Some people in history stand out like sore thumbs up society's ass. Not necessarily because of any life altering ideologies or ingenious master plans, but because they took a stand for, or against, something and stuck to their guns all the way.
These are the Dead Rebels. Every month a writer picks a person, or maybe even a phenomenom, that he/she feels in some way, however small, inspired some kind of spirit of rebellion in somebody, somewhere.
Read about them here. Everybody from Jesus Christ to King Koopa, through the lost youth of Tip Toe Rosie and the crystal meth ramblings of Dr. Seuss.