Awesome lives

[PartyGirlUK]

Yesterday one of my favorite countrymen, Bill Deedes died. I think he had a pretty amazing life -- fought in a World War, served in parliament under Churchill, edited the Daily Telegraph, continued writing fkn good stuff until he died aged 94. You know that for at least the last 70 years of this guys life he was almost constantly involved in something interested and important and oftentimes new and exciting to him.

Who can you think of that fits this bracket? The less well known, the more interested I am in hearing about them (obviously any U.S President is going to by definition have a pretty interesting life)

Edit, another kickass life is that of Robert McNamara who is the subject of the documentary Fog of War.

[eviljeff]

Jesus had a pretty sweet life. He and his Apostles were the Shipithollaballas of the AD 20's.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

Arnold comes to mind.

[slickpoppa]

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Arnold comes to mind.

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Exactly what I thinking. He has reached the pinnacle of success in three very different areas. He's considered the Babe Ruth of bodybuilding, became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood despite his thick accent, and since he's ineligible to be president, being governor of the largest state is pretty much the best he could do in politics.

[WhoIam]

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Arnold comes to mind.

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This is what I was going to say. Just to expand on this, when he was a teen he had essentially a religious vision telling him to become a bodybuilder. He became the greatest (at that point, maybe still?) bodybuilder of all time, then an unlikely Hollywood superstar, and finally a major political figure.

[tubasteve]

i saw this guy on real sports a few weeks ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph...ykeham_Fiennes

he's amazing. basically a british explorer that has done some ridiculous [censored] and should've died like 30 years ago.

here's a decent summary taken from http://www.nyt.co.uk/sir.htm:

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"LOOK FOR A BRAVE SPIRIT" is the Fiennes family motto - and a thousand years of courageous and resourceful ancestors, traceable directly to Charlemagne, live on in Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Born in England in 1944 and brought up in Africa, he followed his father’s path into the Scots Greys before joining the elite SAS regiment. He was then the youngest captain in the British Army but was dismissed for blowing up the film set of Doctor Doolittle. After 2 years with the Sultan of Oman’s forces, he began a series of expeditions.

Up the White Nile in a hovercraft; parachuting onto Europe’s highest glacier; forcing his way up 4,000 miles of the mightiest rivers of Canada and Alaska; trekking on foot and unsupported to the North Pole and the great Transglobe expedition in which Fiennes and his companion Charles Burton became the first men in history to reach both Poles.

He was the Personal Representative (Europe) of Doctor Armand Hammer, Chairman of Occidental Oil, from 1984-1992.

In 1993, the Queen awarded him the OBE for human endeavour and charitable services. His expeditions to date have raised over £5 million for charity.

He has published 12 books including The Feather Men, which was the UK and Commonwealth Number One Bestseller as well as Mind Over Matter and Living Dangerously - both of which are available to clients as personalised gifts at business conferences.

In November 2003, Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud completed an incredible seven marathons in seven days: a global adventure that began in the wilds of South America and finished in New York's concrete jungle.

In March, 2007, despite former frostbite injuries, limited climbing experience and a fear of heights, at the age of 63, Ran successfully climbed the North Face of the Eiger to raise money for the Marie Curie cancer charity after losing his wife, mother and sister to the disease over an 18-month period.

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also salman rushdie is pretty sweet, and whether you agree with his politics or not, ralph nader has led a very interesting life.

[shylock1]

Robert Young Pelton is a guy that really been through a lot of crazy stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Young_Pelton

[inferno]

"fought in a World War"

I dont think this is a recepy to an awesome live

[The DaveR]

McNamara had an interesting life, sure, but I wouldn't call it awesome.

[yteba]

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Robert Young Pelton is a guy that really been through a lot of crazy stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Young_Pelton

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Thats a pretty small time guy to bring up.
Your father mayby?