The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Complete Ranked List
VH1 Celebrates America's Pop Culture Icons In All-New,
All-Star Special Premiering July 21-25 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
VH1's First-Ever '200 Greatest,' Hosted by 'Sex And The City's' Kristin Davis
Features All-New Interviews with 'A-List' Celebrities including Katie Couric,
Jay Leno, Britney Spears,Hugh Hefner, The Osbourne Family and Many, Many, Many
Others
PEOPLE Magazine's Special Collectors Edition on Newsstands now
21 Jul, 2003, 01:00 ET from VH1
NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- You can quote them in an instant. You
know them by name. Something they said or did not only changed your life, but
affected American life as a whole. Who are they? They are VH1's "200 Greatest
Pop Culture Icons." They are the folks that have significantly inspired and
impacted American society and VH1 is celebrating them in an all-star special
event.
Too large to be a "100 Greatest" special, for the first-time ever, VH1
will expand its reach and will recognize 200 of America's most outstanding and
outrageous personalities with "VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons,"
premiering on Monday, July 21st and airing through Friday, July 25th from
9:00-11:00 p.m. (ET/PT) each night. Each one hour episode is illustrated by
Robert Risko, and will take a fun and lighthearted look at the individuals and
moments that now live immortally in American pop culture.
Along with VH1, PEOPLE magazine has published a book celebrating the "200
Greatest Pop Culture Icons." This special collector's edition, is on
newsstands now. Filled with beautiful photos and intimate reporting, PEOPLE
brings you the divas, the visionaries, the sex symbols and more. From Marilyn
and Michael to Elvis and Eminem, you can find them all in PEOPLE's keepsake,
available through Labor Day.
What makes an "Icon?" It's not enough to just be famous or have won a
couple of awards. You have to pass one or more of the following criteria:
* Do they pass the one-name test?
* Can you dress up as them for Halloween?
* Did they blaze a trail in pop culture?
* Did they create a signature character in pop culture?
* Can you quote them (or their character) in 10 seconds or
less? (Do they have a catch phrase?)
* Did society imitate their sense of fashion? Hairstyle?
* Did "SNL" create a sketch satirizing them?
* Did someone write a song about them?
* Was or is there merchandising/paraphernalia that bears
their image?
* Can they be connected to Kevin Bacon?
An eclectic group, the list includes: Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Bugs Bunny,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Liberace, Kermit/Miss Piggy, Katherine Hepburn,
Oprah Winfrey, Sigmund Freud, Scooby Doo, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretsky, James
Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano), Bill Clinton, The Simpsons, The Beatles and of
course ... 184 others!!!!!
This special edition of VH1's popular "100 Greatest" franchise, "200
Greatest Pop Culture Icons" also features all-new interviews with Hollywood
legends, sports figures, politicians and musical icons. All-star interviews
include Katie Couric, Jay Leno, The Osbourne Family, Hugh Hefner, David Lee
Roth, Denis Leary, Lisa Marie Presley, William Shatner, Susan Lucci, Britney
Spears, Ringo Starr, Kevin Bacon, Penny
Marshall and many more.
In a career that has spanned twenty years, Risko's work has been featured
on the covers of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, InStyle, Time,
Newsweek, The New Republic, and Interview magazines. Risko has drawn the
likenesses of hundreds of notables from all walks of life-- film, television,
politics and American culture. He is also the author of The Risko Book, and
has illustrated numerous book jackets, video covers, movie posters and CD
packages. VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is his first-ever television
endeavor.
The complete schedule for VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons:"
Monday, 7/21 9:00 pm # 200-181
10:00 p.m. # 180-161
Tuesday, 7/22 9:00 p.m. # 160-141
10:00 p.m. # 140-121
Wednesday, 7/23 9:00 p.m. # 120-101
10:00 p.m. # 100-81
Thursday, 7/24 9:00 p.m. # 80-61
10:00 p.m. # 60-41
Friday, 7/25 9:00 p.m. # 40-21
10:00 p.m. # 20-1
Viewers can go online to VH1.com
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/68029/episode.jhtml for more on Pop
Icons.
VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is a production of VH1. Executive
Producers, Robert Weiss and Michelle Mahoney.
VH1 produces and programs a wide variety of music-based series, specials,
live events and acquisition-based programming that keep viewers in touch with
the music they love. VH1 is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of
Viacom Inc. MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming
services MTV: Music Television, MTV 2: Music Television, Nickelodeon/Nick at
Nite, TV Land and VH1 as well as The Suite from MTV Networks, a package of ten
digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks
also has joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby
its programming can be seen worldwide.
200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons
Ranked List
1) OPRAH WINFREY
2) SUPERMAN
3) ELVIS PRESLEY
4) LUCILLE BALL
5) TOM CRUISE
6) MARILYN MONROE
7) MADONNA
8) MICHAEL JORDAN
9) PRINCESS DIANA
10) MICHAEL JACKSON
11) FRIENDS CAST
12) THE BEATLES
13) JERRY SEINFELD
14) STEVEN SPIELBERG
15) JENNIFER LOPEZ
16) MUHAMMAD ALI
17) MICKEY MOUSE
18) BILL CLINTON
19) THE BRADY BUNCH
20) BRITNEY SPEARS
21) THE SIMPSONS
22) TOM HANKS
23) JULIA ROBERTS
24) JFK JR.
25) ROLLING STONES
26) JAMES DEAN
27) FRANK SINATRA
28) JOHN TRAVOLTA
29) MARY TYLER MOORE
30) BILL COSBY
31) EMINEM
32) JFK
33) GEORGE CLOONEY
34) AUDREY HEPBURN
35) P. DIDDY
36) JOHNNY CARSON
37) KURT COBAIN
38) BRAD PITT
39) KATIE COURIC
40) THE OSBOURNES
41) CHER
42) FRED FLINTSTONE
43) MARTHA STEWART
44) MICHAEL J. FOX
45) BEE GEES
46) HARRISON FORD
47) JACKIE O.
48) JIM CARREY
49) ELIZABETH TAYLOR
50) JAMES BROWN
51) TIGER WOODS
52) ROBERT DE NIRO
53) JERRY GARCIA
54) JOHN WAYNE
55) ELTON JOHN
56) CARROLL O'CONNOR (AS ARCHIE BUNKER)
57) NICOLE KIDMAN
58) MAGIC JOHNSON
59) LEONARDO DICAPRIO
60) KERMIT & MISS PIGGY
61) MIKE MYERS
62) ANDY WARHOL
63) MEL GIBSON
64) CELINE DION
65) JACKIE ROBINSON
66) BARBRA STREISAND
67) HOWARD STERN
68) BOB DYLAN
69) DENZEL WASHINGTON
70) CAROL BURNETT
71) RUN-D.M.C.
72) JAY LENO
73) BONO
74) SUSAN LUCCI
75) JOHN BELUSHI
76) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
77) BUGS BUNNY
78) ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
79) ROBIN WILLIAMS
80) PAMELA ANDERSON
81) JACK NICHOLSON
82) BILL GATES
83) AEROSMITH
84) KATHARINE HEPBURN
85) EDDIE MURPHY
86) PAUL NEWMAN
87) GRACE KELLY
88) JOHNNY CASH
89) BARBARA WALTERS
90) CLINT EASTWOOD
91) MARVIN GAYE
92) AL PACINO
93) KISS
94) PENNY MARSHALL (AS LAVERNE DEFAZIO)
95) VIVIEN LEIGH & CLARK GABLE (AS SCARLETT O'HARA/RHETT BUTLER)
96) WAYNE GRETZKY
97) STEPHEN KING
98) SHANIA TWAIN
99) HENRY WINKLER (AS THE FONZ)
100) WILL SMITH
101) KEVIN BACON
102) DAVID LETTERMAN
103) ARETHA FRANKLIN
104) CHARLIE BROWN
105) RICHARD PRYOR
106) JOE DIMAGGIO
107) STING
108) ALBERT EINSTEIN
109) JIMI HENDRIX
110) BETTE DAVIS
111) RUDY GIULIANI
112) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
113) ALFRED HITCHCOCK
114) CINDY CRAWFORD
115) SYLVESTER STALLONE
116) WHITNEY HOUSTON
117) WILLIAM SHATNER
118) E.T.
119) BEN AFFLECK
120) SARAH JESSICA PARKER
121) BRUCE WILLIS
122) BOB DENVER (AS GILLIGAN)
123) JANE FONDA
124) SIGMUND FREUD
125) STEVIE WONDER
126) CHARLIE CHAPLIN
127) TINA TURNER
128) JUDY GARLAND
129) DOROTHY HAMILL
130) DICK CLARK
131) CALVIN KLEIN
132) LED ZEPPELIN
133) JULIE ANDREWS
134) JANET JACKSON
135) WHOOPI GOLDBERG
136) BABE RUTH
137) PRINCE
138) HUGH HEFNER
139) MOLLY RINGWALD
140) JAMES GANDOLFINI (AS TONY SOPRANO)
141) BRUCE LEE
142) GWEN STEFANI
143) RON HOWARD
144) ELLEN DEGENERES
145) DICK VAN DYKE
146) NEIL ARMSTRONG
147) DAVID BOWIE
148) MISTER ROGERS
149) SALLY FIELD
150) GARTH BROOKS
151) SPIDER-MAN
152) BOB HOPE
153) BON JOVI
154) HARRY POTTER
155) CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
156) VENUS/SERENA WILLIAMS
157) BARBARA EDEN (AS JEANNIE)
158) BATMAN
159) RICKY MARTIN
160) FARRAH FAWCETT
161) MONICA LEWINSKY
162) LEONARD NIMOY (AS SPOCK)
163) LIBERACE
164) BURT REYNOLDS
165) DIANA ROSS
166) BETTY FORD
167) THE THREE STOOGES
168) ABBA
169) WOODY ALLEN
170) JIM MORRISON
171) SCOOBY-DOO
172) GIANNI VERSACE
173) ROSEANNE
174) TUPAC SHAKUR
175) JACKIE GLEASON
176) WONDER WOMAN
177) MARIAH CAREY
178) DREW BARRYMORE
179) CHRIS ROCK
180) LARRY HAGMAN (AS J.R. EWING)
181) REESE WITHERSPOON
182) TELLY SAVALAS (AS KOJAK)
183) WINONA RYDER
184) BOB MARLEY
185) ROSIE O'DONNELL
186) HALLE BERRY
187) ROCK HUDSON
188) JOE NAMATH
189) DOLLY PARTON
190) RUSSELL CROWE
191) REGIS PHILBIN
192) BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD
193) ARSENIO HALL
194) DR. PHIL
195) MACAULAY CULKIN
196) AXL ROSE
197) JUDGE JUDY
198) CARTMAN
199) QUEEN LATIFAH
200) THE ROCK
SOURCE VH1
NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- You can quote them in an instant. You
know them by name. Something they said or did not only changed your life, but
affected American life as a whole. Who are they? They are VH1's "200 Greatest
Pop Culture Icons." They are the folks that have significantly inspired and
impacted American society and VH1 is celebrating them in an all-star special
event.
Too large to be a "100 Greatest" special, for the first-time ever, VH1
will expand its reach and will recognize 200 of America's most outstanding and
outrageous personalities with "VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons,"
premiering on Monday, July 21st and airing through Friday, July 25th from
9:00-11:00 p.m. (ET/PT) each night. Each one hour episode is illustrated by
Robert Risko, and will take a fun and lighthearted look at the individuals and
moments that now live immortally in American pop culture.
Along with VH1, PEOPLE magazine has published a book celebrating the "200
Greatest Pop Culture Icons." This special collector's edition, is on
newsstands now. Filled with beautiful photos and intimate reporting, PEOPLE
brings you the divas, the visionaries, the sex symbols and more. From Marilyn
and Michael to Elvis and Eminem, you can find them all in PEOPLE's keepsake,
available through Labor Day.
What makes an "Icon?" It's not enough to just be famous or have won a
couple of awards. You have to pass one or more of the following criteria:
* Do they pass the one-name test?
* Can you dress up as them for Halloween?
* Did they blaze a trail in pop culture?
* Did they create a signature character in pop culture?
* Can you quote them (or their character) in 10 seconds or
less? (Do they have a catch phrase?)
* Did society imitate their sense of fashion? Hairstyle?
* Did "SNL" create a sketch satirizing them?
* Did someone write a song about them?
* Was or is there merchandising/paraphernalia that bears
their image?
* Can they be connected to Kevin Bacon?
An eclectic group, the list includes: Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Bugs Bunny,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Liberace, Kermit/Miss Piggy, Katherine Hepburn,
Oprah Winfrey, Sigmund Freud, Scooby Doo, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretsky, James
Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano), Bill Clinton, The Simpsons, The Beatles and of
course ... 184 others!!!!!
This special edition of VH1's popular "100 Greatest" franchise, "200
Greatest Pop Culture Icons" also features all-new interviews with Hollywood
legends, sports figures, politicians and musical icons. All-star interviews
include Katie Couric, Jay Leno, The Osbourne Family, Hugh Hefner, David Lee
Roth, Denis Leary, Lisa Marie Presley, William Shatner, Susan Lucci, Britney
Spears, Ringo Starr, Kevin Bacon, Penny
Marshall and many more.
In a career that has spanned twenty years, Risko's work has been featured
on the covers of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, InStyle, Time,
Newsweek, The New Republic, and Interview magazines. Risko has drawn the
likenesses of hundreds of notables from all walks of life-- film, television,
politics and American culture. He is also the author of The Risko Book, and
has illustrated numerous book jackets, video covers, movie posters and CD
packages. VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is his first-ever television
endeavor.
The complete schedule for VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons:"
Monday, 7/21 9:00 pm # 200-181
10:00 p.m. # 180-161
Tuesday, 7/22 9:00 p.m. # 160-141
10:00 p.m. # 140-121
Wednesday, 7/23 9:00 p.m. # 120-101
10:00 p.m. # 100-81
Thursday, 7/24 9:00 p.m. # 80-61
10:00 p.m. # 60-41
Friday, 7/25 9:00 p.m. # 40-21
10:00 p.m. # 20-1
Viewers can go online to VH1.com
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/68029/episode.jhtml for more on Pop
Icons.
VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is a production of VH1. Executive
Producers, Robert Weiss and Michelle Mahoney.
VH1 produces and programs a wide variety of music-based series, specials,
live events and acquisition-based programming that keep viewers in touch with
the music they love. VH1 is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of
Viacom Inc. MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming
services MTV: Music Television, MTV 2: Music Television, Nickelodeon/Nick at
Nite, TV Land and VH1 as well as The Suite from MTV Networks, a package of ten
digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks
also has joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby
its programming can be seen worldwide.
200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons
Ranked List
1) OPRAH WINFREY
2) SUPERMAN
3) ELVIS PRESLEY
4) LUCILLE BALL
5) TOM CRUISE
6) MARILYN MONROE
7) MADONNA
8) MICHAEL JORDAN
9) PRINCESS DIANA
10) MICHAEL JACKSON
11) FRIENDS CAST
12) THE BEATLES
13) JERRY SEINFELD
14) STEVEN SPIELBERG
15) JENNIFER LOPEZ
16) MUHAMMAD ALI
17) MICKEY MOUSE
18) BILL CLINTON
19) THE BRADY BUNCH
20) BRITNEY SPEARS
21) THE SIMPSONS
22) TOM HANKS
23) JULIA ROBERTS
24) JFK JR.
25) ROLLING STONES
26) JAMES DEAN
27) FRANK SINATRA
28) JOHN TRAVOLTA
29) MARY TYLER MOORE
30) BILL COSBY
31) EMINEM
32) JFK
33) GEORGE CLOONEY
34) AUDREY HEPBURN
35) P. DIDDY
36) JOHNNY CARSON
37) KURT COBAIN
38) BRAD PITT
39) KATIE COURIC
40) THE OSBOURNES
41) CHER
42) FRED FLINTSTONE
43) MARTHA STEWART
44) MICHAEL J. FOX
45) BEE GEES
46) HARRISON FORD
47) JACKIE O.
48) JIM CARREY
49) ELIZABETH TAYLOR
50) JAMES BROWN
51) TIGER WOODS
52) ROBERT DE NIRO
53) JERRY GARCIA
54) JOHN WAYNE
55) ELTON JOHN
56) CARROLL O'CONNOR (AS ARCHIE BUNKER)
57) NICOLE KIDMAN
58) MAGIC JOHNSON
59) LEONARDO DICAPRIO
60) KERMIT & MISS PIGGY
61) MIKE MYERS
62) ANDY WARHOL
63) MEL GIBSON
64) CELINE DION
65) JACKIE ROBINSON
66) BARBRA STREISAND
67) HOWARD STERN
68) BOB DYLAN
69) DENZEL WASHINGTON
70) CAROL BURNETT
71) RUN-D.M.C.
72) JAY LENO
73) BONO
74) SUSAN LUCCI
75) JOHN BELUSHI
76) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
77) BUGS BUNNY
78) ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
79) ROBIN WILLIAMS
80) PAMELA ANDERSON
81) JACK NICHOLSON
82) BILL GATES
83) AEROSMITH
84) KATHARINE HEPBURN
85) EDDIE MURPHY
86) PAUL NEWMAN
87) GRACE KELLY
88) JOHNNY CASH
89) BARBARA WALTERS
90) CLINT EASTWOOD
91) MARVIN GAYE
92) AL PACINO
93) KISS
94) PENNY MARSHALL (AS LAVERNE DEFAZIO)
95) VIVIEN LEIGH & CLARK GABLE (AS SCARLETT O'HARA/RHETT BUTLER)
96) WAYNE GRETZKY
97) STEPHEN KING
98) SHANIA TWAIN
99) HENRY WINKLER (AS THE FONZ)
100) WILL SMITH
101) KEVIN BACON
102) DAVID LETTERMAN
103) ARETHA FRANKLIN
104) CHARLIE BROWN
105) RICHARD PRYOR
106) JOE DIMAGGIO
107) STING
108) ALBERT EINSTEIN
109) JIMI HENDRIX
110) BETTE DAVIS
111) RUDY GIULIANI
112) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
113) ALFRED HITCHCOCK
114) CINDY CRAWFORD
115) SYLVESTER STALLONE
116) WHITNEY HOUSTON
117) WILLIAM SHATNER
118) E.T.
119) BEN AFFLECK
120) SARAH JESSICA PARKER
121) BRUCE WILLIS
122) BOB DENVER (AS GILLIGAN)
123) JANE FONDA
124) SIGMUND FREUD
125) STEVIE WONDER
126) CHARLIE CHAPLIN
127) TINA TURNER
128) JUDY GARLAND
129) DOROTHY HAMILL
130) DICK CLARK
131) CALVIN KLEIN
132) LED ZEPPELIN
133) JULIE ANDREWS
134) JANET JACKSON
135) WHOOPI GOLDBERG
136) BABE RUTH
137) PRINCE
138) HUGH HEFNER
139) MOLLY RINGWALD
140) JAMES GANDOLFINI (AS TONY SOPRANO)
141) BRUCE LEE
142) GWEN STEFANI
143) RON HOWARD
144) ELLEN DEGENERES
145) DICK VAN DYKE
146) NEIL ARMSTRONG
147) DAVID BOWIE
148) MISTER ROGERS
149) SALLY FIELD
150) GARTH BROOKS
151) SPIDER-MAN
152) BOB HOPE
153) BON JOVI
154) HARRY POTTER
155) CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
156) VENUS/SERENA WILLIAMS
157) BARBARA EDEN (AS JEANNIE)
158) BATMAN
159) RICKY MARTIN
160) FARRAH FAWCETT
161) MONICA LEWINSKY
162) LEONARD NIMOY (AS SPOCK)
163) LIBERACE
164) BURT REYNOLDS
165) DIANA ROSS
166) BETTY FORD
167) THE THREE STOOGES
168) ABBA
169) WOODY ALLEN
170) JIM MORRISON
171) SCOOBY-DOO
172) GIANNI VERSACE
173) ROSEANNE
174) TUPAC SHAKUR
175) JACKIE GLEASON
176) WONDER WOMAN
177) MARIAH CAREY
178) DREW BARRYMORE
179) CHRIS ROCK
180) LARRY HAGMAN (AS J.R. EWING)
181) REESE WITHERSPOON
182) TELLY SAVALAS (AS KOJAK)
183) WINONA RYDER
184) BOB MARLEY
185) ROSIE O'DONNELL
186) HALLE BERRY
187) ROCK HUDSON
188) JOE NAMATH
189) DOLLY PARTON
190) RUSSELL CROWE
191) REGIS PHILBIN
192) BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD
193) ARSENIO HALL
194) DR. PHIL
195) MACAULAY CULKIN
196) AXL ROSE
197) JUDGE JUDY
198) CARTMAN
199) QUEEN LATIFAH
200) THE ROCK
SOURCE VH1
