She has been called an "icon in the Marshall Islands for her international advocacy on behalf of nuclear test victims."

He has been called a cultural icon.

When the 600square foot Pearlroth home was slated for demolition in 2006, it was called an "icon of Modernism."

She also cited Janet Jackson's career as inspirational, who she called an icon.

The Architecture Foundation of Oregon called the sculpture a "popular icon" for Portland.

Paris Hilton is called an "American cultural icon" on Sephora .

The portrait is what Mr. Goldfarb calls "an icon of the noble man of virtue and military glory."

Ticktin called Carr an "icon of the Left" who sought to honestly portray Soviet history.

To call her an icon is shortchanging her.