Trending Painters in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed painters on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Charles III. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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21,219,036
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
928,294
views
views
2
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)
824,018
views
views
3
Sylvester Stallone
American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
741,039
views
views
4
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
722,206
views
views
5
Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
685,697
views
views
6
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
653,077
views
views
7
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
531,373
views
views
8
Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
527,504
views
views
9
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
515,714
views
views
10
David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
485,356
views
views
11
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
472,679
views
views
12
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
406,190
views
views
13
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
405,833
views
views
14
John Wayne Gacy
American serial killer (1942–1994)
355,642
views
views
15
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)
329,451
views
views
16
David Lynch
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
315,459
views
views
17
Francis Bourgeois
painter, art dealer, collector (1753-1811)
293,229
views
views
18
Jansen Panettiere
American actor (1994–2023)
292,043
views
views
19
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor (born 1937)
289,885
views
views
20
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
288,121
views
views
21
Yoko Ono
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
285,378
views
views
22
Rhea Seehorn
American actress (born 1972)
285,152
views
views
23
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
284,554
views
views
24
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
271,756
views
views
25
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
266,813
views
views
26
Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
255,854
views
views
27
John Leguizamo
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
255,818
views
views
28
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
243,940
views
views
29
Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
227,021
views
views
30
Gary Ridgway
American serial killer
208,150
views
views
31
Lucy Liu
American actress (born 1968)
202,651
views
views
32
Alexandra Grant
American artist (*1973)
197,642
views
views
33
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
196,792
views
views
34
Bob Ross
American painter, art instructor, television host, and Air Force master sergeant (1942–1995)
196,331
views
views
35
Dennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
196,143
views
views
36
Wilhelm II
as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
187,726
views
views
37
Frances Bean Cobain
American artist and model
180,430
views
views
38
Tony Curtis
American actor (1925–2010)
179,977
views
views
39
Aleister Crowley
English occultist (1875–1947)
177,951
views
views
40
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988)
176,240
views
views
41
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
163,891
views
views
42
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
160,862
views
views
43
Michelangelo
Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
160,486
views
views
44
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
160,071
views
views
45
Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
158,238
views
views
46
B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)
158,118
views
views
47
Grimes
Canadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
153,250
views
views
48
Henry Hill
American mobster (1943–2012)
151,530
views
views
49
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
147,575
views
views
50
Alia Shawkat
American actress
147,451
views
views
51
Noel Fielding
British comedian and actor
147,179
views
views
52
Kyle Rayner
fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics
144,476
views
views
53
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007)
136,626
views
views
54
Peter Max
German-born American artist (1937–2026)
133,278
views
views
55
Matthew Gray Gubler
American actor, filmmaker and model (born 1980)
131,829
views
views
56
L. Ron Hubbard
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
131,131
views
views
57
Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter
129,419
views
views
58
Billy Zane
American actor (born 1966)
125,518
views
views
59
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
125,348
views
views
60
Banksy
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
125,146
views
views
61
Rolf Harris
Australian entertainer (1930–2023)
122,041
views
views
62
Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
114,862
views
views
63
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
114,209
views
views
64
Alexandra of Denmark
Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
113,433
views
views
65
Anthony Quinn
Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)
112,842
views
views
66
Mamata Banerjee
Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
111,021
views
views
67
Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
111,011
views
views
68
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
109,853
views
views
69
Ari Behn
Norwegian author (1972–2019)
106,969
views
views
70
Lori Petty
American actress
105,312
views
views
71
Rachel Dolezal
American transracial activist
105,244
views
views
72
Ione Skye
British-born American actress
103,344
views
views
73
Clive Barker
English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)
102,437
views
views
74
Claude Monet
French painter (1840–1926)
101,204
views
views
75
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
98,843
views
views
76
Keith Haring
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
97,425
views
views
77
Ronnie Wood
British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones
95,964
views
views
78
Martin Mull
American actor (1943–2024)
95,793
views
views
79
Tony Bennett
American singer (1926–2023)
95,262
views
views
80
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
93,779
views
views
81
Sarah McLachlan
Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
93,206
views
views
82
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
93,088
views
views
83
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
91,485
views
views
84
Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
90,401
views
views
85
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
89,752
views
views
86
Caravaggio
Italian painter (1571–1610)
88,926
views
views
87
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
88,244
views
views
88
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
88,048
views
views
89
Billy Dee Williams
American actor (born 1937)
84,691
views
views
90
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
84,553
views
views
91
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
81,109
views
views
92
Diego Rivera
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
80,770
views
views
93
Lady Sarah Chatto
Member of the British royal family
79,639
views
views
94
Jemima Kirke
British-American artist and actress
79,439
views
views
95
Lance Henriksen
American actor
78,283
views
views
96
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
77,743
views
views
97
Hieronymus Bosch
painters in art (1450–1516)
77,163
views
views
98
Stuart Sutcliffe
Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962)
77,147
views
views
99
Francisco Goya
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
77,105
views
views
100
Rita Coolidge
American recording artist; singer
76,845
views
views
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