Most Famous British Artists

United Kingdom has produced 371 notable artists throughout history, led by David Bowie. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. David Bowie — British Painter (1947–2016) , ranked #32
  2. William Blake — British Painter (1757–1827) , ranked #391
  3. J. M. W. Turner — British Painter (1775–1851) , ranked #703
  4. Norman Foster (Baron Foster of Thames Bank) — British Architect (Born 1935) , ranked #2586
  5. Henry Moore — British Sculptor (1898–1986) , ranked #2618
  6. Eadweard Muybridge — British Photographer (1830–1904) , ranked #2698
  7. David Hockney — British Painter (Born 1937) , ranked #2709
  8. John Constable — British Painter (1776–1837) , ranked #3395
  9. John Everett Millais — British Painter (1829–1896) , ranked #3527
  10. Charles Rennie Mackintosh — British Architect (1868–1928) , ranked #3605
  11. Lawrence Alma-Tadema — British Painter (1836–1912) , ranked #4945
  12. Vivienne Westwood — British Designer (Born 1941) , ranked #5003
  13. Joshua Reynolds — British Painter (1723–1792) , ranked #5064
  14. Thomas Gainsborough — British Painter (1727–1788) , ranked #5111
  15. Andy Goldsworthy — British Photographer (Born 1956) , ranked #8684
  16. Thomas Cole — British Painter (1801–1848) , ranked #8904
  17. Storm Thorgerson — British Photographer (1944–2013) , ranked #9722
  18. Capability Brown — British Architect (1716–1783) , ranked #11318
  19. Barbara Hepworth — British Sculptor (1903–1975) , ranked #12108
  20. Louis Wain — British Artist (1860–1939) , ranked #14409