Favorite Drummer
There are just so many great and different styles. Nearly impossible to point at one guy and say, "hes the best!"
That holds true for most any musical instrument. Drum wise, there are those like Bonzo, Mitch Mitchell, Moon, Charlie Watts, Ginger, Ringo and Neil Peart who were in highly visible, benchmark creating bands but they have their off night/clunker tunes as well.
Despite that, the reasons we site so many of the older classic rock/jazz drummers is that compared to nowadays, regardless of whether they were self taught or not, they had the rudiments down. There are quite a few modern drummers that shine but a lot of them can't even do a proper drum roll.
Other noteworthy drummers:
Bill Bruford - Yes, King Crimson
Terry Bozzio
Simon Phillips
Richie Hayward - Little Feat
Vinnie Colaiuta
Hal Blaine
The Funk Brothers - Motown drummers Uriel Jones, Benny Benjamin and Pistol Allen (along with jazzers Krupa, Buddy Rich and Sonny Payne, the motown stuff made a huge impression on John Bonham)
Al Jackson Jr. - Booker T and the MG's, Stax records
Jim Keltner
Jazzers Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Billy Cobham, Philly Joe Jones.
Doug Clifford - CCR