I wouldn't consider theymos as someone known in the bitcoin field personally except the fact that he is running bitcointalk
Which is the most active bitcoin related forum since day 1 ? Also the most active place for bitcoin marketplace.As long as technical contributions are concerned,I may not list him there but serving the community in someday,he definitely deserves regardless of the technical aspect.
I strongly recommend sticking to people who've made technical contributions only, which is why Vitalik Buterin shouldn't be on the list
And so does Mark.
How about adding Luke Jr ?
https://github.com/luke-jr