Well, All these people are true heroes according to me. But the thing that i've always felt is, that beyond a point, we dont have the capacity to judge their level. "Are they above the hero mark? Probably." But beyond that vague assumption, we know little about the people who they really are on the inside.
I think that in this list, im not writing a list of heroes, but a list of people who inspire me like crazy. For, there are thousands of heroes, whose heroism is far beyond our perception - Our perception which is limited by its shallow assumptions and sometimes silly interpretation.
Swami Vivekananda
Nani
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Mother Teresa
Jesus Christ
Mahatma Gandhi
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Sister Nivedita
Abraham Lincoln
Paramahams Yogananda
Abdul Kalam
Sri Aurobindo
Capt.Neal
Sri Sankaracharya
Winston Churchill
Alexander the Great
Martin Luther King
Capt.Julian Bond
Well, All these great personalities, struck a chord in me! And I truly feel that the power of their words, is infinite, and the inpiration in them was impregnable!
All, I guess it is our duty to pick up at least one virtue from each hero. Otherwise, it would be in vain , that destiny brought us in contact with those super-people or their work.
All the Best.