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1   Link   Anders Hejlsberg
He is what James Gosling is for Java and Bjarne Stroustrup's for C++. You can read about the C # design process. And now, most recently, Anders gets this nod for his contribution on LINQ (formerly C Omega), something not seen in other strongly typed languages. You will also be able to see Anders in the public eye through Channel 9 videos.

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2   Link   Scott Guthrie
Pretty obvious choice eh? What is cool is the progressive career path he has taken at Microsoft. This is a guy who rose through the ranks. You have him to thank for not having to do any more new development in classic ASP. And he is another individual that pops up on Channel 9.

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3   Link   Charles Petzold
Talk about hardcore, this guy even has a windows tattoo. Quality writer who even made a book available for free for veterans entering the .NET world from C/C++. (http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html). He deserves to be on this list for his windows tattoo, his early entry into authoring .NET books (focusing on the windows forms side of things as opposed to ASP.NET) and quality of his work. Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?

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4   Link   Miguel de Icaza
He deserves to be on the list for for bringing .NET to the Penguin community. While it is questionable whether he should be behind Charles on this list, to the best of my knowledge, he is lacking that Windows tattoo. An interview of his can be read here.

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5   Link   Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin
Yes, they came as a pair. Part of the criteria was based on the impact individuals had on the .NET community through drawing excitement out of the masses. The evangelism and excitement these two draw out of .NET community is impressive. In fact, even if you are not a .NET Developer, you may feel re-energized about your job in the technical field after listening to these guys. For helping shape the dot net culture today, they certainly deserve to be on the list. I was fortunate enough to attended a talk by Richard Campbell before. Like their show, they make .NET rock.

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6   Link   Paul Wilson
While it is free to use, the source comes at a price of $50, which is really a bargain. He is a technical blogger. He's authored books (ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook) on .NET and contributed to MSDN Libary articles. He came out with Master pages before ASP.NET 2.0 introduced this.He's also got a couple open source projects that he hosts.

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7   Link   Dino Esposito
A lot of people coming into the ASP.NET and .NET development world become familiar with this guy's work. Just look at the number of Microsoft Press books he's published and his work on MSDN magazine.

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8   Link   Nikhil Kothari
For his informative and really cool blog entries. Although he could probably earn this spot for being an architect on the ASP.NET team. He has had roles on the server controls framework, Ajax Framework and even come up with his own tools: ScriptSharp, Web Development Helper. He was also one of the individuals who helped to bring ASP.NET Web Matrix to fruition (free IDE for web developers). This all happened before the Express Edition of MS tools these days. Apparently, he was also involved with the development of IIS7.

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9   Link   Tom Hollander
His work on Enterprise Library, etc has led to the continual guidance and aid of .NET Developers. Enterprise Library was certainlly being used at the last workplace. And I was fortunate enough to attend the Microsoft Design for Operations for Developers Workshop. Check out the new "Validation Application Block" from a blog entry of his.

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10   Link   Lutz Roeder
One of the most talked about tools when ppl enter the .net community. Although he is involved with Microsoft Expression, he deserves to be on this list simply for coming out with free tools that are the talk of the .NET community 		155