Most Famous Artists & Designers in the World

100 Artists & Designers in view out of 8,805

Art & Design 8,805
All 152,953
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh Dutch Painter 1853 – 1890
#13
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso Spanish Painter 1881 – 1973
#19
David Bowie
David Bowie British Painter 1947 – 2016
#32
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí Spanish Painter 1904 – 1989
#38
Michelangelo
Michelangelo Italian Sculptor 1475 – 1564
#39
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Dutch Painter 1606 – 1669
#153
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo Mexican Painter 1907 – 1954
#157
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore Indian Painter 1861 – 1941
#166
Raphael
Raphael Italian Painter 1483 – 1520
#169
Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya Spanish Painter 1746 – 1828
#185
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier Swiss Architect 1887 – 1965
#219
C
Caravaggio Italian Painter 1571 – 1610
#236
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer German Painter 1471 – 1528
#288
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí Spanish Architect 1852 – 1926
#300
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse French Painter 1869 – 1954
#350
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez Spanish Painter 1599 – 1660
#367
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne French Painter 1839 – 1906
#369
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer Dutch Painter 1632 – 1675
#381
William Blake
William Blake British Painter 1757 – 1827
#391
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens Belgian Artist 1577 – 1640
#429
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel French Designer 1883 – 1971
#437
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright American Architect 1867 – 1959
#473
Joan Miró
Joan Miró Spanish Painter 1893 – 1983
#505
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet French Painter 1832 – 1883
#510
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir French Painter 1841 – 1919
#513
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock American Painter 1912 – 1956
#516
El Greco
El Greco Spanish Painter 1541 – 1614
#548
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch Dutch Painter 1450 – 1516
#568
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch Norwegian Painter 1863 – 1944
#594
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid Iraqi Architect 1950 – 2016
#595
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall Russian Painter 1887 – 1985
#601
Titian
Titian Italian Painter 1488 – 1576
#629
Paul Klee
Paul Klee German Painter 1879 – 1940
#693
Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix French Artist 1798 – 1863
#700
J. M. W. Turner
J. M. W. Turner British Painter 1775 – 1851
#703
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera Mexican Painter 1886 – 1957
#725
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French Artist 1864 – 1901
#767
Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani Italian Painter 1884 – 1920
#799
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian Dutch Painter 1872 – 1944
#812
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Belgian Painter 1525 – 1569
#855
GL
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian Sculptor 1598 – 1680
#860
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau French Painter 1889 – 1963
#990
MC
M. C. Escher Dutch Artist 1898 – 1972
#992
René Magritte
René Magritte Belgian Painter 1898 – 1967
#1,015
Giotto
Giotto Italian Painter 1267 – 1337
#1,016
CD
Caspar David Friedrich German Painter 1774 – 1840
#1,053
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet French Painter 1819 – 1877
#1,058
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovsky Russian Artist 1893 – 1930
#1,108
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg German Goldsmith 1394 – 1468
#1,115
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe American Painter 1887 – 1986
#1,140
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
Yves Saint Laurent (designer) French Fashion Designer 1936 – 2008
#1,266
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele Austrian Painter 1890 – 1918
#1,308
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe German Architect 1886 – 1969
#1,336
JV
Jan van Eyck Belgian Painter 1390 – 1441
#1,353
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Painter 1814 – 1861
#1,452
Ilya Repin
Ilya Repin Russian Painter 1844 – 1930
#1,503
Hergé
Hergé Belgian Cartoonist 1907 – 1983
#1,531
CP
Camille Pissarro Danish Painter 1830 – 1903
#1,548
Max Ernst
Max Ernst German Painter 1891 – 1976
#1,562
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker American Artist 1920 – 1955
#1,575
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse American Painter 1791 – 1872
#1,580
Georges Braque
Georges Braque French Sculptor 1882 – 1963
#1,584
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French Painter 1780 – 1867
#1,622
Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko American Painter 1903 – 1970
#1,755
Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto Finnish Architect 1898 – 1976
#1,760
Jim Henson
Jim Henson American Artist 1936 – 1990
#1,783
Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha Czech Artist 1860 – 1939
#1,830
Ivan Aivazovsky
Ivan Aivazovsky Russian Painter 1817 – 1900
#1,841
I. M. Pei
I. M. Pei American Architect 1917 – 2019
#1,844
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti Swiss Sculptor 1901 – 1966
#1,924
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys German Sculptor 1921 – 1986
#2,024
Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio Italian Architect 1508 – 1580
#2,027
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper American Painter 1882 – 1967
#2,028
AV
Anthony van Dyck Dutch Painter 1599 – 1641
#2,114
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau French Painter 1825 – 1905
#2,158
GD
Gustave Doré French Painter 1832 – 1883
#2,163
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder German Painter 1472 – 1553
#2,166
Antonio Canova
Antonio Canova Italian Sculptor 1757 – 1822
#2,286
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin French Painter 1594 – 1665
#2,288
Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca Italian Painter 1415 – 1492
#2,325
Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel French Painter 1864 – 1943
#2,451
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson French Photographer 1908 – 2004
#2,461
HR
Henri Rousseau French Painter 1844 – 1910
#2,467
Norman Foster (Baron Foster of Thames Bank)
Norman Foster (Baron Foster of Thames Bank) British Architect Born 1935
#2,586
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear French Painter Born 1939
#2,594
Henry Moore
Henry Moore British Sculptor 1898 – 1986
#2,618
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico Italian Artist 1888 – 1978
#2,642
Hiroshige
Hiroshige Japanese Painter 1797 – 1858
#2,678
EM
Eadweard Muybridge British Photographer 1830 – 1904
#2,698
DH
David Hockney British Painter Born 1937
#2,709
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder American Sculptor 1898 – 1976
#2,717
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna Italian Painter 1431 – 1506
#2,732
Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace Italian Fashion Designer 1946 – 1997
#2,803
FB
Fernando Botero Colombian Painter Born 1932
#2,844
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons American Sculptor Born 1955
#2,850
Masaccio
Masaccio Italian Painter 1401 – 1428
#2,865
Constantin Brâncuși
Constantin Brâncuși Romanian Sculptor 1876 – 1957
#2,868
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith American Artist 1894 – 1937
#2,884
Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz American Photographer Born 1949
#2,893
Otto Dix
Otto Dix German Painter 1891 – 1969
#3,103

By the numbers

Inside Artists & Designers

8,805 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the leading figure from Artists & Designers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Artists & Designers peaked in the 1920s with 733 people.

What Artists & Designers Are Known For

Disciplines inside this family, plus countries that over- and under-produce them.

Painter is the largest group within Artists & Designers — 4,177 people, 47% of the family.

Artists & Designers over-index on sweden — 2.7× the global rate.

Artists & Designers under-produce us — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Painter4,177
  2. Sculptor1,249
  3. Architect1,023
  4. Artist973
  5. Photographer508
  6. Designer198
  7. Cartoonist91
  8. Manga86
  1. Sweden7532.7×
  2. Austria3272.0×
  3. Belgium1381.9×
  4. Denmark1421.9×
  5. Switzerland2271.8×
  6. Italy6671.7×
  7. Netherlands1621.6×
  8. Czech Republic941.6×
  1. US8140.6×
  2. Canada1320.6×

City Hot Spots

Cities that over-produce Artists & Designers compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.