Muses (persons)

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by her death in 1962.

Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and producer. Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), and emerged as a teen idol for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008 and formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which released three albums: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011).

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution and gained international fame for portraying characters associated with hedonistic lifestyles. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remained a major pop culture icon. She appeared in 47 films, performed in several musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985.

Melania Knauss Trump is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2021 as the third wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. She is the first naturalized citizen and the first non-native English speaker to become first lady; the second foreign-born first lady, after Louisa Adams; the second Roman Catholic first lady, after Jacqueline Kennedy; and the second to hold the position nonconsecutively, after Frances Cleveland.

Kimberly Noel Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention in 2007 following the unauthorized release of a sex tape with American singer Ray J. Afterwards, she and her family began to appear on the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The show aired until 2021, and its success led to the formation of several spin-offs before its revival in the form of, Hulu's The Kardashians (2022–present) as part of her and her family's multi-year deal with the streaming service.

Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and dramas to science fiction and action. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, activist, and filmmaker. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.

Christina Ricci is an American actress. Known for playing unusual characters with a dark edge, Ricci works mostly in independent productions, but she has also appeared in numerous box-office hits. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)

French singer, model and actress

American actress (1930–2024)

Era chiná physicist, and author (1706-1749)

Italian actress (1931–2022)

French sculptor (1864–1943)

Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972)

English children's fantasy writer (1934–2011)

American photographer and photojournalist (1907–1977)

French singer, actress, television presenter

French painter, poet and printmaker (1883-1956)

American actress

Italian poet and noble

American ballerina (1925–2013)

French photographer and painter (1907–1997)

English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" (1852–1934)

wife of Rembrandt van Rijn

Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815)

American socialite, actress and model (1943-1971)

wife of, first, Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí (1894–1982)

Dante's muse

American actor

Italian noblewoman

English poet and journalist (1870–1945)

Irish revolutionary and activist (1866-1953)

English model, photographer (born 1944)

American writer (1926–1968)

French painter (1901–1953)

Pre-Raphaelite model, artist, and poet (1829-1862)

English actress and author

Russian actress and dancer

Ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955)

Austrian designer and model (1874–1952)

French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his painting (1868-1943)

American artist's model and film actress (1891-1996)

French painter, model for painters (1844-1927)

wife of Edgar Allan Poe (1822-1847)

cohabitant of Pablo Picasso (1909–1977)

lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

14th-century noblewoman; (1310-1348)

English embroiderer and artists' model (1839–1914)

French actress (1818–1868)

French actress (1865–1956)

Mexican actress

French artists' model (1847–1879)

American model and performance artist

American ballerina

American actress

J. R. R. Tolkien's wife and muse (1889–1971)

Venetian painter of the Renaissance period (1560? – 1590)

Canadian YouTuber, socialite, actress, and model