Marilyn Monroe is an American ____, whose life-size picture is in the men’s room at the Route 66 Cafe in Albuquerque, NM. Elvis is in the ladies’.

noun

1. A person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere

   "a civil rights icon"

2. Emblem, symbol

   "Rosie the Riveter, a WWII [World War II] cultural icon with her blue jumpsuit and red bandana, represented the women who went to work at manufacturing hubs across the nation …"

3. A graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save)
4. A sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning
5. A usually pictorial representation image
6. A representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction

combining form

1. Image

   "iconolatry"

noun

1. A person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere

   "a civil rights icon"

2. Emblem, symbol

   "Rosie the Riveter, a WWII [World War II] cultural icon with her blue jumpsuit and red bandana, represented the women who went to work at manufacturing hubs across the nation …"

3. A graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save)
4. A sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning
5. A usually pictorial representation image
6. A representation (as in a mural, a mosaic, or a painting on wood) of sacred events or especially of a sacred individual (such as Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint) used as an object of veneration or a tool for instruction