In no particular order:
Paul Wellstone
Ralph Nader
Mother Jones
Saul Alinsky
Pete Seeger
Golda Meir
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nelson Mandella
Albert Enistein
Guttenberg (the printing press guy)
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Paine, George Washintgon, Abraham Lincoln
me mum, who taught me what it is to be a caring and active citizen of the world.
NOT me pop--he finally stopped hurting me, but the damage was already done.