i want to view Columbus and Cortez as personal heroes, because I admire their greed for gold, but because they created bean-goblins, that does hold them back.
Also there is no archeological evidence of Euros vanquishing new world ogres until the 1530's, which is after Columbus bit th' dust.
So i dunno who to pick for a personal hero. I guess I will have to pick a mythological dude like Achillies because actual historical people come across as dumb losers.