300+ Creative Google Logos
The Most Unique and Inspiring Google Logos
Google does a lot of interesting things, of which one of the most popular being periodically changing their logo to reflect current events. In the past 10 years we have had the pleasure of seeing quite a few fascinating and delightful logo designs. Most often we see these imaginative logos around holidays, including Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and other popular holidays. We are often surprised to see new logos unexpectedly, most recently for the 40th anniversary of Comic-Con. Outlined here are over 300 of the most brilliantly designed Google logos.
2009
40th Anniversary of Comic-Con – July 23, 2009
Historically Long Solar Eclipse – July 22, 2009
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary – July 20, 2009
Nikola Tesla's Birthday – July 10, 2009
Igor Stravinsky Birthday – June 17, 2009
Philippines Independence Day – June 12, 2009
Mary Cassatt's Birthday – May 22, 2009
Missing Link Fossil Discovery – May 20, 2009
Mother's Day – May 10, 2009
Samuel Morse's Birthday – April 27, 2009
Anzac Day In Australia and New Zealand – April 25, 2009
Girl's Day in Germany – April 23, 2009
Turkey National Sovereignty & Children's Day – April 23, 2009
St. George's Day & Shakespeare's Birthday – April 23, 2009
Earth Day – April 22, 2009
Kartini Day in Indonesia – April 21, 2009
Zu Chongzhi's Birthday – April 20, 2009
Christiaan Huygens' Birthday – April 16, 2009
Thailand New Year – April 13, 2009
1st Day Fall/Spring – March 20, 2009
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2009
Giovanni Schiaparelli's Birthday – March 14, 2009
Dr. Seuss' Birthday – March 2, 2009
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2009
Unix 1234567890 – February 13, 2009
Charles Darwin's Birthday – February 12, 2009
Jackson Pollock's Birthday – January 28, 2009
Martin Luther King Day – January 19, 2009
New Years – January 1, 2009
2008
Holiday Doodle – December, 2008
Thanksgiving – November 27, 2008
Rene Magritte's Birthday – November 21, 2008
Veteran's Day – November 11, 2008
U.S. Presidential Election – November 4, 2008
Halloween – October 31, 2008
Google's 10th Birthday – September 27, 2008
1st Day of Fall – September 22, 2008
Large Hadron Collider – September 10, 2008
Summer Olympic Games Doodle, Beijing – August, 2008
50th Anniversary of Nasa – July 29, 2008
Marc Chagall's Birthday – July 7, 2008
4th of July – July 4, 2008
1st Day of Summer – June 20, 2008
Father's Day – June 15, 2008
Diego Velazquez's Birthday – June 6, 2008
1st Hot Air Balloon Launch Anniversary – June 4, 2008
Anniversary of the 1st Ascent of Mount Everest – May 29, 2008
Up in the Clouds – May 22, 2008
Walter Gropius' Birthday – May 18, 2008
1st Demonstrated Laser Anniversary – May 16, 2008
Florence Nightingale's Birthday – May 12, 2008
Mother's Day – May 11, 2008
St. George's Day – April 23, 2008
Earth Day – April 22, 2008
Mother's Day in the Middle East – March 21, 2008
1st Day of Spring – March 20, 2008
Persian New Year – March 20, 2008
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2008
Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday – March 3, 2008
Leap Year – February 29, 2008
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2008
Chinese New Year – February 7, 2008
50th Anniversary of the LEGO – January 28, 2008
Martin Luther King Day – January 21, 2008
New Years – January 1, 2008
2007
Holiday Doodle – December, 2007
Thanksgiving – November 22, 2007
"My Future" UK – November 20, 2007
Veteran's Day – November 11, 2007
Halloween – October 31, 2007
Luciano Pavarotti's Birthday – October 12, 2007
International Sputnik Day – October 4, 2007
Google's 9th Birthday – September 28, 2007
Roald Dahl's Birthday – September 13, 2007
4th of July – July 4, 2007
Father's Day – June 17, 2007
Mother's Day – May 13, 2007
Earth Day – April 22, 2007
Yuri Gagarin – April 12, 2007
Persian New Year – March 21, 2007
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2007
Chinese New Year – February 18, 2007
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2007
Martin Luther King Day – January 15, 2007
New Years – January 1, 2007
2006
Holiday Doodle – December, 2006
Edvard Munch's Birthday – December 12, 2006
Thanksgiving – November 23, 2006
Remembrance Day – November 11, 2006
Halloween – October 31, 2006
Canadian Thanksgiving Day – October 9, 2006
Mid-Autumn Festival – October 6, 2006
Harvest Day – October 3, 2006
German Reunification Day – October 3, 2006
Google's 8th Birthday – September, 2006
Rosh Hashana – September 22, 2006
Chinese Teachers Day – September 10, 2006
Google U.S. Government Search – 2006
4th of July – July 4, 2006
Father's Day – June 18, 2006
Football World Cup – June 9, 2006
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Birthday – May 22, 2006
Mother's Day – May 14, 2006
Earth Day – April 22, 2006
Joan Miro's Birthday – April 20, 2006
Persian New Year – March 21, 2006
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2006
Percival Lowell's Day – March 13, 2006
Winter Olympic Games Doodle, Torino – February, 2006
Chinese New Year – January 29, 2006
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Birthday – January 27, 2006
Martin Luther King Day – January 16, 2006
Louis Braille's Birthday – January 4, 2006
New Years – January 1, 2006
2005
Holiday Doodle – December, 2005
Thanksgiving – November 24, 2005
Halloween – October 31, 2005
Google's 7th Birthday – September, 2005
Lunar Landing Anniversary – July 20, 2005
4th of July – July 4, 2005
Father's Day – June 19, 2005
Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday – June 8, 2005
Mother's Day – May 8, 2005
National Teacher Day – May 3, 2005
Earth Day – April 22, 2005
Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday – April 15, 2005
National Library Week – April 10, 2005
Vincent van Gogh's Birthday – March 30, 2005
World Water Day – March 22, 2005
Persian New Year – March 20, 2005
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2005
International Women's Day – March 8, 2005
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2005
Chinese New Year – February 9, 2005
New Years – January 1, 2005
2004
Holiday Doodle – December, 2004
Thanksgiving – November 25, 2004
U.S. Presidential Election – November 2, 2004
Halloween – October 31, 2004
Space Ship One – October 4, 2004
Google's 6th Birthday – September, 2004
Ray Charles' Birthday – September 23, 2004
Summer Olympic Games Doodle, Athens – August, 2004
4th of July – July 4, 2004
Father's Day – June 20, 2004
James Joyce Bloomsday – June 16, 2004
Venus Transit – June 8, 2004
Mother's Day – May 9, 2004
Earth Day – April 22, 2004
Persian New Year – March 20, 2004
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2004
Leap Year – February 29, 2004
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2004
Gaston Julia's Birthday – February 3, 2004
Chinese New Year – January 22, 2004
Spirit on Mars – January 15, 2004
New Years – January 1, 2004
2003
Holiday Doodle – December, 2003
100th Anniversary of Flight – December 17, 2003
Thanksgiving – November 27, 2003
Halloween – October 31, 2003
Google's 5th Birthday – September, 2003
Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday – August 13, 2003
4th of July – July 4, 2003
MC Escher's Birthday – June 16, 2003
Father's Day – June 15, 2003
Mother's Day – May 11, 2003
50th Anniversary of Understanding DNA – April 25, 2003
Earth Day – April 22, 2003
Einstein's Birthday – March 14, 2003
Michelangelo's Birthday – March 6, 2003
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2003
Chinese New Year – February 1, 2003
Martin Luther King Day – January 20, 2003
New Years – January 1, 2003
2002
Holiday Doodle – December, 2002
Thanksgiving – November 28, 2002
Halloween – October 31, 2002
Pablo Picasso's Birthday – October 25, 2002
Google's 4th Birthday – September, 2002
Andy Warhol's Birthday – August 6, 2002
Bastille Day, France – July 14, 2002
4th of July – July 4, 2002
Canada Day – July 1, 2002
La FÃate de la Musique, France – June 21, 2002
Father's Day – June 16, 2002
Dragon Boat Festival, China – June 15, 2002
World Cup – May 31, 2002
Dilbert Google Doodle – May 20, 2002
Mother's Day – May 12, 2002
Children's Day, Japan – May 5, 2002
St. George's Day, UK – April 23, 2002
Earth Day – April 22, 2002
April Fool's Day – April 1, 2002
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2002
Piet Mondrian's Birthday – March 7, 2002
Winter Olympic Games Doodle, Salt Lake City – February, 2002
New Years – January 1, 2002
2001
Holiday Doodle – December, 2001
Nobel Prize Centennial Award Ceremony – December 10, 2001
Thanksgiving – November 22, 2001
Claude Monet's Birthday – November 14, 2001
Halloween – October 31, 2001
Korean Liberation Day – August 15, 2001
Swiss National Day – August 1, 2001
Bastille Day – July 14, 2001
4th of July – July 4, 2001
Canada Day – July 1, 2001
Father's Day – June 17, 2001
Mother's Day – May 13, 2001
Earth Day – April 22, 2001
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2001
Indian Color Festival – March 9, 2001
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2001
Lunar New Year – January 24, 2001
New Years – January 1, 2001
2000
Holiday – December, 2000
Thanksgiving – November 23, 2000
Japanese Children's Holiday – November 15, 2000
U.S. Presidential Election – November 7, 2000
Halloween – October 31, 2000
Summer Olympic Games Doodle, Sydney – September, 2000
Bastille Day – July 14, 2000
4th of July Doodle – July 4, 2000
Father's Day – June 18, 2000
Mother's Day – May 14, 2000
1st Google Doodle – May, 2000
Easter – April 23, 2000
St. Patrick's Day – March 17, 2000
Valentine's Day – February 14, 2000
Groundhog's Day – February 2, 2000
New Years – January 1, 2000
1999
Holiday – December, 1999
Thanksgiving – November 25, 1999
Halloween – October 31, 1999
1998
Thanksgiving – November 26, 1998
Burning Man Festival – 1998
Google U.S. Government Search – 1998
Google Beta – 1998
What Do You Think?
What do you think is the best Google logo? Did I leave out one of your favorite logos? Please leave a comment, I would love to hear your thoughts!
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Shay Howe
Shay Howe is the man behind letscounthedays. He works as a professional web and user experience designer with a love for creating all that is interactive. Keep up with him on LinkedIn and feel free to follow him on Twitter.
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Hey guys thanks for all the comments, I really appreciate them. A few of you have pointed out some logos I have missed. I did a little more research and found the following website (more Google Logos) which highlights some more logos. Please enjoy and thanks again for all the support!
Good job!
I’ve translated it into Chinese(http://www.yeeyan.com/articles/view/29390/54083), but I found no Christmas logos…
this thread is cool- i always love it when there’s a special logo
Well Done 
Hi Shay, thanx for the Google collection. Nice!
Chris.
Very nice collection of Google Logos, but I guess the Logo of the 25th Anniversary of Tetris is missing 
Very great job! Some come back in my memory.
very nice logos
A very beautiful list. I didn’t know Google logo were in trend from 1998 with Google beta and now till 2009. By the way, Google has produced much doodles this year then ever.
A beautiful collection. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! Superbe
absolutely stunning.. these guys are just amazing!!!!!!
I like the Logo for Holiday Doodle 2004. That’s a kool idea. the others look ok.
Google Logos tells and reminds me many exciting events. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Hope to see more than that.
Great set of google logo illustrations
Nice collection. I love Google Logos.
Thank for sharing.
Really like the lazy load feature on that Google Logos page – I might need to use it sometime. http://bit.ly/HbBtL
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Very nice. I think the best one is Jackson Pollock’s Birthday
nice collection
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I collected these for a while but I had no idea there were so many! beautiful, excellent use of lazy-loading images.
Awesome collection….Never seen like this huge collection….Thanks for sharing.
Wow. An excellent collection and interesting to browse through them. That must have took ages to put together.
wow, google logo all are cool!
very nice all of them..
Awesome, incredible collection!, thanks for sharing with us. Very nice post.
Awesome!
huge collection , very nice post.. i like very much..