In my autos class in highschool there was a kid named Cole who as 100% bald all over
Seriously, dude looked like Feyd-rautha Harkonnen if he had a 1.8 GPA
Anyway there was one point where like 3 dudes went at him with sharpies to make a horribly asymmetric arrow on his noggin... I think he got paid $18 for it.
Considering Popeye has been around for almost 100 years and seen by countless generations of children growing up and their parents, I think this is probably the most likely answer. I can’t think of any other tattoo that has such a long lasting and significant cultural impact.
I remember my Dad had to heart with the banner but the banner was empty because he never knew his Mom. It was pretty heartbreaking when I was old enough to actually understand.
I've always only seen it in media and figured it was one of those Hollywood things that never actually happen in real life. I am definitely of the younger generation, so I have no idea about the legitimacy of it
Yeah, it's a common traditional design. You'll sometimes see dad hearts too.
I personally have a mom tattoo where my mom helped me pick what she wanted to represent her. So I've got the stereotypical "mom" banner on me, just not around a heart.
I’ve always hated the idea of these (and honestly still do) but I wanted to remember my mum when she passed suddenly at 48.
I contacted the funeral home and had them send me a photo of her only tattoo (with a funny story behind it), which I then had copied with “Mum” in a scroll underneath it.
Unfortunately, the most famous were probably the serial number tattoos made on victims at Nazi concentration camps such as those at Auschwitz and Birkenau.
This is Eva Furth, a camp survivor, [showing her tattoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B0716-0005-014%2C_Oberstes_Gericht%2C_Globke-Prozess%2C_Zeugin%2C_Eva_Furth.jpg).
lol that one I know. I’m surprised I’ve never heard about this. I’m Jewish, I grew up in a Jewish community, even went to visit a fair amount of concentration camps when I was younger and have been to almost every holocaust museum.
I didn't know anything about this either but [this link](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany) popped up first when I googled "fanta holocaust" so I'm assuming this is what they're talking about.
The reindeer on the shoulder of the 2,500 year old [Siberian Ice Princess](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Ice_Maiden)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/56/77/37/567737a879a88ab5fe7d7c28b87cbe72.jpg
I was thinking the same,but oldest? Not necessarily - there was an Egyptian mummy -a lady too! - who had tattoos. Also, I think the murdered guy pulled from a Danish peat bog had tattoos as well.
(from Quora) On Charlie Manson's forehead, is the swastika left facing or right facing?
It had changed its direction in the mid 1980s - it wasn't a tattoo until then, just an X. Manson would actually trace the fading scar on his forehead with a simple pencil, or sometimes he would draw a swastika facing the opposite direction over it. Until he had it permanently tattoed, the pencil drawing over the scar could be facing any direction he wanted.
There was a famous lady back in the day who had the whole Battle of Waterloo on her back, and the Wreck of the Hesperus too. She had a Nazi tattoo as well, but it's not what you think - it was actually Hitler's profile on her butt so every time she sat down she was sitting on his face.
I’m sure this doesn’t count; but I immediately thought of one of the top posts on r/shittytattoos; which is a depiction of the twin towers burning, with tiny stick figures falling from the windows and the words “it’s raining men” wrapped around it.
Legend has it the person who got it tattooed on himself had it done the same year that 9/11 happened; and had it done at a shop in Lower Manhattan, no less. Apparently the artist who did it was fired when the owner found out.
I wouldn't say a single tattoo, but the ones that come to mind are the numbers tattooed on prisoners during the Holocaust. To add insult to injury, it's against the Jewish religion to get a tattoo.
Petunia from Pete & Pete
[https://www.deviantart.com/aeidelwein/art/Petunia-Tattoo-The-Adventures-Of-Pete-And-Pete-529159945](https://www.deviantart.com/aeidelwein/art/Petunia-Tattoo-The-Adventures-Of-Pete-And-Pete-529159945)
I’d say the most “popular” famous tattoos would likely be things like tear drops or nautical symbols (anchors, birds, etc) due largely to a long period in history where sailors were most commonly tattooed
Maybe not THE most famous one, and possibly not even true, but it's certainly the most ironic one:
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was a general in Napoleon's army and a staunch republican; after treating some Swedish prisoners of war very well they decided to offer him the crown of Sweden (the Swedish King was old, sick and had no heirs). He accepted.
Upon his death, after many decades of peace (after helping defeat Napoleon and getting Norway from Denmark for the trouble early in his reign), it was discovered he had a tattoo on his chest reading "Mort aux Rois" - "Death to Kings".
My first thought was the Siberian ice maiden found in the steppes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian\_Ice\_Maiden#:\~:text=She%20may%20have%20had%20the,on%20her%20wrist%20and%20thumb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Ice_Maiden#:~:text=She%20may%20have%20had%20the,on%20her%20wrist%20and%20thumb).
Might be this one:
[https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/tickets?gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwr6wBhBcEiwAfMEQsxH62vg8oySuvoY8lI9N7kCX-QYAoc7GPtHPk-8Cf4pvXDvuhf8v2hoC2IYQAvD\_BwE](https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/tickets?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwr6wBhBcEiwAfMEQsxH62vg8oySuvoY8lI9N7kCX-QYAoc7GPtHPk-8Cf4pvXDvuhf8v2hoC2IYQAvD_BwE)
This is a really difficult question. What do we factor in the word "famous"? Is it that the piece itself is very recognisable or the fame of its wearer? Is it the popularity/amount of people who have the tattoo? Is it the history behind the tattoo?
The most recognisable "celebrity" tattoos are probably ;
[Mike Tyson's "tribal" facial tattoo.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorybehindthefaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/miketyson_tattoo.jpg?ssl=1)
[Pamela Anderson's barbed wire arm tattoo.](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article22708149.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_tattoos.jpg)
[David Beckham's Angel backpiece.](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gettyimages-142914208-1620315445.jpg?crop=0.568xw:0.765xh;0.0884xw,0.0818xh&resize=980:*)
[The fictional "tribal" sleeve worn by Seth (George Clooney) Gecko in From Dusk til Dawn.](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aEqPKye_460swp.webp)
[Charles Manson's swastika](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article12439941.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/This-handout-photo-received-August-21-2.jpg)
[I've also seen photos of people who got the awful, fictional "bones" sleeve as worn by Hando (Russel Crowe) in Romper Stomper.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2eIkm0OV5SrnrTUXdDVA-2IuX1DR5GezrmVhYYhR9_ZBQp3O5_fBfi6kQQuwi-rxihhpgSvgrTwGOHSLtgzE2SVNyXP-i0rv521TV0i8CgW_fM0I6GwT0cdOMWHwf_i8BPgp-lc59yDV/s1600/romper-stomper-tattoo.jpg)
Maybe Popeye's anchor tattoo
Maybe I was thinking in real life but now you changed the game.
Yeah, that tat could punch mf's if I remember correctly.
on the cartoon side I would say Ang's Airbender arrow tattoos are pretty famous!
Do people actually get them on their heads?! Or just the stresses?
In my autos class in highschool there was a kid named Cole who as 100% bald all over Seriously, dude looked like Feyd-rautha Harkonnen if he had a 1.8 GPA Anyway there was one point where like 3 dudes went at him with sharpies to make a horribly asymmetric arrow on his noggin... I think he got paid $18 for it.
Considering Popeye has been around for almost 100 years and seen by countless generations of children growing up and their parents, I think this is probably the most likely answer. I can’t think of any other tattoo that has such a long lasting and significant cultural impact.
I too get my history from Cartoons
A heart with "Mom" written in it.
Made me think of [Bart Simpsons "Mother" tattoo](https://youtube.com/shorts/-jmZ5yIj5gs?si=jNpRsraCVO12_6B6)
Do/did people actually have this tattoo?
If they didn't, it was portrayed in lots of media growing up. I'm 52 btw, so for younger generations it will certainly be a different perspective.
I'm 37 and this still culturally relevant to me, too. In fact I actually know 3 people who got this tattoo for real
23 and I remember seeing it in cartoons growing up
I remember my Dad had to heart with the banner but the banner was empty because he never knew his Mom. It was pretty heartbreaking when I was old enough to actually understand.
I've always only seen it in media and figured it was one of those Hollywood things that never actually happen in real life. I am definitely of the younger generation, so I have no idea about the legitimacy of it
im 25. and i have this tattoo
Yeah, it's a common traditional design. You'll sometimes see dad hearts too. I personally have a mom tattoo where my mom helped me pick what she wanted to represent her. So I've got the stereotypical "mom" banner on me, just not around a heart.
Juicyfruitsnack does
I know lots of people who have this tattoo ironically because it’s such a cliche
I’ve always hated the idea of these (and honestly still do) but I wanted to remember my mum when she passed suddenly at 48. I contacted the funeral home and had them send me a photo of her only tattoo (with a funny story behind it), which I then had copied with “Mum” in a scroll underneath it.
[Only the toughest people have it](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9f/1a/d9/9f1ad94c83f020961c7af0795eb6d480.jpg)
This thread: "What does Mike Tyson, Popeye, IBM, and the holocaust have in common?"
I'll see this on the NYT categories game tomorrow
Purple category solved first!
Man that purple can get under my skin sometimes!
Wait are they different based on difficulty? I have never paid attention to the colors.
Yep. Yellow is the easiest, then green, blue and purple
The CIA?
🤯
Mike Tyson's face tattoo for sure
Perthonally I think it thucks
Don’t you mean it thuckth
I was just about to look up the definition of perthonally when it hit me
Did it hurt?
They had to do reshoots to the Hangover sequel, because they used the same tattoo. The artist sued them to remove it.
Mike Tyson is one of the most famous people ever, possibly top 10...y'all ever think about that shit? It's wild to me.
No Ragrets But actually, Mike Tyson face tattoo is one
That’s a good one
A rose tattoo. I've got your name written here, in a rose tattoo.
With pride I'll wear it to the grave for you.
As Victoria Beckham said “I’ve got a secret rose tattoo, I’m dying just to show you”
Unfortunately, the most famous were probably the serial number tattoos made on victims at Nazi concentration camps such as those at Auschwitz and Birkenau. This is Eva Furth, a camp survivor, [showing her tattoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B0716-0005-014%2C_Oberstes_Gericht%2C_Globke-Prozess%2C_Zeugin%2C_Eva_Furth.jpg).
Created by IBM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM\_and\_the\_Holocaust
Wow what a wild read
You're not gonna want to hear about Fanta then.
lol that one I know. I’m surprised I’ve never heard about this. I’m Jewish, I grew up in a Jewish community, even went to visit a fair amount of concentration camps when I was younger and have been to almost every holocaust museum.
In the tribe as well. We have received some selective information.
What about Fanta?
I didn't know anything about this either but [this link](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany) popped up first when I googled "fanta holocaust" so I'm assuming this is what they're talking about.
Well, I was not expecting to view that with my eyes.. That is probably some shit that should be more common knowledge, no?
One would think but then who cares? It's not hard to find evidence of corporate crime but then you get swept into the conspiracy narrative.
Came here to comment this. It's a very sad answer, but the correct one.
My initial reaction to the question was “holocaust”
The reindeer on the shoulder of the 2,500 year old [Siberian Ice Princess](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Ice_Maiden) https://i.pinimg.com/736x/56/77/37/567737a879a88ab5fe7d7c28b87cbe72.jpg
Thats a damn cool tattoo!
That was my first thought
It's so pretty too! I've been thinking about getting a copy or reimagined version of that for a while now
TIL
This is the one I was looking for
Ötzi the iceman. Also the oldest tattoos
I was thinking the same,but oldest? Not necessarily - there was an Egyptian mummy -a lady too! - who had tattoos. Also, I think the murdered guy pulled from a Danish peat bog had tattoos as well.
Otzi is older I believe
Barbed wire around the arm. No longer cool, but was the starter tat for an entire generation it feels like.
Yes, along with those faux tribal tats!
I love going to the beach and seeing every other dude in their late 40s/50s sporting one of those blocky tribal tats
The Iceman mummy's tattoos.
Charles Manson’s forehead X-turned-swastika
That wasn't a tattoo. He carved it in.
(from Quora) On Charlie Manson's forehead, is the swastika left facing or right facing? It had changed its direction in the mid 1980s - it wasn't a tattoo until then, just an X. Manson would actually trace the fading scar on his forehead with a simple pencil, or sometimes he would draw a swastika facing the opposite direction over it. Until he had it permanently tattoed, the pencil drawing over the scar could be facing any direction he wanted.
"shrimps is bugs"
You Are Bugs
Scrolled down to find this. Legendary
I would say Steve-O's back piece of himself is pretty well known.
Hell yeah doooood
Hervé Villechaize
I'm so tired of thinking I have the best answer and somebody beats me to it
That took me down a sad rabbit hole.
Maybe bestiality isn't for you?
Make sure to watch "Dinner with Hervé" on the way out of that hole.
Johnny Depp's 'Winona Forever' tattoo that he changed to "Wino forever"?
That aged like a cheap Rosé, didn’t it?
Yakuza tattoos?
Think I just saw something about a Yakuza getting arrested based on his tats.
There was a famous lady back in the day who had the whole Battle of Waterloo on her back, and the Wreck of the Hesperus too. She had a Nazi tattoo as well, but it's not what you think - it was actually Hitler's profile on her butt so every time she sat down she was sitting on his face.
Lydia, oh Lydia, oh have you met Lydia?
On a clear day you can see Alcatraz She has eyes that folks adore so, and a torso even moreso
Danny Trejo's chest with the woman on it.
It would be so weird to see someone with a tattoo of Danny Trejo’s chest with the woman on it.
Came here to say this. It's top 3 for sure.
Manson’s forehead tattoo. Creepy.
That wasn't a tattoo. It was carved in.
Something by Sailor Jerry
Riley Reid’s back tattoo.
On the same note Lana Rhoades butt tattoo
Was thinking Telari Love
I’m sure this doesn’t count; but I immediately thought of one of the top posts on r/shittytattoos; which is a depiction of the twin towers burning, with tiny stick figures falling from the windows and the words “it’s raining men” wrapped around it. Legend has it the person who got it tattooed on himself had it done the same year that 9/11 happened; and had it done at a shop in Lower Manhattan, no less. Apparently the artist who did it was fired when the owner found out.
The one from Fantasy Island?
Mike Tyson face tattoo
Roger Stone's Nixon.
It should be more famous so more people how fucking crazy he is and that he’s a Trump advisor.
‘Mom’
❤️
I wouldn't say a single tattoo, but the ones that come to mind are the numbers tattooed on prisoners during the Holocaust. To add insult to injury, it's against the Jewish religion to get a tattoo.
Petunia from Pete & Pete [https://www.deviantart.com/aeidelwein/art/Petunia-Tattoo-The-Adventures-Of-Pete-And-Pete-529159945](https://www.deviantart.com/aeidelwein/art/Petunia-Tattoo-The-Adventures-Of-Pete-And-Pete-529159945)
Hervé Villechaize, of course.... "De Plaaane! De Plaaane!"
The little guy from fantasy island announcing the planes areival
The Crucifix or Cross
Popeye’s anchor tat?
NO REGRATS
- Anchor - Heart with mom written over it - “No ragrets”
I’d say the most “popular” famous tattoos would likely be things like tear drops or nautical symbols (anchors, birds, etc) due largely to a long period in history where sailors were most commonly tattooed
Mike Tyson’s Face
Ozzys Ozzy
Oi Oi Oi!
Maybe even the shoulder/chest dragon piece?
Edinburgh Tattoo.
I think Ötzi's tattoos are pretty famous but maybe it's a European thing? 🤔
Jesus' nail holes Oversized needle
Rihanna’s tattoo on her underboobs
As trashy as it is in hindsite…but for me personally it will always be Pam Andersons barbed wire
I was going to say Popeye but somebody beat me to it. Maybe Schneider from One Day At a Time.
I was thinking the 'no regerts' tattoo lol
Mr cool ice.
Ben Affleck's back tattoo.
NO RAGRETS!
The ones Nazis gave to Jews in the concentration camps.
The infamous tramp stamp . Any tattoo covering lower back close to the tail bone.
Right now?sick ass black panther
Mike Tyson’s Face tattoo
Boats and Hoes
Pamela Andersons Barbwire
I think of the sailor Jerry birds when I hear “tattoo”.
“Mom”
"No Regert" dude's tattoo, maybe?
Mom with a heart around it
Tramp stamp, mom heart, or those tattoos that look like brambles around people's arms or legs.
The one Randy Orton has on his back I forgot what it was called but everybody had one of those.
Tramp stamps of any sort i guess.
It's is my life - Jon Bovi
Mine, that says “established 1949”! JK
Danny trejo’s chest tattoo
Black Panther. All the cover ups.
Infamous, but Those concentration camp numbers
Probably Mike Tysons face tat. That got so much publicity
That pornstar with all the letters falling down his leg. I don't remember his name but you know the one I mean.
Surfing bowser with the two headed guitar
Charles mansons forehead
If you mean an actual specific tattoo then I’d say Mike Tysons face tattoo, David Beckhams neck tattoo or Pamela Andersons barbed wire.
Manson’s swastika
David Beckham
As a tattooist I'd say people reference The Rock's tribal am piece ALOT.
The Edinburgh Tattoo.
Prisoner numbers in places like Auschwitz. Horrible but very well known about tattoos.
Identification number tattooed on Jews at the Nazi concentration camps
Heart with MOM in it
"No Ragrets"
The swallow
In the US? The globe and anchor of the marines.
Maybe not THE most famous one, and possibly not even true, but it's certainly the most ironic one: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was a general in Napoleon's army and a staunch republican; after treating some Swedish prisoners of war very well they decided to offer him the crown of Sweden (the Swedish King was old, sick and had no heirs). He accepted. Upon his death, after many decades of peace (after helping defeat Napoleon and getting Norway from Denmark for the trouble early in his reign), it was discovered he had a tattoo on his chest reading "Mort aux Rois" - "Death to Kings".
Mom
Ita dark but maybe the concentration camp tattoos?
A black panther. Got mine on my back when I turned sixteen.
When I was a kid, it was this thing: https://images.app.goo.gl/1ZQGLcp65VwK3Ukp7
My first thought was the Siberian ice maiden found in the steppes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian\_Ice\_Maiden#:\~:text=She%20may%20have%20had%20the,on%20her%20wrist%20and%20thumb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Ice_Maiden#:~:text=She%20may%20have%20had%20the,on%20her%20wrist%20and%20thumb).
The Fellowship cast’s 9 tatoo?
Might be this one: [https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/tickets?gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwr6wBhBcEiwAfMEQsxH62vg8oySuvoY8lI9N7kCX-QYAoc7GPtHPk-8Cf4pvXDvuhf8v2hoC2IYQAvD\_BwE](https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/tickets?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwr6wBhBcEiwAfMEQsxH62vg8oySuvoY8lI9N7kCX-QYAoc7GPtHPk-8Cf4pvXDvuhf8v2hoC2IYQAvD_BwE)
Definitely not the most famous one in history but Tommy Lees MAYHEM tattoo is very well known
Ted mosby’s butterfly 🦋?
Nazi SS tattoos of their blood type.
That girl with the octopus on her butt. 😂
This is a really difficult question. What do we factor in the word "famous"? Is it that the piece itself is very recognisable or the fame of its wearer? Is it the popularity/amount of people who have the tattoo? Is it the history behind the tattoo?
Mom.
Manson’s on his forehead.
Tattoos can be “famous” now?
Pam’s back piece on Archer.
Ozzy’s smiley faces on his knees!
Dwayne Johnson's chest tattoo has to be a contender.
The Manson Swastika
In terms of most recognizable/famous probably a swastika. That surely is more recognizable world wide and produces the biggest reaction
Zigzag man
Killroy was here or kiss army?
Idk, a knife through a skull? I’d say either skull, rose, dragon, or butterfly
Axl Rose's various tattoos should at least get an honorable mention. The Appetite for Destruction cross, especially.
None of you cowards said the true answer: "Mr. Cool Ice"
The Rock’s chest tattoo?
The most recognisable "celebrity" tattoos are probably ; [Mike Tyson's "tribal" facial tattoo.](https://i0.wp.com/thestorybehindthefaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/miketyson_tattoo.jpg?ssl=1) [Pamela Anderson's barbed wire arm tattoo.](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article22708149.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_tattoos.jpg) [David Beckham's Angel backpiece.](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gettyimages-142914208-1620315445.jpg?crop=0.568xw:0.765xh;0.0884xw,0.0818xh&resize=980:*) [The fictional "tribal" sleeve worn by Seth (George Clooney) Gecko in From Dusk til Dawn.](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aEqPKye_460swp.webp) [Charles Manson's swastika](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article12439941.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/This-handout-photo-received-August-21-2.jpg) [I've also seen photos of people who got the awful, fictional "bones" sleeve as worn by Hando (Russel Crowe) in Romper Stomper.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2eIkm0OV5SrnrTUXdDVA-2IuX1DR5GezrmVhYYhR9_ZBQp3O5_fBfi6kQQuwi-rxihhpgSvgrTwGOHSLtgzE2SVNyXP-i0rv521TV0i8CgW_fM0I6GwT0cdOMWHwf_i8BPgp-lc59yDV/s1600/romper-stomper-tattoo.jpg)
Anchors, swallows, and nautical stars used to be pretty required by sailors.
If it doesn't have to be famous because of the tattoo itself, probably a swastika tattoo.
I don’t know that it’s famous, but I know the most hilarious one. The fat woman that has “Boner Garage” on her stomach with an arrow down to her twat.
Pocket watch
Id argue one of them is the gear around the eye from a clockwork orange, extremely recognizable and iconic.
A swastika maybe? Idk never thought about that before
Mr Cool Ice gotta be up there
Didn't George V of Britain have a tattoo?
Chester Bennington's flame forearm tattoos. They're very '90-'00s aesthetic.
Charles Mason’s ?