Albert Schweitzer, Joseph Lister, Leopold Mozart (Wolfgang's daddy!), Soren Kierkegaard (one of my heroes of getting his ass kicked for telling the truth), and the guy that got his ass most kicked for telling the truth: Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis.
My favorite musical pieces: Beethoven's 9th symphony, Mahler's 3rd symphony, Mozart's 41st symphony, Schubert's 9th symphony, Schumann's cello concerto.........My favorite bands are the Beatles, ELO, Cat Stevens, The Moody Blues, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, The Smiths/Morrisey, The Cure, Blondie, New Order, ABBA..........I also love music from the Swing Era, especially Glen Miller and Kay Kyser.
I'd rather read than visit Europe, party, or have sex. Every book I've read is a friend who will never abandon me. My favorites: Brothers Karamozov--Dostoevsky; Ordinary Men--Christopher Browning; On Killing--Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman; In a Different Voice--Carol Gilligan; Christian Discourses--Soren Kierkegaard; The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever--Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis; In the Primeval Forest--Albert Schweitzer; The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization--Albert Schweitzer; The Imitation of Christ--Thomas a Kempis; The Harry Potter series--J. K. Rowling; People of the Lie--M. Scott Peck; Franny and Zoey--J. D. Salinger; The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich--Robert Shirer