Free Printable Famous People Coloring Pages
Free printable coloring pages of famous people and public figures, a page for each person: scientists like Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, artists like Frida Kahlo and Leonardo da Vinci, musicians, leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln, and stars of the screen.
Each figure is a friendly cartoon with the details that make them recognizable, shown in a setting from their story, then on their own, then as their name in bubble letters. Every page adds a short biography written for children, to read before or after coloring.
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Last updated on Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:08:34 GMT
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About the famous people coloring pages
How the famous people coloring pages work
Each person has a page with three drawings and a few lines about their life:
- In their world: the person in a setting from their story, such as Einstein at a blackboard covered with E=mc² or Marie Curie holding a flask in her laboratory.
- On their own: a large drawing with the clothes and details people know them for.
- Their name: in bubble letters, among symbols of their work, like an atom and a flask for Marie Curie.
The drawings are cheerful cartoons made for children, and every one of these coloring pages is free.
People on the pages
- Scientists: Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla and Gregor Mendel.
- Artists and writers: Leonardo da Vinci, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and William Shakespeare.
- Musicians: Ludwig van Beethoven, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Michael Jackson.
- Leaders and historical figures: Cleopatra, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Nelson Mandela, Che Guevara, Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.
- Stars of the screen: Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee and Rowan Atkinson.
- Business founders: Steve Jobs and Colonel Sanders.
Words explained
- Biography: the story of a person's life, told by someone else.
- Portrait: a picture of a person, showing the face and often the clothes and objects of their life.
- Cartoon: a simple, playful drawing with round shapes and big eyes, made to be fun to color.
- Inventor: a person who creates a machine or a process that did not exist before, like Nikola Tesla.
- Nobel Prize: a famous award for work in science, literature or peace; Marie Curie won it twice.
Printing the free famous people coloring pages
- Each person has a page with three drawings and a coloring book that holds them in one PDF.
- Every drawing fills an A4 sheet held upright; take the PDF for printing, or the SVG and WebP files for screens.
- For a school project, print the drawings, read the biography of the page together, then let the child tell what the person did.




