Trending Painters — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Sylvester Stallone. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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4,381,270
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
256,977
views
views
2
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
241,674
views
views
3
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
141,811
views
views
4
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
120,179
views
views
5
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
116,654
views
views
6
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
111,082
views
views
7
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
100,196
views
views
8
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
100,021
views
views
9
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
91,053
views
views
10
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
84,408
views
views
11
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
82,795
views
views
12
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
81,741
views
views
13
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
80,370
views
views
14
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
79,170
views
views
15
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
78,381
views
views
16
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
74,889
views
views
17
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
72,979
views
views
18
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
67,443
views
views
19
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
67,318
views
views
20
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
67,010
views
views
21
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
63,231
views
views
22
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
56,466
views
views
23
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
55,759
views
views
24
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
53,776
views
views
25
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
49,010
views
views
26
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
48,977
views
views
27
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
48,425
views
views
28
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
44,678
views
views
29
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
44,406
views
views
30
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
42,754
views
views
31
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
42,276
views
views
32
Charly García
Argentine singer-songwriter and musician
39,714
views
views
33
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
38,279
views
views
34
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
37,774
views
views
35
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
37,633
views
views
36
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
36,826
views
views
37
Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)
36,708
views
views
38
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
34,875
views
views
39
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
34,705
views
views
40
Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
34,671
views
views
41
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
34,200
views
views
42
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
32,570
views
views
43
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Colombian actress
32,435
views
views
44
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
32,303
views
views
45
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
32,255
views
views
46
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
31,566
views
views
47
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
29,964
views
views
48
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
29,064
views
views
49
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
28,871
views
views
50
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
28,470
views
views
51
Martin Mull
American actor (1943–2024)
28,439
views
views
52
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
28,031
views
views
53
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
27,775
views
views
54
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
27,728
views
views
55
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
27,457
views
views
56
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
27,156
views
views
57
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German actor (born 1930)
26,187
views
views
58
Adrienne King
American actor, dancer and painter
25,927
views
views
59
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
25,918
views
views
60
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
24,845
views
views
61
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
24,785
views
views
62
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
24,707
views
views
63
Jemima Kirke
British-American artist and actress
23,351
views
views
64
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
23,228
views
views
65
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
22,449
views
views
66
Wassily Kandinsky
avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
22,188
views
views
67
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
22,121
views
views
68
Hieronymus Bosch
painters in art (1450–1516)
21,338
views
views
69
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
21,331
views
views
70
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
21,198
views
views
71
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
20,903
views
views
72
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
20,890
views
views
73
Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
20,779
views
views
74
Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
20,609
views
views
75
Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
20,325
views
views
76
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
19,970
views
views
77
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
19,941
views
views
78
Takeshi Kitano
Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
19,843
views
views
79
Gustav Klimt
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
19,719
views
views
80
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
19,613
views
views
81
Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter (1863–1944)
19,528
views
views
82
Alexandra Grant
American artist (*1973)
19,495
views
views
83
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
19,356
views
views
84
Lance Henriksen
American actor
19,130
views
views
85
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
19,079
views
views
86
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
19,016
views
views
87
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
18,904
views
views
88
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
18,850
views
views
89
Ronnie Wood
British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones
18,839
views
views
90
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
18,666
views
views
91
Burt Young
American actor (1940–2023)
18,654
views
views
92
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
18,634
views
views
93
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
18,485
views
views
94
Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter
18,383
views
views
95
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
18,302
views
views
96
René Magritte
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
18,253
views
views
97
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
18,161
views
views
98
Paul Cézanne
French painter (1839–1906)
18,069
views
views
99
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
18,006
views
views
100
Mikhail Lermontov
Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)
17,917
views
views
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