People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR.
The term is confusingly used to translate two different Russian language titles: "народный артист" (awarded in performing arts, see e.g., Category:People's Artists of the USSR) and "народный художник" (awarded in some visual arts: painting drawing, and photography, see e.g., Category:People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)).
The youngest ever recipient is the Russian-trained classical pianist Đặng Thái Sơn in 1984.
The lesser award of Merited Artist of Vietnam is abbreviated NSƯT.
The People's Artist (Chinese: 人民艺术家) is a type of national honorary titles.