All of my contributions to date:
Christopher Latore Wallace - Bestselling American author, known for his gritty, hard-hitting portrayals of growing up and living in inner-city New York in his semi-autobiographical novels The Cocaine Diaries and the Pulitzer-winning Notorious. A collection of poetry by Wallace dealing with many of the same themes, ironically entitled Life After Death, was ultimately published posthumously after Wallace's death in a drive-by shooting in Harlem.
Werner von Braun - Famed German rocket-scientist, pioneer of the Reich space program. Often personally attributed with winning the space race for the Reich and putting the first man on the moon in 1967.
Ito Hirobumi - Japanese Statesman, called the "Bismark of the East", held the office of Prime Minister five times before retiring from political life in 1916. Famed for averting war by mediating a peaceful settlement during the Russo-American Crisis of 1907 and for the controversial open letter released on his death in 1920 calling for greater Korean autonomy and a less heavy-handed colonial policy.
Kim il-Sung - First President of the Republic of Korea. Fought against the Japanese occupation in the uprisings of 1943 and 1952, the latter of which achieved independence for the northern half of the peninsula, forming the Republic of Korea. He later led the RoK during its ultimately unsucessful war against the Japanese-created Kingdom of Korea in the south from 1957-1960, supported by American military advisors (a conflict often referred to as the Korean War in the U.S., despite its limited involvement).
Junichiro Koizumi - Current Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan. First served in the office from 2000-2005, and began his second term in 2007. Former governor of Karafuto and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is popular abroad for his policies of reapproachment and reconciliation with the Soviet Union and the United States, which he began as Foreign Minister. Concerns remain, however, over his adamant support for the Kingdom of Korea and its "One Korea Policy".
Heinrich Himmler - Leader of the unsuccessful 1933 Totenkoph Putsch. Arrested and imprisoned for his involvement, he was later released during WWII in exchange for military service. Killed in action in 1945 at the Second Battle of Tannenburg, he was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross.
Chiang Kaishek - Infamous Shanghai gangster and Overboss of the Green Gang. The influence wielded by Chiang was immense, such that, while his underworld connections were widely known, he was never convicted of any crime, despite several arrests. Ran for mayor of Shanghai in 1931, a bid which while unsuccessful was only lost by a narrow margin. Despite this, Chiang would not to run again, but would still back numerous successful bids by other candidates throughout his career. At the height of his power, it was said that even the Emperor once remarked that Shanghai would be better called "Chianghai".
A crack team of Shanghai police inspectors and Imperial agents, nicknamed the "Gang of Four", waged arguably the most successful campaign against Chiang's criminal empire. Although the Gang ultimately failed to topple Chiang himself, they managed to put away the majority of his liutenants and dismantle many of his enterprises, after which point Chiang's influence began to noticeably wane.
Chiang died of heart attack in his lavish Shanghai residence in 1963. The tale of his rise to power and criminal empire was later fictionalized and told in a series of award-winning films, as were the exploits of the Gang of Four.
Zhang Yimou - Internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker. Perhaps most well-known for his two part opus, The Godfather, which chronicled the life and times of infamous Shanghai crime-lord, Chiang Kaishek. Less renowned but equally acclaimed has been his cult hit Gang of Four, which told the story of the titular group's battle against Chiang's criminal empire, and which tied in loosely with his previous two films concerning Chiang's career.
Zhang has also recieved great international exposure in recent years due to the success of his sweeping martial-arts epic Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin, based on the popular novel of the same name. Rumors currently circulate that Zhang is planning to direct a sequel to this film in the near future, under the working title of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Richard Nixon - Conservative political commentator and prominent conspiracy theorist. Well known for his long-running radio program "Midnight with Tricky Dick", from which he acquired he now-famous nickname. Holds a somewhat dubious reputation for several prominently expressed conspiracy theories, particularly involving backroom politics and government surveillance. Nixon was shockingly vindicated in one instance, however, when documents surfaced in the latter 1980's confirming many of Nixon's long-espoused suspicions regarding the Franklin Square Affair and its connections to the camp of then-President Robert Kennedy.
Christopher Eccleston - British stage, television, and film actor. Most well known for his roles in such works as Twenty-Eight Days of the Dead (acclaimed remake of the classic horror film), The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (historical drama about the famed British spy-ring), and for reviving the role of The Master on the BBC's revival of Doctor Who opposite Richard E. Grant.
Hunter Thompson - Journalist, writer, and Confederate politician. Gained success and popularity as an uncompromising journalist in tumultuous racially-charged Confederate San Juan, experiences he would later further recount in his acclaimed memoir, Kingdom of Fear and Loathing. Pursued a brief career in radio as an iconoclastic announcer and DJ, most prominently in his satirical in-character program The Duke and Gonzo Show. Long at odds with the Confederate government over his numerous and vitriolic criticisms of policy, Thompson claimed to have been a frequent target of intimidation by Confederate agents, including (alleged by Thompson) at least one assassination attempt.
Thompson's victory in his campaign for a local Florida sheriff office came as an incredible surprise at least as much to Thompson as to anyone else. Against his original intentions, Thompson chose to continue his political career, eventually becoming elected to the Florida state senate and ultimately to the Confederate House of Representatives, where he would become a champion of the Confederate reform-movement of the 1980's.
Park Chung-hee - First Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Korea. Assumed the position on appointment by King Yeong in 1954. Although officially resigning from the Imperial Japanese Army, Park retained many close ties with the IJA and came under frequent criticism by those who veiwed him as the front man of the Japanese military in Korea. Considered to be the effective power behind the throne of the weak and frequently ailing King Yeong, Park frequently exerted near-dictatorial powers over the KoK, infamously quashing protests against his regime, the monarchy, and the Japanese Empire, whom many accused of continuing their occupation of the peninsula by proxy. The antipathy between Park and Republican President Kim Il-Sung became legendary during the long and simmering conflict between the two Korean states, culminating in the later's assassination in 1975, allegedly on the orders of Park. Park's victory was however short-lived, as he succumbed to a stroke in 1976 and was forced to retire from public life, convalescing in Japan where he died the next year.
Christopher Latore Wallace - Bestselling American author, known for his gritty, hard-hitting portrayals of growing up and living in inner-city New York in his semi-autobiographical novels The Cocaine Diaries and the Pulitzer-winning Notorious. A collection of poetry by Wallace dealing with many of the same themes, ironically entitled Life After Death, was ultimately published posthumously after Wallace's death in a drive-by shooting in Harlem.
Werner von Braun - Famed German rocket-scientist, pioneer of the Reich space program. Often personally attributed with winning the space race for the Reich and putting the first man on the moon in 1967.
Ito Hirobumi - Japanese Statesman, called the "Bismark of the East", held the office of Prime Minister five times before retiring from political life in 1916. Famed for averting war by mediating a peaceful settlement during the Russo-American Crisis of 1907 and for the controversial open letter released on his death in 1920 calling for greater Korean autonomy and a less heavy-handed colonial policy.
Kim il-Sung - First President of the Republic of Korea. Fought against the Japanese occupation in the uprisings of 1943 and 1952, the latter of which achieved independence for the northern half of the peninsula, forming the Republic of Korea. He later led the RoK during its ultimately unsucessful war against the Japanese-created Kingdom of Korea in the south from 1957-1960, supported by American military advisors (a conflict often referred to as the Korean War in the U.S., despite its limited involvement).
Junichiro Koizumi - Current Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan. First served in the office from 2000-2005, and began his second term in 2007. Former governor of Karafuto and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is popular abroad for his policies of reapproachment and reconciliation with the Soviet Union and the United States, which he began as Foreign Minister. Concerns remain, however, over his adamant support for the Kingdom of Korea and its "One Korea Policy".
Heinrich Himmler - Leader of the unsuccessful 1933 Totenkoph Putsch. Arrested and imprisoned for his involvement, he was later released during WWII in exchange for military service. Killed in action in 1945 at the Second Battle of Tannenburg, he was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross.
Chiang Kaishek - Infamous Shanghai gangster and Overboss of the Green Gang. The influence wielded by Chiang was immense, such that, while his underworld connections were widely known, he was never convicted of any crime, despite several arrests. Ran for mayor of Shanghai in 1931, a bid which while unsuccessful was only lost by a narrow margin. Despite this, Chiang would not to run again, but would still back numerous successful bids by other candidates throughout his career. At the height of his power, it was said that even the Emperor once remarked that Shanghai would be better called "Chianghai".
A crack team of Shanghai police inspectors and Imperial agents, nicknamed the "Gang of Four", waged arguably the most successful campaign against Chiang's criminal empire. Although the Gang ultimately failed to topple Chiang himself, they managed to put away the majority of his liutenants and dismantle many of his enterprises, after which point Chiang's influence began to noticeably wane.
Chiang died of heart attack in his lavish Shanghai residence in 1963. The tale of his rise to power and criminal empire was later fictionalized and told in a series of award-winning films, as were the exploits of the Gang of Four.
Zhang Yimou - Internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker. Perhaps most well-known for his two part opus, The Godfather, which chronicled the life and times of infamous Shanghai crime-lord, Chiang Kaishek. Less renowned but equally acclaimed has been his cult hit Gang of Four, which told the story of the titular group's battle against Chiang's criminal empire, and which tied in loosely with his previous two films concerning Chiang's career.
Zhang has also recieved great international exposure in recent years due to the success of his sweeping martial-arts epic Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin, based on the popular novel of the same name. Rumors currently circulate that Zhang is planning to direct a sequel to this film in the near future, under the working title of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Richard Nixon - Conservative political commentator and prominent conspiracy theorist. Well known for his long-running radio program "Midnight with Tricky Dick", from which he acquired he now-famous nickname. Holds a somewhat dubious reputation for several prominently expressed conspiracy theories, particularly involving backroom politics and government surveillance. Nixon was shockingly vindicated in one instance, however, when documents surfaced in the latter 1980's confirming many of Nixon's long-espoused suspicions regarding the Franklin Square Affair and its connections to the camp of then-President Robert Kennedy.
Christopher Eccleston - British stage, television, and film actor. Most well known for his roles in such works as Twenty-Eight Days of the Dead (acclaimed remake of the classic horror film), The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (historical drama about the famed British spy-ring), and for reviving the role of The Master on the BBC's revival of Doctor Who opposite Richard E. Grant.
Hunter Thompson - Journalist, writer, and Confederate politician. Gained success and popularity as an uncompromising journalist in tumultuous racially-charged Confederate San Juan, experiences he would later further recount in his acclaimed memoir, Kingdom of Fear and Loathing. Pursued a brief career in radio as an iconoclastic announcer and DJ, most prominently in his satirical in-character program The Duke and Gonzo Show. Long at odds with the Confederate government over his numerous and vitriolic criticisms of policy, Thompson claimed to have been a frequent target of intimidation by Confederate agents, including (alleged by Thompson) at least one assassination attempt.
Thompson's victory in his campaign for a local Florida sheriff office came as an incredible surprise at least as much to Thompson as to anyone else. Against his original intentions, Thompson chose to continue his political career, eventually becoming elected to the Florida state senate and ultimately to the Confederate House of Representatives, where he would become a champion of the Confederate reform-movement of the 1980's.
Park Chung-hee - First Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Korea. Assumed the position on appointment by King Yeong in 1954. Although officially resigning from the Imperial Japanese Army, Park retained many close ties with the IJA and came under frequent criticism by those who veiwed him as the front man of the Japanese military in Korea. Considered to be the effective power behind the throne of the weak and frequently ailing King Yeong, Park frequently exerted near-dictatorial powers over the KoK, infamously quashing protests against his regime, the monarchy, and the Japanese Empire, whom many accused of continuing their occupation of the peninsula by proxy. The antipathy between Park and Republican President Kim Il-Sung became legendary during the long and simmering conflict between the two Korean states, culminating in the later's assassination in 1975, allegedly on the orders of Park. Park's victory was however short-lived, as he succumbed to a stroke in 1976 and was forced to retire from public life, convalescing in Japan where he died the next year.