# Who is actually The Most Interesting Man in the World? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611 "2016-08-03T04:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/1 "2016-08-03T04:24:01Z")
That guy in those Dos Equis commercials? Actor. Who is _really_ **The Most Interesting Man in the World**? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/2 "2016-08-03T04:31:17Z")
[Johnathan Goldsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World) A guy at the bar I frequent says he met him at some party and says he talks like the “whitest of white guys”, what ever that means to said Guy-At-Bar… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/3 "2016-08-03T04:34:39Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > That guy in those Dos Equis commercials? Actor. > > Who is _really_ **The Most Interesting Man in the World**? What makes you think he was an actor? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/4 "2016-08-03T04:55:07Z")
There are a bunch of them although it usually takes a long time for their stories to get out. [Ernest Shackleton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton), [Simo Häyhä (the White Death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4) and [Audie Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy) come to mind as fairly recent historical example although they are all dead now. They were all so bad-ass that their real stories would seem contrived if you made them into a movie (ironically, Audie Murphy became a movie star after his service and military awards). For living people, I had a friend that ran into Tim Berners-Lee in a local bar in Boston. My friend was young and dumb and didn’t know much about computers (this was the late 1990’s) yet they had a great time drinking together. It wasn’t until someone recognized him that he even had the slightest clue that his new buddy was somebody notable. He told me about it and asked me if I ever heard of of him and my only reaction was :eek: It is pretty impressive to get drunk with the person that invented the web and they don’t even mention it until asked. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/5 "2016-08-03T05:15:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What makes you think he was an actor? > > 😃 I heard he once auditioned for a part in a movie, and the production had to shut itself down when they realized the movie they were making wasn’t good enough for him. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/6 "2016-08-03T11:59:15Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > There are a bunch of them although it usually takes a long time for their stories to get out. [Ernest Shackleton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton), > [Simo Häyhä (the White Death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4) and [Audie Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy) come to mind as fairly recent historical example although they are all dead now. Ranulph Fiennes is as interesting as the come, and still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/7 "2016-08-03T12:49:41Z")
In one of his books, Martin Gardner pointed out that somewhere exists the Least Interesting Person In the World, who, if discovered, would instantly become the Most Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/8 "2016-08-03T12:56:15Z")
Wab Kinew ( Of course it’s subjective! But right now, for me, in my world, this is my choice. He’s a very intriguing guy! ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/9 "2016-08-03T13:17:54Z")
Only one guy on the planet served in combat before earning a doctorate before walking on the moon, and two-fisted author Buzz Aldrin has stories to tell. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/10 "2016-08-03T13:24:40Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Wab Kinew Let me know if he is ever interviewed by Rex Murphy, the other most interesting man in the world. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/11 "2016-08-03T13:44:34Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > In one of his books, Martin Gardner pointed out that somewhere exists the Least Interesting Person In the World, who, if discovered, would instantly become the Most Interesting. Arlo Guthrie had a song about the Least Interesting Person In the World: Y’know how, when you’re down, somebody will tell you, “You ain’t got it so bad; just look at _that_ guy.” And it makes you feel better that there’s somebody that’s got it worse than you. And then somebody else will tell \*that \*guy the same thing about some other guy. Eventually, you get to the Last Guy. \* Nobody \*has it worse than the Last Guy. What’s more, nobody even cares. If someone points him out, people will just say, “Eh, its the Last Guy. Screw him.” (This was the intro to [The Pause of Mr. Claus](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiu__rqr6XOAhVBPD4KHZiRAl8QyCkIITAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D17gKw_j6Qq0&usg=AFQjCNHsfn7SHoDqeH_dCH4HNa8cJiRKew&sig2=HSIl_yKrqm5SRuvZ3f5yaw).) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/12 "2016-08-03T13:54:08Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Only one guy on the planet served in combat before earning a doctorate before walking on the moon, and two-fisted author Buzz Aldrin has stories to tell. You mean **The Buzz Aldrin** , right? There’s a story about Armstrong talking with a well-traveled couple and pressing them endlessly for details about their visits to far corners of the world. They, of course, kept pressing him for details about the moon. When they asked why he kept asking about their travels, he said, “because I’ve never been anywhere BUT the moon!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/13 "2016-08-03T14:22:53Z")
Donald Trump is interesting in a similar way that anthrax is interesting – from a distance, wearing protective gear. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/14 "2016-08-03T16:19:47Z")
[Pete Goss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Goss) is pretty damn interesting. He has circumnavigated the globe solo in a sailboat multiple times. During the 1996 Vendée Globe solo around the world yacht race he barely made it through a hurricane when he learned that fellow racer Raphaël Dinelli had abandoned his ship. Goss came about and headed back into the storm, eventually somehow finding and saving Dinelli. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/15 "2016-08-03T16:43:01Z")
Kim il sung is, at least according to the people afraid of being sent to a concentration camp he is. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/16 "2016-08-03T16:48:51Z")
Boxed the Dalai Lama, check. Oldest man to go to the North Pole on foot, check. Performed on a power metal track, check. Hunts yetis, check. Three Everest attempts, check. Acted on stage, TV and in movies, check. Arguably the world’s shoutiest man, check. Ladies and gents, may I present Mr Brian Blessed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/17 "2016-08-03T17:12:59Z")
Champion powerlifter who spent a week in a military prison after going AWOL to win a bodybuilding contest; went on to become a seven-time Mr. Olympia before becoming the biggest movie star in the world; twice elected Governor of California as America’s most famous immigrant. What, like I have to say it? I’m not going to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/18 "2016-08-03T18:18:31Z")
Cecil Adams. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/19 "2016-08-03T18:37:26Z")
I read a biography of Robert Ripley (the “Believe-it-or-not” guy) and his life seemed pretty darn interesting! His childhood was interesting, as was his rise to fame, then all of his travels and even the time he spent at home. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611/20 "2016-08-03T19:54:23Z")
Peter Lake. [Here’s his bio on IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482180/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm). Highlights include: parachuting into the Andes to find lost Incan cities, working on the movie “The Deep”, producing music videos and commercials for Donna Summer, Kiss, Village People and Parliament-Funkadelics, and infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan to expose them to the authorities. Not mentioned in the article, but also among his exploits, he arranged the purchase of several dozen South American slaves for the express purpose of granting them their freedom. He’s an amazing, amazing guy, and a friend of mine. He’s without a doubt the most interesting person I’ve ever met, and very possibly the most interesting man alive. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-actually-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/761611.md?page=2)