Ten famous faces on the cover of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...

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Sergeant Pepper is arguably the most revered album in the history of music. From it's rich musical content – which includes Beatles classics such as Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and A Day In The Life – to its psychadelic artwork, it went on to single-handedly change the face of pop forever. But who was in the Lonely Hearts Club Band? Here is our list of ten famous faces who appeared on the record's iconic cover....

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy – slapstick American comedy duo from the 1920s & 1930s

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Edgar Allen Poe – American writer, poet and critic also mentioned in I Am the Walrus

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Sir Robert Peel - 19th Century British Prime Minister famed for inventing the modern police system

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Karl Marx – German philosopher and political theorist and the founding father of communism

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William Borroughs – American Beat Generation writer and artist.

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Sonny Liston – American Heavyweight boxer who became world champion in 1962

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Stuart Sutcliffe – the band's original bassist and commonly referred to as “the fifth Beatle”

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Bob Dylan – American folk musician and significant Beatles influence

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Marlon Brando – iconic Hollywood movie legend who brought method acting to the the fore

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Dylan Thomas -Welsh poet from whom Bob took his name

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