1. William Shakespeare: As far as I'm concerned, he's the father of all modern literature. (And creator of realistic characters.) 2. Vincent van Gogh: Absolutely amazing artist, also incredibly tortured. He lived a hard life and people were unappreciative of his work. 3. Edgar Allan Poe: His death is a mystery and he was a very strange man, though immensely talented. 4. The real Hamlet: Wouldn't you like to know what really happened and who the players were? 5. Elizabeth I: She was awesome, no doubt. 6. Oscar Wilde: Oh, I concur. And that whole mess with his trials. Brilliant and heart-breaking. 7. Audrey Hepburn: Does she count? Singularly spectacular actress and really cool person. 8. Sigmund Freud: There are many other theorists/intellectuals/psychiatrists/psychologists/doctors I like and admire, but I'd really love to know how serious the man was with all of his stuff. Wow. And a really close one/alternate would be Sylvia Plath, much for the same reasons as van Gogh and Poe.

1. Albert Einstein - he seems to have understood the bigger picture. We remember him for his science - he was also a thought leader - would love to pick his brains on just about everything. 2. Freuds parents - would love to hear their views on some of his theories namely the oedipus complex. 3. Anna Freud - would love to know what Freud was as a parent 4. Winston Churchills and his mother - would love to have watched them interact with each other. 5. One or two members of Hitlers immediate family, I wonder if they shared his views and their take on it. 6. Plato - he has influenced western philosophy and yet was so eastern in his thoughts. Would love to know if he had studied Buddhism 7. Peggy Guggenheim - she seemed like such fun

1, audrey hepburn 2, john lennon 3, anne boleyn 4, donatonna 5, queen victoria 6, marie antoinette 7, jane austin 8, ghandi

My list would include Shakespeare, Einstein, Gandhi, Alexander the Great and Hitler (although he'd have to be handcuffed first)