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Robert Gray, Daniel Boone, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lucille Ball, Prince, Janis Joplin, just a few that should or could make the list. Hulk Hogan, Secretariat, Madonna off the list.
But who do you think folks are more interested in or use more for example or metaphor or look up the most? Madonna and Hulk Hogan? Or Mickey Mantle and Lucille Ball?
In that regard, Ward and June Cleaver probably outrank Lucille Ball or Mickey Mantle as the role model for a particular image.
I don't see any of them as role models. I thought it was most influential, Lucille Ball was very influential in TV, ward and June were fictitious. Micky Mantle had a huge influence on baseball.
But again, the Smithsonian list is not based or worth or importance, but rather on significance for how people perceive them. And part of that is judged on how often people use the name or symbolism, how curious they are, how often they are mentioned or googled on the internet, etc.