List of painters

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This is a list of the 600 best-known painters, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Age
1	Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)	1452–1519
2	George W. Bush43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)	80
3	Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGerman writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)	1749–1832
4	Vincent van GoghDutch painter (1853–1890)	1853–1890
5	Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)	1881–1973
6	MichelangeloItalian artist and architect (1475-1564)	1475–1564
7	Rabindranath TagoreBengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)	1861–1941
8	Salvador DalíSpanish artist (1904–1989)	1904–1989
9	Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)	1901–1966
10	Nicolaus CopernicusPolish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)	1473–1543
11	RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)	1606–1669
12	Matsuo BashōJapanese poet（1644–1694）	1644–1694
13	Frida KahloMexican painter (1907–1954)	1907–1954
14	Le CorbusierSwiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)	1887–1965
15	RaphaelItalian painter and architect (1483–1520)	1483–1520
16	Sarah BernhardtFrench stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)	1844–1923
17	Albrecht DürerGerman painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)	1471–1528
18	Francisco GoyaSpanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)	1746–1828
19	Bob DylanAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1941)	85
20	Henri MatisseFrench artist (1869–1954)	1869–1954
21	Andy WarholAmerican artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)	1928–1987
22	Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmaker (1910–1998)	1910–1998
23	Katsushika HokusaiJapanese artist (1760-1849)	1760–1849
24	Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)	1946–1991
25	Peter Paul RubensFlemish painter (1577–1640)	1577–1640
26	Diego VelázquezSpanish painter (1599–1660)	1599–1660
27	Hermann HesseNobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)	1877–1962
28	William BlakeEnglish poet and artist (1757–1827)	1757–1827
29	Claude MonetFrench painter (1840–1926)	1840–1926
30	Kahlil GibranLebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)	1883–1931
31	Carl JungSwiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)	1875–1961
32	B. R. AmbedkarIndian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)	1891–1956
33	Paul McCartneyEnglish musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)	84
34	Satyajit RayIndian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)	1921–1992
35	Bhumibol AdulyadejFormer King of Thailand (1927–2016)	1927–2016
36	Paul CézanneFrench painter (1839–1906)	1839–1906
37	Taras ShevchenkoUkrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)	1814–1861
38	Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)	1927–2015
39	David BowieEnglish musician and actor (1947–2016)	1947–2016
40	Paul GauguinFrench painter and printmaker (1848–1903)	1848–1903
41	Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresFrench painter (1780–1867)	1780–1867
42	Auguste RodinFrench sculptor (1840–1917)	1840–1917
43	Wilhelm IIAs King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)	1859–1941
44	Mikhail LermontovRussian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)	1814–1841
45	Jim CarreyCanadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)	64
46	Felix MendelssohnGerman composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)	1809–1847
47	Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)	1893–1930
48	Eugène DelacroixFrench painter (1798–1863)	1798–1863
49	Anthony HopkinsWelsh actor (born 1937)	88
50	Jean CocteauFrench writer and film director (1889–1963)	1889–1963
51	Edvard MunchNorwegian painter (1863–1944)	1863–1944
52	Edgar DegasFrench Impressionist artist (1834–1917)	1834–1917
53	August StrindbergSwedish writer and painter (1849–1912)	1849–1912
54	Jackson PollockAmerican painter (1912–1956)	1912–1956
55	Édouard ManetFrench painter (1832–1883)	1832–1883
56	John RuskinEnglish writer and art critic (1819–1900)	1819–1900
57	CaravaggioItalian painter (1571–1610)	1571–1610
58	Johannes VermeerDutch painter (1632–1675)	1632–1675
59	El GrecoGreek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)	1541–1614
60	Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench painter and sculptor (1841–1919)	1841–1919
61	Sandro BotticelliItalian painter (1445–1510)	1445–1510
62	Margrethe II of DenmarkQueen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)	86
63	Karel ČapekCzech writer (1890–1938)	1890–1938
64	Mikhail LomonosovRussian polymath (1711-1765)	1711–1765
65	Dario FoItalian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)	1926–2016
66	TitianItalian painter (c.1490–1576)	1477–1576
67	DonatelloEarly Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)	1386–1466
68	D. H. LawrenceEnglish writer and poet (1885–1930)	1885–1930
69	Gustav KlimtAustrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)	1862–1918
70	David LynchAmerican filmmaker (1946–2025)	1946–2025
71	Joan MiróSpanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)	1893–1983
72	Gao XingjianChinese novelist and playwright (1940- )	86
73	Marc ChagallBelarusian-French artist (1887–1985)	1887–1985
74	Wassily KandinskyAvant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)	1866–1944
75	Empress Dowager CixiChinese empress (1835–1908)	1835–1908
76	José MartíCuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)	1853–1895
77	GiottoItalian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)	1266–1337
78	Samuel Finley Breese MorseAmerican inventor and painter (1791–1872)	1791–1872
79	Yoko OnoJapanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)	93
80	Henri de Toulouse-LautrecFrench painter and illustrator (1864–1901)	1864–1901
81	Paul KleeGerman-Swiss artist (1879–1940)	1879–1940
82	Prosper MériméeFrench writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)	1803–1870
83	Luke the EvangelistOne of the four evangelists	died 84
84	René MagritteBelgian surrealist (1898–1967)	1898–1967
85	Zaha HadidIraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950–2016)	1950–2016
86	Georgia O'KeeffeAmerican modernist artist (1887–1986)	1887–1986
87	Henry MillerAmerican novelist (1891–1980)	1891–1980
88	Verner von HeidenstamSwedish writer (1859–1940)	1859–1940
89	Camille PissarroDanish-French painter (1830-1903)	1830–1903
90	Jacques-Louis DavidFrench painter (1748–1825)	1748–1825
91	Hieronymus BoschPainters in art (1450–1516)	1450–1516
92	E. T. A. HoffmannGerman writer (1776-1822)	1776–1822
93	Pieter Brueghel the ElderFlemish painter (1526–1569)	1520–1569
94	Caspar David FriedrichGerman Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)	1774–1840
95	Henri BarbusseFrench author (1873-1935)	1873–1935
96	Ilya RepinRussian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)	1844–1930
97	Marcel DuchampFrench painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)	1887–1968
98	Nicolas PoussinFrench painter (1594-1665)	1594–1665
99	Théophile GautierFrench poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)	1811–1872
100	Mary CassattAmerican painter and printmaker (1844—1926)	1844–1926