The twelve people I would invite to dinner

A popular party game is having people list the twelve people from history, famous or not, whom they would invite to dinner. I've done this many a time, and here is the list of people I usually come up with.

1) Jesus Christ
2) Adolf Hitler
3) my grandfather, Arthur Stanley MacNair, Jr.
4) Pope John Paul II
5) Witness Lee
6) Watchman Nee
7) Charles Manson
8) Kurt Cobain
9) John Lennon
10) Ty Cobb
11) my friend Cathy
12) Howard Dean

Go ahead, discuss.