Gaming, Music, History
Living - none as of yet
Dead - Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan, The apostle John
Pretty much everything: Classic Rock, Punk, Rock, (very little)Screamo , Hardcore, Metal, Folk, Country (mostly Old-School though), Reggae, New Wave, Old-School Rap, Old-School Jazz, Classical, Video Game Music, Drum 'N Bass, Progressive Rock, Ska, etc...
As for actual bands, here is a fraction...in no particular order (except the first one) artists in bold are a signifigant influence on me:
Johnny Cash, Five Iron Frenzy, Hangnail, Relient K, 311, AE, A-Ha, Atreyu, The Beatles, Billy Idol, Blondie, Boston, Brad Paisley, Bush, Chet Atkins, cKy, The Clash, Craig's Brother, The Cure, The Eagles, The Echoing Green, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, The Human League, Incubus, Iron Maiden, James Taylor, Jars of Clay (especially the first album...pure genius!), Jim Croce, Jimi Hendrex, John Williams, Joy Electric, Kansas, Keith Urban, Limozeen, The Folksmen, MxPx(wouldn't be in music if it weren't for these guys...heh), Nobuo Uematsu, Pennywise, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, Peter Huttlinger, Phil Collins, Philmore, The Police, Queen, Quncy Jones, Rush, Seal(his unreleased album Togethland is a must-listen...if you can get ahold of it), Slick Shoes, Dogwood, Seven Day Jesus, Soundgarden, Stavesacre, Steely Dan, Steve Miller Band, Sting, Styx, Sublime, Tears For Fears, U2, UnderOath, Subseven, Showdown, Vigilante, Vince Guaraldi Trio, War, Weezer, Willie Nelson, The Doobie Brothers, DCB, Herb Alpert, Chet Atkins
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Star Wars saga (yes, even the new ones!), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Godfather I and II (definatley not part III...that movie deserves an Award of Excellence In the Field of Crapulence) All of the James Bond movies, most of Tarantino's films (notably Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill), all of Tim Burton's films, Donnie Darko, Clerks, Angus, Team America: World Police, Napoleon Dynamite, The Princess Bride, Christopher Guest's mockumentarys (notably Best In Show and A Mighty Wind), all of the Pixar films, The Muppet Movie, Saving Private Ryan, Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn, Forrest Gump, Spirited Away, Termanator 2: Judgement Day, Apollo 13, The Back to the Future Trilogy, That Thing You Do, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, The Goonies, Shaun of the Dead, SLC Punk!, X-Men, Dogma, Ferris Beuler's Day Off, A Christmas Story, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Tommy Boy, and more...
The Simpsons, Modern Marvels, Band of Brothers, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Office, My Name Is Earl, Family Guy, Robot Chicken
The Bible, Dreamality, The Man Called Cash, Left Behind, No Man's Land, Ragnarok
Jesus Christ, Johnny Cash, my father