I'd like to meet:
Louis Pasteur.
Music:
Suicide, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Os Mutantes, Arvo Part, Alex Chilton, The Ronettes, Louis Prima, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Van Morrison, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, The Everly Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Derek & Clive, The Stooges, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Brian Eno, Sam Cooke, Spiritualized, Jackie Wilson, Serge Gainsbourg, Karen Dalton, Bo Diddley, Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopkins, Led Zeppelin, The Jimi Hendix Experience, Band of Gypsys, Wu-Tang Clan, Tom Waits, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Shangri-Las, The Crystals, Fela Kuti, The Flamingoes, The Skyliners, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Fred Chopin, Frankie Lane, James Brown, Wilco, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Jonathan Richman, Lee Scratch Perry, The Kinks, Krystzof Komeda, Latin Playboys, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Pere Ubu, Love, Ry Cooder, The Residents, The Pogues, Prince, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Will Oldham, John Cash, Little Richard, Dr. John, The Rolling Stones, The Anthology of American Folk Music, Nuggets, and the list doth go on.I haven't even begun the Australian section yet.