Shel Silverstein
Betty White
David Gilmour
David Bowie
Lou Reed
Robert Crumb
Franz Kafka
Bob Dylan
Billy Wilder
ETA: without any particular order, just my favorite author, musician and songwriter and movie director.
Bob Dylan
Elmore Leonard
Samuel L. Jackson
Muhammad Ali
Bob Dylan
Dusty Springfield
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ETA - read the list now - I was the first to mention Ali?? Wow.
I appreciate the Dylan love in this thread.
Pete Seeger
Joan Baez
Arlo Guthrie
Isaac Asimov
Stan Lee
Quentin Tarantino
Tom Waits
Elmore Leonard
Bob Dylan/Quentin Tarantino (tie)
A second for Pete, nice. He really was amazing.
And a second for the Good Professor.
Terry Pratchett
Tina Fey
Joel and Ethan Coen
Stephen King
Fred Rogers
Dolly Parton
Steve Howe
Dave Grohl
Kimi Raikkonen
I never think much.
Robert Heinlein
J.R.R. Tolkien
Frank Frazetta
JRRT
Dylan
Bart Starr
Vivian Stanshall
Samuel R. Delany
Alfred Hitchcock
Janelle Monae
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Ursula K Le Guin
Ayn Rand
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Harvey Milk
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
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