- Mother Theresa who has been on the list for the longest time for having that incredible capacity to love
- Meryl Streep who is simply awesome in whatever she does from 'Falling in Love' to 'Bridges of Madison County' to 'Mama Mia'
- Mallika Sarabhai who does things so differently and does so many things
- Ayn Rand for her firebrand, immensely original and powerful writing
- Agatha Christie for creating a wonderful world of mystery books and Hercule Poirot
- Arundhati Roy of the pre-activism days, the 'In which Annie gives it those ones' days
- Merlene Ottey the famous Jamaican sprinter
- Yelena Isinbayeva the pole vault champion for setting new bench marks and breaking her own records
- Madonna for reinventing herself so often and in so many ways
- Sue Townsend for creating Adrian Mole
- Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Winnie Mandela
- Princess Diana
- Kate Winslet who is simply superb and someone in the Meryl Streep mould
- Emma Watson who plays Hermione Grange
- Audrey Hepburn who was simply lovely in all the movies that I saw of hers
- Enid Blyton who gave me so many hours of reading pleasure with her books
- Gina Lollobrigida of Come September fame
- Nadia Comaneci the Romanian gymnast
- Priyanka Gandhi who seems to do things in her own manner, whether its political campaigning or meeting Nalini in jail
- Serena Williams for her incredible capacity to fight herself out of deep holes in her matches
- Louise Hay for making such a difference to the world with her simple philosophies
- Konkona Sen for being such a brilliant actor
- Billie Jean King for her famous 3 set victory in the battle of sexes match against Bobby Riggs
- Tabu who does everything differently again and is a superb actor
Anita Nair, the famous Indian novelist, would be on the list too but I met her. I will review the list of course and add some more.
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