Music:
* Rock: David Bowie, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols
* Soul/Funk: Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament Funkadelic
* Disco: Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, KC and the Sunshine Band
* Country: Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris
* Folk: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor
Film:
* Actors: Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn
* Directors: Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen
* Characters: Star Wars characters (Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader), Jaws' shark
Fashion:
* Designers: Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein
* Trends: Platform shoes, bell bottoms, disco fashion, punk rock style, hippie aesthetics
Politics/Social Activism:
* Leaders: Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi
* Activists: Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X
Other:
* Sports: Muhammad Ali, Pelé, Bjorn Borg, Martina Navratilova
* Literature: Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie
* Art: Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso (despite being earlier, his influence remained), Roy Lichtenstein
This is just a small sample of the many icons who shaped the 1970s. It's worth exploring the various categories and individuals to get a deeper understanding of the decade's diverse and vibrant cultural landscape.