Trending Painters this year
The 98 most-viewed painters this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler.
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Ranked
4,109,553
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, main instigator of World War II (1889β1945)
206,003
views
views
2
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946β1991)
192,019
views
views
3
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
168,052
views
views
4
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
144,249
views
views
5
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
124,855
views
views
6
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874β1965)
121,737
views
views
7
George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
108,928
views
views
8
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947β2016)
101,722
views
views
9
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942β1994)
89,611
views
views
10
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
80,596
views
views
11
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925β2010)
79,845
views
views
12
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907β1954)
74,189
views
views
13
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
70,887
views
views
14
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
70,137
views
views
15
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853β1890)
66,200
views
views
16
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881β1973)
65,460
views
views
17
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452β1519)
64,383
views
views
18
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901β1966)
62,144
views
views
19
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
58,987
views
views
20
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
55,808
views
views
21
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928β1987)
55,064
views
views
22
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
53,650
views
views
23
Udo Lindenberg
German rock musician and composer
50,599
views
views
24
Anthony Hopkins
WelshβAmerican actor and director (born 1937)
49,760
views
views
25
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
49,660
views
views
26
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
48,635
views
views
27
Alex Grant
American artist (*1973)
44,658
views
views
28
Lucy Liu
American actress
44,163
views
views
29
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
42,316
views
views
30
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942β1995)
41,444
views
views
31
Pierre Bonnard
French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)
41,064
views
views
32
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936β2010)
40,911
views
views
33
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859β1941)
40,474
views
views
34
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
39,621
views
views
35
Salvador DalΓ
Spanish artist (1904β1989)
38,281
views
views
36
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960β1988)
37,942
views
views
37
L. Ron Hubbard
estafador de gente
37,736
views
views
38
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
37,713
views
views
39
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819β1861)
36,564
views
views
40
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rΕnin (1584β1645)
33,429
views
views
41
David Hockney
English painter and printmaker (1937β2026)
33,399
views
views
42
Rolf Harris
Australian entertainer (1930β2023)
30,967
views
views
43
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Colombian actress
30,909
views
views
44
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
30,665
views
views
45
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
28,965
views
views
46
Claude Monet
French painter (1840β1926)
27,823
views
views
47
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891β1956)
27,654
views
views
48
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
27,120
views
views
49
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910β1998)
27,045
views
views
50
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
26,595
views
views
51
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938β2007)
26,560
views
views
52
Henry Hill
American mobster (1943β2012)
26,027
views
views
53
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
25,560
views
views
54
Alia Shawkat
American actress
25,418
views
views
55
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
25,265
views
views
56
Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter
25,055
views
views
57
Jemima Kirke
British-American artist and actress
23,883
views
views
58
Ronnie Wood
British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones
23,874
views
views
59
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
23,541
views
views
60
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861β1941)
23,210
views
views
61
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915β2001)
21,948
views
views
62
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (1969β2026)
21,881
views
views
63
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571β1610)
21,873
views
views
64
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483β1520)
21,003
views
views
65
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
20,449
views
views
66
Sarah McLachlan
Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
20,195
views
views
67
Lori Petty
American actress
20,191
views
views
68
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749β1832)
19,910
views
views
69
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
19,600
views
views
70
Alexandra Feodorovna
Empress consort of Russia (1872β1918)
19,461
views
views
71
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
19,446
views
views
72
Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
19,327
views
views
73
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914β1997)
19,277
views
views
74
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606β1669)
19,099
views
views
75
Diego Rivera
Mexican muralist (1886β1957)
19,095
views
views
76
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098β1179)
18,762
views
views
77
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912β1956)
18,568
views
views
78
Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746β1828)
18,543
views
views
79
JosΓ© Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861β1896)
18,481
views
views
80
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
18,223
views
views
81
Lady Sarah Chatto
Member of the British royal family
17,967
views
views
82
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
17,748
views
views
83
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936β2008)
17,719
views
views
84
Lucian Freud
British painter and agravar (1922-2011)
17,509
views
views
85
Eve Plumb
American actress, painter
17,495
views
views
86
Billy Dee Williams
American actor (born 1937)
17,287
views
views
87
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
17,244
views
views
88
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757β1827)
17,232
views
views
89
Julian Schnabel
American painter and filmmaker (born 1951)
17,166
views
views
90
Bhumibol Adulyadej
former King of Thailand (1927β2016)
17,099
views
views
91
Hieronymus Bosch
Dutch painter (c. 1450β1516)
16,756
views
views
92
Zaha Hadid
Iraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950β2016)
16,602
views
views
93
Victoria, Princess Royal
British princess (1840-1901), Empress of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia from March to June 1888
16,266
views
views
94
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835β1908)
16,261
views
views
95
Norman Rockwell
American painter and illustrator (1894β1978)
16,257
views
views
96
HervΓ© Villechaize
French actor (1943β1993)
16,228
views
views
97
Pedro Alonso
Spanish actor
16,198
views
views
98
Rita Coolidge
American recording artist; singer
16,156
views
views
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