When it first appeared in 1967, the album cover of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band featured the style icons of the day, including Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Marlon Brando and Karl Marx.The list of today's heroes, collated by Sir Peter Blake, the original designer, reveals a slightly more sedate bunch. The chefs Delia Smith and Mark Hix, the author JK Rowling and the designer Robin Day were chosen to recreate the album cover 45 years after the original was made, and to celebrate Sir Peter's 80th birthday.He said: "I've chosen people I admire, great people and some who are dear friends. I had a very long list of people who I wanted to go in but couldn't fit everyone in - I think that shows how strong British culture is."He added: "The Sgt Pepper album cover was made by cutting pieces of cardboard and hand-colouring them. This one is computer generated. I often thought that if I did it again it would be very quick on the computer but it was very laborious."The artwork will go on show at the Vintage Festival in July.In the new version Sir Paul McCartney once again features alongside artists, film directors, musicians, writers, film stars and fashion designers, as well as Sir Peter and his family.JK Rowling said: "Given that I've devoted quite a lot of time to gazing at the original Sgt Pepper album cover, you can perhaps imagine what it means to me to be selected."Noel Gallagher, the musician, said: "It's nice to be recognised by as great an artist as Sir Peter Blake."1. Amy Winehouse2. Sir Paul Smith3. Ian Curtis4. Nick Park5. Robin Day6. Lucienne Day7. Francis Bacon8. Roald Dahl9. Alfred Hitchcock10. Lucian Freud11. Kate Moss12. Paul Weller13. Sir Tom Stoppard14. Danny Boyle15. Sir Mick Jagger16. Fanny Cradock17. Mr Chow18. David Chipperfield19. Harold Pinter20. David Bailey21. Mary Quant22. Anish Kapoor23. JK Rowling24. JRR Tolkein25. Robyn Hitchcock26. Sir Terence Conran27. John Peel28. Martin Parr29. Sir Tim Berners Lee30. John Hurt31. Rick Stein32. Sir Jonathan Ive33. Sir David Lean34. Sir David Attenborough35. Bridget Riley36. Sir Terrance Rattigan37. Richard Curtis38. Tommy Steele39. Mark Hix40. Vidal Sasson41. Sir Ridley Scott42. Justin de Villeneuve43. Lord Norman Foster44. Peter Saville45. Tracey Emin46. Sir Paul McCartney47. Gavin Turk48. Barbara Hulanicki49. Agatha Christie50. Delia Smith51. David Bowie52. Twiggy53. Audrey Hepburn54. Gary Oldman55. Damien Hirst56. Stella McCartney57. Mary McCartney58. Alexander McQueen59. Dame Vivienne Westwood60. Dame Helen Mirren61. Grayson Perry62. Wreckless Eric63. David Hockney64. Eric Clapton65. Ian Dury66. Sir Elton John67. Chris Corbin68. Jeremy King69. Dame Shirley Bassey70. Noel Gallagher71. Richard Rogers72. Elvis Costello73. Liberty Blake74. Chrissy Blake75. Sir Peter Blake76. Rose Blake77. Daisy Blake78. Monty Python foot79. Victoria Vintage 

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