# List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (2010s)

This is a list of people (real or fictional) appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in the 2010s. This list is for the regular biweekly, and later monthly, issues of the magazine, including variant covers, and does not include special issues. Issue numbers that include a slash (XXX/YYY) are combined double issues.

## 2010

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1096 | January 21, 2010 | None | Global warming cover story |
| 1097 | February 4, 2010 | John Mayer | |
| 1098 | February 18, 2010 | Lil Wayne | |
| 1099 | March 4, 2010 | Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton | |
| 1100 | March 18, 2010 | Shaun White | |
| 1101 | April 1, 2010 | Jimi Hendrix | |
| 1102 | April 15, 2010 | Glee cast (Dianna Agron, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison) | |
| 1103 | April 29, 2010 | The Black Eyed Peas (apl.de.ap, Fergie, Taboo, will.i.am) | |
| 1104 | May 13, 2010 | Robert Downey Jr. | |
| 1105 | May 27, 2010 | Mick Jagger | |
| 1105 | May 27, 2010 | Keith Richards | |
| 1106 | June 10, 2010 | Russell Brand | |
| 1107 | June 24, 2010 | Jay-Z | |
| 1108/1109 | July 8–22, 2010 | Lady Gaga | |
| 1110 | August 5, 2010 | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
| 1111 | August 19, 2010 | Katy Perry | |
| 1112 | September 2, 2010 | True Blood cast (Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård) | |
| 1113 | September 16, 2010 | Mad Men cast (Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss) | |
| 1114 | September 30, 2010 | Roger Waters | |
| 1115 | October 14, 2010 | Barack Obama | The Hot List 2010 |
| 1116 | October 28, 2010 | Keith Richards | |
| 1117 | November 11, 2010 | Conan O'Brien | |
| 1118 | November 25, 2010 | Eminem | |
| 1119 | December 9, 2010 | None | Cover story on artists' playlists |
| 1120/1121 | December 23, 2010 – January 6, 2011 | John Lennon | |

## 2011

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1122 | January 20, 2011 | Jimmy Fallon | |
| 1123 | February 3, 2011 | Lil Wayne | |
| 1124 | February 17, 2011 | Elton John | |
| 1125 | March 3, 2011 | Justin Bieber | |
| 1126 | March 17, 2011 | Snooki | |
| 1127 | March 31, 2011 | Howard Stern | |
| 1128 | April 14, 2011 | Rihanna | |
| 1129 | April 28, 2011 | Adele | |
| 1130 | May 12, 2011 | Steven Tyler | |
| 1131 | May 26, 2011 | Bob Dylan | |
| 1132 | June 9, 2011 | Lady Gaga | |
| 1133 | June 23, 2011 | Zach Galifianakis | |
| 1134/1135 | July 7–21, 2011 | Katy Perry (front cover), Dave Grohl (back cover) | |
| 1136 | August 4, 2011 | Larry David | |
| 1137 | August 18, 2011 | The Sheepdogs (Sam Corbett, Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Leot Hanson) | Group was the winner of a Rolling Stone contest in which readers voted among several unsigned acts to appear on the cover |
| 1138 | September 1, 2011 | Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith) | |
| 1139 | September 15, 2011 | George Harrison | |
| 1140 | September 29, 2011 | Jon Stewart | |
| 1141 | October 13, 2011 | Pink Floyd | Cover did not show the band members, only a take-off of the cover for their album The Dark Side of the Moon |
| 1142 | October 27, 2011 | Steve Jobs | |
| 1143 | November 10, 2011 | Eddie Murphy | The Hot List 2011 |
| 1144 | November 24, 2011 | George Clooney | |
| 1145 | December 8, 2011 | Eric Clapton | "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story |
| 1145 | December 8, 2011 | Jimi Hendrix | "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story |
| 1145 | December 8, 2011 | Jimmy Page | "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story |
| 1145 | December 8, 2011 | Eddie Van Halen | "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story |
| 1146/1147 | December 22, 2011 – January 5, 2012 | People from covers of issues 1123, 1127, 1129–1136, 1139, 1140, 1143 | 2011 year-end issue |

## 2012

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1148 | January 19, 2012 | The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney) | |
| 1149 | February 2, 2012 | David Bowie | |
| 1150 | February 16, 2012 | The Voice cast (Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton) | |
| 1151 | March 1, 2012 | Paul McCartney | |
| 1152 | March 15, 2012 | Whitney Houston | |
| 1153 | March 29, 2012 | Bruce Springsteen | |
| 1154 | April 12, 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | |
| 1155 | April 26, 2012 | Radiohead (Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke) | |
| 1156 | May 10, 2012 | Barack Obama | |
| 1157 | May 24, 2012 | Peter Dinklage | |
| 1158 | June 7, 2012 | Adam Yauch | |
| 1159 | June 21, 2012 | Charlie Sheen | |
| 1160/1161 | July 5–19, 2012 | deadmau5 | |
| 1162 | August 2, 2012 | Justin Bieber | |
| 1163 | August 16, 2012 | Breaking Bad cast (Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul) | |
| 1164 | August 30, 2012 | Rick Ross | |
| 1165 | September 13, 2012 | Mitt Romney | |
| 1166 | September 27, 2012 | Bob Dylan | |
| 1167 | October 11, 2012 | Adele (front cover), Amy Heidemann (back cover) | Heidemann appeared on the cover after her group Karmin won Rolling Stone's "Women Who Rock" cover contest |
| 1168 | October 25, 2012 | Taylor Swift | The Hot List 2012 |
| 1169 | November 8, 2012 | Barack Obama | |
| 1170 | November 22, 2012 | Daniel Craig (front cover), Pitbull (back cover) | |
| 1171 | December 6, 2012 | Jimmy Page | |
| 1172/1173 | December 20, 2012 – January 3, 2013 | Eminem | "The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" cover story |
| 1172/1173 | December 20, 2012 – January 3, 2013 | Jay-Z | "The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" cover story |
| 1172/1173 | December 20, 2012 – January 3, 2013 | The Notorious B.I.G. | "The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" cover story |
| 1172/1173 | December 20, 2012 – January 3, 2013 | Tupac Shakur | "The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" cover story |

## 2013

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1174 | January 17, 2013 | Jimmy Kimmel | |
| 1175 | January 31, 2013 | 30 Rock cast (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan) | |
| 1176 | February 14, 2013 | Rihanna | |
| 1177 | February 28, 2013 | Lena Dunham | |
| 1178 | March 14, 2013 | Billie Joe Armstrong | |
| 1179 | March 28, 2013 | Mumford & Sons (Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford) | |
| 1180 | April 11, 2013 | Jon Hamm | |
| 1181 | April 25, 2013 | Louis C.K. | |
| 1182 | May 9, 2013 | Bruno Mars | |
| 1183 | May 23, 2013 | The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood) | |
| 1184 | June 6, 2013 | Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) | |
| 1185 | June 20, 2013 | This Is the End cast (James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen) | |
| 1186/1187 | July 4–18, 2013 | Johnny Depp | |
| 1188 | August 1, 2013 | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev | |
| 1189 | August 15, 2013 | Bruce Springsteen | Cover includes unidentified concertgoers |
| 1190 | August 29, 2013 | Macklemore | |
| 1191 | September 12, 2013 | Bob Dylan | |
| 1192 | September 26, 2013 | Michael J. Fox | |
| 1193 | October 10, 2013 | Miley Cyrus | The Hot List 2013 |
| 1194 | October 24, 2013 | Andrew Lincoln | |
| 1195 | November 7, 2013 | Paul McCartney | |
| 1196 | November 21, 2013 | Lou Reed (front cover), Naya Rivera (back cover) | |
| 1197 | December 5, 2013 | Eminem | |
| 1198/1199 | December 19, 2013 – January 2, 2014 | Will Ferrell | |

## 2014

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1200 | January 16, 2014 | The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr) | |
| 1201 | January 30, 2014 | Lorde | |
| 1202 | February 13, 2014 | Pope Francis | |
| 1203 | February 27, 2014 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Drake was originally planned to be on the cover, but was replaced by Hoffman after the latter's sudden death. |
| 1204 | March 13, 2014 | Justin Bieber | |
| 1205 | March 27, 2014 | Skrillex | |
| 1206 | April 10, 2014 | KISS (Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley) | |
| 1207 | April 24, 2014 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | |
| 1208 | May 8, 2014 | Kit Harington | |
| 1209 | May 22, 2014 | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| 1210 | June 5, 2014 | Jack White | |
| 1211 | June 19, 2014 | Eric Church | Country music issue |
| 1211 | June 19, 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Country music issue |
| 1212/1213 | July 3–17, 2014 | Melissa McCarthy | |
| 1214 | July 31, 2014 | Lana Del Rey | |
| 1215 | August 14, 2014 | Katy Perry | |
| 1216 | August 28, 2014 | Willie Nelson | |
| 1217 | September 11, 2014 | Robin Williams | |
| 1218 | September 25, 2014 | Taylor Swift | |
| 1219 | October 9, 2014 | John Oliver | |
| 1220 | October 23, 2014 | Barack Obama | |
| 1221 | November 6, 2014 | U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) | |
| 1222 | November 20, 2014 | Bob Dylan | |
| 1223 | December 4, 2014 | Dave Grohl | The Hot List 2014 |
| 1224/1225 | December 18, 2014 – January 1, 2015 | Seth Rogen | |

## 2015

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1226 | January 15, 2015 | Nicki Minaj | |
| 1227 | January 29, 2015 | Stevie Nicks | |
| 1228 | February 12, 2015 | Sam Smith | |
| 1229 | February 26, 2015 | John Belushi | |
| 1230 | March 12, 2015 | Madonna | |
| 1231 | March 26, 2015 | Kendrick Lamar | Lamar appears with stylist Dianne Garcia |
| 1232 | April 9, 2015 | Ringo Starr | |
| 1233 | April 23, 2015 | Kurt Cobain | |
| 1234 | May 7, 2015 | The Hulk | |
| 1235 | May 21, 2015 | David Letterman | |
| 1236 | June 4, 2015 | The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) | |
| 1237 | June 18, 2015 | Orange Is the New Black cast (Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling) | |
| 1238 | July 2, 2015 | Rush (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart) | |
| 1239/1240 | July 16–30, 2015 | Kim Kardashian | |
| 1241 | August 13, 2015 | Kevin Hart | |
| 1242 | August 27, 2015 | Dr. Dre, Ice Cube | |
| 1243 | September 10, 2015 | Dez Bryant | NFL issue |
| 1243 | September 10, 2015 | Andrew Luck | NFL issue |
| 1243 | September 10, 2015 | Russell Wilson | NFL issue |
| 1244 | September 24, 2015 | Donald Trump | |
| 1245 | October 8, 2015 | Barack Obama | |
| 1246 | October 22, 2015 | Keith Richards | |
| 1247 | November 5, 2015 | The Weeknd | |
| 1248 | November 19, 2015 | Adele | |
| 1249 | December 3, 2015 | Bernie Sanders | The Hot List 2015 |
| 1250/1251 | December 17–31, 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast (BB-8, John Boyega, Chewbacca, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley) | |

## 2016

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1252 | January 14, 2016 | 5 Seconds of Summer (Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin) | |
| 1253 | January 28, 2016 | Leonardo DiCaprio | |
| 1254 | February 11, 2016 | David Bowie | |
| 1255 | February 25, 2016 | Chris Martin (Coldplay) | |
| 1256 | March 10, 2016 | Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump | |
| 1257 | March 24, 2016 | Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders | |
| 1258 | April 7, 2016 | James Franco | |
| 1259 | April 21, 2016 | Ramones (Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Tommy Ramone) | |
| 1260 | May 5, 2016 | Merle Haggard | |
| 1261 | May 19, 2016 | Prince | |
| 1262 | June 2, 2016 | Oscar Isaac | Isaac appears with his dog, Moby |
| 1263 | June 16, 2016 | Lin-Manuel Miranda | |
| 1264 | July 1, 2016 | Muhammad Ali | |
| 1265/1266 | July 14–28, 2016 | Future | |
| 1267 | August 11, 2016 | Jared Leto | |
| 1268 | August 25, 2016 | Paul McCartney | |
| 1269 | September 8, 2016 | James Corden | |
| 1270 | September 22, 2016 | Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt) | |
| 1271 | October 6, 2016 | Uzo Aduba, Alan Alda, Jason Alexander, Gillian Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, Lucille Ball, Beavis and Butt-head, John Belushi, Kyle Broflovski, Steve Carell, Johnny Carson, Eric Cartman, Kyle Chandler, Dave Chappelle, Chevy Chase, Emilia Clarke, John Cleese, Stephen Colbert, Courteney Cox, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Larry David, Danny DeVito, Peter Dinklage, David Duchovny, Lena Dunham, Idris Elba, Peter Falk, Tina Fey, Dennis Franz, James Gandolfini, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ricky Gervais, Ilana Glazer, Larry Hagman, Jon Hamm, Kit Harington, Sherman Hemsley, Christina Hendricks, Abbi Jacobson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jack Klugman, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Letterman, Andrew Lincoln, Louis C.K., Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kyle MacLachlan, Stan Marsh, Danny McBride, Kenny McCormick, Mary Tyler Moore, Elisabeth Moss, Leonard Nimoy, Carroll O'Connor, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jordan Peele, Matthew Perry, Tony Randall, Norman Reedus, Isabel Sanford, Santa's Little Helper, David Schwimmer, Jerry Seinfeld, Rod Serling, Garry Shandling, William Shatner, Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Marge Simpson, John Slattery, Snowball II, Kevin Spacey, Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeffrey Tambor, Jimmie Walker, Dominic West, Michael K. Williams, Henry Winkler | "The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" cover story; cover includes unidentified walker from The Walking Dead |
| 1272 | October 20, 2016 | Bruce Springsteen | |
| 1273 | November 3, 2016 | Kevin Durant | |
| 1274 | November 17, 2016 | Bruno Mars | The Hot List 2016 |
| 1275 | December 1, 2016 | The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) | |
| 1276/1277 | December 15–29, 2016 | Barack Obama | |

## 2017

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1278/1279 | January 12–26, 2017 | Emma Stone | |
| 1280 | February 9, 2017 | Paris Jackson | |
| 1281/1282 | February 23 – March 9, 2017 | John Oliver | |
| 1283 | March 23, 2017 | Ed Sheeran | |
| 1284 | April 6, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
| 1285 | April 20, 2017 | Chuck Berry | |
| 1286 | May 4, 2017 | Harry Styles | |
| 1287 | May 18, 2017 | Chris Rock | |
| 1288 | June 1, 2017 | Lorde | |
| 1289 | June 15, 2017 | Thom Yorke | |
| 1290 | June 29, 2017 | Rachel Maddow | |
| 1291/1292 | July 13–27, 2017 | Emilia Clarke | |
| 1293 | August 10, 2017 | Justin Trudeau | |
| 1294 | August 24, 2017 | Kendrick Lamar | |
| 1295 | September 7, 2017 | Gal Gadot | |
| 1296 | September 21, 2017 | Dave Grohl | |
| 1297 | October 5, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
| 1298 | October 19, 2017 | Kesha | |
| 1299 | November 2, 2017 | Tom Petty | |
| 1300 | November 16, 2017 | Cardi B | The Hot List 2017 |
| 1301 | November 30, 2017 | Elon Musk | |
| 1302/1303 | December 14–28, 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi cast (Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley) | |

## 2018

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1304/1305 | January 11–25, 2018 | Bono | |
| 1306/1307 | February 8–22, 2018 | Migos (Offset, Quavo, Takeoff) | |
| 1308 | March 8, 2018 | Chadwick Boseman | |
| 1309/1310 | March 22 – April 5, 2018 | Jack White | |
| 1311/1312 | April 19 – May 3, 2018 | Dwayne Johnson | |
| 1313/1314 | May 17–30, 2018 | Janelle Monáe | |
| 1315/1316 | June 14–28, 2018 | Camila Cabello | |
| 1317 | July 2018 | Cardi B, Offset | |
| 1318 | August 2018 | Eric Church | |
| 1319 | September 2018 | Stephen Colbert | |
| 1320 | October 2018 | Aretha Franklin | |
| 1321 | November 2018 | Zoë Kravitz | The Hot List 2018 |
| 1322 | December 2018 | Shawn Mendes | |

## 2019

| Issue number | Cover date | People on cover | Notes |
| 1323 | January 2019 | Travis Scott | |
| 1324 | February 2019 | Jordan Peele | |
| 1325 | March 2019 | Jahana Hayes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Nancy Pelosi | "Women Shaping the Future" cover story |
| 1326 | April 2019 | Game of Thrones cast (Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams) | |
| 1327 | May 2019 | Willie Nelson | |
| 1328 | June 2019 | Howard Stern | |
| 1329 | July 2019 | Halsey | The Hot List 2019 |
| 1330 | August 2019 | Billie Eilish | |
| 1331 | September 2019 | Harry Styles | |
| 1332 | October 2019 | Taylor Swift | |
| 1333 | November 2019 | Lana Del Rey, Elton John | "Musicians on Musicians" cover story |
| 1334 | December 2019 | Adam Driver | |