Only applies to real people. No fictional ones. (Sorry Stirner) 
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The simple answer is "as many people as possible", but I kinda want to say that my foremost priority would be my own relatives. Five names off the top of my head and a family tree is plenty to start with: I get curious about how I'd feel about my deceased relatives if they were alive today, and I wonder about which of my memories of deceased relatives have been completely garbled over the years; and I wonder what the relatives I never met were really like, or what my family history truly is "in its own words".
I'm also definitely bringing back Benjamin Lay, Bugonaygeshig (from the Battle of Sugar Point), Ozaawindib, Mons Somby and Aslak Hætta, all the Dakota 38, and basically everyone else mentioned in this thread, plus any other famous socialists, folk heroes, genocide victims, ancient historical figures etc I can think of (I certainly could go all day, but I'd like to give others a chance to mention some of the other people I'm thinking of)
Maybe the dead children at the local cemetery, too, if it can be guaranteed that they won't die again until they reach old age. I'd like to revive Vincent van Gogh just to reenact that one scene in that one Doctor Who episode, too.