Franz Beckenbauer (Dave will no doubt be out with the spell check) was a top German footballer from the 60's and 70's
They did a cover of one of the Beatles Sergeant Pepper songs (40 years on) and had no end of retakes. Stereophonics hit the Pepper reprise version straight off as did Bryan Adams with the Pepper original.
Diana Dors, James Dean, Bob Dylan, Marilyn Monroe, Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde,and Marlon Brando, were amongst the 60+Icons on the sleeve of Sgt Peppers