Pablo Picasso Google Doodle On October 25th 2002 the Google homepage was taken over by a doodle paying tribute to what would have been 121st birthday of perhaps the greatest artist of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso. The doodle, which appeared on the search engine’s homepage globally can still be […]
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Yuri Gagarin Google Doodle On April 12th 2011, the Google doodle team celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight with a Yuri Gagarin Google Doodle. The flight occurred on April 12th 1961 and the cosmonaut who manned the space craft was the Russian Yuri Gagarin. In the […]
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Friedrich Nietzsche Google Doodle On October 15th 2013 the Google homepage was taken over by a Friedrich Nietzsche Google Doodle celebrating what would have been the 169th birthday of the philosopher. The Friedrich Nietzsche Google Doodle features half of the Google logo in white lettering and the other half in black lettering. […]
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Jane Austen Google Doodle The 16th December 2010 saw the Google Doodle team pay tribute to what would have been the 235th birthday of one of England’s finest female novelist. The author in question was Jane Austen. The Jane Austen Google Doodle featured the Google logo placed on a traditional […]
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Freddie Mercury Google Doodle September 5th 2011 saw the Google homepage taken over by a Freddie Mercury Google Doodle paying tribute to one of the most iconic pop stars of the twentieth century. The Freddie Mercury Google Doodle, which appeared globally, celebrated what would have been the 65th birthday of the […]
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Sir Isaac Newton Google Doodle On January 4th 2010, the Google homepage was taken over by a Sir Isaac Newton Google Doodle celebrating what would have been the 367th birthday of the scientist. The Sir Isaac Newton Google Doodle appeared globally. The Sir Isaac Newton Google Doodle depicted an apple […]
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Charles Addams Google Doodle For 24 hours on January 7th 2012, the Google homepage was taken over by a Charles Addams Google Doodle celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of the talented cartoonist. Addams gained fame for his creation of the “Addams Family”, therefore it was only fitting […]
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Google Doodle Google celebrated what would have been the 147th birthday of the author with a dedicated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Google Doodle. The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Google Doodle appeared on the search engine’s homepage on May 21st 2007. By modern doodle standards the Sir Arthur […]
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Oscar Wilde Google Doodle On Saturday 16th October 2010 the Google logo on the home page was taken over by an Oscar Wilde Google Doodle. The search engine celebrated what would have been his 156th birthday with a Oscar Wilde Google Doodle. The author famously wrote that “illusion is the […]
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Robert Louis Stevenson Google Doodle November 13th 2010 saw the Google homepage pay tribute, through a doodle, to the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson. The Robert Louis Stevenson Google Doodle celebrated what would have been the author’s 160th birthday. Stevenson remains a greatly admired author, […]
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