Trending Painters — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
27,436,880
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
1,233,588
views
views
2
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
1,215,020
views
views
3
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
1,029,139
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
924,309
views
views
5
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
903,334
views
views
6
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
851,346
views
views
7
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
651,680
views
views
8
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
635,432
views
views
9
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
608,097
views
views
10
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
607,872
views
views
11
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
602,210
views
views
12
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
506,264
views
views
13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
504,117
views
views
14
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
465,841
views
views
15
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
453,930
views
views
16
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
449,063
views
views
17
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
406,180
views
views
18
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
400,336
views
views
19
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
394,332
views
views
20
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
390,196
views
views
21
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
374,323
views
views
22
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
353,535
views
views
23
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
346,238
views
views
24
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
332,995
views
views
25
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
320,397
views
views
26
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
316,818
views
views
27
Jansen Panettiere
American actor (1994–2023)
314,771
views
views
28
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
314,338
views
views
29
Francis Bourgeois
painter, art dealer, collector (1753-1811)
293,632
views
views
30
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
288,546
views
views
31
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
279,594
views
views
32
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
270,959
views
views
33
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
253,110
views
views
34
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
250,979
views
views
35
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
235,841
views
views
36
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
234,992
views
views
37
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
228,289
views
views
38
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
220,850
views
views
39
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
219,042
views
views
40
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
217,065
views
views
41
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
215,152
views
views
42
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
213,332
views
views
43
Alexandra Grant
American artist (*1973)
209,795
views
views
44
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
205,510
views
views
45
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
199,011
views
views
46
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
193,688
views
views
47
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
187,005
views
views
48
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
185,926
views
views
49
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
179,714
views
views
50
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
178,128
views
views
51
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
175,721
views
views
52
Henry Hill
American mobster (1943–2012)
171,408
views
views
53
Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
169,861
views
views
54
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
161,463
views
views
55
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
159,663
views
views
56
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
158,497
views
views
57
Kyle Rayner
fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics
156,909
views
views
58
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
155,216
views
views
59
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
153,709
views
views
60
Alia Shawkat
American actress
152,524
views
views
61
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
149,518
views
views
62
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
149,004
views
views
63
Ari Behn
Norwegian author (1972–2019)
148,883
views
views
64
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
147,069
views
views
65
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
146,689
views
views
66
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
145,225
views
views
67
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007)
144,236
views
views
68
Peter Max
German-born American artist (1937–2026)
141,060
views
views
69
Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter
139,143
views
views
70
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
136,696
views
views
71
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
136,290
views
views
72
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
129,613
views
views
73
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
128,051
views
views
74
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
125,847
views
views
75
Rolf Harris
Australian entertainer (1930–2023)
124,044
views
views
76
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
121,746
views
views
77
Ronnie Wood
British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones
120,654
views
views
78
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
120,595
views
views
79
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
120,333
views
views
80
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
119,477
views
views
81
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
119,325
views
views
82
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
119,037
views
views
83
Lori Petty
American actress
118,430
views
views
84
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
117,584
views
views
85
Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
117,163
views
views
86
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
116,745
views
views
87
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
114,570
views
views
88
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
113,760
views
views
89
Diego Rivera
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
113,162
views
views
90
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
112,090
views
views
91
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
111,943
views
views
92
Hieronymus Bosch
painters in art (1450–1516)
111,764
views
views
93
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
111,696
views
views
94
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
111,345
views
views
95
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
111,299
views
views
96
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
110,836
views
views
97
Tony Bennett
American singer (1926–2023)
108,346
views
views
98
Ione Skye
British-born American actress
107,783
views
views
99
Rachel Dolezal
American transracial activist
107,600
views
views
100
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
107,397
views
views
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