I'd like to meet:
John Cleese so we could taunt Manwell together. Wordsworth so we could get high on opium. Johnny Depp so I could seduce him. Emmeline Pankhurst so we could be stubborn and get our own way. Richard E Grant so he could delve into his past whilst being oh so attractive and utterly rakish. Jack the Ripper, so I could give him a slap and then watch Gladstone (the prostitute worshipper) obliterate him.
Books:
Brideshead Revisited
Heroes:
Jeff Buckley