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Kalu Sun 04-Jul-21 09:08:30

Rosa Parks

Martin Luther King

Suffragettes

Nell8 Sun 04-Jul-21 09:05:46

Florence Nightingale
Margot Fonteyn
Fred Astaire
Winston Churchill

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 08:48:21

Che Guevara

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 08:47:52

Billie Holiday

Anniebach Sun 04-Jul-21 08:41:39

Rosa Parks

Martin Luther King

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 08:32:32

Oscar Wilde

Spinnaker Sun 04-Jul-21 08:17:18

Dame Edna Everage
Tommy Cooper
HM The Queen
Margaret Thatcher
Joan Collins

Anniebach Sun 04-Jul-21 08:04:48

Nelson Mandela

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 07:56:54

Picasso; Dali; Kahlo

BigBertha1 Sun 04-Jul-21 07:46:46

Ghandi

vampirequeen Sun 04-Jul-21 07:44:41

Doris Day

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 07:44:31

Bowie

FannyCornforth Sun 04-Jul-21 07:42:40

It will come as no surprise that I've been thinking about it too Calendargirl smile
I've just seen a little clip on another thread of Monroe dancing and I immediately thought of the 'icon' thing. She was just so luminous.
The term 'lighting up the screen' is oft used, but only really applies to her.

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.