
106,419
views
views
3
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
43,439
views
views
4
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
40,931
views
views
5
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
36,794
views
views
6
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
35,346
views
views
7
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
34,501
views
views
8
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
33,004
views
views
9
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
32,227
views
views
10
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
30,949
views
views
11
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
28,037
views
views
12
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
27,343
views
views
13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
23,973
views
views
14
Ari Behn
Norwegian author (1972–2019)
23,687
views
views
15
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German actor (born 1930)
23,604
views
views
16
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
21,314
views
views
17
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
20,952
views
views
18
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
20,728
views
views
19
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
20,119
views
views
20
Albrecht Dürer
German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)
19,592
views
views
21
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
19,492
views
views
22
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
19,426
views
views
23
Udo Lindenberg
German rock musician and composer
18,339
views
views
24
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
18,179
views
views
25
Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
18,023
views
views
26
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
17,572
views
views
27
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
16,766
views
views
28
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian artist (1928–2000)
16,396
views
views
29
Roman Opałka
French-born Polish painter (1931-2011)
16,259
views
views
30
Karel Gott
Czech singer and actor (1939–2019)
16,083
views
views
31
Otto Muehl
Austrian artist (1925-2013)
15,907
views
views
32
Niki de Saint Phalle
plastician, painter and sculptor (1930–2002)
15,467
views
views
33
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
14,741
views
views
34
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
14,080
views
views
35
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
13,879
views
views
36
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
13,666
views
views
37
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
13,485
views
views
38
Caspar David Friedrich
German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
13,022
views
views
39
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
13,020
views
views
40
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
12,972
views
views
41
Angela Hitler
elder half-sister of Adolf Hitler (1883-1949)
12,922
views
views
42
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
12,559
views
views
43
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
12,252
views
views
44
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
12,101
views
views
45
Konrad Zuse
German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995)
12,043
views
views
46
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
11,982
views
views
47
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
11,908
views
views
48
Franz Marc
German artist (1880–1916)
11,848
views
views
49
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
11,593
views
views
50
Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
German noble, socialite
11,502
views
views
51
Jutta Hipp
Jazz pianist (1925-2003)
11,435
views
views
52
Maurizio Cattelan
Italian sculptor and conceptual artist (born 1960)
11,435
views
views
53
Günter Grass
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
11,403
views
views
54
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
11,398
views
views
55
Hugo Kreyssig
German painter (1873–1939)
10,679
views
views
56
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
10,543
views
views
57
Kaspar Hauser
man with a mysterious history (1812–1833)
10,183
views
views
58
Traudl Junge
secretary to Adolf Hitler (1920-2002)
10,034
views
views
59
E. T. A. Hoffmann
German writer (1776-1822)
9,605
views
views
60
Wolfgang Beltracchi
German art forger (born 1951)
9,527
views
views
61
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
9,444
views
views
62
Gert Fröbe
German actor (1913–1988)
9,280
views
views
63
Amanda Lear
French singer, actress, television presenter
9,226
views
views
64
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
9,098
views
views
65
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
9,062
views
views
66
Felix Mendelssohn
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
8,857
views
views
67
Käthe Kollwitz
German printmaker and sculptor (1867–1945)
8,696
views
views
68
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
8,517
views
views
69
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
8,501
views
views
70
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
8,501
views
views
71
Gerhard Richter
German visual artist (b. 1932)
8,338
views
views
72
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
8,261
views
views
73
Victoria, Princess Royal
British princess (1840-1901), Empress of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia from March to June 1888
8,188
views
views
74
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
8,159
views
views
75
Ali Mitgutsch
German illustrator (1935-2022)
7,968
views
views
76
Paula Modersohn-Becker
German expressionist painter (1876–1907)
7,931
views
views
77
Joseph Beuys
German artist, teacher, and theorist of art (1921–1986)
7,819
views
views
78
Wassily Kandinsky
avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
7,763
views
views
79
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
7,674
views
views
80
Alma Mahler
Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)
7,616
views
views
81
Max Liebermann
German painter (1847–1935)
7,274
views
views
82
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
7,146
views
views
83
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
7,107
views
views
84
Romina Power
American singer and actress (1951-)
7,050
views
views
85
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
6,960
views
views
86
Helga Gebert
6,951
views
views
87
Stuart Sutcliffe
Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962)
6,871
views
views
88
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
6,772
views
views
89
Benjamin Völz
German actor, voice actor and painter
6,657
views
views
90
Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
6,649
views
views
91
Max Ernst
German artist (1891–1976)
6,632
views
views
92
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
6,605
views
views
93
Wilhelm Busch
German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)
6,509
views
views
94
Rochus Misch
German SS non-commissioned officer (1917–2013)
6,489
views
views
95
Klaus Voormann
German musician and artist
6,478
views
views
96
Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)
6,476
views
views
97
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
6,374
views
views
98
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
6,285
views
views
99
Paul Klee
German-Swiss artist (1879–1940)
6,203
views
views
100
Marc Chagall
Belarusian-French artist (1887–1985)
6,139
views
views
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