John Coltrane, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Chano Pozo, Albert Einstein, Che Guevara, Grandfather on my Mom's side, Jack Kerouac, Machito, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Charlie Palmieri, Jimi Hendrix, Marcus Garvey, Golda Meir, Dizzy Gillespie, Curtis Mayfield, Tito Rodriguez, Charles Bukowski, Bill Graham, & Cesar Chavez.