The Stooges

Vocalist Iggy Pop created his alias by adapting the name of his former band, the Iguanas.

Pop is credited as the first to perform a stage dive. He was inspired by the onstage antics of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, and became himself notorious for his onstage performances. He is said to have rolled in glass, and flashed the audience. At the 1970 Cincinnati Pop Festival, he dived into the crowd and smeared himself with peanut butter.

Iggy Koopa, a character in the Nintendo Super Mario franchise, was named after Pop.