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Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in popular music. With estimated sales of 124 million records, she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Publications such as Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked her among the greatest artists in history.
Marilyn Manson
American musician (born 1969)
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
Shia LaBeouf
Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and 2002 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. He made his film debut in The Christmas Path (1998). In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film Let's Love Hate and later directed a short film titled Maniac (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi.
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
Andy Kaufman
American entertainer (1949–1984)
David Blaine
American illusionist and extreme performer
Miranda July
American performance artist, musician and writer (born 1974)
Jeffree Star
European-American make-up artist, Internet personality and former singer-songwriter
Vito Acconci
American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017)
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American sculptor and performance artist (1941)
Diamanda Galás
American singer-songwriter
Lo Mutuc
American actor
Vermin Supreme
American performance artist and political activist
Carolee Schneemann
American visual experimental artist (1939–2019)
Amy Hill
American character actress
Jerry Rubin
American activist (1938–1994)
Allan Kaprow
American artist (1927–2006)
Alex Grey
American painter and performance artist (born 1953)
Kate Bornstein
American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
Blue Man Group
music and theatre organization
Paul McCarthy
American performance and installation artist (born 1945)
Hadji Ali
Egyptian vaudeville performance artist
Hollie Stevens
American pornographic actress (1982-2012)
John Giorno
American writer (1936-2019)
Zeena Schreck
American visual and musical artist
Chris Burden
American sculptor and performance artist (1946–2015)
The Yes Men
culture jamming activist duo and network of supporters
Joy Villa
American singer-songwriter, actress, and YouTuber
Daniel Sea
American filmmaker, actor, and musician
Charlotte Moorman
American cellist and performance artist (1933–1991)
Alison Knowles
American artist (born 1933)
Amy Karle
American bioartist
Ray Johnson
American artist (1927-1995)
Joan Jonas
American artist (born 1936)
Alan Vega
American singer (1938–2016)
Nan Hoover
American-Dutch artist (1931-2008)
Andrea Fraser
American performance artist (born 1965)
Beetlejuice
American actor
Jennifer Miller
American feminist
Bob Flanagan
American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic (1952–1996)
Lorraine O'Grady
African American conceptual artist (1934–2024)
Agata Oleksiak
Polish-born artist (born 1978)
Josephine Decker
American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker
Sam Hyde
American comedian (born 1985)
Brigid Berlin
American actress and artist (1939-2020)
Joan Hotchkis
American actress
Robert Barry
American artist (born 1936)
Simone Forti
American dancer and choreographer (born 1935)
Gregg Bissonette
American drummer
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Korean-American author and artist (1951–1982)
George DiCaprio
American writer (born 1943)
John Irving Bloom
American film critic, writer, and actor (1953-)
Kenturah Davis
American artist (born 1984)
Martha Wilson
American artist, born 1947 (born 1947)
Coco Fusco
American artist (born 1960)
Wafaa Bilal
American artist
Danny Hoch
American actor
Deborah Henson-Conant
American harpist and composer
Nick Cave
African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959)