John Lennon

The working-class hero who reimagined the world without borders, only to be stopped by a bullet on a New York sidewalk. He was the razor-sharp wit of the Beatles, a man who pivoted from "Help!" to "Imagine" with the grace of a philosopher in wire-rimmed glasses. "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," he mused. He remains the patron of the dreamers, a voice for peace that sounds louder in death than it ever did in life.