Cult figure
- This article does not discuss cultist groups, personality cults of some politicians, or "cult" in its original sense of "religious practice". See cult (disambiguation) for more meanings of the term "cult".
A cult figure, like a cult film, cult television and cult radio, attracts a hardy band of aficionados who have diverse opinions of the status of said person.
Some cult figures include:
- Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf- Baghdad Bob
- Kathy Acker- Transgressive novelist
- Beck- Experimental musician
- Lenny Bruce- Controversial comedian
- William S. Burroughs- Beat author
- Kate Bush- Semi-reclusive prog-rock musician
- Bruce Campbell- Self-proclaimed B-movie actor
- Marilyn Chambers- Pornstar & Ivory Snow spokeswoman
- James Dean- Prematurley dead teen idol
- Dr. Demento- radio DJ known for playing comedic music
- Ani DiFranco- Indie Folk musician
- Divine- drag queen
- Elvira- Mistress of the Dark
- Bobby Fischer- Eccentric chess champion
- Crispin Glover- eccentric actor
- Xaviera Hollander- the Happy Hooker
- Dennis Hopper- eccentric actor
- William Hung- American Idol contestant
- Grace Jones- Androdgynous disco performer
- Andy Kaufman- Eccentric stand-up comedian
- Gypsy Rose Lee- Burlesque queen
- Traci Lords- Underage pornstar turned cult film actress
- Linda Lovelace- Pornstar, starred in Deep Throat
- David Lynch- Surreal filmmaker
- Chuck Palahniuk- Writer of Fight Club, Choke, and other novels
- Clara Peller- "Where's the beef?" Wendy's spokewoman
- Dennis Rodman- basketball player known for his bizarre behaviour and appearance.
- Linda Shear - radical lesbian singer
- Hunter S. Thompson- Gonzo Journalist
- Tiny Tim- Falsetto voiced ukelele player
- Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen- Prematurley dead punk rock couple.
- Andy Warhol- Pop artist, filmmaker, and operator of the Factory
- John Waters- Campy filmmaker
- Ed Wood, Jr.- "The worst filmmaker of all time"
- Frank Zappa- Offbeat musician