My Dad. A Vietnam vet who was the toughest son of a [censored] I've ever encountered in my entire life, bar none, yet the kindest person I've ever met as well. I've seen more random acts of kindness from him then anyone 10 people put together that I know. My inspiration when I was younger, and truly my role model. If I end up a tenth as good of a man as he was, I'll be damned proud of myself.

No one, I do respect a few people like family members. But besides that I've not looked up to anyone of attempted to change myself to fit more in with twhat they were like or want of me. I prefer to be my own self and shape myself in the image of myself, not someones elses

Growing up? I guess my Dad and my uncles.

Strangely, I have a lot more role models now, than I did when I was younger.

The God Emperor Leto Atreides II

My nan. She taught me that if you want something, then you work hard to get it. I still admire her.
My dad taught me to stand up for myself, a lesson I very much took to heart.

In my early teens when I was going through a bit of an alternative phase, I looked up to Marta Peterson, the keyboardist in the band Bleeding Through. I didn't like the band, but I very much admired her. She did ballet, a hobby I used to have, and having her as an icon helped me realise it was alright to be alternative but interested in feminine things as well.

Good choice!

I am going to have to go with President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President Abraham Lincoln.

Heath Ledger, then he died on my birthday, as did my cousin. (Love you Tindra, though we never met )

As a child? No one. But now? I idolize Dean Martin and Howard Hughes personally.

To be perfectly honest, I'm a bit jealous.

Going to make a guess here: He wasn't after fame, or money. He just wanted to play as was damn good at it. In reality he really was a good role model.

And he had the http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckBlasgNSzg/S5acNvNFmZI/AAAAAAAASEY/N5Z75td7ajE/s400/Major+League+Baseball+Featuring+Ken+Griffey+Jr.+Nintendo+64.JPG

Yup, he's always been a bit reserved, never the type of guy to run his mouth. Loyal to his team, the only reason he left Seattle was so that he could play under his dad but in the end he returned and retired as a Mariner. Simply one of the greatest players ever to play baseball and many people including myself agree that he would hold the career HR record if not for an unfortunate injury.

Can't recall having anyone that I considered a serious "role model." I was very fond of my much older brother, of course, and I had a couple teachers that I liked/respected a lot, because they were good or funny teachers. But that's about it.

Most of the time, I just looked to myself. I'm not sure how well that's worked out yet, I'll get back to you on that.

As a kid to teen---> Steve Erwin (aka Crocodile Hunter).

As an advlt----> Me Father (We've been through alot of Hell together) and Bear Grylls (saddly there won't be anymore Man Vs Wild due to them firing him) .

No one when I was a kid, but I look up to my dad now. Made it from the poorest of poor in a third world country and made it in the United States with hard work. Gave all that he ever had to his children, never wanted much for himself. Thanks Dad!

Alanis Morissette (yes, I know, shut up), my sister, some very close friends, one or two exes... All people are amazing, if you care to look closely enough. It's the ones that make you care enough to look closely enough that matter.

Pete Rose, and I think we all (well most of us anyway) know how that one turned out.

I looked up to my dad. He shaped a lot of who I am right now. He introduced me to videogames when he showed me Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM on the mac when I was 5. He taught me how to use adobe Photoshop and Quark X-press when I was 12 which has ultimately lead me to pursue a career in art and design.

I feel like when he got hit with cancer last year he did a lot of looking up to me for holding the house together and i'm glad I could've helped him out for just a little bit for all the times hes helped me.

well said

hmm there really wasn't anyone in my family to look up to since most of the men were in prison. I always liked Michael Jordan when I was a kid though, so I would probably say him.

I'd share him if I could. one of my earliest memories of my dad's random kindness, I was like 7 years old or so, and we were in a grocery store. some little girl had apparently been doing shopping for her disabled mother(she was in the car outside), and was in front of us in the check-out line. The girl ended up 20 dollars short on food, and you could tell that they needed the food(I distinctly remember she looked rather malnourished). She ran outside to see if her mom had it, and when she came back in, she looked pretty crestfallen and started to remove food from the conveyor belt. My dad reached into his wallet, pulled out 20 dollars and gave it to the girl with a smile on his face. The girl looked absolutely dumb-founded that anyone could be so kind, and I can tell you, it's stuck with me my entire life. I've gotten the chance to do the same a few times myself, and it's always made me feel good. Incidents like that happened throughout my childhood and advlt life, and even now my dad still does stuff like that. He's a pretty amazing guy, and I'm very thankful to have him in my life. Heck, just recently one of my dads brothers was about to lose their business that they've had for 30-40 years because of the recession(they are concrete layers), and even though my parents couldn't really afford to do so, my Dad took out a 20k loan and gave it to them, with no intent of having them pay it back, just so his brother wouldn't lose the business.