Take a look at some of the most iconic magazine covers of all time.
Most Iconic Magazine Covers Of All Time was originally published on ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc
1. Muhammad Ali – GQ, 1999
![Muhammad Ali – GQ, 1999](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/gq-muhammad-ali.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Being named athlete of the century is a huge honor, and the magazine gave the greatest the honor.
2. Darine Stern – Playboy, 1971
![Darine Stern – Playboy, 1971](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-24-at-2-07-21-pm.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Darine was the first woman to be featured on Playboy magazine by herself.
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Time, 1964
![Martin Luther King, Jr. – Time, 1964](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-24-at-4-34-38-pm.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
MLK became the first African American to be named the illustrious magazine’s man of the year.
4. Serena Williams – ESPN, 2009
![Serena Williams – ESPN, 2009](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-24-at-2-25-18-pm.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Williams bared all for the magazine’s body issue, and it caused a bit of controversy.
5. Kanye West – Rolling Stone, 2006
![Kanye West – Rolling Stone, 2006](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-24-at-2-45-04-pm.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Anytime you dress up like Jesus for the world to see, you’re going to stir some trouble.
6. Muhammad Ali – Esquire, 1968
![Muhammad Ali – Esquire, 1968](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/muhammad-ali-esquire.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
The controversial cover came about when Ali refused military service to fight in the Vietnam War after he converted to Islam.
7. Katiti Kirande – Glamour, 1968
![Katiti Kirande – Glamour, 1968](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/katiti-kirande-glamour.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Kirande was the first African American to be featured on a major women’s magazine.
8. Barack Obama – Time, 2008
![Barack Obama – Time, 2008](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/obama-time.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Obama was Time’s person of the year after winning the historical 2008 presidential election.
9. Haile Selassie – Time, 1936
![Haile Selassie – Time, 1936](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-24-at-3-50-05-pm.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Ethiopia’s emperor was the first black man to be Tim’e Person of the Year.
10. Michael Jackson – Rolling Stone, 1971
![Michael Jackson – Rolling Stone, 1971](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/michael-jackson-rolling-stone.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
The caption says it all. The world caught a glimpse into little Michael Jackson’s life as being the lead of one of the biggest boy bands though his childhood appeared to be missing.
11. Renauld White – GQ, 1979
![Renauld White – GQ, 1979](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/renauld-white-gq.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
White was the first African-American on GQ
12. Naomi Sims – Ladies’ Home Journal, 1968
![Naomi Sims – Ladies’ Home Journal, 1968](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-24-at-5-06-58-pm.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Model Naomi Sims became the first black woman to be featured on the women’s magazine.
13. Urs Althaus – GQ, 1977
![Urs Althaus – GQ, 1977](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/urs-althaus-gq.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
He was the first black man (Althaus is Swiss-born) to be on the cover of GQ.
14. Naomi Sims – Life, 1969
![Naomi Sims – Life, 1969](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/naomi-sims-life-magazine-cover.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
This is another first for Sims. She became the first black woman to cover Life.
15. Janet Jackson – Rolling Stone, 1993
![Janet Jackson – Rolling Stone, 1993](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/janet-rolling-stone-cover.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Janet shed more than her good girl image on this cover.
16. Michelle Obama – Vogue, 2009
![Michelle Obama – Vogue, 2009](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/michelle-obama-vogue.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
She was the only second First Lady to get the cover of Vogue (Hillary Clinton was the first in 1998).
17. Tyra Banks – Sports Illustrated, 1997
![Tyra Banks – Sports Illustrated, 1997](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/tyra-banks.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Tyra became the first model to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated alongside Valeria Mazza in 1996, but she nabbed the cover solo the following year.
18. Donyale Luna – Vogue, 1966
![Donyale Luna – Vogue, 1966](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/donyale-luna-vogue-e1398447462154.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Model Donyale Luna became the first black woman to cover Vogue. Vogue decided to cover Luna’s face because they felt it would scare readers from buying the issue. They didn’t feature an entire black woman’s face until Beverly Johnson in 1974.
19. O.J. Simpson – Time, 1994
![O.J. Simpson – Time, 1994](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/oj-simpson-time.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
The O.J. Simpson murder case was one of the most high profile cases in history, and Time played into it by featuring his mugshot on their cover. They also darkened his picture to play on race.
20. Beverly Johnson – Vogue, 1974
![Beverly Johnson – Vogue, 1974](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/beverly-johnson-vogue.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Johnson was the first black woman to show her entire face on the cover of Vogue.
21. Tyra Banks – GQ, 1999
![Tyra Banks – GQ, 1999](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/gq-tyra.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Another first for Tyra as she was the first African American woman to cover Gentleman’s Quarterly.
22. LeBron James – Vogue, 2008
![LeBron James – Vogue, 2008](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/lebron-james-vogue.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
LeBron James was the first African American male on Vogue. The cover caused a lot of controversy because it looked as though he was portraying as King Kong
23. Beyonce – Sports Illustrated, 2007
![Beyonce – Sports Illustrated, 2007](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/beyonce-sports-illustrated-cover-e1329331704678.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Beyonce became the first non-athlete and non-model to cover the magazine for their swimsuit issue.
24. LaToya Jackson – Playboy, 1989
![LaToya Jackson – Playboy, 1989](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/latoya-jackson-playboy.png?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
Seeing a Jackson on the cover of Playboy is surprising, but she’s been on the cover 24 times in 15 countries.
25. Tiger Woods – Vanity Fair, 2010
![Tiger Woods – Vanity Fair, 2010](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/tiger-woods-vanity-fair.jpg?w=720&quality=80&strip=all)
This cover came out right before his scandal, but it was the first time we saw the golfer stripped down.