# Without reading the thread, and without much thinking, name your top 3 pop culture heroes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504 "2021-07-02T13:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/21 "2021-07-02T15:47:31Z")
Shel Silverstein Betty White David Gilmour ---
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David Bowie Lou Reed Robert Crumb ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/23 "2021-07-02T15:52:04Z")
Franz Kafka Bob Dylan Billy Wilder ETA: without any particular order, just my favorite author, musician and songwriter and movie director. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/24 "2021-07-02T15:56:25Z")
Bob Dylan Elmore Leonard Samuel L. Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/25 "2021-07-02T15:59:45Z")
Muhammad Ali Bob Dylan Dusty Springfield j ETA - read the list now - I was the first to mention Ali?? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/26 "2021-07-02T16:00:20Z")
I appreciate the Dylan love in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/27 "2021-07-02T16:14:14Z")
Pete Seeger Joan Baez Arlo Guthrie ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/28 "2021-07-02T16:20:54Z")
Isaac Asimov Stan Lee Quentin Tarantino ---
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Tom Waits Elmore Leonard Bob Dylan/Quentin Tarantino (tie) ---
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A second for Pete, nice. He really was amazing. > [@glee](#): > > J. R. R. Tolkien - massively popular fantasy writer (and inspired the world of roleplaying too) And a second for the Good Professor. ---
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Terry Pratchett Tina Fey Joel and Ethan Coen ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/32 "2021-07-02T19:50:06Z")
Stephen King Fred Rogers Dolly Parton ---
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Steve Howe Dave Grohl Kimi Raikkonen I _never_ think much. ---
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Robert Heinlein J.R.R. Tolkien Frank Frazetta ---
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JRRT Dylan Bart Starr ---
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Vivian Stanshall Samuel R. Delany Alfred Hitchcock ---
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Janelle Monae Neil deGrasse Tyson Ursula K Le Guin ---
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Ayn Rand Sergei Rachmaninoff Harvey Milk ---
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As per the OP, no read-through or second guessing myself. In no particular order: Jackie Robinson John and Paul (Lennon and McCartney)–I’m counting them as one Lucille Ball ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504/40 "2021-07-03T05:32:57Z")
_Hank Aaron_. I saw his first career home run in a home game. At the time, he was a lazy, self-centered player. He matured quickly as a quiet gentleman. If he ever experienced racism, he never wore it like a badge. From entertainment, I first thought of _Elton John_, but I haven;t followed him closely enough to know why. Third, let’s say _Gwen Ifill_, for status, intellect, character and professionalism. ETA cace against the speeding clock – sorry, didnt know i souldnt add annotations [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-reading-the-thread-and-without-much-thinking-name-your-top-3-pop-culture-heroes/945504.md?page=3)