Awesome lives

[sirio11]

The first name that comes to mind is Forrest Gump.

Also:
Ernesto "El Che" Guevara

Stephen Hawking

[sirtimo]

Eldrick has had a pretty cool life

[pokerbobo]

Along a different line... Hef has had a pretty interesting life, one most guys would love to have. Although never really a political figure... the attitude of his magazine changed the attitude of the country quite a bit.

Throw in the fact that he has nailed more smokin hot tail than most guys could even dream of... I think that quallies as an interesting life.

Sad to see him turn into a cartoon of himself with that horrible TV show.

[TheWorstPlayer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann

I like all the guys mentioned up to this point, and I'm interested in the fact that there is a wide range of people. But I always drawn to the unbelievably brilliant for some reason...

[cmoke]

I don't agree with Steven Hawking. Yeah it would be great to be so smart, but would it? If you are annoyed by idiots on a daily basis now (which many of you and me say we are) imagine being as smart as him. "What do you mean you don't understand the theory of relativity!!?!! Do I have to draw it in crayon?!?!

Also the whole being in a wheelchair for most of your life. If I could be anyone in the world, I def would choose someone who can at least walk. No, this answer is def wrong.

[sirio11]

Meh, the man was destined to live like 6 months (on his early 20's I think, I may be wrong), and now he's one of the great minds of the 20th century.

You can change him for Richard Feynman

[teddyFBI]

This is a little closer to home, and perhaps pales in comparison to some of the great human beings mentioned in this thread, but EDF's very own mazungu, Adsman , seems to have led one hell of a life. What I like about him, too, is that his adventures don't seem to have come from having been blessed with any abnormal skillset, like a sports star, or child prodigy...he just seems like a normal guy who lives by the seat of his pants, and casts himself into one adventure after another. Any one of his awesome stories are "once-in-a-lifetime"-type adventures, and yet he seems to jam in a few every month. Keep it up! (and keep writing about them here!)

[Shizzle12345]

this guy has a pretty interesting life, banging women, saving the world, driving fancy cars and shooting up bad guys.


on a more serious note, audie murphy would be a nomination. He is the most decorated soldier of WW2, and become a famous moviestar after the war:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001559/

[KJS]

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While I would hardly call him "awesome," Hitler's transformation from wannabe artist to war vet to vagrant to living embodiment of Germany is pretty fascinating.

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Almost anyone who rises from humble beginnings to great power can fall under whatever category Hitler is in (Mao, Stalin, et al). Castro went from minor league basesball player to El Presidente, but also not "awesome".

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There is no evidence that Castro ever played organized baseball at a high level, much less minor leagues, fyi.

KJS

[holland3r]

These are all okay, but I prefer real lives: