Discover the most famous 20th century artists including Akira Kurosawa, Andy Warhol, Barbara Hepworth, Charles M. Schulz, Willem De Kooning and many more. This list of artists born in 20th century includes people from USA, France, UK, Australia, Spain, Italy, Japan and many more countries.
Frida Kahlo06 July 1907, Mexican
Painter
Jean-Michel Basquiat22 December 1960, American
Artist
John Leguizamo22 July 1964, Colombian, American
Actor, Stand-up Comedian
Matthew Gray Gubler09 March 1980, American
Actor, Director, Model, Painter
Jackson Pollock28 January 1912, American
Painter
Stephen Hillenburg21 August 1961, American
Animator
Akira Kurosawa23 March 1910, Japanese
Filmmaker
Mark Rothko25 September 1903, American
Painter
Charles M. Schulz26 November 1922, American
Gary Burghoff24 May 1943, American
Actor
Yayoi Kusama22 March 1929, Japanese
Contemporary Artist
Shigeru Miyamoto16 November 1952, Japanese
Video Game Designer, Artist
Tom Franco14 April 1980, American
Actor
Akira Toriyama05 April 1955, Japanese
Japanese Manga Artist
Susan Mikula1958 AD, American
Photographer, Rachel Maddow’s Partner
Edie Sedgwick20 April 1943, American
Actress, Model
Roy Lichtenstein27 October 1923, American
Painter, Sculptor
David Hockney09 July 1937, British
Painter
Martin Mull18 August 1943, American
Actor
Damien Hirst07 June 1965, British
Artist
H. R. Giger05 February 1940, Swiss
Painter
L. S. Lowry01 November 1887, British
Artist
Ralph Bakshi29 October 1938, Israeli
Director of Animated Films
Robert Crumb30 August 1943, American
Cartoonist
Dale Chihuly20 September 1941, American
Glass Sculptor
Buck Taylor13 May 1938, American
Actor
M. F. Husain17 September 1915, Indian
Painter
Edwin Schlossberg19 July 1945, Ukrainian
Designer
Andrew Wyeth12 July 1917, American
Henri Cartier-Bresson22 August 1908, French
Photographer and Painter
Tracey Emin03 July 1963, British
Artist, Painter
Tove Jansson09 August 1914, Finnish
Novelist
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Robert Rauschenberg22 October 1925, American
painter
Alberto Giacometti10 October 1901, Swiss
Sculptor,Painter
Alex Grey29 November 1953, American
American artist
Margaret Keane15 September 1927, American
Painter
Maya Lin05 October 1959, American
Designer
Barbara Kruger26 January 1945, American
Conceptual Artist
Chuck Close05 July 1940, American
Painter
Charles Rennie Mackintosh07 June 1868, British, Scottish
Architect
Friedensreich Hundertwasser15 December 1928, Austrian
Architect
Paul Rand15 August 1914, American
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Edward Gorey22 February 1925, American
Cy Twombly25 April 1928, American
Praemium Imperiale
Peter Max19 October 1937, American
American artist
Leonora Carrington06 April 1917, Mexican
Mexican Artist & Surrealist Painter
John Berger05 November 1926, British
Novelist
Thomas Eakins25 July 1844, American
Painter
Barbara Hepworth10 January 1903, British
Artist
Salvador Dali11 May 1904, Spanish
Surrealist Painter
Judy Chicago20 July 1939, American
American artist
Arshile Gorky15 April 1904, American
Abstract Painter
Robert Motherwell24 January 1915, American
Abstract Painter
Henry Ossawa Tanner21 June 1859, American
Faith Ringgold08 October 1930, American
Artist
Albert Namatjira28 July 1902, Australian
Artist
Boris Vallejo08 January 1941, American
Painter
John Baldessari07 June 1931, American
Roberto Matta11 November 1911, Chilean
Surrealist Painter
Ad Reinhardt24 December 1913, American
Abstract Painter
Tyeb Mehta25 July 1925, Indian
Indian painter
Neo Rauch18 April 1960, German
Painter
Pipilotti Rist21 June 1962, Swiss
Visual Artist
Charles Alston28 November 1907, American
Painter, Sculptor, Artist, Muralist, Teacher
Karel Appel25 April 1921, Dutch
Painter, Sculptor, Poet
Kenneth Noland10 April 1924, American
Abstract Painter
Carlos Páez Vilaró01 November 1923, Uruguayan
Artist
Renato Guttuso26 December 1911, Italian
Painter
Henry Tayali22 November 1943, Zambian
Artist
Jacopo Amigoni08 August 1904, Italian
Painter
Csaba Markus26 January 1953, American
Artist
Constantine Andreou24 March 1917, Brazilian, Greek
Painter, Sculptor
Allen Jones01 September 1937, British
Artist
John Altoon05 November 1925, American
Painter
Amrita Shergil30 January 1913, Indian
Indian painter
John Luke19 January 1906, Irish
Artist
Dan Estabrook1969 AD, American
Partner of Megan Boone
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
Sibylle Szaggars14 April 1957, German
Artist
Bal Thackeray23 January 1926, Indian
Politician, Journalist, Painter
Lou Pearlman19 June 1954, American
Manager, Record producer, Composer
Swizz Beatz13 September 1978, American
Record producer, Entrepreneur, Painter, Rapper,
Dusty Springfield16 April 1939, British
Singer, Artist, Cleric
Fred Gwynne30 June 1926, American
Actor
Mamata Banerjee05 January 1955, Indian
Politician, Painter
Larry D. Alexander30 May 1953, American
Painter
Tasya van Ree30 April 1976, American
Photographer
Yash Chopra27 September 1932, Indian, Pakistani
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Artist
Karel Gott14 July 1939, Czech
Singer, Painter
PJ Harvey09 October 1969, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Artist, Singer,
Devon Aoki10 August 1982, American
Actor, Film actor, Model, Artist
Cynthia Lennon10 September 1939, British
Film maker
George DiCaprio30 November 1943, American
Artist
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Charles Addams07 January 1912, American
Draughtsperson, Illustrator, Artist, Painter,
Kristin Nelson25 June 1945, American
Actor, Artist, Television actor