On the upper outside wall of Salon Roi, passersby can find a massive mural of pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe. The work was completed in 1981 by John Bailey. It was later restored in 2001 after the artwork faded over the years. New lights were also installed. In 2014, Washington City Paper’s Reader’s Poll named this piece one of the the best murals in the city.

This well-known U Street mural offers a wide variety of D.C. icons, located on the exterior wall of Ben’s Chili Bowl. This mural, dubbed “The Torch,” was completed in June 2017. Wondering which celebrities made the cut for this brand new mural? They include: Muhammad Ali, Marion Barry, Chuck Brown, Dave Chappelle, Roberta Flack, Dick Gregory, Taraji P. Henson, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Russ Parr, Prince, Donnie Simpson, Harriet Tubman, Jim Vance, and Wale.

Painted by G. Byron Peck with nine local students in 1997, this artwork was originally located at 12th and U Streets NW in the same neighborhood where Duke Ellington grew up. It was later repainted on large removable panels on the True Reformer Building in 2012. Ellington’s portrait was based on the portrait on the frontispiece of Ellington’s autobiography, Music Is My Mistress.

Notable African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar gets the spotlight in the exterior alley wall found here. This artwork was completed by Cory Stowers and named “Meet Me at the Dunbar.”

This is one of the newest murals featured on this list, installed in 2014. While there is no official title to this mural, Aneikan Udofia told DCist, “I do like the idea of it being ‘reborn.’ So I would call it ‘The soulful return of Marvin Gaye.’” This “reborn” idea is based off of the fact that a previous mural in Shaw depicting Marvin Gaye, created by Udofia, was covered by construction. With this new mural, Udofia said, “I added more soul to it.”

Along the Metropolitan Branch Trail, pedestrians and cyclists alike are able to enjoy this mural, completed in September 2017. The four-story artwork, titled “28 Blocks,” was painted by New York-based artist Garin Bake. The intent of the mural was not necessarily to honor Lincoln, but instead the African-American men who quarried the white Georgia marble used to build Lincoln’s statue. (Note: The placement of this mapped point may be inaccurate.)

This is the only mural on this list that doesn’t actually feature the portrait of the respective celebrity. Even so, it’s worth visiting. It first debuted in September 2017, made in a partnership with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The large-scale mural on Union Market was completed by Yoko Ono. In a statement, Ono said that her inspiration for the work was that she hopes that “our hearts will be stronger and stronger forever.”

Should it be any surprise that George Washington shows up twice in this map of Washington, D.C.’s best celebrity murals? This recently painted mural was completed by MADSTEEZ as part of NoMa’s POW! WOW! mural festival.