Famous people and celebrity names – 100+ pictionary ideas and how to draw them
Pictionary is an excellent game to play with the whole family! But sometimes it can be difficult to think of different categories to play with. Playing using different famous people and celebrity names can offer a great solution to this! They can be very easy or very difficult to draw, depending on the name, and, almost all players, no matter what their age, will likely know the name of a few well-known people.
If it proves too difficult than anticipated to come up with some names, you've come to the right place. Below we've listed over 100 names you can use, and given you hints on how to draw them! You can also use our free online pictionary ideas generator for random names of famous people and celebrities, along with additional categories!
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Some celebrity names can be harder to draw than others!
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Contents
- Famous actresses and actors
- Famous singers
- Celebrity athlete names
- Well-known fictional character ideas
- Pictionary ideas generator
List of Famous People for Pictionary Ideas
Below you will find a list of famous people and celebrity names for you to draw in a fun and exciting game of Pictionary! These are split up into actors, singers, athletes, and characters. Feel free to mix and match or come up with your own ideas! If you want some more ideas, we have a wide range on our free online Pictionary generator (including more categories)!
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Famous Actors and Actresses
Almost everyone has a favourite actor or actress that comes to mind when thinking of well-known people. But sometimes players might know you too well, so you might want to pick someone less obvious and make it harder for them! Below is a list of famous actors that could be drawn in a game of Pictionary!
- Clint Eastwood – you could focus on the surname, and draw a compass with the eastern side circled, and a forest beside it!
- Christian Bale – for this name, you could draw a religious cross, and a bale of hay!
- Halle Berry – draw a berry such as a strawberry, and try to draw a bird’s eye view of a hall in a house!
- Brad Pitt – try a stickman with his arms up, and an arrow pointing to his armpit!
- Nicole Kidman – sketch a kid, and then a man!
- Jack Black – if you have a black marker, make a blob of black, and once that is guessed, draw an ear with an arrow pointing to the black, so people know it sounds like that!
- Mark Wahlberg
- Morgan Freeman
- Emma Stone
- Ben Affleck
- Jennifer Aniston
- Liam Neeson
- Zac Efron
- Sean Penn
- Carrie Fisher
- Matt Damon
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Cate Blanchett
- Michael Caine
- Jack Nicholson
- Emma Watson
- Kate Winslet
- Edward Norton
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Sandra Bullock
- Natalie Portman
- Meryl Streep
Famous Singers
Unfortunately, Pictionary does not require singing, so you’re going to have to wait until after the game to reveal your angelic voice to players. See below for a list of famous singers that you can use in your next game!
- Ringo Starr – drawing a ring and a star is your best bet here!
- Lady Gaga – start with a woman, and then a baby with a speech bubble and an arrow pointing to the speech bubble! Just remember, you can’t use words or letters so only have scribbles in the speech bubble!
- Cher – a stickman with a bag of sweets, and arrows pointing from the bag to a few other stickmen to signify he is going to ‘share’!
- Britney Spears – start with a few spears, and if that doesn’t work, a British flag and point to the knee of a stickman!
- Justin Timberlake – for JT, you could have a log and an arrow pointing to sheets of timber, along with a lake!
- Amy Winehouse – sketch a bottle of wine and a house!
- Mariah Carey
- Ed Sheeran
- Ariana Grande
- Adam Levine
- Tina Turner
- Bruce Springsteen
- Demi Lovato
- Beyoncé
- John Lennon
- Carrie Underwood
- Justin Bieber
- Prince
- Madonna
- David Bowie
- Taylor Swift
- Kurt Cobain
- Whitney Houston
- Katy Perry
- Frank Sinatra
Celebrity Athlete Names
While some of the above names have examples of how to draw a celebrity’s name, it may be easier to guess an athlete by drawing the sport they are most famous for. See below for a list of famous athletes to try out!
- Tiger Woods – you could use a golf ball and club, or your best rendition of a tiger and forest!
- Usain Bolt – easy! Use a man running with a bolt of lightening!
- Tony Hawk – for this, start with a skateboard, or a toe plus a knee and your best attempt at a bird of prey!
- Venus Williams – you could outline a tennis racket, or maybe the planets of our solar system, and circle one until people guess ‘Venus’!
- Wilma Rudolph – a woman running, or draw a red nosed reindeer!
- Magic Johnson – sketch a basketball, or maybe a bunny’s ears coming out of a top hat!
- Ronda Rousey
- Muhammad Ali
- Russell Wilson
- Michael Phelps
- Larry Bird
- Tom Brady
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- LeBron James
- Serena Williams
- Joe Biden
- Lionel Messi
- Stephen Curry
- Jesse Owens
- Katie Taylor
- Frank Gifford
- Bo Jackson
- Shaquille O’Neal
- Jim Thorpe
- Maria Sharapova
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Well-known Fictional Character Ideas
Especially when playing with children, it can be difficult to come up with a real celebrity name that everyone will know. Fictional characters can be a great way of making sure everyone has a fair chance of guessing what you are drawing! See below for a list of fictional character names to choose from for your next game with the family!
- Wolverine – use the iconic hand with metal claws in between the fingers!
- Luke Skywalker – clouds in the sky with someone walking on them!
- Catwoman – you could simply sketch a cat and a woman!
- Captain Jack Sparrow – a stickman with a captain’s hat on, a car jack lifting a car, and a small bird!
- Marge Simpson – for this, you could draw the big, blue hair!
- E.T. – drawing a glowing finger might work here!
- Yoda
- Ellen Ripley
- The Dude
- James Bond
- Wonder Woman
- Forrest Gump
- Hermione Granger
- Indiana Jones
- Lara Croft
- Batman
- The Bride
- Hannibal Lecter
- Jessica Jones
- Doc Brown
- Ron Burgundy
- Daenerys Targaryen
- Han Solo
- Katniss Everdeen
- Captain Kirk
Pictionary Ideas Generator
We hope the above lists help you out, but if you would prefer to generate a bunch of different ideas with different categories, you can use our free online pictionary word generator to help come up with things to draw during the great game! It contains hundreds of ideas to choose from with multiple categories that you can mix and match!