People known for their body modification

French dancer, pornographic actress, singer and television presenter (1963–2000)

British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020)

English singer (1959–2016)

British robotics and cybernetics researcher

American adult model and stripper

Orlan (stylized as ORLAN) is a French multi-media artist who uses sculpture, photography, performance, video, video games, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics as well as scientific and medical techniques such as surgery and biotechnology to question modern social phenomena. She has said that her art is not body art, but 'carnal art,' which lacks the suffering aspect of body art.

American pornographic actress

Stelarc (born Stelios Arcadiou () in 1946; legally changed his name in 1972) is a Cyprus-born Australian performance artist raised in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, whose works focus heavily on extending the capabilities of the human body. As such, most of his pieces are centred on his concept that "the human body is obsolete". Until 2007 he held the position of principal research fellow in the Performance Arts Digital Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England. He is currently furthering his research at Curtin University in Western Australia.

Swiss socialite (1940–2024)

American man best known for extensive body modifications (1958-2012)

Brazilian-British television personality

American sideshow performer, actor, and musician

Braden Eric Peters, known online as Clavicular or Clav, is an American online streamer and influencer. He became known in 2025 on TikTok and Kick for his "looksmaxxing" content, which commentators have described as extreme and controversial, particularly for his advocacy of practices including facial "bonesmashing", getting cosmetic plastic surgery, taking anabolic steroids and lipodissolve products, and using methamphetamine for its anorectic properties.

Mexican lawyer, businesswoman, activist and tattoo artist

American sideshow performer

German media personality

British circus performer

British body modification pioneer

Japanese businessman