Who are yours? Say you had 10 people to put down as the ones you really look up to in life, and admire-who would they be?
Only well known ones, cos everyone'd probably put a relative of some sort, so celebrity icons. In whatever order you see fit I suppose.
I don't quite know mine at the moment.
Hmmmmmmmm, probably something along the lines of:
George Orwell
Russell T Davies
Dennis Potter
Sydney Newman
Nigel Kneale
Peter Flannery
HG Wells
Michael Wearing
Rudolph Cartier
Paul Abbott
Nearly all writers, predictably enough! The exceptions being Newman and Wearing (who were/are television producers) and Cartier (who was a director).
Seriously speaking only these (at least that I can think of now)...
Queen (But most of all Brian May)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesus
Pele
The Beatles (except for Ringo... he's a knucklehead)
Gandhi
Heroes:
Freddie Mercury
Joe Strummer
People I admire:
John Lennon, Bob Marley, Paul McCartney, Brian May, Andy Warhol, George Harrison, Elton John, Richard Ashcroft, Ben Harper, Elvis Presley, Nelson Mandela, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Matt Bellamy, Jimi Hendrix
More than 10?
Ah well...
Kenneth Williams: A great story teller.
Phil Lynott: coolest guy who ever lived.
Larry Flynnt: Champion of free speech.
John Deacon: I admire his dignity
Clive Stafford Smith: A British lawyer who works in the US defending inmates on Death Row.
John Smith: The greatest prime minister this country never had.
Frankie Miller: Scottish blues singer and inspiration to millions.
Richard Pryor: The funniest man on the planet
Sidney Lumet: Great director
Jimmy Cagney: My Hero.
fatty.
I don't have any celebrity heroes at all - there are some I can appreciate because of their talent, but not heroes.
Real heroes are the ordinary people who do the extraordinary without thought for their own safety, for reward or gain.
Richard Pryor: The funniest man on the planet
- Richard Pryor is brilliant. Its such a shame to see the way that his health has declined.
"Is it a bat? Is it a crow? No, its super nigger!"
But since so many people mentioned some dude named 'Michael' Schumacher, I'll add my vote for...
Joel Schumacher! World-class director extraordinaire. What he did with 'The Lost Boys' can be described as nothing less than magic, and his screenplay for 'Car Wash' is really the mold by which all others compare since 1976.
Dane Cook-IMO one of the funniest men alive.
Freddie Mercury-Obviously the best singer of all times.
Yngwie Malmsteen-technicaly one of the best guitarist.
Mario Lemieux-Hockey player,much better than Greztky.
Ronnie James Dio-Maybe metal's best singer of all times!?
Orson Welles-Citizen Kane,nuff'said.
Jack Nicholson-Favorite actor
Fred Dannay and Manfred B. Lee(a.k.a Ellery Queen)-Writers
Pink Floyd-Personally one of my favorite bands
Sid Vicious - he had courage to say what was in his mind
Freddie Mercury - he knew he had to die and he didn't complane - instead he made a goodbye video for fans
John Lennon - just amazing person. If all people were like him, there'd be peace
Astrid Lindgren - same as Lennon - she never grew up. Her books are innocent and sweet! R.I.P.!
Urmas Alender - singer over here, who died in a ship disaster. Just amazing songs with great messages
Homer Simpson - no comments
Sam Becektt (aka Scott Bakula in "Quantum Leap") - he found out how to travel in time :P
Icons: Philip Lynott, Freddie Mercury & Mohamed (sp?) Ali.
Musical heroes: Brian May, Paul Rodgers and the symbiotic being that was "Brian Robertson & Scott Gorham".
Bob Geldof
Bono
Freddie Mercury
Sting
Brian, Roger (yeah...John too)
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King
Princess Diana
Mother Theresa
Mahatma Ghandi
Winston Churchill
Brian may - completely amazing and really famous but still a great person.
Eva cassidy - amazing voice and music and really nice person.
Freddie mercury - great performer, songwriter and completely mad (in a good way)
Phil lynott - great singer and songwriter.
Jimi hendrix - inspiring guitarist.
Toni iommi - dunno why. just a great guitarist.
Nelson mandela - amazing person.
John Wayne
my Wife
My Son, Daniel
Beatles
The Holy Trinity: Michael Collins, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly
Queen
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmonson
Jack Nicholson
Phil Lynott
Douglas Adams
John Cleese
and last but not least...John Jameson & Sons