wow..there's so many people to put on this list..i have to think carefully.... can they be dead? welll here goes anyway...bob dylan, jack kerouac, allen ginsberg, ghandi, edward norton, henry miller, all the beatles, ravi shankar, nixon (so i can kick him in the balls), ron jeremy, jesus, syd barret, ernesto 'che' guevara de la serna, tom waits, bob marley, joan or arc, johnny depp, marylin monroe, leadbelly, buddha...there's more, trust me...