Skip to content
LIFE
Shop Latest Issue

People

Latest

James Dean, on the studio lot in Hollywood. 1955. people

James Dean on the Cusp of Stardom

82 year old tightrope walker Ivy Baldwin at Boulder Dam, Colorado, 1948. people

Old Man and the Wire: When an 82-Year-Old Walked The Tightrope

Raquel Welch on the set of Kansas City Bomber 1972 people

Remembering Raquel Welch: Photos From the Set of “Kansas City Bomber”

people

Back in the Day: Vikki Dougan’s Head-Turning Moment

people

Beyond Bond: Rare Photos Of Sean Connery from LIFE Magazine

Children wearing Fidel Castro beards and hats, playing in the woods in 1959. people

A True Passing Fad: Castro Caps for Children, 1959

Negro kids all over the country mob Paige. He is placed alongside Joe Louis and Bill Robinson as a popular hero. Satchel free-lances, pitching each week for best bid. people

Satchel Paige When He Pitched for the Black Yankees

Newlywed actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall attending wedding reception at the home of novelist Louis Bromfeld. people

See Photos From Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall’s Wedding Day

Folk singer Joan Baez on the beach near her home in Carmel, California, in 1962. people

See Photos of a Young Joan Baez as She Began a Life of Music and Activism

Portrait of the legendary Carter family (R-L) A. P. Carter, his sister-in-law Maybelle (playing guitar), her sister Sara (A.P.'s wife) playing autoharp and; Maybelle's young daughters Helen, June and; Anita; singing together home. people

Behind the Music of Country’s Founding Family

On the back terrace of their white Georgian home in Beverly Hills, Joan and her husband, Actor Brian Aherne, chat with Olivia. The Ahernes are extremely happy and domestic, like to have tea each afternoon at 4, to dress for dinner and have in Aherne's British friends. He is a licensed pilot and now helps in the West Coast Civil Air Patrol. people

Hollywood’s Most Famous Sibling Rivalry

Labor activist Cesar Chavez (C) talking in field with grape pickers in support of the United Farm Workers Union in Delano, California, 1968. people

Cesar Chavez’s Quiet Yet Complicated Approach to Leadership

1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 18

Subscribe to the LIFE Newsletter

Travel back in time with treasured photos and stories, sent right to your inbox

Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Service Data Policy California Do Not Sell
© 2025 LIFE All Rights Reserved.
  • Animals
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Destinations
  • History
  • Lifestyle
  • Nature
  • People
  • Photographers
  • Life Newsletter
  • The Life Picture Collection

Follow Life

Latest Issue