[Faceman]

to the above posts:

I think Jesus qualifies as people (he WAS incarnated as a human) but god - nonono

for me (not given very much thought of the last three but these are the first that spring to my mind)

1.) Erich Kästner (german writer born in 1899 and lived through both world wars)
2.) Mohandas K. Gandhi
3.) Sokrates
4.) Pope John XXIII
5.) Karl Marx