Trending Painters — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
18,055,355
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
873,408
views
views
2
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
763,164
views
views
3
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
760,778
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
648,790
views
views
5
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
633,462
views
views
6
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
587,444
views
views
7
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
396,244
views
views
8
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
388,185
views
views
9
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
375,299
views
views
10
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
330,497
views
views
11
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
329,189
views
views
12
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
312,796
views
views
13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
301,371
views
views
14
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
295,117
views
views
15
Francis Bourgeois
painter, art dealer, collector (1753-1811)
292,845
views
views
16
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
284,657
views
views
17
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
265,804
views
views
18
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
262,982
views
views
19
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
254,050
views
views
20
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
252,958
views
views
21
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
248,206
views
views
22
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
237,126
views
views
23
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
234,170
views
views
24
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
230,970
views
views
25
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
210,194
views
views
26
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
206,994
views
views
27
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
205,194
views
views
28
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
199,748
views
views
29
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
198,984
views
views
30
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
191,745
views
views
31
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
188,233
views
views
32
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
180,140
views
views
33
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
172,500
views
views
34
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
158,541
views
views
35
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
151,322
views
views
36
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
149,986
views
views
37
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
147,946
views
views
38
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
142,895
views
views
39
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
141,122
views
views
40
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
137,246
views
views
41
Peter Max
German-born American artist (1937–2026)
137,079
views
views
42
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
136,288
views
views
43
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
135,902
views
views
44
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
134,944
views
views
45
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
133,912
views
views
46
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
132,890
views
views
47
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
122,613
views
views
48
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
119,817
views
views
49
Jansen Panettiere
American actor (1994–2023)
119,660
views
views
50
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
119,206
views
views
51
Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
119,133
views
views
52
Alexandra Grant
American artist (*1973)
114,426
views
views
53
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
114,048
views
views
54
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
112,837
views
views
55
Kyle Rayner
fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics
111,500
views
views
56
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
111,139
views
views
57
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
108,194
views
views
58
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
106,822
views
views
59
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
105,164
views
views
60
Henry Hill
American mobster (1943–2012)
104,733
views
views
61
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
101,246
views
views
62
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
101,072
views
views
63
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
100,458
views
views
64
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
97,716
views
views
65
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
94,765
views
views
66
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
92,828
views
views
67
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
90,685
views
views
68
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
89,958
views
views
69
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
88,493
views
views
70
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
87,294
views
views
71
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
87,089
views
views
72
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
87,030
views
views
73
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
85,655
views
views
74
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
85,475
views
views
75
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
85,075
views
views
76
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
84,813
views
views
77
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
84,406
views
views
78
Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter
82,865
views
views
79
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
82,661
views
views
80
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
81,944
views
views
81
Ari Behn
Norwegian author (1972–2019)
80,124
views
views
82
Hieronymus Bosch
painters in art (1450–1516)
79,991
views
views
83
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
79,813
views
views
84
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007)
79,785
views
views
85
Wassily Kandinsky
avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
79,704
views
views
86
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
79,341
views
views
87
Rachel Dolezal
American transracial activist
79,275
views
views
88
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
79,202
views
views
89
Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
78,394
views
views
90
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
76,057
views
views
91
Alia Shawkat
American actress
75,672
views
views
92
Amanda Lear
French singer, actress, television presenter
75,401
views
views
93
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
74,638
views
views
94
Ronnie Wood
British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones
74,344
views
views
95
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
74,089
views
views
96
Diego Rivera
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
73,384
views
views
97
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
73,257
views
views
98
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
71,294
views
views
99
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
69,292
views
views
100
Lori Petty
American actress
68,161
views
views
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