Ghandi, Jesus, Buddha... But, what about the not-so-mystical ones?
One I greatly admire is Warren Buffett. He has gotten rich, but not by following the destroyer techniques of "I get rich today, and if the enterprise and the jobs are over after me, I don't give a damn". He has gotten rich (second bussinessman after Gates) by doing good, honest investing bussinesses. In my country, many people say "To get rich, you must get other people poor, that's the only way. Rich people are either posh children of robbers, or robbers themselves". And I always answer "What about Warren Buffett?" NO one knows him, probably because a honest man makes less headlines... But I very much admire him because he's the living example that you don't need to act like a bastard to get rich.
For me, also Anousheh Ansari. First female space tourist, entrepreneur, fled from "Revolutionary" Iran. An example to me, she also founded a technology enterprise. A good example for girlsgotech.org
Audrey Hepburn. As beautiful in as out, and in her case that was damn hard