People

Step into the lives and worlds of our ever-growing selection of cultural icons who were prominently influential in the 1960s. We know there are many more still to cover, so feel welcome to nominate your favourites for future addition to this section of the website!

Yoko Ono

Books about Yoko Ono
Japan
Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
John Lennon (left) and Yoko Ono (right) at a New York press conference where they would announce the conceptual country of Nutopia (1973)
Artist & Peace Activist

Yoko Ono

Victoria Brooke

United Kingdom
Victoria Brooke
Model

Victoria Brooke

Kenneth Anger

Books about Kenneth Anger
United States
Film by Kenneth Anger. Distributed by Impact Films., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Publicity image of Kenneth Anger on the set of his movie 'Scorpio Rising' (1964)
Filmmaker

Kenneth Anger

Bob Colacello

Books about Bob Colacello
United States
David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bob Colacello at the '2011 Tribeca Film Festival' Vanity Fair party, New York City, New York, USA (2011)
Writer

Bob Colacello

Ossie Clark

Books about Ossie Clark
United Kingdom
Itzemxxly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ossie Clark next to one of his costumes
Fashion Designer

Ossie Clark

Salvador Dalí

Books about Salvador Dalí
Spain
Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Edited)
Salvador Dalí portrait with a flower and tiger pattern background (1939)
Surrealist Artist

Salvador Dalí

Loulou de La Falaise

Books about Loulou de La Falaise
United Kingdom
Loulou de La Falaise
Fashion Muse & Jewellery Designer

Loulou de La Falaise

Andy Warhol

Books about Andy Warhol
United States
Lasse Olsson / Pressens bild, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped / Edited)
Promotional photograph of Andy Warhol in Moderna Museet, Stockholm, posing in front of Brillo boxes before the opening of his retrospective exhibition (1968)
Artist, Film Director & Producer

Andy Warhol

Martin Luther King Jr

Books about Martin Luther King Jr
United States
David Erickson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech (circa 1963)
Civil Rights Activist, Baptist Minister, Author

Martin Luther King Jr

Nicky Samuel

Books about Nicky Samuel
United Kingdom
star
Portrait photograph of Nicky Samuel Waymouth [date unknown]
Fashion model

Nicky Samuel