Here is my top10:
1. Adolf Hitler (began WWII, led to the discovery of new tech/med)
2. Richard III (was the last plantagent king)
3. John Lennon (pop culture icon, singer, poet, visionary)
4. Alfred Lord Tennyson (Poet- Ulysses, Locksley Hall)
5. Winston Churchill (led England through it's darkest years)
6. John Keats (Poet- Realms of Gold-Untitled)
7. Nefertiti (the world's greatest female leader)
8. Thomas Alva Edison (inventions)
9. Napoleon Bonaparte (military strategist, outcast)
10. Alan Alda (Hawkeye Pierce, actor, M*A*S*H, lasting influence on american culture)