Sugihara Chiune, Ambassador to the US and Lithuania, saved 10,000 refugees from the NAZIs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara

Ikkyū Sōjun (Crazy Cloud), Buddhist Monk and poet, shared his food with prostitutes just to piss off the establishment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikky%C5%AB

Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, founder of Tiep Hien school of Zen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Nhat_Hanh

Kurt Vonnegut, American writer

My friends:

Pham Thi Hue, Vietnamese - Ca Tru Musician and professor of Traditional Music in Hanoi
http://youtu.be/oJKdko6f3co

Fred Paddock, American - Artist and Philosopher

Iloilo Jones, Anarchist - Artist, Philanthropist, big cheese at the Fully Informed Jury Assoc.

Elias Alias, American - Enigmatic Mountain Man, Custom Jeweler, Writer, Publisher, co-founder of the Oathkeepers.


Authors:

Fujieda Miyabi, Japanese - Mangaka in the Soft Yuri genre

Munenori Yagyu, Japanese - writer of martial arts manuals


Scientists:

Paul Stamets
http://www.fungi.com/about-paul-stamets.html

Lysander spooner - guy stood upto the government close to 200 years ago, called them out on practially all of the hypocracies and contradictions, made a competing mail delivery service

Aynn Rand - philosopher and writer, her works of fiction were especially entertaining to me, she infuses her philosophical views into a great story

Ron Paul - hes been standing up for liberty and at least smaller government since the 80s, always stands for liberty, even though he is religious his first cause is liberty

Peter Duesberg - stands up for the truth regardless of the consequences. A = A, doesn't matter how unprofitable or how many people disagree or how badly you are misrepresented. This man has possibly saved hundreds of lives from a medical fraud that has killed millions, but he is painted as a mass murderer akin to hitler... one day the world will know the truth, this man is a hero who refused to give in to force and fraud