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Most Famous Artists & Designers in the World

Art & Design 8,805
All 152,953
13 VV Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Dutch Painter 1853–1890
19 PP Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Spanish Painter 1881–1973
32 DB David Bowie David Bowie British Painter 1947–2016
38 SD Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí Spanish Painter 1904–1989
39 M Michelangelo Michelangelo Italian Sculptor 1475–1564
153 R Rembrandt Rembrandt Dutch Painter 1606–1669
157 FK Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo Mexican Painter 1907–1954
166 RT Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore Indian Painter 1861–1941
169 R Raphael Raphael Italian Painter 1483–1520
185 FG Francisco Goya Francisco Goya Spanish Painter 1746–1828
219 LC Le Corbusier Le Corbusier Swiss Architect 1887–1965
236 C Caravaggio Italian Painter 1571–1610
288 AD Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer German Painter 1471–1528
300 AG Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí Spanish Architect 1852–1926
350 HM Henri Matisse Henri Matisse French Painter 1869–1954
367 DV Diego Velázquez Diego Velázquez Spanish Painter 1599–1660
369 PC Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne French Painter 1839–1906
381 JV Johannes Vermeer Johannes Vermeer Dutch Painter 1632–1675
391 WB William Blake William Blake British Painter 1757–1827
429 PP Peter Paul Rubens Peter Paul Rubens Belgian Artist 1577–1640
437 CC Coco Chanel Coco Chanel French Designer 1883–1971
473 FL Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright American Architect 1867–1959
505 JM Joan Miró Joan Miró Spanish Painter 1893–1983
510 ÉM Édouard Manet Édouard Manet French Painter 1832–1883
513 PR Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir French Painter 1841–1919
516 JP Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock American Painter 1912–1956
548 EG El Greco El Greco Spanish Painter 1541–1614
568 HB Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch Dutch Painter 1450–1516
594 EM Edvard Munch Edvard Munch Norwegian Painter 1863–1944
595 ZH Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid Iraqi Architect 1950–2016
601 MC Marc Chagall Marc Chagall Russian Painter 1887–1985
629 T Titian Titian Italian Painter 1488–1576
693 PK Paul Klee Paul Klee German Painter 1879–1940
700 ED Eugène Delacroix Eugène Delacroix French Artist 1798–1863
703 JM J. M. W. Turner J. M. W. Turner British Painter 1775–1851
725 DR Diego Rivera Diego Rivera Mexican Painter 1886–1957
767 HD Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French Artist 1864–1901
799 AM Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Modigliani Italian Painter 1884–1920
812 PM Piet Mondrian Piet Mondrian Dutch Painter 1872–1944
855 PB Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Bruegel the Elder Belgian Painter 1525–1569
860 GL Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian Sculptor 1598–1680
990 JC Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau French Painter 1889–1963
992 MC M. C. Escher Dutch Artist 1898–1972
1,015 RM René Magritte René Magritte Belgian Painter 1898–1967
1,016 G Giotto Giotto Italian Painter 1267–1337
1,053 CD Caspar David Friedrich German Painter 1774–1840
1,058 GC Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet French Painter 1819–1877
1,108 VM Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Mayakovsky Russian Artist 1893–1930
1,115 JG Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gutenberg German Goldsmith 1394–1468
1,140 GO Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe American Painter 1887–1986
1,266 YS Yves Saint Laurent (designer) Yves Saint Laurent (designer) French Fashion Designer 1936–2008
1,308 ES Egon Schiele Egon Schiele Austrian Painter 1890–1918
1,336 LM Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe German Architect 1886–1969
1,353 JV Jan van Eyck Belgian Painter 1390–1441
1,452 TS Taras Shevchenko Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Painter 1814–1861
1,503 IR Ilya Repin Ilya Repin Russian Painter 1844–1930
1,531 H Hergé Hergé Belgian Cartoonist 1907–1983
1,548 CP Camille Pissarro Danish Painter 1830–1903
1,562 ME Max Ernst Max Ernst German Painter 1891–1976
1,575 CP Charlie Parker Charlie Parker American Artist 1920–1955
1,580 SM Samuel Morse Samuel Morse American Painter 1791–1872
1,584 GB Georges Braque Georges Braque French Sculptor 1882–1963
1,622 JI Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French Painter 1780–1867
1,755 MR Mark Rothko Mark Rothko American Painter 1903–1970
1,760 AA Alvar Aalto Alvar Aalto Finnish Architect 1898–1976
1,783 JH Jim Henson Jim Henson American Artist 1936–1990
1,830 AM Alphonse Mucha Alphonse Mucha Czech Artist 1860–1939
1,841 IA Ivan Aivazovsky Ivan Aivazovsky Russian Painter 1817–1900
1,844 IM I. M. Pei I. M. Pei American Architect 1917–2019
1,924 AG Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti Swiss Sculptor 1901–1966
2,024 JB Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys German Sculptor 1921–1986
2,027 AP Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio Italian Architect 1508–1580
2,028 EH Edward Hopper Edward Hopper American Painter 1882–1967
2,114 AV Anthony van Dyck Dutch Painter 1599–1641
2,158 WB William-Adolphe Bouguereau William-Adolphe Bouguereau French Painter 1825–1905
2,163 GD Gustave Doré French Painter 1832–1883
2,166 LC Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder German Painter 1472–1553
2,286 AC Antonio Canova Antonio Canova Italian Sculptor 1757–1822
2,288 NP Nicolas Poussin Nicolas Poussin French Painter 1594–1665
2,325 PD Piero della Francesca Piero della Francesca Italian Painter 1415–1492
2,451 CC Camille Claudel Camille Claudel French Painter 1864–1943
2,461 HC Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson French Photographer 1908–2004
2,467 HR Henri Rousseau French Painter 1844–1910
2,586 NF Norman Foster (Baron Foster of Thames Bank) Norman Foster (Baron Foster of Thames Bank) British Architect b. 1935
2,594 AL Amanda Lear Amanda Lear French Painter b. 1939
2,618 HM Henry Moore Henry Moore British Sculptor 1898–1986
2,642 GD Giorgio de Chirico Giorgio de Chirico Italian Artist 1888–1978
2,678 H Hiroshige Hiroshige Japanese Painter 1797–1858
2,698 EM Eadweard Muybridge British Photographer 1830–1904
2,709 DH David Hockney British Painter b. 1937
2,717 AC Alexander Calder Alexander Calder American Sculptor 1898–1976
2,732 AM Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna Italian Painter 1431–1506
2,803 GV Gianni Versace Gianni Versace Italian Fashion Designer 1946–1997
2,844 FB Fernando Botero Colombian Painter b. 1932
2,850 JK Jeff Koons Jeff Koons American Sculptor b. 1955
2,865 M Masaccio Masaccio Italian Painter 1401–1428
2,868 CB Constantin Brâncuși Constantin Brâncuși Romanian Sculptor 1876–1957
2,884 BS Bessie Smith Bessie Smith American Artist 1894–1937
2,893 AL Annie Leibovitz Annie Leibovitz American Photographer b. 1949
3,103 OD Otto Dix Otto Dix German Painter 1891–1969
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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.