No wait!!! Your opinions on the things you do know, and have thought about, are always valuable and welcome. I just think that any statement about who is the most important "x" doesn't make a lot of sense if you don't know who the other most famous and influential "x"s are... whether we're talking about philosophers, scientists, writers, or anything.

I'm unfamiliar with Kripke... can you give some (brief) thoughts on why he's the most important and some suggestions for an entry point into his work?

No offense... but if you've never even heard if Hegel it's hard to take your opinions on the relative importance of philosophers very seriously.