On C.S. Lewis: Chesterton's The Everlasting Man, an apologetic book, played a key role in the conversion of C.S. Lewis. Lewis wrote in Suprised by Joy "Then I read Chesterton's Everlasting Man and for the first time saw the whole Christian outline of history set out in a form that seemed to me to make sense . . . I already thought Chesterton the most sensible man alive 'apart from his Christianity'. Now, I veritably believe, I thought that Christianity itself was very sensible 'apart from its Christianity.'"
On Tolkien: Tolkien talks about Chesterton's influence on his formulation and conception of nature, supernature, and mythology.
On Mohandas Gandhi: In 1909 Mohandas Gandhi read one of Chesterton's news columns and was deeply affected by it, translated it into Gujarati, and wrote a Hind Swaraj based on it that gave a shape to Indian national self-determination.
On Martin Luther King, Jr.: Often quoted or paraphrased many authors, one often being Chesterton.
On Alfred Hitchcock: He read"A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls" and "A Defence of Detective stories" as an adolescent which would later provide him with ideas for the formation of his own style and vision when he was an apprentice filmmaker.
On Ernest Hemingway: In his short story "The Three-Day Blow" featured characters talking about how they wished that they could meet Chesterton, wishing he was there with them now.
And there are many, many more that can be found at http://augustine.livejournal.com/7853.html where I found most of the information.
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