Most Famous American Artists

United States has produced 759 notable artists throughout history, led by Frank Lloyd Wright. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Frank Lloyd Wright — American Architect (1867–1959) , ranked #473
  2. Jackson Pollock — American Painter (1912–1956) , ranked #516
  3. Georgia O'Keeffe — American Painter (1887–1986) , ranked #1140
  4. Charlie Parker — American Artist (1920–1955) , ranked #1575
  5. Samuel Morse — American Painter (1791–1872) , ranked #1580
  6. Mark Rothko — American Painter (1903–1970) , ranked #1755
  7. Jim Henson — American Artist (1936–1990) , ranked #1783
  8. I. M. Pei — American Architect (1917–2019) , ranked #1844
  9. Edward Hopper — American Painter (1882–1967) , ranked #2028
  10. Alexander Calder — American Sculptor (1898–1976) , ranked #2717
  11. Jeff Koons — American Sculptor (Born 1955) , ranked #2850
  12. Bessie Smith — American Artist (1894–1937) , ranked #2884
  13. Annie Leibovitz — American Photographer (Born 1949) , ranked #2893
  14. Steve Ditko — American Artist (1927–2018) , ranked #4273
  15. Louis Kahn — American Architect (1901–1974) , ranked #4569
  16. Burl Ives — American Artist (1909–1995) , ranked #4570
  17. Andrew Wyeth — American Painter (1917–2009) , ranked #5763
  18. Grant Wood — American Painter (1891–1942) , ranked #7782
  19. Winsor McCay — American Cartoonist (1869–1934) , ranked #8726
  20. Maya Lin — American Sculptor (Born 1959) , ranked #8980