some of my heros (from 1997)
in the order they came to mind

Jesus
Paul
Hunter S. Thompson
Robert Kaplan
Magellan
Martin Luther
Desiderius Erasmus
Poincare
L.C. Ross
Diane Ross
Natalie Ross
Paul Davies
Hugh Ross
Mary Pipher
Pascal
C.S. Lewis
U2
Mike Rhoads
George Orwell
Frank Herbert
Magritte
Galileo
Gutenberg
Thoreau
Augustine of Hippo
Kurt Klein
Jeremiah, the prophet
Kathleen Norris
Emmet Fox
Charles Hinckley
Abraham
Joseph
Moses
David
Elisha
Roger Blandford
...