You could write a more substantive article by using categories: Programmers, entrepreneurs, investors, philosophical/ political/ activists, and behind the scenes or unsung guys. To stir the pot you could add most influential opponents.
Has anyone said Barry Silbert, Vitalik Buterin, and Daniel Larimer? The other names on this thread are European or American, what about Asia?
Bobby Lee of BTC China?
Here are the speakers at the upcoming Bitcoin Expo in China this weekend, several are Asian:
http://bitcoinexpo2014.com/#speakersNot familiar with a lot of them, but I'm sure they're all important to the Bitcoin ecosystem.