 1.
Rihanna - Born February 20, 1988, Robyn Rihanna Fenty who performs under the name Rihanna, is a
Barbadian singer, model, and former beauty queen. She has also served as
the cultural ambassador for Barbados.
Some of her tattoos include - a music note
on her right ankle, a Pisces sign behind her right ear,
a star inside her left ear, the Roman numerals XI IV LXXXVI on her left shoulder and a Sanskrit prayer going
down the hip. Since then she has added at least another
five tattoos that include a small skull with a pink bow
on the back of her left foot, "shhh..." on her right
index finger, "love" on her left middle finger, an
Arabic phrase on her ribcage area, meaning "Freedom is
God".
Rihanna has admitted that tattoos for her are like an
addiction. "I like hanging out in tattoo shops" Rihanna
has said. "I am so intrigued by tattoos. It's an entire
culture, and I study it. Sometimes I go with friends, or
just by myself. I get bum-rushed, but I don't care. I
don't take security. |
 2.
David Beckham - David Robert
Joseph Beckham - The thirty-five year old soccer star is widely regarded
as the most recognized footballer - if not athlete - in the world. "Becks"
is as famed for his lifestyle, famous-in-her own-right celebrity wife,
Victoria (who is also on this list), trappings of wealth, media
attention and marketing potential as he is for the quality of his
crossings and ability to hit free kicks and corners from long range.
Beckham has the words "BROOKLYN" (son's name) across lower back, "ROMEO"
(other son) above a well-known crucifixion scene on upper back, wife
Victoria's name in Hindi, the Roman numeral VII (7 was his Man United
jersey number) on the underside of right arm and other tattoos. Beckham
wrote extensively of his tattoos and what they meant to him and their
symbolic value in his autobiography, "My Side". |
 3.
Angelina Jolie - Angelina Jolie
- The undisputed reigning Queen of celebrity body art. Jolie
toppled Pamela Anderson off the top of the list of tattooed
celebrities back in 2001 and hasn't looked back since, although she has slipped from the top spot for the first time. Her high-profile
relationship with Brad Pitt, who got inked within a short
time of hooking up with Jolie, and her growing family of
international adoptee's has kept Jolie firmly planted in the
public eye.
Oscar-winner Jolie is an unabashed tattoo
enthusiast, collector and aficionado. This thirty-four year
old actress is blessed with stunning good looks, has more
than a dozen tattoos, and shows no signs of slowing down
her collecting of body art.
Her tattoos are a reflection of her personality, exotic
and with more than just a hint of dangerous sensuality. This
is a women with an edge and a true lover of body art. A
woman who professes she likes to play with knives in bed and
who doesn't hesitate to have the name of the man she loves
tattooed on her. And when he exits stage left, she doesn't
hesitate to laser it off and replace it a new tattoo.
Jolie made the tribal dragon one of the most popular
tattoos for women, and sparked an intense interest in the
traditional tattooing of Southeast Asia. Jolie has large
numbers of web sites devoted to her worship and her
popularity shows no signs of waning as she puts her own
personal spin on the emerging genre of female action-stars.
Jolie's tattoo commitment apparently extends to her
retaining her own make-up artist whose sole job it is to
cover-up her extensive body art, a process rumored to take
over an hour. |
 4.
Kat Von D - Kat Von D (Drachenberg)
was born on March 8, 1982, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and moved to
California at the age of 4. She gravitated toward tattoos at a
relatively early age, getting inked for the first time when she was 14.
It was a tattoo of an Old-English "J" on her ankle -- a memento of an
old love.
Shortly after getting her first tattoo, Kat Von D came to realize her
own natural abilities as an artist, and her friends soon started
recruiting her for their very own tattoos. The first tattoo she ever
gave someone was of the skull logo from the band The Misfits with a
homemade rig. Giving this tattoo simply felt right to Kat Von D, and she
knew she wanted to pursue a career in this art form. |
 5.
Megan Fox - Actress has tattoo of moon & starfish on on her right ankle, Marilyn Monroe portrait tattoo on right arm, "Brian" on bikini line & words "there once was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her HEART" on her left rib cage just below her armpit & the words "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies" on her back shoulder,
others in a growing collection. |
 6.
Jessica Alba - Twenty-nine year old Jessica Marie Alba has a
growing collection of tattoos to go with her ever growing popularity. The
actress has a flower and a ladybug on the back of her neck, a Sanskrit
character for lotus flower on her wrist, and a bow tattoo on the small
of her back. Alba does nearly as many magazine lay-outs as movies and
she is a perennial favorite on lists of sexiest women in the world. Hugh
Hefner, no stranger to arbitrating standards of feminine beauty, chose
her as the Sexiest Woman Celebrity in the World a couple years ago. Despite the
flattery, Alba didn't hesitate to threaten legal action when she ended
up on the front cover of the world's most famous men's magazine,
Playboy. Alba and Hefner did kiss and make up eventually. |
 7.
Pink - The thirty year old Alecia Beth Moore is a Pop Star with a unique sense of style. The singer
has a shooting star and angel on the back of her left shoulder, "what
goes around comes around" tattooed on her right wrist, "tru luv" a
little higher up her, tattooed on her upper left thigh is "Mr. Pink", an
oriental style dragon. Pink also has a cartoon cat on her lower stomach,
and the barcode from the album Missundaztood just below her hairline on
back of her neck. Rounding out her rather eclectic collection of tattoos
are a frog on her left foot, the Japanese kanji symbol for
luck/happiness on her right ankle, an infinity sign on her hip, a red
star on her hand, and her Father's and brother's army dog tags on her
left foot, in addition to several others... |
 8.
Cheryl Cole (Tweedy) - Cheryl
Ann Cole (aka Tweedy, born June 30, 1983) is a British singer and member
of the band Girls Aloud. As part of Girls Aloud and as a featuring
artist, Cole has had 21 UK Top Ten singles. In 2008, Cole became a judge
on the British reality TV show The X Factor. She is married to the
Chelsea and England football player Ashley Cole. Cole was voted "World's
Sexiest Woman 2009" by the readers of men's magazine FHM. |
 9. Lady Gaga - Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter and musician. At Interscope Records, she worked as a songwriter penning music for established artists, such as Akon. During the same time, she began to play her music in clubs throughout New York City. |
 10.
Victoria
Beckham - Victoria Caroline Beckham - The thirty-six year old
former Spice Girl (Posh Spice) has five stars on her lower back - one for
each family member, and her famous husband's initials DB - yes, that
David Beckham and a Hebrew message 'together forever, eternally' on the
underside of left wrist, Hebrew script on her upper back that reads 'I
am my beloved's, my beloved is mine' She joins her husband on
the list for the fifth year running. |
 11. Lindsay Lohan
- Lindsay Dee Lohan. The twenty-four year old actress has a public profile for
partying and paparazzi shots that at times threatens to overshadow her crumbling
film career. Lohan has been a vocal body art enthusiast and has even
discussed opening a chain of tattoo shops. She has the words "La Bella
Vita" tattooed on the top of her right buttock cheek, a small star
tattoo on the inside of her left wrist, the word "BREATHE" in white ink
on the other wrist. SHHH... on her finger, A Marilyn Monroe quote
"Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle" written in cursive
script & surrounded by yellow, blue & green stars on underside of left
forearm |
 12.
Christina Aguilera - This
twenty-nine year old pop star has "Xtina" prominently
tattooed on the back of her neck, what appears to be a small flower
on her left wrist, an unusual looking design on the inside of her
left forearm, a rumored design on the small of her back, and an
unknown tattoo just below her bikini line. As well-known for her
unorthodox fashion style as her four octave vocal range, Aguilera
also has numerous piercing to go with her body art, including her
left nostril, a labret, her right nipple, and reputedly several
genital piercings. |
 13. Britney Spears - This twenty-eight year old singer, Mom & sometime actress has tattoos
of a fairy on her lower back, a small daisy circling her second toe on
right foot, a butterfly leaving a vine on left foot, & a flower with
Chinese symbol for mystery in middle on lower stomach. She also has
three Hebrew characters on back of her neck - her Kabala connection - a
pair of pink dice inside left wrist, & after one of her well
publicized public
melt-downs she added lips and a cross. |
 14. Randal "Randy" Keith Orton - (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its Raw brand. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry. He is a seven time world champ. |
 15.
Johnny Depp - Johnny Depp has been an ink aficionado for the better part of two decades. Many, if not most of his tattoos are sentimental reminders of the people and places he has been in his life. Tattoos for Depp are milestones to remember life's journey by. You couldn't possibly cast a better Jack Sparrow, Pirate Captain of the Black Pearl, than Johnny Depp. |
 16.
Beyonce Knowles - Knowles has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. In late 2007, Beyonce showed off a henna tattoo on her right forearm when she arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. She looked stunningly hot with the new henna tattoo. Beyonce had her hip tattoo of a praying mantis removed after many session of laser therapy. Prior to the wedding of Beyonce and Jay-z, they both had matching tattoos of the Roman number IV; significance to their wedding day, which took place on May 4th, in France. Supposedly, the number four is a mutual obsession. |
 17.
The Rock - Dwayne Douglas
Johnson, born in 1972, the thirty-eight year old has a Brahma bull tattoo
- he is a Taurus - tattooed on his right biceps and a large
Polynesian-style tattoo piece on upper left arm and shoulder. Johnson,
who is part Samoan, has claimed that the Polynesian tattoo is a
traditional Samoan piece, but it more closely resembles Marquessan
tattooing than the traditional Samoan Pe'a. The Rock chose the tattoo
specifically to pay homage to his ethnic heritage. Johnson first gained
popularity as a standout in the world of wrestling in the WWE, (World
Wrestling Entertainment) before becoming The Rock, Johnson was known as
Rocky Maivia, in homage to his father, Rocky Johnson, and his maternal
grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia. |
 18. Katy Perry - Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California by Christian pastor parents and grew up listening only to gospel music. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career. As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001. In 2004, she recorded an album with production team The Matrix, but it was never released. |
 19. Alyssa Milano - The thirty-seven year Milano is no
longer the little girl we all remember from 'Who's the Boss'. Although
her acting career is perhaps less stellar than Jolie's, Milano has
worked steadily in a string of lower-budgeted films and is once again a
television star on 'Charmed'. And this is a woman who has over fifty web
sites devoted to her. She has seven tattoos that we know of, some of
them beautiful work, and that have been fully revealed in photos taken
of her by paparazzi at various topless beaches and resorts around the
world. |
 20. Lil Wayne - Hot southern rapper
Lil Wayne began his industry climb to the top as one of the Hot Boys, a
short-lived Cash Money Records all-star group. After establishing
himself as a successful solo artist, he grew to become a critical
favorite, known especially for his entertaining underground mixed tapes.
Born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans,
LA, Lil Wayne grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans'
17th Ward. He has an ever growing collection of skin ink ... |
 21. LeBron James - an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a sophomore at St. Vincent – St. Mary High School. At just 18, he was selected with the number one pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers and signed a shoe contract with Nike before his professional debut. Listed as a small forward, James has set numerous youngest player records since joining the league. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003–04, NBA Most Valuable Player in 2008–09 and 2009–10, and has been both All-NBA selection and an All-Star every season since 2005. In 2010, a much-publicized free agency process ended with James going to the Miami Heat. He became the third reigning NBA MVP to change teams and the first since Moses Malone in 1982. |
 22.
Katie Price (Jordan) -
This thirty-two year old glamour model, television personality and
businesswoman has tattoos that consist of
a pink bow tattoo on her lower back, another pink bow and ribbon with two small hearts on the top of her right foot, a crown and word PRINCESS (for her daughter) on the underside of her left wrist, hearts for her two boys and ex-husband on her right wrist. She carries another heart on her pelvis and a memorial tattoo to her kids on the back of her neck.
Several others... |
 23.
Nicole Richie - This is
Richie's sixth year in our celebrity tattoo
sweepstakes. A search for Nicole Richie's tattoos turns up hundreds of
entries on Google. The twenty-nine year old Richie is far more
adventuresome in the body art department than her former "The Simple
Life" cohort Paris Hilton and hasn't been shy about hiding her
nipple-piercing either. |
 24. Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an Academy Award- and Grammy-winning American rapper, record producer and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 into mainstream recognition. |
 25. Brad Pitt
- Following a high profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Pitt was married to actress Jennifer Aniston for five years. As of 2010, he lives with actress Angelina Jolie, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. He and Jolie have three adopted children, Maddox, Zahara and Pax, as well as three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Since his relationship with Jolie, he has become increasingly involved in social issues, both in the United States and internationally. |
| The next top eleven celebrities with tattoos who just missed the top
twenty-five: Brody Jenner, Pixie Acia,
Drew Barrymore, 50 Cent,
John Mayer,
Eva Longoria, Fearne Cotton,
Hilary Duff,
Bam Margera,
Avril Lavinge &
Travis Barker. |
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