You know I like lists (Park Slope 100, anyone?). So when I saw the article this week’s 40th anniversary issue of New York Magazine, What Matters Most, who’s the most important New Yorker of the last 40 years, I was all over it. And you just know I had to give it a go. Hey guys, I reserve the right to make changes to my list.

Please send me your list:

Louise’s list (off the top of her head)

1. John V. Lindsay, mayor of New York City from 1966-1973; he closed Central Park to traffic for bike riding on the weekends.

2. Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine and leading American feminist.

3. Joseph Papp, founder of the Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park.

4. Florent, owner of Restaurant Florent, a 24-hour French bistro/diner on Gansevoort Street (now closed).

5. Brian Lehrer, live radio talk show host whose show is an amazing resource for information and opinion about NYC politics and civic life.

6. Diane Arbus, a photographer who captured a dark view of New York City life on the edge.

7. Havey Lichtenstein, whose 32-year tenure as Executive Director of BAM, made Brooklyn a destination for cutting edge theater, music, dance and performance.

8. Joe Holz, one of the founders of the Park Slope Food Coop. Nuff said.

9. Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Live of Great American Cities.

10. Anna Deavere Smith, for her one-woman show about the Crown Heights riots, Fires in the Mirror.

Extras: Jonas Mekas, Woody Allen, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Lee, Phil Schapp, Lucy Calkins…

Here’s Hugh’s list (off the top of his head)

1. Andy Warhol

2. Truman Capote

3. Diana Vreeland

4. Leo Castelli

5. Milton Glaser

6. Lou Reed

7. Lester Bangs

8. John Lindsay

9. The McNallyBrothers

10.Keith Haring

11. Sam Wagstaff