I was going to put this for the childhood heroes competition, as he inspired me to go into a STEM based career path with his representation of trains, but I didn't feel like completing it by the deadline. Without him, I think I would never invest my time in anything mechanical.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbert_Awdry






If you still don't know who this person is, remove the glasses and the extra hair and you got yourself a nifty old steve skin.