Only a handful of female celebrities have been true hair icons whose hair styles sent women to the salon in droves: actress Louise Brooks with her flapper bob in the 1920s; model Twiggy sporting a pixie in the 1960s; skater Dorothy Hamill popularizing the cute wedge in the ’70s; Jennifer Aniston and her ’90s “Rachel” pouf; and, most recently, Victoria Beckham, whose bob morphed from asymmetrical to more symmetrically angled in front. Then there’s Farrah Fawcett, whose feathered wings in the mid-1970s gave women of many face shapes and ages a flattering, layered look that they could create themselves with those new, handheld blowdryers.

Other than maybe James Dean in the 1950s, I don’t think individual men have had the same impact. But when Afros became popular in the 1960s, the Jackson Five certainly drove part of the trend. African-American blogger Gary Younge writes: “In our living room, my brothers and I would spin and shuffle to dance like [Michael Jackson]. When we were going out our mother would comb our hair high—until our scalps were on fire—so we could look like [the Jackson Five].” In later years Michael straightened his hair and, while he may have taken criticism for that, he illustrated that, like hair color, hair texture can be a choice.

We never know who the next hair icon will be and when one will come around. To Farrah and Michael: thank you for setting hair trends, and rest in peace.