Audio Icon/Idol - Who would you like to meet?

Lets not forget the guys at the console and responsible for the technical quality in what we hear. Here a few of the greats;
Doug Sax
George Massenburg
Bob Katz
Alan Parsons
Bob Ludwig
David Lord
Quincy Jones
Jack Renner
Chuck Ainlay
James Guthrie

How can you guys forget Roger Nichols that engineered Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly"...

I think Bob Ludwig, in my original list, did the mastering on Nightfly...I just couldn't list everyone, I guess.

George Martin is a good suggestion....did much of the Beatles stuff - a little too heavily panned (stuff seems to come out one speaker or the other) for my tastes but great stuff nevertheless - Sergeant Pepper is an all time classic - groundbreaking in almost every way.