Gransnet forums

Chat

Icons.

(90 Posts)
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.

bear1 Mon 05-Jul-21 15:24:57

The Queen an example to us all
Colonel sir tom Moore

BelindaB Mon 05-Jul-21 15:35:42

Maggi Thatcher
Fred Astaire
Pavarotti
Jonah Lomu
Prince
Muhammed Ali

Amalegra Mon 05-Jul-21 15:54:30

My icons would be mostly from history, I think, being a bit of a nerd!
How about Elizabeth I for starters? A strong monarch in a man’s world. She absolutely would not share her power!
So too Catherine the Great of Russia. Ruthless, yes, but necessary to her time especially as she was a foreigner! She also helped popularise the smallpox vaccination by accepting it for herself and her son, so personally brave too.
Queen Isabella of Castile (mother of Catherine of Aragon). Her marriage to Ferdinand, King of Aragon unified Spain but she was the senior as Castile was a larger, richer kingdom. And she knew it!
I have many more….!

Joni Mon 05-Jul-21 16:12:30

Nelson Mandela
George Michael
Sir Tom Moore
Rosa Parks
Emmeline Pankhurst

tictacnana Mon 05-Jul-21 17:35:00

Monroe ? Have you ever read or seen a documentary about her ? Hardly icon material. She wasn’t even very professional about her job and was a nightmare to work with though she did have other talents, apparently. If we’re dealing with that era ... Doris Day , Olivia De Haviland, Virginia Mayoh .

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 05-Jul-21 18:17:58

Especially today, may I add Nye Bevan , founder of the NHS: what a legacy .

rocketstop Mon 05-Jul-21 19:21:58

Bowie, Now and Forever !

grannyrebel7 Mon 05-Jul-21 19:29:04

Elvis

GrandmasueUK Mon 05-Jul-21 19:37:55

George Best

Shirls52000 Mon 05-Jul-21 21:04:46

David Attenborough
Florence Nightingale
Gareth Southgate ( and I don’t even like football !)

JackieBee1 Tue 06-Jul-21 11:07:39

"Karl Marx and his brother Groucho."
Proper lol

Craftycat Tue 06-Jul-21 12:07:39

Bowie & Jaggar. Singing together is even better!!

Toadinthehole Tue 06-Jul-21 12:09:19

Jesus

BBbevan Tue 06-Jul-21 16:53:38

The Beatles