Trending Painters in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Adolf Hitler. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
12,096,602
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
494,143
views
views
2
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
491,548
views
views
3
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
484,468
views
views
4
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
440,571
views
views
5
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
427,434
views
views
6
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
418,818
views
views
7
Francis Bourgeois
painter, art dealer, collector (1753-1811)
292,443
views
views
8
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
280,225
views
views
9
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
273,274
views
views
10
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
255,291
views
views
11
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
219,637
views
views
12
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
217,026
views
views
13
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
210,720
views
views
14
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
202,191
views
views
15
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
180,721
views
views
16
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
180,156
views
views
17
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
174,569
views
views
18
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
167,260
views
views
19
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
165,189
views
views
20
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
162,714
views
views
21
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
161,920
views
views
22
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
157,072
views
views
23
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
147,577
views
views
24
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
143,512
views
views
25
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
143,133
views
views
26
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
138,155
views
views
27
Peter Max
German-born American artist (1937–2026)
129,331
views
views
28
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
123,299
views
views
29
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
122,554
views
views
30
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
117,522
views
views
31
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
115,143
views
views
32
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
112,689
views
views
33
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
111,191
views
views
34
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
111,121
views
views
35
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
106,704
views
views
36
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
105,311
views
views
37
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
104,769
views
views
38
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
104,600
views
views
39
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
104,386
views
views
40
Alexandra Grant
American artist (*1973)
103,972
views
views
41
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
102,833
views
views
42
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
99,657
views
views
43
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
99,537
views
views
44
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
99,350
views
views
45
Kyle Rayner
fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics
99,238
views
views
46
Jansen Panettiere
American actor (1994–2023)
97,493
views
views
47
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
96,368
views
views
48
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
93,696
views
views
49
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
90,482
views
views
50
Henry Hill
American mobster (1943–2012)
85,610
views
views
51
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
84,241
views
views
52
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
84,233
views
views
53
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
79,825
views
views
54
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
77,147
views
views
55
Rachel Dolezal
American transracial activist
77,008
views
views
56
Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter
73,741
views
views
57
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
73,195
views
views
58
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007)
72,906
views
views
59
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
72,007
views
views
60
Alia Shawkat
American actress
71,011
views
views
61
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
68,482
views
views
62
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
67,428
views
views
63
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
67,224
views
views
64
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
65,852
views
views
65
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
65,396
views
views
66
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
65,262
views
views
67
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
64,944
views
views
68
Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
64,118
views
views
69
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
63,919
views
views
70
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
61,008
views
views
71
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
58,844
views
views
72
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
57,091
views
views
73
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
56,609
views
views
74
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
56,550
views
views
75
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
55,967
views
views
76
Lori Petty
American actress
55,492
views
views
77
Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
54,808
views
views
78
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
54,100
views
views
79
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
53,208
views
views
80
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
53,113
views
views
81
Sarah McLachlan
Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
52,225
views
views
82
Ione Skye
British-born American actress
52,111
views
views
83
Martin Mull
American actor (1943–2024)
52,034
views
views
84
Ronnie Wood
British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones
50,991
views
views
85
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
49,307
views
views
86
Nina Sten-Knudsen
Danish painter (born 1957)
49,114
views
views
87
Billy Dee Williams
American actor (born 1937)
48,779
views
views
88
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
48,138
views
views
89
Hieronymus Bosch
painters in art (1450–1516)
47,921
views
views
90
Rolf Harris
Australian entertainer (1930–2023)
47,756
views
views
91
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
47,741
views
views
92
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
47,569
views
views
93
Norman Rockwell
American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)
46,937
views
views
94
Lance Henriksen
American actor
46,176
views
views
95
Lady Sarah Chatto
Member of the British royal family
45,881
views
views
96
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
45,331
views
views
97
Tony Bennett
American singer (1926–2023)
44,891
views
views
98
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
44,816
views
views
99
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
43,886
views
views
100
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
43,646
views
views
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