I must admit, the passing of Steve Jobs effected more emotionally than I would have thought. So much so that I had an email exchange with some of my friends about who else of our contemporaries would elicit anything remotely close to this sort of emotional outpouring.<p>I suppose I am opening myself to flame and downvotes, as Steve Jobs clearly was one of the true true greats, but I wonder who else that is relevant to the hacker community would deserve a black armband (see top of HN) on their passing. I would add to this list:<p>Bill Gates
Shigeru Miyamoto
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas<p>These are some of the living creators who have invented thing which have _dramatically_ impacted the course of my life.