Who would you meet?

[China Doll]

If you could go for a drink or a meal with anyone at any point in history, who would it be and why?

China xx

[Scylax]

I suppose everyone has heroes and heroines who are admired for various reasons. Among mine are:
Rudyard Kipling
Field Marsall Sir Herbert Plumer
H. Rider Haggard
'Mannie' Lasker
Alan Turing
Francis Brett Young
Ian Smith (P.M. of Rhodesia)
Leonardo Da Vinci
Moshe Dayan
Ayn Rand
Boudicca, queen of the Iceni
- and oh so many others.