What are some famous traditional surrealistic artist?

Answer 1

Chirico
Dorothea Tanning
Frida Kahlo
Hans Bellmer
Jean Arp
Joan Miro
Joseph Cornell
Kurt Schwitters
Lenore Fini
Leonora Carrington
Luis Bunuel
Man-Ray
Marcel Duchamp
Matta
Max Ernst
Meret Oppenheim
Paul Delvaux
Remedios Varos
Rene Magritte
Salvador Dali
Sigmar Polke
Tristan Tzara
Yves Tanguy
etc...

There's a lot of crossover with other movements like Dada and Expressionism and a lot of different formats that you've got to consider. Surrealism had a lot of writers, filmmakers and musicians in addition to the painters. A lot of artists that aren't generally considered to be Surrealists had brief Surrealist periods as well.

Answer 2

Yup, Salvador Dalí is probably the most famous.
Other Surrealists were dedicated to revolution and kind of outcasted Dalí because he was apolitical.
Rene Magritte is perhaps the second most famous, and my personal favorite Surrealist.
The 'head' of Surrealism was Andre Breton.
Other famous Surrealists include Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy and Giorgio de Chirico.