Nikola Tesla - Incredibly refined Serbian American with a predilection for the inventive and innovative, one of my personal heroes and one of the greatest scientists to ever live. His work is probably far more important to the modern world than anything Edison ever did and he was a great supporter of the arts as well. Sadly he suffered greatly under his rival's domain and died in significant debt as a result.
Frank Zappa - Perhaps not a favorite musician, Zappa was nonetheless an imposing force within the music industry. He represents to me an extraordinarily distinguished individual who was very strident in expressing social commentary, both within his own music and in public venue. In spite of his apparent lack of formal education, I think perhaps Zappa was one of the few true "intellectual" musicians.
Grace Kelly - Take a guess.
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