







The Most Famous
Artists from United States
This page contains a list of the greatest Americans Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 125 Artists, 31 of which were born in United States.
Top 10 American Artists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Americans Artists of all time. This list of famous Americans Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Americans Artists.
- #1

Andy Warhol
1928 - 1987
HPI 82.94140 langsAndy Warhol is most famous for his pop art paintings of Campbell's soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles.
- #2

Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
HPI 71.6753 langsRoy Lichtenstein is most famous for his pop art paintings. He used the comic book technique of Ben-Day dots to create his paintings.
- #3

Keith Haring
1958 - 1990
HPI 69.6754 langsKeith Haring is most famous for his street art. He was also a New York-based artist who became a pop culture icon in the 1980s.
- #4

Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 - 1988
HPI 66.6350 langsAmerican artist
- #5

Barnett Newman
1905 - 1970
HPI 65.6835 langsBarnett Newman is most famous for his series of paintings called "The Stations of the Cross."
- #6

William Wallace Denslow
1856 - 1915
HPI 65.2419 langsAmerican illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915)
- #7

Jeff Koons
b. 1955
HPI 64.2737 langsAmerican sculptor and painter
- #8

Louis Comfort Tiffany
1848 - 1933
HPI 63.9035 langsAmerican stained glass and jewelry designer
- #9

Judy Chicago
b. 1939
HPI 63.2334 langsAmerican artist
- #10

Bill Viola
1951 - 2024
HPI 62.5427 langsAmerican video and installation artist (1951–2024)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Americans Artists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1960s(1)
1910s(2)
1850s(1)
1840s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Artists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 24 most globally memorable Artists since 1700.





















