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Top 100 most important and famous people from United States

My opinion about the most important or famous people from United States, from 1776
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Last updated: January 15, 2023
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Painter, main figure in the abstract expressionist movement
Jackson Pollock
Artist, main figure of Pop Art, Campbell's Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol
The greatest American architect of all time, a selection of his work became a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Frank Lloyd Wright
Writer, known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery
Edgar Allan Poe
Writer, author of Moby Dick
Herman Melville
The greatest American poet, author of O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman
Writer, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Writer, author of The Old Man and the Sea, winner of Nobel Prize in literature in 1954
Ernest Hemingway
First President
George Washington
Inventor and one of the Founding Fathers
Benjamin Franklin
Third President, one of the Founding Fathers
Thomas Jefferson
Second President, one of the Founding Fathers
John Adams
President who abolished the slavery
Abraham Lincoln
General of the Civil War and President
Ulysses S. Grant
President from 1901 to 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
President, ideator of the League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
President, from 1933 to 1945 ideator of the New Deal
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
General of World War Two, key figure in the Pacific theatre
Douglas MacArthur
Commander of Allied Force in Europe during World War Two and President in 1950s
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President who decided to use the Atomic Bombs
Harry S. Truman
Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement
Malcolm X
Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement, killed in 1968
Martin Luther King
President killed in Dallas in 1963
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
President of the Watergate scandal
Richard Nixon
President of 1980s, Tear down this Wall!
Ronald Reagan
President from 1993 to 2001
Bill Clinton
President from 2001 to 2009
George W. Bush
President from 2009 to 2017
Barack Obama
President from 2017 to 2021
Donald Trump
Theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics and the theory of quantum electrodynamic
Richard Feynman
Inventor of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb
Thomas Edison
Inventors of the airplane
Orville Wright/Wilbur Wright
Biologist, whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA
James Watson
Physicist, named the father of the atomic bomb for his role in the Manhattan Project
Robert Oppenheimer
First man to walk on the Moon
Neil Armstrong
Director of Citizen Kane, two times winner of Academy Award
Orson Welles
Director of The Grapes of Wrath and Stagecoach, 5 times winner of Academy Award
John Ford
Actor, comedian, and director known for his silent film works
Buster Keaton
Animator, creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, 22 times winner of Academy Award
Walt Disney
Director of Goodfellas and The Wolf of Wall Street, winner of Academy Award in 2007
Martin Scorsese
Director of It Happened One Night and It's a Wonderful Life, 7 times winner of Academy Award
Frank Capra
The most famous comic duo, active from 1920s to 1950s
Stan Laurel/Oliver Hardy
Director of Jaws and E.T.
Steven Spielberg
Director of Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose and Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
Director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola
Director of A Clockwork Orange and 2001 A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
Director of Inglourious Basterds and Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino
Director and actor, famous for his roles in Spaghetti Western, 5 times winner of Academy Award
Clint Eastwood
Actor famous for his roles in In a Lonely Place and Casablanca, winner of Academy Award in 1952
Humphrey Bogart
Actor famous for his roles in The Godfather and Last Tango in Paris
Marlon Brando
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Dancer and actor, considered the best dancer in the history of cinema
Fred Astaire
Actor famous for his roles in Stagecoach and The Quiet Man
John Wayne
Actor famous for his roles in Scarface and The Godfather
Al Pacino
Actor famous for his roles in The Shining and Batman(1989)
Jack Nicholson
Actor famous for his roles in Taxi Driver and The Mission
Robert De Niro
Actor famous for his role in Rocky saga
Sylvester Stallone
Actor famous for his roles in Troy and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Brad Pitt
Actor famous for his roles in Titanic and The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor famous for his roles in Patch Adams and Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams
Actor famous for his roles in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia
Tom Hanks
Actor famous for his roles in Ocean's Eleven and Gravity
George Clooney
Actor famous for his roles in Pirates of Caribbean saga and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Johnny Depp
Actor famous for his roles in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Men in Black
Will Smith
Actor and former professional wrestler, famous for his role in Jumanji saga
Dwayne Johnson/The Rock
Director and creator of the Star Wars saga
George Lucas
Actress famous for her roles in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter, 4 times winners of Academy Award
Katharine Hepburn
Actress and model, the most popular sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s
Marilyn Monroe
Actress famous for her roles in Girl, Interrupted and Maleficent
Angelina Jolie
Actress famous for her roles in Kramer vs Kramer and The Iron Lady, three times winner of Academy Award
Meryl Streep
Actress famous for her roles in My Best Friend's Wedding and Pretty Woman
Julia Roberts
Composer of the soundtrack of Star Wars and Harry Potter, five times winner of Academy Award
John Williams
Singer and actor, one of the most popular of 1950s and 1960s and three times winner of Academy Award, That's Life, Let It Snow!
Frank Sinatra
Trumpeter and singer, What a Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
Singer, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
Singer, Johnny B Good named the Father of Rock and Roll
Chuck Berry
Female singer, Think, Respect
Aretha Franklin
Singer, I Got You (I Feel Good), It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
James Brown
Singer and the most influential electric guitarist in history, Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
Singer and songwriter, Like a Rolling Stone, winner of Nobel Prize in literature in 2016
Bob Dylan
Singer, named King of Pop, Beat It, Thriller
Michael Jackson
Female singer, Queen of Pop, La Isla Bonita, Like a Virgin
Madonna
Singer and actress, Bad Romance, Poker Face
Lady Gaga
Rapper, Lose Yourself, Rap God
Eminem
Female singer, former member of Destiny's Child, Crazy in Love, Baby Boy
Beyoncé
Swimmer, winner of 28 Olympic Medals
Michael Phelps
Basketball player, winner of Nba with Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers
LeBron James
Basketball player, winner of Nba with Chicago Bulls
Michael Jordan
NFL player, 7 times winner of Super Bowl
Tom Brady
Baseball player, 9 times winner of World Series with New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Sprinter, winner of four gold medals during 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
Jesse Owens
Sprinter, winner of nine Olympic gold medals from 1970s to 1990s
Carl Lewis
Tennis player, 13 times winner of Grand Slam titles
Pete Sampras
Female tennis player, 23 times winner of Grand Slam titles
Serena Williams
The best boxer of all times and activist
Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay
Gangster of the Prohibition era
Al Capone
Founder of famous car brand and pioneer of Mass production
Henry Ford
Founder of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder of Apple
Steve Jobs
Founder of Microsoft
Bill Gates
Socialite, media personality, and businesswoman with hundreds of milions of followers on Instagram
Kim Kardashian
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Aug 19, 2023
I appreciate the effort but how is Julia Roberts a more important historic figure than James Madison or Alexander Hamilton?