Every person who has ever been immortalized in a Google Doodle, in order from the very first to the most recent. The first Google Doodle appeared on the search engine homepage instead of the familiar colorful logo on August 30, 1998, in honor of Burning Man. It wasn't until 2001 that the very first real person was commemorated. In November of that year, a Google Doodle honored Claude Monet, artistically drawn in the style of the painter's famous water lilies. For more than a decade since, Google has celebrated artists, inventors, poets, musicians, activists, mathematicians, scientists, singers, architects, and hundreds of others who have made positive contributions to the world as we know it. Every famous person who has been in a Google Doodle is listed in the order in which his or her Doodle appeared on the famous website, along with the date - or multiple dates, when applicable. While most of these people were honored on their birthdays, many others have been recognized on important anniversaries of their work. There is also a picture of each person's Google Doodle, and videos for people like Freddie Mercury, Jules Verne, and Douglas Adams, whose Doodles were interactive.
Every Person Who Has Been Immortalized in a Google Doodle,
Albert Einstein
March 13, 2003
Alfred Hitchcock
August 12, 2003
Andy Warhol
August 6, 2002
Claude Monet
November 14, 2001
Gaston Julia
February 2, 2004
James Joyce
June 16, 2004
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 21, 2008; January 16, 2012; January 20, 2014; January 19, 2015; January 18, 2016
M. C. Escher
June 15, 2003
Pablo Picasso
October 25, 2002
Piet Mondrian
March 6, 2002