Alternate Roles for Well Known People.
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John Travolta - Chef Test Pilot of the United States Navy. A flying addict all of his life, he joined the USAF in 1973, gaining his first notoriety in battles over Vietnam and Korea. Transferred to the Navy to lead the F-14 program in 1978, he became known as the best pilot in the US military by the late 1980s. Became a USN Admiral in 1998, commanded Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman from 2000-2003, before becoming the chief test pilot of the USN.
Keith Olbermann - Commissioner of Major League Baseball. A life-long baseball man, Olbermann's playing skills weren't of MLB quality but his coaching ability was. Olbermann hit the big leagues as a third-base coach for the Baltimore Orioles in 1985, and since then rapidly rose through the ranks. Named the General Manager of the New York Yankees in 2002, he became acting commissioner in March 2005, after the disastrous 2004 MLB players' strike that caused his predecessor, Bud Selig, to resign in disgrace. Olbermann has been called the best commissioner of baseball in its history, because of his feverent attempts to rebuild baseball after the 2004 strike.
Keith Olbermann - Commissioner of Major League Baseball. A life-long baseball man, Olbermann's playing skills weren't of MLB quality but his coaching ability was. Olbermann hit the big leagues as a third-base coach for the Baltimore Orioles in 1985, and since then rapidly rose through the ranks. Named the General Manager of the New York Yankees in 2002, he became acting commissioner in March 2005, after the disastrous 2004 MLB players' strike that caused his predecessor, Bud Selig, to resign in disgrace. Olbermann has been called the best commissioner of baseball in its history, because of his feverent attempts to rebuild baseball after the 2004 strike.
Hồ Chí Minh: founder of the Uncle Ho's Bakery chain that started in New York City (Supposes he stayed a baker in New York.)
Mao Zedong: Prominent Chinese Buddhist scholar, advisor to Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen: prime minister of the Republic of China from 1910 until 1922
Chiang Kai-shek: prime minister of the Republic of China from 1933 until 1940
Ong Iok-tek: founder of the People's Republic of Taiwan (PRT) and premier from 1949 until 1971
Shih Ming-te premier of the PRT from 1971 until 1985 (OTL, "Taiwan's Nelson Mandela", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shih_Ming-teh)
Lin Yi-hsiung current premier of the PRT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yi-hsiung)
Mao Zedong: Prominent Chinese Buddhist scholar, advisor to Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen: prime minister of the Republic of China from 1910 until 1922
Chiang Kai-shek: prime minister of the Republic of China from 1933 until 1940
Ong Iok-tek: founder of the People's Republic of Taiwan (PRT) and premier from 1949 until 1971
Shih Ming-te premier of the PRT from 1971 until 1985 (OTL, "Taiwan's Nelson Mandela", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shih_Ming-teh)
Lin Yi-hsiung current premier of the PRT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yi-hsiung)
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Gustaf Mannerheim: Former Tsarist naval officer, military dictator of the Finnish Free State 1916-1937. Captured and executed in 1937 by soldiers of the Soviet Fift Army at Tampere during the Second Finno-Soviet War.
Larry Thorne: Internationally renowned author, famous in his adopted home country of CSA for his realistic, poetic depictions of modern, industrialised warfare. Two time recipient of the Samuel Langhorne Clemens Award, for The Soldier With No Name (1952) and Under The Red Star (1956).
Eino Rahja: Red Army Marshal and a Hero of the Soviet Union. One of the most successful military leaders of the Second World War, renowned for his leadership of the Carpathian Spring Campaign of 1946. Buried at the Cemetery of Heroes beside the Trotsky Mausoleum in Trotskygrad.
Larry Thorne: Internationally renowned author, famous in his adopted home country of CSA for his realistic, poetic depictions of modern, industrialised warfare. Two time recipient of the Samuel Langhorne Clemens Award, for The Soldier With No Name (1952) and Under The Red Star (1956).
Eino Rahja: Red Army Marshal and a Hero of the Soviet Union. One of the most successful military leaders of the Second World War, renowned for his leadership of the Carpathian Spring Campaign of 1946. Buried at the Cemetery of Heroes beside the Trotsky Mausoleum in Trotskygrad.
Charles "Buddy" Hardin Holley: popular musician and actor from the Republic of the Rio Grande and Pecos (OTL's Western Texas, Eastern New Mexico, and Coahuila), widely regarded as "the king of Rock 'n' Roll", died of a drug overdose in 1971
Elvis Aaron and Jesse Garon Presley: the Presley Brothers were a popular gospel duo in the CSA in the 1950s, died tragically in a plane crash in 1959
Bill Haley: front man for the Four Aces of Texas Swing, a popular Texas Swing Band in the 40s and 50s (stayed with OTL's Four Aces of Western Swing)
Big Joe Turner: one of the first "race music" muscians to crossover when Alan Freed popularised his "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Elvis Aaron and Jesse Garon Presley: the Presley Brothers were a popular gospel duo in the CSA in the 1950s, died tragically in a plane crash in 1959
Bill Haley: front man for the Four Aces of Texas Swing, a popular Texas Swing Band in the 40s and 50s (stayed with OTL's Four Aces of Western Swing)
Big Joe Turner: one of the first "race music" muscians to crossover when Alan Freed popularised his "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Alan Lomax: one of the top popular music producers in North America through most of the 20th Century, famous for The Crossroads music studio in the Mississippi Delta, well know from Robert Johnson's song "Crossroads Blues", detractors often called him Old Scratch and referred to signing a contract with Lomax as making a deal with the devil
Robert Johnson: one of the most famous and long lived Blues muscians of North America, died last year (2008)
Robert Johnson: one of the most famous and long lived Blues muscians of North America, died last year (2008)
Francisco Franco (1892 - 1952): President of the Republic of Spain (roughly, from the north eastern most part of the Portugese border along Valladolid and Zaragoza to Andorra; Usually refered to as 'North Spain' to avoid confusion with the People's Republic of Spain aka 'South Spain')
Vladimir Poutin: Though himself not a Cossack, General/Warlord/Terrorist/President of the Self-Proclaimed "Cossack nation" (claiming everything from the Rumanian border to the Caspian sea, effectively controlling bits and pieces in the Caucasus mountains)
Jorg 'Sturm' Haider: One of the main vocalists/band leaders of the "Avalange of Austrian Folk Metal" of the late 70s
Vladimir Poutin: Though himself not a Cossack, General/Warlord/Terrorist/President of the Self-Proclaimed "Cossack nation" (claiming everything from the Rumanian border to the Caspian sea, effectively controlling bits and pieces in the Caucasus mountains)
Jorg 'Sturm' Haider: One of the main vocalists/band leaders of the "Avalange of Austrian Folk Metal" of the late 70s
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Hồ Chí Minh: founder of the Uncle Ho's Bakery chain that started in New York City (Supposes he stayed a baker in New York.)
Mao Zedong: Prominent Chinese Buddhist scholar, advisor to Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen: president of the Republic of China from 1910 until 1920
Chiang Kai-shek: president of the Republic of China from 1930 until 1940
(Note - that gives the President of the ROC 10 year terms...
Ong Iok-tek: founder of the People's Republic of Taiwan (PRT) and premier from 1949 until 1971
Shih Ming-te premier of the PRT from 1971 until 1985 (OTL, "Taiwan's Nelson Mandela", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shih_Ming-teh)
Lin Yi-hsiung current premier of the PRT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yi-hsiung)
Perhaps these folks are Prime Minister's of China? I had already established the Chinese Empire surviving in the form of the Zhong Dynasty and credited it to Hendryk.
As for Taiwan, perhaps the allies do not restore it to China after the Pacific War?
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Here's what I've got for US & CS Presidents thus far
US Presidents
1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln
1913-1921 Theodore Roosevelt
1929-1937 Herbert Hoover
1937-1941 Al Smith
1941-1949 Winston Churchill
1949-1953 Harry Truman
1961-1969 John F Kennedy
1969-1977 Robert F Kennedy
1985-1993 Ted Kennedy
1993-2001 Olympia Snowe
CS Presidents
1861-1867 Jefferson Davis
1867-1873 Robert E. Lee
1921-1927 Carter Glass
This brings up a very good point, how can Stephen Colbert be President-elect of the Confederate States? The next scheduled election wouldn't be until 2011, therefore Colbert can not possibly be President-elect.
My suggestion, lets strike the previous entry for Colbert, it is too much like the other thread, and is not very realistic considering he is President-elect two years before the next election.
US Presidents
1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln
1913-1921 Theodore Roosevelt
1929-1937 Herbert Hoover
1937-1941 Al Smith
1941-1949 Winston Churchill
1949-1953 Harry Truman
1961-1969 John F Kennedy
1969-1977 Robert F Kennedy
1985-1993 Ted Kennedy
1993-2001 Olympia Snowe
CS Presidents
1861-1867 Jefferson Davis
1867-1873 Robert E. Lee
1921-1927 Carter Glass
This brings up a very good point, how can Stephen Colbert be President-elect of the Confederate States? The next scheduled election wouldn't be until 2011, therefore Colbert can not possibly be President-elect.
My suggestion, lets strike the previous entry for Colbert, it is too much like the other thread, and is not very realistic considering he is President-elect two years before the next election.
You forgot LBJ (1963-1969)
Here's some I wanted to do on the other but couldn't
James Longstreet- Former Confederate VP under President Lee and President of the Confederate States (1873-1879).
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson- Longstreet's Political Rival and President of the Confederate States (1879-1885).
Woodrow Wilson- President of the Confederate States (1917-1923).
John Edwards- Current President of the Confederate States of America.
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James Strom Thurmond President of the CSA 1951-1957
Lloyd Bentsen President of the CSA 1987-1993
Ann Richards first woman President of the CSA 1993-1999
will expaned latter
Lloyd Bentsen President of the CSA 1987-1993
Ann Richards first woman President of the CSA 1993-1999
will expaned latter
Howard Cohen (a/k/a Howard Cosell in OTL) - first Jewish governor of New York state (1964-70); US Supreme Court Justice from 1970-1995 (Cosell was a lawyer by training; this presupposes that he remains active in law and eventually enters politics. 1970 OTL was when Cosell started his Monday Night Football career and 1995 was when he died).
If you want a list of years for CS Presidential terms, here's what the "other thread" has.
http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Confederate_States_(Puget_Sound-1)
http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Confederate_States_(Puget_Sound-1)
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