Who are the people on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover?

Answer 1

There were many notable people on the Sgt Peppers cover. The people were:

Top Row (From left to right):

Sri Yukteswar Giri (Hindu Guru), Aleister Crowley (occultist), Mae West (Actress), Lenny Bruce (Comedian, Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer, W. C. Fields (comedian/actor), Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist), Edgar Allan Poe (Writer), Fred Astaire (actor/dancer), Richard Merkin (artist), The Vargas Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas), Huntz Hall (actor), (Leo Gorcey (Actor) was originally going to be here) Simon Rodia (designer and builder of Watts Towers), Bob Dylan (singer/songwriter)

Second Row (From left to right):

Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator), Sir Robert Peel (19Th century Prime Minister), Aldous Huxley (writer), Terry Southern (writer), Dion (singer), Tony Curtis (actor), Wallace Berman (artist), Tommy Handley (comedian), Marilyn Monroe (actress), William S Burroughs (writer), Sri Mahavatar Babaji (Hindu Guru), Stan Laurel (actor/comedian), Richard Lindner (artist), Oliver Hardy (actor/comedian), Karl Marx (political philosopher), H. G. Wells (writer), Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (Hindu Guru), Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist) (barely visible below Bob Dylan), Anonymous (hairdresser's wax dummy)

Third Row (From left to right):

Stuart Sutcliffe (Former Beatle), Anonymous (hairdresser's wax dummy), Max Miller (comedian), A "Pretty Girl" (by artist George Petty), Marlon Brando (actor), Tom Mix (actor), Oscar Wilde (writer, Tyrone Power (actor), Larry Bell (artist), Dr. David Livingstone (missionary/explorer), Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic Swimmer/Tarzan Actor), Stephan Crane (writer) (barely visible between Issy Bonn's head and raised arm), Issy Bonn (comedian), George Benard Shaw (playwright), H. C. Westerman (sculptor), Albert Stubbins (football (soccer) player, Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru), Lewis Carroll (writer), (Mohandas Gandhi was originally going to be here), T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")

Front Row (From left to right)

Sonny Liston (boxer), A "Pretty Girl" (by artist George Petty), Wax model of George Harrison, Wax model of John Lennon, Shirley Temple (child actress) (barely visible, first of three appearances on the cover), Wax Model of Ringo Starr, Wax Model of Paul McCartney, Albert Einstein (physicist) (largely obscured), John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Bobby Breen (signer, An American legionnaire, Diana Dors (actress), Shirley Temple (child actress) (second appearance on the cover)

Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler were also supposed to be on the album.
There are about 73. If you purchase the 2009 stereo remaster of the album, it will show you who everyone is.

Answer 2

Top row:

• Sri Yukteswar Giri (Hindu guru)
• Aleister Crowley (occultist)
• Mae West (actress)
• Lenny Bruce (comedian)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer)
• W. C. Fields (comedian/actor)
• Carl Gustav Jung (psychiatrist)
• Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
• Fred Astaire (actor/dancer)
• Richard Merkin (artist)
• The Vargas Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas)
• Huntz Hall (actor)
• Simon Rodia (designer and builder of the Watts Towers)
• Bob Dylan (singer/songwriter)

Second row:

• Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator)
• Sir Robert Peel (19th century British Prime Minister)
• Aldous Huxley (writer)
• Dylan Thomas (poet)
• Terry Southern (writer)
• Dion (singer)
• Tony Curtis (actor)
• Wallace Berman (artist)
• Tommy Handley (comedian)
• Marilyn Monroe (actress)
• William S. Burroughs (writer)
• Sri Mahavatar Babaji (Hindu guru)
• Stan Laurel (actor/comedian)
• Richard Lindner (artist)
• Oliver Hardy (actor/comedian)
• Karl Marx (political philosopher)
• H. G. Wells (writer)
• Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (Hindu guru)
• Sigmund Freud (psychiatrist) - barely visible below Bob Dylan
• Anonymous (hairdresser's wax dummy)

Third row:

• Stuart Sutcliffe (artist/former Beatle)
• Anonymous (hairdresser's wax dummy)
• Max Miller (comedian)
• A "Petty Girl" (by artist George Petty)
• Marlon Brando (actor)
• Tom Mix (actor)
• Oscar Wilde (writer)
• Tyrone Power (actor)
• Larry Bell (artist)
• Dr. David Livingstone (missionary/explorer)
• Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic swimmer/Tarzan actor)
• Stephen Crane (writer) - barely visible between Issy Bonn's head and raised arm
• Issy Bonn (comedian)
• George Bernard Shaw (playwright)
• H. C. Westermann (sculptor)
• Albert Stubbins (football player)
• Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru)
• Lewis Carroll (writer)
• T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")

Front row:

• Wax model of Sonny Liston (boxer)
• A "Petty Girl" (by George Petty)
• Wax model of George Harrison
• Wax model of John Lennon
• Shirley Temple (child actress) - barely visible, first of three appearances on the cover
• Wax model of Ringo Starr
• Wax model of Paul McCartney
• Albert Einstein (physicist) - largely obscured
• John Lennon holding a French horn
• Ringo Starr holding a trumpet
• Paul McCartney holding a Cor Anglais
• George Harrison holding a piccolo
• Bobby Breen (singer)
• Marlene Dietrich (actress/singer)
• An American legionnaire
• Diana Dors (actress)
• Shirley Temple (child actress) - second appearance on the cover

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Maryln Monroe