Freaks, Dreamers, Eccentrics and American Originals: A Very Partial List

 This very partial, off the top of my head list, of Freaks, Dreamers, Eccentrics and American Originals was inspired by the post from JMG on Johnny Appleseed's America, and Violet Cabra's post of 100 Will Training exercise's Do It Cuz You Can. To help those who might need a place to start looking for American Visionaries and Eccentrics I compiled a list of 100 people I admire or like in some way as a spur to research even more on these characters. Your Mileage May Vary and I encourage everyone also to come up with their own list (which could be a good will training exercise too!)

1. Peace Pilgrim ( born Mildred Lisette Norman)
2. Frank Zappa
3. Mighty Atom (Joseph L. Greenstein)
4. Sun Ra (Herman Blount)
5. Harry Smith
6. Alan Lomax
7. L. Frank Baum
8. Edgar Allan Poe
9. Rudy Rucker
10. Ian Mackaye
11. Steve Albini
12. Henry Rollins
13. Wolfman Jack
14. Nikola Tesla
15. Charlie Chaplin
16. Dave Chappelle
17. George Carlin
18.Timothy Leary
19. William S. Burroughs
20. John Cage
21. Jack Kerouac
22. Allen Ginsberg
23. Gary Snyder
24. Wendell Berry
25. Robert Anton Wilson
26. Philip K. Dick
27. Harlan Ellison
28, Tom Waits
29. David Lynch
30. H.P. Lovecraft
31. Pauline Oliveros
32. Lee de Forest
33.Pee Wee Herman
34. Claude Shannon
35. Bobby Fischer
36. Israel Regardie
37. Manly P. Hall
38. The Shaggs
39. Lux Interior
40. Poison Ivy
41. Eric Slone
42. Robert Johnson
43. Dr. Seuss
44. Ernest Holmes
45. Daniel Beard
46. John Uri Lloyd
47. Augustus Knapp
48. P.T. Barnum
49. Vachel Lindsay
50. Car Sandburg
51. Ruth Lyons
52. Bob Braun
53. Charles Ives
54. La Monte Young
55. Terry Riley
56. Dr. Demento
57. Weir Al Yankovic
68. Lenny Bruce
69. Red Skeleton
70. Thomas Merton
71, Nema
72. Owen Knight
73. Lou Martine
74. Denny Sargent
75. Z'ev (Industrial musician and mystic)
76. Survival Research Laboratories
77. Bob Heil
78. Q. Reed Ghazala
79. Andy Kauffman
80. Mickey Spillane
81. Edgar Rice Burroughs
82. Ursula K. Leguin
83. Laurie Spiegel
84. Ramon Sender
85.Emminem
86. Wu Tang Clan
87. Amelia Earhart
88. Howard Hughes
89. George Antheil
90.Vine Deloria Jr.
91. Don Joyce
92. David Wills
93. Mark Hosler
94. Lafcadio Hearn
95. Jon Leidecker
96. John Boyd
97. Gordon Mumma
98. Robert Ashley
99. John Zorn
100. Alvin Lucier
101. David Behrman
102. Tiny Tim