One Person, One Chance, Who?

So I just read my friend Heather's latest blog post and as I was reading, I was inspired. I usually don't copy what other people have posted for my own blog (actually I never have) but this was a fascinating topic. One in which I love to think about.
So here is the link to her blog, it is fascinating:
http://hzundel.blogspot.com

And now, I will list those people who I would love to meet, whether they be dead or alive, real or unreal:

Saladin
Yes, I know that this is the Westernized version of his name, but he has always fascinated me since I began playing Age of Empires. He is one of the few Muslims during the Crusades who actually tried for peace between those of his own faith and Christians.

Elizabeth I
She has an era named after her. It was a time of wonderful English literature. She ruled as a woman in a man's world. She officially rocks in my book.

William Shakespeare
Great plays, cool sonnets, mysterious life. What more could one want? I would love to see where he got his ideas from and see if he actually did write the plays that are accredited to him.

Chairman Mao
Sure, he may try to kill me for being an American, but what in a person's life would cause them to eventually cause the mass murder of 30 million+ of their fellow countrymen and set the country back technologically for decades?

Madeleine L'Engle
I've always loved her books. I'd love to pick her brain for how she came up with so many cool fantasy settings.

That's as many as I can think of right now, but I will probably add more in the future. :)