They are all fairly recent people, not historical figures no real order of preference

Tony Benn - A socialist who won't be around much longer.

Maddox - because of thebestpageintheuniverse.net here are a couple of his best:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=episode3

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=911_morons

 http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst

Winston Churchill - He was a charismatic leader that took no sh*t and everyone in Britain could trust him to the full to do his duty.

HG Wells, best author in history.

John Clease, a comedic great.

Steven Fry, intelligent and witty in every way.

As for musicians/bands, Eminem, Rammstein, S.C.U.M., System of a Down, Cypress Hill, NWA, RUN-DMC Wagner and most powerful forbidden>