At one time in my life, I use to collect autographs..in doing so, I've met Leroy Anderson,(he composed "Sleigh Ride", "The Typewriter Song", "The Syncopated Clock"), B.J. Thomas,(who knocked me down as he was running up a flight of stairs, he stopped to help me up; nice guy,) Mercer Ellington,(who was the son of the great Duke Ellington) and Cootie Williams(who played the famous "Growl" trumpet heard on many of Duke Ellington's early recordings) -umm, oh yeah...Chuck Mangione,(truly a nice guy)and Count Basie.
I've also met some other people that are rather well known as well - Francis A. Schaeffer, Josh McDowell, W.A. Criswell, R.C. Sproul, Jay Adams..Chuck Girard(of LoveSong)Phil Keaggy, ooh yeah.. Rayfield Wright(former Dallas Cowboy, he let me hold his SuperBowl ring,lol).
There are a few others that I've met as well; but I just can't recall everyone's name at this moment.