Trending Painters — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sylvester Stallone. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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4,175,944
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
231,154
views
views
2
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
227,217
views
views
3
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
132,333
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
118,932
views
views
5
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
111,922
views
views
6
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
110,246
views
views
7
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
97,136
views
views
8
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
89,939
views
views
9
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
81,911
views
views
10
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
80,852
views
views
11
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
80,066
views
views
12
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
76,081
views
views
13
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
74,472
views
views
14
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
72,586
views
views
15
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
72,429
views
views
16
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
69,884
views
views
17
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
69,466
views
views
18
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
68,226
views
views
19
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
62,983
views
views
20
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
60,334
views
views
21
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
58,840
views
views
22
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
54,932
views
views
23
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
53,481
views
views
24
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
50,923
views
views
25
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
48,552
views
views
26
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
46,216
views
views
27
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
45,817
views
views
28
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
45,613
views
views
29
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
43,846
views
views
30
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
43,305
views
views
31
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
42,842
views
views
32
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
40,229
views
views
33
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
37,317
views
views
34
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
35,483
views
views
35
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
34,651
views
views
36
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
34,515
views
views
37
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
34,505
views
views
38
Amanda Lear
French singer, actress, television presenter
34,330
views
views
39
Charly García
Argentine singer-songwriter and musician
32,724
views
views
40
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
32,103
views
views
41
Martin Mull
American actor (1943–2024)
31,982
views
views
42
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
31,757
views
views
43
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
31,703
views
views
44
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
31,283
views
views
45
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
30,588
views
views
46
Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
30,515
views
views
47
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
29,720
views
views
48
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
29,715
views
views
49
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
29,384
views
views
50
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
27,564
views
views
51
Adrienne King
American actor, dancer and painter
26,861
views
views
52
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
26,560
views
views
53
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
26,266
views
views
54
Luke the Evangelist
one of the four evangelists
26,170
views
views
55
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
26,114
views
views
56
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
25,578
views
views
57
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
25,329
views
views
58
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German actor (born 1930)
24,846
views
views
59
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
24,531
views
views
60
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
23,769
views
views
61
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Colombian actress
23,267
views
views
62
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
23,167
views
views
63
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
23,072
views
views
64
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
22,833
views
views
65
Jemima Kirke
British-American artist and actress
22,656
views
views
66
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
21,787
views
views
67
Wassily Kandinsky
avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
21,543
views
views
68
Mikhail Lermontov
Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)
20,965
views
views
69
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
20,946
views
views
70
Jimmy Onishi
Japanese comedian
20,704
views
views
71
Hieronymus Bosch
painters in art (1450–1516)
20,669
views
views
72
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
20,468
views
views
73
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
20,386
views
views
74
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
20,211
views
views
75
Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
20,024
views
views
76
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
19,921
views
views
77
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
19,793
views
views
78
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
19,714
views
views
79
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007)
19,242
views
views
80
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
19,080
views
views
81
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
18,974
views
views
82
Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter (1863–1944)
18,904
views
views
83
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
18,693
views
views
84
Alexandra Grant
American artist (*1973)
18,625
views
views
85
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
18,384
views
views
86
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
18,382
views
views
87
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
18,270
views
views
88
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
18,162
views
views
89
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
17,879
views
views
90
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
17,774
views
views
91
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
17,721
views
views
92
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
17,598
views
views
93
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
17,398
views
views
94
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
17,390
views
views
95
Paul Cézanne
French painter (1839–1906)
17,337
views
views
96
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
17,248
views
views
97
René Magritte
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
17,155
views
views
98
Henry Hill
American mobster (1943–2012)
17,054
views
views
99
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
16,985
views
views
100
Lance Henriksen
American actor
16,935
views
views
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