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Novelists, poets, musicians, actors, directors and designers who made the country's culture.
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Actor 58
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Painter 26
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Poet 14
Author 11
Photographer 11
Comedian 10
Activist 9
Founder 8
Playwright 8
Sculptor 8
Educator 7
Broadcaster 6
Journalist 6
Rapper 6
Designer 5
Illustrator 5
Producer 5
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Executive 4
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Alexander Calder 1898–1976Visual Arts & DesignSculptor who invented the mobile and whose kinetic sculptures changed modern art.
Jeff Koons b. 1955Visual Arts & DesignSculptor of Rabbit, Balloon Dog and Michael Jackson and Bubbles
Frederic Remington 1861–1909Visual Arts & DesignPainter and sculptor whose depictions of the American West defined the cowboy mythos.
Louise Bourgeois 1911–2010Visual Arts & DesignFrench-American sculptor whose giant spider sculptures and psychologically intense works explored trauma.
Robert Rauschenberg 1925–2008Visual Arts & DesignMixed-media artist whose Combines broke down boundaries between painting and sculpture.
Isamu Noguchi 1904–1988Visual Arts & DesignSculptor and designer whose works blend Japanese and American modernist traditions.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1848–1907Visual Arts & DesignSculptor whose public monuments, including the Shaw Memorial, are among America's finest.Benny Andrews 1930–2006Visual Arts & DesignAfrican American painter and sculptor whose collage works addressed civil rights and social justice.