10.Andy Warhol The leading personality in the visual art movement, known as Pop Art. He lived from 1928 until 1987. Warhol after college, Warhol started to work in visual arts, becoming famous throughout the 1960s. His photography was based around pop culture. Warhol was also known as an artist in painting. In later years he promoted that he would be taking photos based around more gruesome or eerie subjects like nuclear war, car crashes, electric chairs and suicides. Since Warhol was a child he had been always interested in celebrities was known for his portrayal such as  Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and even Mao Zedong, the dictator of China of that time. Warhol then died in 1987 at the downfall of his career. Today he is known for being one of the biggest inspirations to pop and modern artists.