Seeing the 'cool' thread......

[rwsmith]

After seeing the thread on 'cool'. Who are the coolest real people in American History? People whose actual lives were cool, not just an author's writings or actors. I may not follow my own rules if someone was that cool:

George Washington
Teddie Roosevelt
Hemingway (ok, an author, but does anybody want to debate it)
Anybody that has flown in a rocket, including Chuck Yeager, who should have.

Eddie Rickenbacker
Howard Hughes
JFK
Boone and Crockett
Frederick Douglas
Benjamin Frankln
Audie Murphy

Care to contribute?

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[Kanewpadle]

This guy.

Fastest shooter EVER, Jerry Miculek- World record 8 shots in 1 second & 12 shot reload! HD - YouTube

 

[Pop's2]

Lewis & Clark .....they took an air rifle with them to impress the locals.


http://lewisandclarktrail.com/lewisairgun.htm

 

[feralmerril]

I always said you can tell a lot about a person if you find out who their heros are.

 

[amazingflapjack]

I've always been cool, but a lot of them weren't cool enough to recognize it.

 

[mc5aw]

TR was a true renaissance man, living life to the fullest. He's top of my list.

Next are the individuals who led interesting lives based on profession. Peter Hathaway Capstick is someone who I admire. Hemingway also. Some of the Old West's more (in)famous personalities qualify, as do modern day gunfighters/lawmen. Hard living and surviving danger based on one's skills and expertise is cool. I'll even add Robert Rogers to my list.

 

[arjay]

Eisenhower

 

[RonJ]

General Chuck Yeager.

After seeing A10s post I also have to add Chesty Puller.

 

[A10]

Fritz Freleng
Dean Martin
Don Garlitz
Carrol Shelby
Luciano Pavoratti
William Shakespeare

More I can't think of right now......

Gotta add "Chesty" Puller. One of the toughest SOBs that ever lived.

Adding Elmer Keith too, the father of the Magnum!

 

[boatme99]

RW, a few personal observations.
E. Hemingway blew his brains out. Not cool.
Little known are the facts that his father and his only brother also committed suicide.

JFK-he was the pretender to the throne.
Joe Jr. was supposed to be the pres., but that didn't work out.
Not cool.

FYI, I'm from Hyannis, Mass.

OK, rockets, you've got me.
I worked for one of the original Mercury astronauts for a few years.
Those men had balls! They were HERO'S!
Mods, banish me if you must, but it's the truth.

 

[shouldazagged]

Ben Franklin, maybe the coolest American political figure ever. Renaissance man--inventor, scientist, publisher, author, politician, diplomat, and a guy who really liked the ladies.

Thomas Jefferson

Dolly Madison

Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir, for conservation

Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, the founders of AA

George Marshal

Eleanor Roosevelt

Ernie Pyle and Bill Mauldin

Edward R. Murrow

Dwight Eisenhower

Stan Musial, Roberto Clemente and Cal Ripken Jr.

I could go on, but it's late.

 

[kozmic]

Chris Kyle
Charlton Heston
Ronald Reagan
Chuck Norris
Steve Prefontaine
Bobby Jones
Bob Hope
Elvis
Mother Teresa
Johnny Unitas
Pistol Pete Maravich
Thurman Munson
Elvis
Marlon Brando
Freddie Couples
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
George HW Bush
The Rat Pack
Vince Lombardi
Jim Valvano
Johnny Carson
Neil Diamond
Steve Irwin
Roy Orbison
Steve Jobs
Jerry Garcia
Pele
Lou Gehrig
Evil Knievel
Clint Eastwood

 

[boatme99]

To zaggds list..John Adams.

BTW, I dated a direct, documented descendant of his.
She was a bit, how shall I say, wack...craz...Oh, just fill in the blank.

She was extremely hot, though.

 

[Fishslayer]

Ben Franklin, maybe the coolest American political figure ever. Renaissance man--inventor, scientist, publisher, author, politician, diplomat, and a guy who really liked the ladies.

He was the first one who came to my mind.

Teddy R was cool.

 

[mc5aw]

I neglected to include my choice for coolest musician ...

James Marshall Hendrix.

 

[joeintexas]

Ronnie Reagan
FDR
Roger Staubach
All folks that stood up for their principals.
Barbera Mandrell just cause she was country when country wasn't cool.

 

[Pointblank2U]

 

[raisedin99]

By all means, Marcus Luttrell.

terry

 

[sheepdawg]

 

[islamoradamark]

Earnest Hemingway had alot of real adveturers

 

[rwsmith]

RW, a few personal observations.
E. Hemingway blew his brains out. Not cool.
Little known are the facts that his father and his only brother also committed suicide.


@@@ He was pretty cool BEFORE he blew his brains out. There were 5 (count 'em, five) suicides in his family over 4 generations.

JFK-he was the pretender to the throne.
Joe Jr. was supposed to be the pres., but that didn't work out.
Not cool.

@@@ No, he was in succession to the throne. People wore hats before JFK, but he didn't like hats so everybody stopped wearing hats. Everybody wanted to be like JFK. Like Clark Gable not wearing an undershirt. Fruit of the Loom about went under as a result of that.


FYI, I'm from Hyannis, Mass.

@@@ I'm impressed. I knew some folks from Nantucket and the Kennedy's weren't well liked among the social set there.

OK, rockets, you've got me.
I worked for one of the original Mercury astronauts for a few years.
Those men had balls! They were HERO'S!
Mods, banish me if you must, but it's the truth.

@@@ They sure were my heroes. I even collected their coins out of the potato chip bags. Maybe Yuri Gagarin was a commie but he was one cool commie with large cujones. And when you look at Neil Armstrong's footprints on the moon, there is a mysterious trench between the prints where something was dragging the ground.

oh, I gotta type something here.

 

[OLDNAVYMCPO]

Some of my personal heroes would include Bill Jordan, Skeeter Skelton, Jeff Cooper, Gunny Hathcock, Col. David Hackworth, Gen. Singlaub and every MOH recipient. All for different reasons and the list by no means complete.

 

[fideau]

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen


Oh yeah.
Steve McQueen

 

[Jinglebob]

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen


Oh yeah.
Steve McQueen

The King Of Cool!

 

[vytoland]

a few Lithuanian guys.......................

johnny unitas, dick butkus, charles bronson, bob dylan, my dad.......

 

[gaucho1]

Some........but not all........

 

[blujax01]

Actors play parts written for them in a script. They are empty vessels filled with someone else's cool. The dude who wrote for Steve McQueen was the one who was cool.

Musicians are not far behind. Sports guys? In a gladiator kind of way. Until they're worn out. Then they get tossed to the lions.

T.R. was an aristocrat who created the persona then used his considerable wealth to make it the truth.

I suppose if I had enough money, I could convince people that old, fat and balding was also cool. Wait, Alfred Hitchcock already did that...

 

[Biginge]

Lorenna Bobbitt. She had the coolest name for the works she was famous for!

 

[gaucho1]

Lorenna Bobbitt. She had the coolest name for the works she was famous for!

I wonder if she likes Snubbys?....................