Mine is Butterfly McQueen, one of the few prominent African American non believers we have. She is mostly known for her role in 'Gone With The Wind', and she had a number of other mostly racially stereotyped parts, that forced her to eventually give up acting. She once said, "As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion".

Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Aldous Huxley, Frank Zappa, Richard Feynman, Stephen Fry ..Me! ??

Hitch, harris, krause, dawkins

Emma Goldman Author of Anarchism and other essays
Quotes
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck
If I can't dance I'm not coming to your revoution'
if Voting changed anything they'd make it illegal.
People have as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want, and they courage to take

Neil deGrasse Tyson <3 <3 <3

My hero's have all been family members. I may admire some people, but they are not my heroes.

One other idol, for many, many reasons...

Pedestal no, greatly value yes. There are many but these are the top (in no particular order):

Pat Condell for his acid wit
Matt Dillahunty for his mercilessness & plain-spoken bluntness
43 Alley for his disarming likeability & good/regular guy next door approach
Christopher Hitchens for his suavity & indignant outrage
Robert Ingersoll for his eloquence & warm sincerity
Carl Sagan for his broad perspective & intellectual rigor
Seth Andrews for his polished & well considered approach
Neil degrasse Tyson for his broad perspective & humor

Where do I start...Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Hawking, etc.

Hitchens, Sagan, Carlin, Dawkins, Dillahunty, Harris. Many more also.
I have to always add Jerry DeWitt. He's the first graduate of the clergy progect and I found his videos on You Tube when I wasn't sure yet on the god issue. In just a short time I said "this man is me" and I knew I was atheist. It was only then that I knew what to call my lack of belief. Dan Barker gets more than an honable mention here. I like all these guys and more.

Christopher Hitchens of course.

Eddie Izzard.

I have a couple of them. Stephen Hawkings, Neil Degrasse (sp?)

Bertrand Russell, philosopher; Carl Sagan, scientist, humanist; Richard Feynman, atheist, scientist; ; Dawkin's, atheist, scientist, activist; Sam Harris, likewise; Richard Carrier, atheist, historian; Dave Allen, atheist, humourist;

There are others, like Stephen Fry, and George Carlin. These all come to mind.

I have but a few, but at the top of my short list, is...Thomas Pain. He faught in the war with George Washington and in the French Revolution and nearly perished in prison and stood against all manner of resistance in the Congress. And, unto his dying day, he professed his non-belief.

Francis Bacon , Carl Sagan

Sir david attenborough and george carlin

Thomas Paine, who was profoundly wise and forward-thinking. People of his time didn’t deserve him.

Richard Dawkins Ricky gervais

Bill Maher and Seth Andrews

As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth. - Mikhail Bakunin
Skepticism, classical libertarianis, etc are exciting to me and are related to atheist to some degree.
I don't actually think of any one as a hero on atheist. The concept is too simple to be really excited about.
Shrug, just my 2 cents.

Carl Sagan for me.

Ricky Gervais is one of my favorite atheists

Lemmy Kilmister. He was honest and open about his opinions despite the time period he was in. Another much older Agnostic, would be Epricus.

George Carlin and Bill Maher