# You get to come back as someone famous: who would you pick? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386 "2010-10-26T05:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [December 30, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/41 "2010-12-30T06:15:55Z")
Wasn’t it Wilt Chamberlain who screwed 10,000 women? ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/42 "2010-12-30T06:20:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Wasn’t it Wilt Chamberlain who screwed 10,000 women? Which famous one did you want to be? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/43 "2010-12-30T19:20:50Z")
Toss-up between Leonidas I and JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/44 "2010-12-30T19:45:38Z")
John Malkovich. c’mon. It took months for someone to say it? ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/45 "2010-12-30T20:59:36Z")
Augustus Ceasar ---
**Author:** ![Gianina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5ac83/32.png) [@Gianina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gianina)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/46 "2012-07-30T10:06:56Z")
If I could come back as someone famous it would have to be mariyn Monroe She was not only georgous but very dedicated to her life and funny Thanks gianina ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/47 "2012-07-30T10:34:29Z")
You’re welcome, Gianina. For those noting dates, it would be apropos to suggest coming back as Sweet Zombie Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/48 "2012-07-30T12:01:27Z")
Between when this thread was started and today, I bet some folks would change their minds if they had picked Joe Paterno 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/49 "2012-07-30T13:40:32Z")
Norman Borlaug ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/50 "2012-07-30T13:45:10Z")
Walt Disney ( I hate Disney Land but admire the man immensely) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386/51 "2012-07-30T17:44:21Z")
[I wanna be-a Sarah Pipilini.](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060628204236AAWU9rF) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-come-back-as-someone-famous-who-would-you-pick/558386.md?page=2)