1
William Blake
(Poet and Visual Artist of the Romantic Age)
60
18
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 28, 1757
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Soho, London, England
Died: August 12, 1827
2
Wassily Kandinsky
(Russian Painter, Art Theorist and a Pioneer in Abstract Art)
34
5
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 16, 1866
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 13, 1944
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
3
Will Sampson
(Painter)
10
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 27, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Died: June 3, 1987
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
4
Winslow Homer
(Painter)
10
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 24, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 29, 1910
5
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
(French Academic Painter Best Known for His Works: ‘The Birth of Venus’ and ‘The Bohemian’)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 30, 1825
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: La Rochelle, France
Died: August 19, 1905
6
William Alexander
(Former painter known for hosting The Magic of Oil Painting Teaching television painter Bob Ross)
7
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 2, 1915
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: East Prussia
Died: January 24, 1997
7
William Turner of Oxford
(Painter who specialised in watercolour landscapes)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 29, 1789
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 7, 1862
8
Will Eisner
(Cartoonist)
4
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: January 3, 2005
9
W. S. Gilbert
(Dramatist)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 18, 1836
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Southampton Street, London, England
Died: May 29, 1911
10
William Kentridge
(Film director, Artist, Painter)
3
0
11
William Hogarth
(Painter)
3
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 10, 1697
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 26, 1764
12
Winsor McCay
(Cartoonist, Animator, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 26, 1869
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Canada
Died: July 26, 1934
13
Wayne Thiebaud
(Painter, University teacher, Artist)
1
0
14
Walter Sickert
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 31, 1860
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Munich
Died: January 22, 1942
15
Wifredo Lam
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 8, 1902
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sagua La Grande, Cuba
Died: September 11, 1982
16
Wang Yangming
(Calligrapher)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 26, 1472
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Yuyao, Zhejiang Province
Died: January 9, 1529
17
Wolfgang Beltracchi
(Art forger, Artist, Painter, Sculptor, Writer)
0
0
18
William Holman Hunt
(Painter, Artist)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 2, 1827
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cheapside
Died: September 7, 1910
19
Wolfgang von Kempelen
(Author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine)
3
0
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: January 23, 1734
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
Died: March 26, 1804
20
Wyndham Lewis
(Painter, Writer, Journalist, Editor, Novelist)
0
0
21
William Etty
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 10, 1787
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: York
Died: November 13, 1849
22
Wally Herbert
(Explorer)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: York, England
Died: June 12, 2007
23
Walter De Maria
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 1, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Albany, California, United States
Died: July 25, 2013
24
William Glackens
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: March 13, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 22, 1938
25
Walter Crane
(Painter, Illustrator)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 15, 1845
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Liverpool
Died: March 14, 1915
26
William Merritt Chase
(Painter)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 1, 1849
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nineveh
Died: October 25, 1916
27
Walter Dorwin Teague
(Industrial Designer)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 18, 1883
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pendleton, Indiana, United States
Died: December 5, 1960
28
Wolfgang Paalen
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 22, 1905
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: September 24, 1959
29
Willem Claesz Heda
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: December 14, 1594
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Haarlem, Netherlands
Died: 1680 AD
30
William Henry Jackson
(Painter, Photographer, Explorer, Artist, Mountaineer)
0
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: April 4, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Keeseville
Died: June 30, 1942
31
Will Elder
(Illustrator)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 22, 1921
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: May 15, 2008
32
William Dyce
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 19, 1806
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Died: February 14, 1864
33
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
(Sculptor)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 4, 1881
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Duisburg, Germany
Died: March 25, 1919
34
William Sidney Mount
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: November 26, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Setauket- East Setauket, New York, United States
Died: November 19, 1868
35
Wolf Vostell
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 14, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Leverkusen, Germany
Died: April 3, 1998
36
Wilhelm Busch
(German Painter & Poet Best Known for His Drawings, Which Were Accompanied by Wise, Satiric, Doggerel Verse)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 14, 1832
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wiedensahl, Germany
Died: January 9, 1908
37
Walter Moers
(Comic creator)
0
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 24, 1957
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mönchengladbach, Germany
38
William Zorach
(Sculptor)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 28, 1887
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Jurbarkas, Lithuania
Died: November 15, 1966
39
William Christenberry
(Photographer)
1
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: November 5, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Died: November 28, 2016
40
Wilhelm Leibl
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 23, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: December 4, 1900
41
Willem de Kooning
(Dutch-Born American Abstract Expressionist Artist)
3
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 24, 1904
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: March 19, 1997
42
Walter Keane
(Plagiarist)
2
3
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: October 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Died: December 27, 2000
43
Wols
(Painter, Photographer)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 27, 1913
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: September 1, 1951
44
Willem van de Velde the Elder
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 1610
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
Died: December 13, 1693
45
Watanabe Kazan
(Painter)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 20, 1793
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 23, 1841
46
We'wha
(Artist)
1
1
47
Wu Changshuo
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: September 12, 1844
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Anji County, Huzhou, China
Died: November 29, 1927
48
William Edmondson
(Sculptor)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 1874 AD
Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
Died: February 7, 1951
49
William Rush
(Sculptor)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 4, 1756
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 17, 1833
50
Wim Crouwel
(Former Graphic designer who designed the typeface New Alphabet)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 21, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Groningen, Netherlands
Died: September 19, 2019
