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Calendargirl Sun 04-Jul-21 07:32:21

Following on from a few comments on the Royal thread, who would you class as an ‘icon’?

I’ll start off with Marilyn Monroe.

Mollygo Mon 05-Jul-21 12:38:58

OP Who would I class as an icon?
HM The Queen
Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra
Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King
Adela Pankhurst
Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day
Margaret Thatcher
Alistair Brownlee

Bluedaisy Mon 05-Jul-21 12:31:43

Princess Diana
Elvis
David Bowie

nipsmum Mon 05-Jul-21 12:31:25

It depends on your defintion of an icon.. I don't know any.

Bluecat Mon 05-Jul-21 12:30:57

A lot of people I would have named - such as Elvis, Mandela, Marilyn, Che, Mohammed Ali, etc - have been already been mentioned but I would add Charlie Chaplin to the list. I'm not a big fan of slapstick but I think that he was culturally significant and instantly recognisable.

nanna8 Mon 05-Jul-21 12:25:58

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
Johnny Cash
Margaret Thatcher ( though I couldn’t stand her or what she stood for )

Paperbackwriter Mon 05-Jul-21 12:06:48

Keith Richards.

Lucca Mon 05-Jul-21 11:58:26

Mary Portas
David Attenborough

Lucca Mon 05-Jul-21 11:57:26

Why have a go at Fanny? It’s a chat. Bit pointless if everyone just lists icons with no reactions allowed

missdeke Mon 05-Jul-21 11:57:17

Eric Clapton
Elvis

Soroptimum Mon 05-Jul-21 11:54:45

Blossoming

Audrey Hepburn
Grace Kelly
Debbie Harry

Oh absolutely these three!

Nanny27 Mon 05-Jul-21 11:47:00

James Dean?

Nanny27 Mon 05-Jul-21 11:46:27

This is a nice thread.
John Lennon

Alioop Mon 05-Jul-21 11:45:41

George Michael, beautiful voice and kind heart.
David Attenborough for showing us a wonderful world

Growing0ldDisgracefully Mon 05-Jul-21 11:29:24

Keanu Reeves
Captain Sir Tom Moore
Elspeth Beard
Jon Bon Jovi

Yammy Mon 05-Jul-21 11:28:03

Florence Nightingale/Mary Seacote
Marie Currie
Indira Gandhi
The Pankhursts
Mrs Goldameyer
All women determined to be heard or work in the man's world they lived in.
Martin Luther King,
Gandhi
Nelson Mandela

Notsooldat75 Mon 05-Jul-21 11:17:29

The Queen

homefarm Mon 05-Jul-21 11:14:37

Icons - No, Admiration for someone -Yes

Alishka Sun 04-Jul-21 16:36:16

Nelson Mandella by a long shot.

Blossoming Sun 04-Jul-21 16:29:27

Tanni Grey Thompson

Nell8 Sun 04-Jul-21 16:27:49

Sorry, Fanny, my third go ... addicted

Twiggy
Muhammad Ali

trisher Sun 04-Jul-21 16:26:04

I'm just wondering if you have be dead to be an Icon?
For example I thought of John Lennon, then I wondered about Paul McCartney (although JL was always my favourite) or should it just be The Beatles?
Michael Cane
Margaret Atwood
Mo Mowlam

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 16:14:04

sodapop

Sorry FannyCornforth didn't realise you were the only one allowed to be critical.

You've really got it in for me haven't you.

NotSpaghetti Sun 04-Jul-21 15:04:00

Callistemon on the other thread said Icon meaning someone who is idolised
I don’t think many of these would be idolised - but maybe I think too literally….
Icons are generally symbols of something I think.

sodapop Sun 04-Jul-21 14:59:17

Sorry FannyCornforth didn't realise you were the only one allowed to be critical.

NotSpaghetti Sun 04-Jul-21 14:53:17

I do think an icon has to be something significant in a particular area, maybe Mother Theresa? Yes, ilovecheese Maradona is maybe a footballing icon.