List of celebrities who have appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine

The list of celebrities who have appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine is long and storied. Its May 18, 2006 issue marked Rolling Stone's 1000th issue.Wenner, Jann (2006). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10224178/our_1000th_issue "Our 1000th Issue - Jann Wenner looks back on 39 years of Rolling Stone"] RollingStone.com (accessed September 21, 2006)]

Individuals

This is an alphabetical list of persons who have appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone", either alone or with others, and the issue(s) they appeared on.cref|a It may overlap names with the individuals who make up the groups listed by alphabetical order in the following section.

A
*Paula Abdul
*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
*Bella Abzug
*Lou Adler
*Ben Affleck
*Christina Aguilera (925)
*Clay Aiken (926)
*Jessica Alba
*Jason Alexander
*Muhammad Ali
*Gregg Allman
*Mädchen Amick
*Tori Amos
*Gillian Anderson
*Ian Anderson
*Pamela Anderson
*Jennifer Aniston
*Fiona Apple
*Christina Applegate
*Asia Argento
*Billie Joe Armstrong
*Rosanna Arquette
*Joe Arroyo (foreign edition only)
*Richard Ashcroft
*Peter Asher
*Gene Autry
*Dan AykroydB
*Meher Baba
*Sebastian Bach
*Joan Baez
*Drew Barrymore
*Lance Bass
*Warren Beatty
*Beavis and Butt-head
*Beck
*Jeff Beck
*John Belushi
*Pat Benatar
*Chuck Berry (35)
*Nuno Bettencourt
*Beyoncé
*Jar Jar Binks
*Josie Bissett
*Selma Blair
*Mary J. Blige
*Orlando Bloom
*Jon Bon Jovi
*Lisa Bonet
*Bono (1051)
*Pat Boone
*David Bowie
*Boy George
*Lara Flynn Boyle
*Lorraine Bracco
*Marlon Brando
*Jeff Bridges
*Christie Brinkley
*Jonas Brothers
*Garth Brooks
*James Brown
*Jackson Browne
*Jimmy Buffett
*Sandra Bullock
*Gisele Bündchen
*Gary Busey
*George W. Bush
*David ByrneC
*Nicolas Cage (825)
*Neve Campbell
*Truman Capote
*Captain Beefheart
*Mariah Carey (834)
*Princess Caroline of Monaco
*Jim Carrey
*Johnny Carson
*Jimmy Carter
*Nick Carter (814)
*Eric Cartman
*Dana Carvey
*Johnny Cash (933)
*David Cassidy
*Laetitia Casta
*Tracy Chapman
*Ray Charles
*Chevy Chase
*JC Chasez (837)
*Cheech & Chong
*Neneh Cherry
*Chewbacca
*Eric Clapton
*Jill Clayburgh
*Bill Clinton
*Kurt Cobain (683, 812)
*Joe Cocker
*Sacha Baron Cohen
*Stephen Colbert
*Phil Collins
*Sean Combs
*Sean Connery
*Lauren Conrad
*Rita Coolidge
*Alice Cooper
*Elvis Costello
*Kevin Costner
*Simon Cowell
*Courteney Cox
*Cindy Crawford
*Robert Cray
*David Crosby (44)
*Sheryl Crow
*Tom Cruise
*Jamie Lee CurtisD
*Joe Dallesandro
*Roger Daltrey
*Rodney Dangerfield
*Terence Trent D'Arby
*Miles Davis
*Rosario Dawson
*Howard Dean
*James Dean
*John Denver
*Johnny Depp (1044)
*Laura Dern
*Neil Diamond
*Cameron Diaz
*Leonardo DiCaprio (835)
*Matt Dillon
*DMX
*Shannen Doherty
*Donovan
*Michael Douglas
*Dr. Dre
*Richard Dreyfuss
*David Duchovny
*Kirsten Dunst
*Fred Durst
*Bob Dylan
*Jakob DylanE
*Andrea Echeverri (foreign edition only)
*The Edge
*Zac Efron
*Britt Ekland
*Shannon Elizabeth
*Missy Elliott (934)
*Daniel Ellsberg
*Eminem (927)
*Sam Ervin
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
*Melissa Etheridge
*Eve (934)F
*Edie Falco
*Peter Falk
*Joey Fatone
*Sherilyn Fenn
*Fergie
*Will Ferrell
*Mark Fidrych
*50 Cent (919)
*Carrie Fisher
*Keith Flint
*Jane Fonda
*Peter Fonda
*Harrison Ford (346)
*John Gardner Ford
*Jodie Foster
*Michael J. Fox
*Peter Frampton
*Mark Frechette
*John FruscianteG
*Peter Gabriel
*Liam Gallagher
*Noel Gallagher
*James Gandolfini
*Jerry Garcia
*Art Garfunkel
*Jennifer Garner
*Marvin Gaye
*Nona Gaye
*J. Geils
*Bob Geldof
*Sarah Michelle Gellar
*Richard Gere
*Paul Getty
*Mel Gibson
*Roland Gift
*David Gilmour
*Whoopi Goldberg
*Al Gore
*Tom Green
*Green Day
*Dave GrohlH
*Arsenio Hall
*Daria Halprin
*Mark Hamill
*Tom Hanks
*Daryl Hannah
*George Harrison
*Debbie Harry
*Ethan Hawke
*Goldie Hawn (338)
*Patty Hearst
*Hugh Hefner
*Mariel Hemingway
*Jimi Hendrix (26, 809, 931)
*James Hetfield
*Jennifer Love Hewitt (813)
*Dan Hicks
*Lauryn Hill (806)
*Abbie Hoffman
*Dustin Hoffman
*Katie Holmes
*Bob Hope
*Dennis Hopper
*Whitney Houston
*Ernie Hudson
*Kate Hudson
*Hubert Humphrey
*Rachel Hunter
*William Hurt (357)
*Saddam Hussein (South Park)
*Timothy HuttonI
*Ice-T
*Billy Idol
*Enrique Iglesias
*The Incredible Hulk
*Chris IsaakJ
*Janet Jackson
*Michael Jackson
*Randy Jackson
*Mick Jagger (49, 359, 1050)
*Jay-Z
*Wyclef Jean
*Jewel
*Billy Joel
*Elton John
*Don Johnson
*Jack Johnson (1047)
*Nicholas Johnson
*Angelina Jolie (819, 928)
*Brian Jones
*Jonas Brothers
*Kenney Jones
*Mick Jones
*Rickie Lee Jones (349)
*Janis Joplin (29)
*Hamilton JordanK
*Chris Kattan
*Diane Keaton
*Michael Keaton
*Edward Kennedy
*John Kerry
*Alicia Keys (934)
*Margot Kidder (347)
*Nicole Kidman (816/817)
*Kid Rock
*Anthony Kiedis
*Martin Luther King Jr.
*Sam Kinison
*Nastassja Kinski
*Chris Kirkpatrick
*Evel Knievel
*Mark Knopfler
*Johnny Knoxville
*King Kong
*Lenny Kravitz
*Kristin Kreuk
*Kris Kristofferson
*Lisa Kudrow
*Ashton Kutcher(923)L
*Patti LaBelle
*Ronnie Lane
*Jessica Lange
*Louise Lasser
*Cyndi Lauper
*Avril Lavigne (918)
*Matt LeBlanc
*Heath Ledger
*Tommy Lee
*Laura Leighton
*John Lennon (1, 335)
*Julian Lennon
*Sean Lennon
*Annie Lennox
*Jay Leno
*David Letterman
*Huey Lewis
*Evangeline Lilly
*Little Richard
*Heather Locklear
*Lindsay Lohan
*Jennifer Lopez
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus
*Courtney Love
*Mel Lyman
*David LynchM
*Andie MacDowell
*Madonna (508, 1051)
*Charles Manson
*Marilyn Manson
*Bob Marley
*Ricky Martin
*Steve Martin
*Nick Mason
*Master P
*Dave Matthews
*John Mayer (1020, 1054)
*M.C. Hammer
*Jenny McCarthy
*Lil Wayned (1051)
*Linda McCartney
*Paul McCartney
*Kenny McCormick
*Country Joe McDonald
*George McGovern
*Rose McGowan
*Mark McGrath (808)
*Sarah McLachlan
*Jim McMahon
*John Mellencamp
*Natalie Merchant
*George Michael
*Bette Midler
*Joni Mitchell (33)
*Robert Mitchum
*Heidi Montag
*Keith Moon
*Demi Moore
*Dudley Moore
*Mary Tyler Moore
*Michael Moore
*Alanis Morissette
*Jim Morrison (352)
*Van Morrison
*Maria Muldaur
*Eddie Murphy
*Bill Murray (350)
*Mike Myers (814)N
*Mika Nakashima
*Willie Nelson
*Paul Newman
*Randy Newman
*Huey Newton
*Jack Nicholson (341)
*Stevie Nicks (351)
*Richard Nixon
*Tricia Nixon
*Ted NugentO
*Barack Obama
*Conan O'Brien
*Sinéad O'Connor
*Ashley Olsen (930)
*Mary-Kate Olsen (930)
*Shaquille O'Neal
*Tatum O'Neal
*Barack Obama (1048)
*Conor Oberst (1051)
*Yoko Ono (335, 353)
*Roy Orbison
*Dolores O'Riordan
*Joan Osborne
*Jack Osbourne
*Kelly Osbourne
*Ozzy Osbourne
*Sharon Osbourne
*Donny Osmond
*Cheri OteriP
*Jimmy Page
*Anita Pallenberg
*Dolly Parton
*Audrina Patridge
*Sean Penn
*Joe Perry
*Luke Perry
*Matthew Perry
*Tom Petty (348)
*Michelle Pfeiffer
*Liz Phair
*John Phillips
*Brad Pitt (824)
*Robert Plant (1051)
*Roman Polanski (340)
*Whitney Port
*Natalie Portman
*Joseph Lester Powell
*Elvis Presley (37, 355)
*Lisa Marie Presley
*Jason Priestley
*Prince
*Freddie Prinze
*Richard PryorQ
*Suzi QuatroR
*Sun Ra (31)
*Gilda Radner
*Bonnie Raitt
*Harold Ramis
*Otis Redding
*Robert Redford
*Lou Reed
*Keanu Reeves
*Tara Reid
*Paul Reubens
*Trent Reznor
*Christina Ricci (827)
*Keith Richards (356, 359, 1050)
*Michael Richards
*Julia Roberts
*The Rock
*Chris Rock (1049)
*Paul Rodgers
*Dennis Rodman
*Omar Rodríguez-López (1051, 1054)
*Linda Ronstadt
*Axl Rose
*Diana Ross
*Gavin Rossdale
*David Lee Roth
*Johnny Rotten
*Leon Russell
*Winona RyderS
*Doug Sahm
*Carlos Santana (836)
*Susan Sarandon
*Kenji Sawada (344)
*Boz Scaggs
*Claudia Schiffer
*Arnold Schwarzenegger
*David Schwimmer
*Bob Seger
*Jerry Seinfeld
*Shakira
*Tupac Shakur
*Molly Shannon
*Cybill Shepherd
*Brooke Shields
*Alicia Silverstone
*Carly Simon (358)
*Paul Simon
*Bart Simpson
*Homer Simpson
*Jessica Simpson (936)
*Lisa Simpson
*Marge Simpson
*O.J. Simpson
*Slash
*Grace Slick
*Patti Smith
*Will Smith
*Snoop Dogg
*Phoebe Snow
*Sissy Spacek
*David Spade
*Britney Spears (810, 883, 932, 1046)
*Tori Spelling
*Steven Spielberg
*Mark Spitz
*Jerry Springer
*Rick Springman
*Bruce Springsteen (336, 1051)
*Layne Staley
*Sylvester Stallone
*Ringo Starr (342)
*Gwen Stefani
*Howard Stern
*Cat Stevens
*Jon Stewart
*Rod Stewart
*Julia Stiles
*Sting (musician) (337)
*Sharon Stone
*Meryl Streep (354)
*Joe Strummer
*Sally Struthers
*Ruben Studdard (929)
*Taylor Swift (1051)
*Donna Summer
*Kiefer Sutherland
*Mena SuvariT
*Quentin Tarantino
*Ben Taylor
*James Taylor (345)
*Philip Michael Thomas
*Hunter S. Thompson
*Uma Thurman
*Justin Timberlake (837, 914, 925, 938/939)
*Tiny Tim
*Lily Tomlin
*Pete Townshend
*John Travolta
*Derek Trucks (1040)
*Tanya Tucker
*Ike Turner
*Tina Turner (45)
*Shania Twain
*Liv Tyler
*Steven Tyler
*Robin Tyner (25)U
*UsherV
*Darth Vader
*Eddie Van Halen
*Vanity
*Steven Van Zandt
*Vince Vaughn
*Eddie Vedder
*Sid Vicious
*Jon VoightW
*Rufus Wainwright
*Denzel Washington
*Roger Waters
*Charlie Watts
*Sigourney Weaver
*Tom Welling
*Kanye West
*Jack White (1050)
*Shaun White
*Billy Dee Williams
*Robin Williams
*Bruce Willis
*Brian Wilson
*Owen Wilson
*Amy Winehouse
*Kate Winslet
*Steve Winwood (32)
*Peter Wolf
*Stevie Wonder
*Ron Wood
* Richard Wright
*Bill WymanY
*Thom Yorke (1045, 1051)
*Neil YoungZ
*Frank Zappa
*Warren Zevon (339)
*Rob Zombie (805)

Groups

This is an alphabetical list of musical groups who appeared on the cover. If only one or two members of a group appeared on the cover (for example, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve), they will be listed in the Individuals section. Also, casts of movies and television shows will be listed in the Individuals section.
*Aerosmith
*The B-52's
*Backstreet Boys (832, 814)
*The Band
*The Bangles
*The Beach Boys
*Beastie Boys
*The Beatles
*The Bee Gees
*Belly
*The Black Crowes
*Blind Melon
*Blink-182
*Blondie
*The Blues Brothers
*The Carpenters
*The Cars
*The Charlatans (UK band)
*Cheap Trick
*Coldplay
*Counting Crows
*Creed
*Creedence Clearwater Revival
*Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
*Culture Club
*D12
*Dave Matthews Band
*Def Leppard
*De La Soul
*Destiny's Child
*The Doobie Brothers
*Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show [Group made the cover after releasing the song "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"]
*Duran Duran
*The Eagles (1053)
*Fall Out Boy
*Fleetwood Mac
*Foo Fighters
*The Fugees
*The Go-Go's
*Good Charlotte
*The Grateful Dead
*Green Day
*Guns N' Roses
*Hall & Oates
*Heart
*Hole
*Hootie & the Blowfish
*Jefferson Airplane
*Jefferson Starship
*Jonas Brothers
*The Killers
*Labelle
*Ladysmith Black Mambazo
*Led Zeppelin
*Linkin Park
*Live
*Living Colour
*Loggins & Messina
*Maroon 5
*Mars Volta (1051)
*MC5
*Men at Work
*Metallica
*Mötley Crüe
*My Morning Jacket (1051)
*'N Sync (837)
*Nine Inch Nails
*Nirvana
*No Doubt
*Oasis
*Outkast
*Panic! at the Disco
*Pearl Jam
*Phish
*Pink Floyd
*The Police (337)
*Powderfinger
*The Pretenders
*R.E.M.
*Radiohead
*Rage Against the Machine (826)
*The Rascals
*Red Hot Chili Peppers
*The Rolling Stones (359/360)
*Run-D.M.C.
*Salt-N-Pepa
*Simon and Garfunkel
*Silverchair
*Sin Escape Rock
*Slipknot
*Sly & the Family Stone
*Smashing Pumpkins
*Soul Asylum
*Soundgarden
*Spice Girls
*Spin Doctors
*Staind
*Steely Dan [Cover did not show the band members; only an illustration of a woman riding a bullet]
*Stone Temple Pilots
*The Stray Cats
*The Strokes (935)
*System of a Down
*Talking Heads
*Three Dog Night
*U2
*Vampire Weekend (1051)
*Van Halen
*The Village People
*The Vines
*Weezer
*Wendy and Lisa
*The White Stripes
*The Who
*Wilson Phillips

Trivia

*The Beatles (as individuals or as a band) have appeared on the cover over thirty times.
*Madonna has appeared on more covers then any other female either alone or in a collage spanning from her first cover with Rosanna Arquette in 1984 to promote the film "Desperatly Seeking Susan", to the May 1st 2008 "Best of Rock" issue. She was also featured on the first "Women of Rock" cover with Tina Turner and Courtney Love.
*Jonas Brothers were the youngest band ever to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Notes

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/covers The official Rolling Stone cover gallery]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10224178/our_1000th_issue "Our 1000th Issue - Jann Wenner looks back on 39 years of Rolling Stone"] , from Rolling Stone magazine
* [http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-05-01-media-mix_x.htm "Lots of people will get their pictures on the cover"] , from USAToday on Rolling Stone's 1000th cover