I've had Lyman from the beginning, I got Eugene through the campsite.. I got Boomer and Ren?e from people on Tumblr, but I got them myself originally.. I just got them back
Zell, my 8th villager and my favourite villager. Just after I found out about the reset method I forgot to try it and got him. ^_^
I was also lucky enough to start out with Bruce, who wasn't originally a dream villager just because back then I didn't know many of the new villagers. I realised he was in my top 10 later.
And I also had Marshal as a random camper luckily just after a villager left my town. Though he's not a definite dream villager for me and I'll let him go sometime but he's here to stay for now.
My favorite so far has been Beau. He's not a dreamie, but I let him in anyway, since I had been so excited (I like him) and completely forgot about Erik.
He will hopefully come in handy when I need Bells, though - that is, if anyone ever wants him!
I've had Tangy, Mint, Rudy, Nate and Lobo as starters before, and Ankha in the campsite (with no room for her to move in...). I think they've been my most popular starters. Groucho was my favourite starter on one of my towns but I love him <3