What if they didnt get into politics?

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Kim Il-sung: Presbyterian clergyman.
Rick Santorum: corporate lawyer moonlighting as an indie film maker
Fidel Castro: lawyer
Joseph Goebbels: novelist and academic
Hermann Goering: pilot for Reichspost
 
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Gorrister

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Anthony Barber - Bank clerk and later CEO of Barber's Treats, a sweets company with branches in Yorkshire and Nottingham, which expanded into Ireland and France after Barber's death in 2002.
Edward Balls - Principal of Nottingham High School and occasional dance teacher. Keen violin player and supporter of Nottingham F.C.
Gerry Adams - Civil rights activist and owner of a bar in Ardoyne. Likes his Teddy Bears.
Nicola Sturgeon - Teacher at a school in Shettleston and CND supporter.
Kezia Dugdale - Law professor at the University of Aberdeen.
 
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Charles Kennedy - Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, Journalist for BBC Scotland, or Priest in the Roman Catholic Church.
 
Artaxerxes

Artaxerxes

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Jeremy Corbyn: Prize Marrow Winner of Islington 23 years running and president of the naked ramblers association.

Theresa May: Headmistress of a private school.

David Cameron: Exec board of various companies and CEO of a major British Pork retailer.
 

Accurateworldwar

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Reverend James Earl Carter: Prominent Georgian reverend. Ran the Carter Church in Athens, Georgia from 1959 to 2007, when his health deteriorated. The Carter Church is now run by the son of Rev. Carter, Rev. John William Carter. Reverend J. Earl Carter also runs the Carter Center, a Christian philanthropic organization dedicated to ending world hunger.

Actor Ronald Reagan: Actor. Starred in films from the 1930s until retiring in the late 1990s after a diagnosis of Alzheimers. His most prominent role is as Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, made in 1968.

Businessman George H.W. ¨Georgie¨ Bush: A prominent Texan oil businessman. Elicits controversy from many of his business practices, and is one of the wealthiest men in America, and a prominent donor to Republican Party races.

Lawyer Bill Clinton: A prominent lawyer from Littler Rock. Gained speculation of an appointment as US Attorney General in 1987, but was ultimately passed over. Clinton presided over the corruption scandal in the defense of Chicago lawyer Hillary Rodham.

MLB Commissioner George W. Bush: Baseball Commissioner. Decided not to follow the footsteps of his father in the oil industry, and instead went into baseball.

Comedian Barack ¨Barry¨ Obama: Moved to Chicago intending to be a lawyer, but was instead drawn to comedy. A performance in a Chicago nightclub went viral in 2001, and Obama went on to make comedy performances around the world and even performed at the White House. Obama now hosts The Late Show with Barry Obama, taking over for retiring David Letterman.
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Wall Street banker Franklin Roosevelt: A prominent figure on Wall Street, Roosevelt worked in Wall Street for his entire life, dedicating himself to his job. He has an infamous reputation for sparring with President Frank Sinatra in the 1960s shortly before he died in 1968.

Farmer Harry Truman: A rural farmer, he moved to the countryside in Missouri and lived a quiet life as a farmer and rancher.

General Dwight Eisenhower: Eisenhower became a famous general in the Army, and commanded the war effort in Europe against the Nazis led by Heinrich Himmler.

Adult Film Star John "Jonnie" Kennedy: After serving in World War II, Jonnie Kennedy found his way into the pornographic industry, starring in several adult magazines and films. He was assassinated in 1963 by Reverend Lee Harvey Oswald, who proclaimed that his "immorality" was corrupting the youth.

Teacher Lyndon B. Johnson: Johnson went into teaching at a Dallas public school, teaching math for many years before retiring in 1970. He was known as a very strict teacher by his peers.
 
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Nigel Farage - City trader-turned TV personality and standup comedian, best known for his persona of 'Swivel Eyed Loon', a beer-drinking, politically incorrect local councilor for the fictional town of 'Bigotton-on-Thames'. Makes regular appearances on 8 out of 10 Cats, and starred in the short-lived sitcom, Fruitcakes, Loonies and Closet Racists. Outspoken campaigner for Britain remaining in the EU.

Khaled ibn Edgar al-Britani (born Nick Griffin) - Islamic fundamentalist preacher and activist, who allegedly converted to Islam after accidentally walking into an Islamic Society group meeting while at Cambridge. Was briefly placed under investigation by a government anti-terrorism watchdog shortly after helping form the Islamist organisation Jihad5UK in 1999.
Gained public notoriety for angrily protesting outside a Santa's Grotto in Lewisham in 2011, after which he was arrested and fined £50. Later traveled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State militant group, reportedly being killed by a Belgian airstrike in June 2016.
 

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Ed Miliband -- owner of a sandwich shop in Mexborough. They specialize in bacon sandwiches.
David Miliband -- director of the Institute for Public Policy Research.
 
Gentleman Biaggi

Gentleman Biaggi

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Bernie Sanders: A superstar guard for the San Francisco Warriors
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Heliogabalus

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Al Gore Jr. - Son of Al Gore, US Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971, is a noted author and environmental activist. He briefly considered majoring in government while a student at Harvard, but instead stuck with his plan to major in English and write novels. Since his college years, he had been interested in environmental issues, particularly global warming, and this often showed up as a theme in his works. Given his views and his father's political career, Gore was considered as a presidential candidate for the Green Party, a centrist party that mainly focused on environmental issues, in both 1996 and 2000, but he decline interest. In 2000, the faltering Green Party decided not to field a candidate after the Democrats' nomination of environmental activist Senator Ralph Nader, who would win an extremely narrow victory against Republican Pat Buchanan, whose own vote was reportedly spoiled by Reform Party candidate Former Congressman George Walker Bush. His 2006 novel An Inconvenient Truth, focusing heavily on the risks of climate change, was derided by both critics and readers as lacking in subtlety, with one reviewer famously commenting that it would have worked better as a documentary. For his literary contributions, Gore was given the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.
 

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Angela Merkel- Notable German physicist or chemist working with nuclear energy.

Marco Rubio- I don't see him becoming an NFL or minor league football player - apparently he wasn't terribly talented at football. Even in college, Rubio expressed his hope to one day be elected to the Senate, so he probably enters politics ninety-nine times out of a hundred. If he fails to get elected to office, he becomes a small-time lawyer of the Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill variety. LOL, could you see a middle-aged Marco having a mental breakdown while moderating a bingo match in a nursing home? ("Lets dispel with this fiction that I'm not a real lawyer!") He'd be in Florida, so there'd certainly be no shortage of the latter, and some of Marco's relatives were involved in drug-related illicit activities, so, yeah. Better Call Marco!

Ted Cruz- Apparently, Ted Cruz did theatre in high school. If he doesn't become a high-powered lawyer, (a Chuck or Hamlin to Rubio's Saul) I can see a career in acting for him.
 
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CaliGuy

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Hadley said:
Here's a fun little thread. What if certain famous politicians/presidents didnt get into politics? I'll get the obvious one out of the way first, Reagan would likely continue acting (i can see him taking on many of the roles that Wilford Brimley took IOTL).
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What about Donald Trump? Indeed, he can continue to be a celebrity and a reality show host indefinitely, no?
 
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