Pop icon

For a the British television series see: Pop Idol; for religious icons, see: icon.

Examples

Che Guevara

A guerilla soldier and revolutionary from the 1960s, Che Guevara, is a Pop idol of young people far away from Cuba and Latin America. Guevara can be found on lots of T-shirts, album covers and is a symbol for revolution. As a Pop idol, the actual doings of Guevara are not important, but what he has come to represent.

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Ernest Hemingway

In his time was Ernest Hemingway often more famous for the man-myth he was than his authorship. Hemingway had followers who accepted and liked what he represented, a powerful, hunter-man model.

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Other notable pop icons

• James Dean
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Marilyn Monroe
• Elvis Presley