[Misc] Famous people who were surprisingly good at another profession too

[£1.99]

Adolf Hitler politician and author.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Ronald Reagan - B Movie actor & POTUS

 

[£1.99]

Paul Weller, singer and window cleaner.

 

[Gritt23]

Jennifer Aniston. Beautiful actress and a quite incredible lap dancer too.

What do you mean? She said she was Jennifer, and I was only slightly drunk.

 

[The_Viper]

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson:

American Football player
One of the most well known pro wrestlers to ever live
Highest paid movie star right now
Could probably do comedy too
Author
Sporting equipment design

Brock Lesnar:

American Footballer
Pro Wrestler
World Champion for UFC
Movies and TV work

 

[marlowe]

Mike Tyson - Pigeon Racing

 

[marlowe]

Geena Davis - Accomplished archer. Made the U.S. Olympic Trials just before the 2000 Games in Sydney.

 

[marlowe]

Fidel Castro was almost a pro baseball pitcher.

Che Guevara : Qualified Doctor

 

[Juan Albion]

Has anyone mentioned the goalkeeping pope yet?

 

[METALMICKY]

A genuine polymath. I went to an evening with him, a year or so ago, where he was promoting and talking about his book. Hugely entertaining. He’s also very short, which surprised me.

Seriously needs to have one of his book shows in Brighton.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

There’s a current-ish crop of British/British based electronic musicians who have degrees, masters and PhDs. I’m not sure this fits the remit of the OP but I find it interesting.

Max Cooper - Ph.D. in computational biology from the University of Nottingham in 2008. Cooper held a brief post-doctoral position as a geneticist at University College London.
Sam Shepherd/Floating Points - PhD in neuroscience and epigenetics at University College London.
Dan Snaith/Caribou/Daphni - PhD in mathematics from Imperial College London.
Keiren Hebden- degree in maths and computer studies from Manchester University.

 

[vegster]

Adolf Hitler politician and author.

And Decorator too !

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Chris Hughton football manager and accomplished lift engineer.
(Feel free to say things like the lift only went up to certain levels etc)

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

They didn't run rings around me!

Unless you're Roland Willows or Andy Maidlow I am skeptical.

 

[Invicta]

C B Fry, sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher.

Sports wise Fry represented England at both cricket and football, played in an FA Cup Final for Southampton and equalled the world long jump record. He also played rugby for Oxford, Blackheath and the Barbarians and could have played for England. At Oxford, he won 12 blues and captained the university at cricket, soccer and athletics in the same year.

He was offered the vacant throne of Albania.

Born in Croydon, he stood for election in Brighton. Two Brighton & Hove buses (429 and 829) were named "C B Fry" in his honour.

Amazing bloke.

He also has a bar in the Gatwick Hilton!

 

[The Clamp]

Danny Trejo, poc marked actor, armed robber, drug dealer and U.S penitentiary welterweight Boxing Champion.
Famed in prison for his talent for kicking the shit out of people.
A role model, you could say.


Leslie Grantham
Actor and Murderer.

 

[The Rattler]

Danny Trejo, poc marked actor, armed robber, drug dealer and U.S penitentiary welterweight Boxing Champion.
Famed in prison for his talent for kicking the shit out of people.
A role model, you could say.


Leslie Grantham
Actor and Murderer.

Harold Shipman
Doctor and prolific murderer

 

[dangull]

George Foreman
Oldest heavyweight boxing champion (rumble in the jungle etc)
Religious preacher
Promoter of the famous fat reducing grill

 

[clapham_gull]

George Foreman
Oldest heavyweight boxing champion (rumble in the jungle etc)
Religious preacher
Promoter of the famous fat reducing grill

Angus Breville. Britain's first long jump champion and inventor of the sandwich toaster.

 

[clapham_gull]

Francis Bacon,

1st Viscount St Alban,
English philosopher.
Attorney General
Lord Chancellor of England.
Credited with developing the scientific method.