Castlevania
Civilization
Donkey Kong
Doom
EverQuest
Final Fantasy
Fox McCloud (Star Fox)
Frogger
Grand Theft Auto
Half-Life
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Madden NFL
Mortal Kombat
Myst
Pac-Man
Pitfall Harry (Pitfall)
Pong
Quake
Resident Evil
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Space Invaders
StarCraft
Street Fighter II
Tetris
The Sims

John Carmack (Doom)
Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable)
Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!)
Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man)
Will Wright (Sim Series)