Anyone whos not phony or shallow(unfortunately those people don't know who they are). I know that sounds bitter, I just don't think people have to be clones in order to get along and be friends.
Citizen Kane, Buffalo '66, Fritz the Cat, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets.
The Kids In The Hall.
Journey to the end of the night on the road, the catcher in the rye, anything by Allen Ginsberg.
I don't know if I would go so far as to call them "heroes", but some of the people I admire(in no particular order) are: Pete Townshend, Paul Weller, John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, John Brown, George Harrison, Jack Keroac, John Entwistle, Pete Krebs, Keith Moon, Elliott Smith, and William S. Burroughs