CELEBRITY TATTOOS

From the early 1990's on, there has been a huge increase in the popularity of tattooing among the general public in North America and Europe, a trend that has since spread around the world. Anyone who has taken even the most cursory glance at the mainstream media during the past decade or so could quite easily come away with the impression that the current popular interest in tattoos and other forms of body modification, such as body piercing, has arisen out of a cultural void and that there is scant evidence to suggest where the roots of the resurgence might lie. In point of fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

Tattoos have had a rich and colourful history in western popular culture for the better part of two centuries and nowhere is this better illustrated than by the rather extraordinary number of historical figures and modern day celebrities who have sported or currently have body art.

DIRECTORY OF CELEBRITY TATTOOS SORTED BY LAST NAMES:
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CELEBRITY INDEX LISTS
We are in the process of compiling indexed listings of all things celebrity tattoo related! From Movies and TV, to Actors & Actresses, Athletes, Musicians, Models, Historical Figures, and more! While we do that please take the time to check out our - Celebrity Index Pages

HOTTEST 101 MEN & WOMEN WITH TATTOOS
After years of compiling lists in which we divulged who among the numerous annual inventories of the "sexiest", "most desirable" and "most beautiful" women in the world had tattoos, we decided to simply put together our own list. See who the World's Hottest 101 Women with Tattoos for 2007 and the World's Hottest 101 Tattooed Men for 2009 are!

MOST POPULAR 25 TATTOOED CELEBRITIES FOR 2009
The 2009 list of the 25 most popular celebrities with tattoos (based on internet searches) The 2009 list has its share of well-known celebrity favorites plus your celebrity newcomers - the celebrity flavor du jour, if you will. Check out a past list of the Top Twenty Five Tattooed Celebrities for 2007.

100 SEXIEST WOMEN in the WORLD... The  TOP 99 MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN IN THE WORLD...  HOW MANY HAVE TATTOOS?
FHM Magazine and Maxim magazine publish their annual list of the 100 Sexiest / Hottest Women in the World as voted on by their readers. The polls offer a fascinating insight into the popularity of tattoos among female celebrities and an interesting glimpse into popular culture. A quick look at the latest Maxim.com Hot 100 Women List list reveals that one of the things that many of the women picked have in common is body art, i.e. tattoos! You'll be astonished at how many of these beautiful women have tattoos - more than twice the rate of the rest of us mere mortals! Compare the 2005 stats with the 2002 list. AskMen.com has an annual poll of their readers and staff to decide who the worlds most desirable women are. Find out how many of these beautiful females from the 2006 list have tattoos! Playboy magazine's own list Playboy's Top 25 Sexiest Celebrities 2005 has 14 of the 25 women with tattoos! The Playboy's Sexiest 25 in 2006 list has 16 with tattoos!

TATTOOS & EARLY EUROPEAN ROYALTY
As with most cultural and artistic styles and trends, tattoos and tattooing have weathered various cycles of popularity, waxing and waning over the years, but never disappearing and never far from the public's imagination. Tattoos have long been associated with sailors and seamen and military personnel, but did you know that European Royalty were the first well-known members of society, the first celebrities so to speak, to spur an interest in tattoos and body art?

That's right. In the late nineteenth century many of the crowned heads of Europe wore their tattoos with pride. And they influenced many members of their respective aristocracies to get "exotic" body art. It was a topic that caused quite a stir in the popular press of the day.

TATTOOS / BODY ART & CELEBRITIES
Today, tattoos and tattooing continue to take on an increasingly larger, ever more visible role in today's mainstream pop culture. Now you see all kinds of tattooed celebrities, both men and women; tattooed rock stars, movie stars with tattoos, sports stars sporting ink, even lots of elite super models proudly displaying their body art.

SO WHO HAS TATTOOS???
While the tattooed celebrity may seem ubiquitous today - on the cover of every other magazine it seems - and there are many celeb tattoos you will know about, there are sure to be some names on the Celebrity Tattoos list that will surprise you and a few that may even shock you!

Below are the links to the lists of celebrity tattoo stars and tattooed historical figures. Check back often, as we are always adding more names and pictures to the Net's largest list of celebrities, historical figures and their tattoos.

The Celebrity Tattoo directory listings are sorted by the LAST names of the celebrity. Celebs using just ONE name can be found under the letter their name begins with. Kings, Queens, Princes & Princesses can be found on the K, Q & P pages.

You can also use the Google search box at the bottom of the page to help track down that elusive celebrity and their tattoos.

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Popular tattooed celebrities for LETTERS A-G:

A - JESSICA ALBA
B - DAVID BECKHAM
C - PENELOPE CRUZ
D - JOHNNY DEPP
E - CARMEN ELECTRA
F - MEGAN FOX
G - PEACHES GELDOF

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