There are so many lists out there that claim the “50 Best Graphic Designers,” or “Best 100 Graphic Design Artists.” I’ve been inspired to check out a few of them to see, and it seems that when they finally get down to the good stuff, I always wind up ranting and raving for hours afterward.
Here’s a definitive list of famous graphic designers.
1. Reza Abedini
2. Alan Aldridge
3. Otl Aicher
4. John Alvin
5. Jan Balet
6. Banksy
7. Herbert Bayer
8. Jonathan Barnbrook
9. Saul Bass
10. Harry Beck
11. Alexey Brodovitch
12. Neville Brody
13. Robert Brownjohn
14. Dick Bruna
15. Peter Buchanan-Smith
16. Jon Burgerman
17. Margaret Calvert
18. David Carson
19. Urso Chappell
20. Wim Crouwel
21. Tom Eckersley
22. Shepard Fairey
23. Friedrich Kurt Fiedler
24. Vittorio Fiorucci
25. Alan Fletcher
26. Adrian Frutiger
27. Shigeo Fukuda
28. Tom Geismar
29. Eric Gill
30. Milton Glaser
31. April Greiman
32. Baron Barrymore Halpenny
33. Steven Heller
34. Armin Hofmann
35. Julian House
36. Max Huber
37. Hans Hulsbosch
38. Angus Hyland
39. Mirko Ilić
40. Tariq Jakobsen
41. Susan Kare
42. Chip Kidd
43. Jock Kinneir
44. Walter Landor
45. Poul Lange
46. Herb Lubalin
47. Martin Majoor
48. Morteza Momayez
49. Oscar Mariné
50. Bruce Mau
51. Katherine McCoy
52. Philip B. Meggs
53. László Moholy-Nagy
54. Kate Moross
55. Josef Müller-Brockmann
56. Bruno Munari
57. Erik Nitsche
58. Vaughan Oliver
59. István Orosz
60. Robert L. Peters
61. Soundarya Rajinikanth
62. Paul Rand
63. Brandon Rike
64. Emil Ruder
65. Peter Saville
66. Stefan Sagmeister
67. Paula Scher
68. Ghobad Shiva
69. Erik Spiekermann
70. Storm Thorgerson
71. Jan Tschichold
72. Rudy VanderLans
73. Massimo Vignelli
74. James Victore
75. Wolfgang Weingart
Who would you put on your list of famous graphic designers? Any I missed?
Ryan is a member of the 24Everyday design team which has been featured . Ryan also hopes to help other designers develop their skills through video tutorials. You can learn more about graphic design at http://www.ninjatip.com or see a complete portfolio from the 24Everyday design team at http://www.24everyday.com/graphic-designers-portfolio