====== Points of Divergence : Famous People ======

Points of divergence concerning famous historical personalities. 

Listed by historical period, usually with a separate subpage for each personality. 

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==== Antiquity ====

**[[pods:Alexander the Great]]**

**[[pods:Julius Caesar]]**

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==== The Middle Ages and Early Modern Era ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=31762|Seljuk is never born]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265269|Challenge: Jeanne d'Arc lives at least two more decades]]**

**[[pods:The Habsburgs]]**

**[[pods:Capetian and Valois dynasties]]**

**[[pods:Anjou dynasties]]**

**[[pods:House of Trastamara]]**

**[[pods:Henry VIII]]**

**[[pods:Oliver Cromwell]]**

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==== 18th and 19th century ====

**[[pods:The Habsburgs]]**

**[[pods:The Bourbons]]**

**[[pods:James Cook]]**

**[[pods:Napoleon Bonaparte]]**

**[[pods:Napoleonic dynasties]]**

**[[pods:Michael Faraday]]**

**[[pods:Karl Marx]]**

**[[pods:Queen Victoria]]**

**[[pods:Cecil Rhodes]]**

**[[pods:Otto von Bismarck]]**

**[[pods:Friedrich III of Germany]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=22822|WI a different George V. ?]]**

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==== The 20th century ====

**[[pods:The Habsburgs]]**

**[[pods:Yuan Shikai]]**

**[[pods:Nicholas II of Russia]]**

**[[pods:Wilhelm II]]**

**[[pods:Winston Churchill]]**

**[[pods:Adolf Hitler]]**

**[[pods:Joseph Stalin]]**

**[[pods:United States Presidents]]**

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==== General musings ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=204080|Weirdest possible royal houses ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=112883|Alternate roles for well-known people]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=110073|List of famous people in ATL]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=109543|Famous people in alternate realities]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=110073|List of famous people in alternate timelines]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266086|People Who Could Have Died]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=177539|The one millionth "People from alternate universes" thread]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262420|Historical rulers that might have undertaken random faraway conquests]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=24462|Plausibility check: Big changes to medieval ruling families]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226768|10 Greatest Political Strategists and Manipulators Pre-1900]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=307020|Greatest military commanders the world never had]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268314|List of alternate monarchs I]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220736|List of alternate monarchs II]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=334892|List of alternate monarchs III]]**

**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=167105|List of alternate popes and kings I]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=175962|List of alternate popes and kings II]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=205227|Pope names]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=347404|The monarchs that could have been]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=301004|Native dynasties in the Balkans]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=348201|Challenge: Royal marriages between East Asian states]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=300534|Alternate commanders]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270882|Lifespan-wanks of famous personalities]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=221560|Life expectancy for famous people who died early ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271956|People that suffered in OTL that you don't want to suffer in your TLs]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=300077|If you could eliminate one person at any given time in the last century, who would it be ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=21271|So, how are your analogues ?]]**

Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. 

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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:political movements|Points of Divergence : Political Movements]]**

**[[resources:famous historical personalities|Useful Resources about Famous Historical Personalities]]**

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