My favourite famous icon is Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a pianist, composers of piano music and orchestral music, and an orchestra conductor. He's married to his passion for music, ignoring love life and wealth, hated politics. As a prodigy @ genius, he composed a few of his greatest symphonies and sonatas when he was deaf. (He dictated while his student helped him transcribe his ideas into music notes.) He died poor in the countryside. Only after he died, people started to realize they had lost the most brilliant human in the world, after another student collected his compositions and works, compiled them and show to the world. Now, Beethoven's music are played all over the world from Grade One to Grade 8 to Diploma and Degree levels. His legacy will never cease. My students all know him and I will continue to pass down his legacy.