Originally Posted by M Richardson

Stephen Hawking - What must it be like to have that intelligence? And, secondly, what must it be like to have it - trapped in a failing body?

That is an excellent choice....I am thinking that might be for me.

But, I am going to have to go with probably Alan Shepard - first American in space, one of 12 men to walk on the moon. I can't imagine what it would be like to look up at the Earth and see everything I've ever known the size of my thumb.

Originally Posted by _SL_

Bill Gates -- can you say "wire transfer"?

Good point. Can I change my pick? And have my day be before SL's?

F. Scott Fitzgerald. I want to know what it's like to be in the bottle but still write that well.