Meet and Converse Meme

I got this meme from Lair of the Catholic Caveman.

If you could meet and have a deep conversation with any five people on earth, living or dead, from any time period, who would they be?" (Explaining why is optional.)

Name five people from each of the following categories:

Saints, Those in the Process of Being Canonized, Heroes from your native country, Authors/Writers, celebrities.

Saints
1) Jesus (I know He's not really a "saint" but I couldn't leave Him out!)
2) Mary
3) Saint Therese the Little Flower
4) Saint Peter--I would love to find out what he's really like.
5) Saint Gemma

Those being Canonized
1) John Paul II
2) Mother Teresa
3) Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
4) Servant of God Claire de Castelbajac--Just read about her today on Shrine of the Holy Whapping.
5) Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Heros of my country
1) Lincoln
2) Washington
3) FDR
4) Eleanor Roosevelt
5) Thomas Jefferson

Writers
1) Shakespeare
2) Emily Dickinson
3) Fr. John Corrapi
4) Fr. Benedict Grochel
5) King David/Author of the Psalms

Celebrities
1) Princess Diana
2) Judi Dench
3) Geoffrey Palmer
4) Steve Smith (Red Green)
5) Patricia Routledge