All three of them got shot at, though at three different degrees of seriousness (Ford not hit; Warhol hit but not killed; King killed), so I’m not sure that’s it.
:smack: I could’ve sworn Wilson didn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize. Well, you’re correct, then, but that wasn’t the commonality I had in mind: each was a commencement speaker at Oberlin College.
If it was Lenin instead of King, I’d say the connection was that all three survived being shot at by a woman. And Ford’s name originally was King. But I can’t get what connects all three.
Huh. My bad. Due to their long association with progressive causes (dating back to when they were a hotbed of Abolitionist activity) and their early lead in admitting blacks and women, I always thought they were Quaker. Thanks for fighting my ignorance.
The father was originally Michael King, and the son thus Michael King Jr. “Senior” changed the names to honor Martin Luther after the family toured Gerrmany in 1934.