Bakers Dozen

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rodgers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln
  3. Jesse James - Jesse James
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rogers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (TH)
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln (HF)
  3. Frank James - Jesse James (HF)
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day (HF)
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips (TH)
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully (TH)
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies (TH)
  8. Wyatt Earp - My Darling Clementine (HF)

Fixed spelling of Mr. Rogers’s name, and Fonda’s role for #3. Also added initials for each (although it will be obvious in most cases who played which roles).

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rogers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (TH)
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln (HF)
  3. Frank James - Jesse James (HF)
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day (HF)
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips (TH)
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully (TH)
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies (TH)
  8. Wyatt Earp - My Darling Clementine (HF)
  9. Charlie Wilson - Charlie Wilson’s War (TH)

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rogers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (TH)
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln (HF)
  3. Frank James - Jesse James (HF)
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day (HF)
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips (TH)
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully (TH)
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies (TH)
  8. Wyatt Earp - My Darling Clementine (HF)
  9. Charlie Wilson - Charlie Wilson’s War (TH)
  10. Jim Lovell - Apollo 13 (TH)

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rogers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (TH)
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln (HF)
  3. Frank James - Jesse James (HF)
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day (HF)
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips (TH)
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully (TH)
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies (TH)
  8. Wyatt Earp - My Darling Clementine (HF)
  9. Charlie Wilson - Charlie Wilson’s War (TH)
  10. Jim Lovell - Apollo 13 (TH)
  11. Walt Disney - Saving Mr. Banks (TH)

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rogers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (TH)
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln (HF)
  3. Frank James - Jesse James (HF)
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day (HF)
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips (TH)
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully (TH)
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies (TH)
  8. Wyatt Earp - My Darling Clementine (HF)
  9. Charlie Wilson - Charlie Wilson’s War (TH)
  10. Jim Lovell - Apollo 13 (TH)
  11. Walt Disney - Saving Mr. Banks (TH)
  12. Ben Bradlee - The Post (TH)

Real people that Tom Hanks or Henry Fonda have played in a movie

  1. Fred Rogers - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (TH)
  2. Abraham Lincoln - Young Mr. Lincoln (HF)
  3. Frank James - Jesse James (HF)
  4. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - The Longest Day (HF)
  5. Captain Phillips - Captain Phillips (TH)
  6. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger - Sully (TH)
  7. James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies (TH)
  8. Wyatt Earp - My Darling Clementine (HF)
  9. Charlie Wilson - Charlie Wilson’s War (TH)
  10. Jim Lovell - Apollo 13 (TH)
  11. Walt Disney - Saving Mr. Banks (TH)
  12. Ben Bradlee - The Post (TH)
  13. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz - In Harm’s Way (HF)

Next category:

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove

Does Daniels count? He played somebody who would eventually become the President but didn’t hold the office at any point when Daniels was playing him.

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks

Re: William Daniels - He also played John Quincy Adams in The Adams Chronicles (as President in at least one episode)

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
  8. John Ritter - Americathon

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
  8. John Ritter - Americathon
  9. Bob Newhart - First Family

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
  8. John Ritter - Americathon
  9. Bob Newhart - First Family
  10. Martin Sheen - The West Wing

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
  8. John Ritter - Americathon
  9. Bob Newhart - First Family
  10. Martin Sheen - The West Wing
  11. Kevin Kline - Dave

One of my all-time favorite political comedies.

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
  8. John Ritter - Americathon
  9. Bob Newhart - First Family
  10. Martin Sheen - The West Wing
  11. Kevin Kline - Dave
  12. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep

Actors who have played the President of the United States

  1. Henry Fonda - Fail Safe, Meteor
  2. William Daniels - 1776, The Adams Chronicles
  3. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
  4. Timothy Bottoms - That’s My Bush
  5. Jack Nicholson - Mars Attacks
  6. Dan Aykroyd - My Fellow Americans
  7. Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
  8. John Ritter - Americathon
  9. Bob Newhart - First Family
  10. Martin Sheen - The West Wing
  11. Kevin Kline - Dave
  12. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
  13. Bill Pullman - Independence Day

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Real people who inspired multiple popular-music songs:

  1. Patti Boyd - “Something”, The Beatles & “Layla”, Derek and The Dominos

Real people who inspired multiple popular-music songs:

  1. Patti Boyd - “Something”, The Beatles & “Layla”, Derek and The Dominos
  2. John Lennon - "“Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)” - Elton John, “Here Today” - Paul McCartney, “All Those Years Ago” - George Harrison.