Who are your heroes?

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Musicians (mostly singers)

Kim Deal (Pixies)
Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
Pat Benetar
Sean Yseult (White Zombie)
Gwen Stefani
Amy Lee (Evenescence)
Floor Jansen (Nightwish)
Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)
Simone Simons (Epica)
Elize Ryd (Amaranth)
Maria Brink (In This Moment)
Nita Strauss (Alice Cooper)

Actresses:

Tina Fey
Kate Winslet
Lily Rabe (Broadway Actress/possessed nun in AHS)
Natalie Portman
Fauriza Balk
Natasha Lyonne
Aubrey Plaza
Zoey Deschanel
Summer Glau
Melissa McCarthy

And they're not really heros, they just do things (like play total psychos) that I really enjoy or are just really accomplished at what they do. They are inspiring for one reason of another. So "role models" would be closer. Crazy character models?

Like Kate Winslet. Apart from playing Clementine in Eternal Sunshine, she trained to hold her breath over 7 minutes for Avatar 2.

* After-the-fact non girl power list edit.

Hunter S. Thompson
Douglas Adams (never gave up on the White Rhino)
Harvey Milk (It took guts when he did it)
Carl Sagan
Lao Tzu, Buddha, and Jesus. All pretty much the same.
John McCain
Tony Gwynn (favorite ball player as a kid)
Trevor Hoffman (Go Padres & Wildcats!)

And so on in that fashion. Politicians, some activist people, writers, and sports heros.