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* Katie Griffin is well known for being the voice actor for [[Creator/DiCEntertainment DiC]]'s English dub of [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Mars]]. She also is the voice actor for Ruby on ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'' as well as Wicked from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' and Alex from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.

* Katie Griffin is well known for being the voice actor for DiC's English dub of Sailor Mars. She also is the voice actor for Ruby on Max and Ruby as well as Wicked from Cyberchase and Alex from Totally Spies.

* Tatsuya Ishida, the author of the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' had a brief stint as a professional comic book artist in the mid-90's, doing the pencils for Dark Horse's ''Godzilla: King of the Monster'' and ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme''.

* Francesco Marciuliano, the writer of the widely lambasted family-friendly syndicated comic strip ''Sally Forth'', is also the author of ''[[http://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/ Medium Large]]'', a significantly more [[DarkerAndEdgier off-beat]] comic that is surprisingly funny. Although ''Sally Forth'' [[GrowingTheBeard got rather more clever]] when he took it over too.

* William Moulton Marston created a lie detector (but not, as is often reported, the polygraph). And Franchise/WonderWoman.

* Creator/DanSlott, head writer for ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott'' and mind behind stories such as ''ComicBook/{{SpiderVerse}}'' and ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', wrote a couple stories for ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.
* Creator/ArtSpiegelman, author of Holocaust comic ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'', invented The Franchise/GarbagePailKids.
* Dick Sprang, best known as an artist on Franchise/{{Batman}}, also spent close to twenty years exploring the American Southwest, and discovered the "Defiance House," an ancient Pueblo structure.

** Creator/AlfredBester worked for Creator/DCComics in the 40s and 50s. He is, in fact, credited with creating the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern Oath]].

** Creator/RichardDonner did a stint co-writing on ''Action Comics'', as mentioned above (there are arguments as to whether he actually wrote any of it, or just came up with ideas).
** Creator/HarlanEllison wrote an Avengers/Hulk crossover in the early 1970's. It introduced the (fairly) popular character of Jarella into the Hulk's life.

** Music/{{Anthrax}} guitarist, Scott Ian, has written a ''Lobo'' comic.
** Successful romance novelist Marjorie Liu wrote an ''Franchise/XMen'' novel in 2005, and soon started writing comics for Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} as well.

** Creator/BrianPosehn, standup comedian and actor, has written several issues of ''Deadpool''.

* Creator/PabloPicasso was most famous for his cubist work, but he was also a major player amongst futurists, expressionists, surrealists, neoclassicists, artists of New Objectivity, UsefulNotes/{{dada}}ists and Art Brut. Many people don't realize that most members of these movements ''hated'' all the other movements, so Picasso's involvement with them all (and the fact that he was idolized by them all) is astounding. He was also a successful impressionist, and one of the earliest known comic artists.

** Coleco Industries, the toy company which originated both the Toys/CabbagePatchKids dolls and the UsefulNotes/ColecoVision, one of the earliest home video game consoles, started out as a company that made shoe leather (the name is actually short for '''Co'''nnecticut '''Le'''ather '''Co'''mpany).

* Ofer Alon, the lead programmer of the {{Vaporware}} ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' game ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, would later found Pixologic, the developer of the digital sculpting software [=ZBrush=].

* Steven Frank, the creator of ''Webcomic/{{Spamusement}}'', is also one of the developers of UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh FTP app Transmit.

* Rebecca Ann "Burger Becky" Heineman is known for being one of the founders of Interplay Entertainment, where she programmed many games, and is also famously known for having only ten weeks to program a port of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' for the UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer. Outside of her video game programming work, she also wrote {{Fanfic}}, with several of them being RecursiveFanfiction to the FukuFic ''Webcomic/SailorRanko'', where she also is writing for the webcomic adaptation.

* ''Star Battle'', one of several UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame clones (''VideoGame/{{Galaxian}}'', in this case) released by Commodore on UsefulNotes/VIC20 cartridges, has [[https://tcrf.net/Star_Battle hidden ROM data]] crediting none other than Creator/SatoruIwata as the programmer.

* William Saroyan, best known for his novel ''The Human Comedy'', co-wrote the Rosemary Clooney song "Come On-a My House" with his cousin Ross Bagdasarian, better known as [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks David Seville]].

* Creator/MaryCagle is best known as the artist and author behind several popular webcomics and graphic novels, including ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'' and ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain''. However, even if you haven't read them, there's a solid chance you've already seen her art without realizing it -- she did the character art for Music/TheLivingTombstone's original fan songs [[https://youtu.be/d0RmRJsgP28 "No Mercy"]] and [[https://youtu.be/kXMwZNRiPe0 "I Can't Fix You"]], and her fanart of Sans was used in the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' music remix [[https://youtu.be/IQBqSt15Vi0 "Waters of Megalovania"]].

** He once ghostwrote a short story called ''Imprisoned with the Pharaohs'' for Creator/HarryHoudini (yes, ''[[EscapeArtist that]]'' Harry Houdini).

* Wrestling/{{Naomi}} was a cheerleader for the Sports/OrlandoMagic. She's also a singer.

* Creator/OrsonScottCard wrote the famous [[YouFightLikeACow Insult Fights]] from the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games, as well as the script for ''VideoGame/TheDig''. He also wrote for Marvel Comics. He was also a conservative political columnist before he became well-known for his science fiction novels.

* Michael Land who composed the wacky music of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' also made the soulful and beautiful music for ''VideoGame/TheDig''.

* Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is an accomplished artist and designer. She illustrated the Danish edition of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (after sending some fan art to Tolkien). She has also designed costumes for ballet and did set design and costume design work for the Netflix period dramedy film ''Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction'' (this last in 2023, at the age of 83 and after 50 years on the throne). The queen also translated Simone De Beauvoir's ''All Men Are Mortal''.

* Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is an accomplished artist and designer. She illustrated the Danish edition of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (after sending some fan art to Tolkien). She has also designed costumes for ballet and did set design work for the Netflix period dramedy . The queen also translated Simone De Beauvoir's ''All Men Are Mortal''.

* Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is an accomplished artist and designer. She illustrated the Danish edition of Literature/TheLordoftheRings and has designed costumes for ballet. The queen also translated Simone De Beauvoir's ''All Men Are Mortal''.

* UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush was once a part owner of the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Texas Rangers]], and a pilot in the Air National Guard.

* Creator/DanSlott, head writer for ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDannSlott'' and mind behind stories such as ''Cp,ocNppl/{{SpiderVerse}}'' and ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', wrote a couple stories for ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.

* Dan Slott, head writer for ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' and mind behind stories such as Spiderverse and Superior Spider-Man, wrote a couple stories for ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''.

* Creator/BeeTrain, the animators for ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' and the animated scenes in ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', also did the animation for the AnimatedAdaptation of ''VideoGame/PoPoLoCrois'', a WidgetSeries with a ''drastically'' different artstyle.

* Music/SugarRay's first album ''Lemonade and Brownies'' had production and co-writing credits to Joseph [=McGinty=] Nichol, better known as [=McG=], who after directing a video for the song "Caboose" became a prolific music video director, and even moved onto movies like ''Film/CharliesAngels'' and ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''.

* Before Creator/JamieVsTheVoid was making storytime animations, they ran a somewhat-popular art channel on [=YouTube=] called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/@CinnamonMewMew Cinnamon Mew Mew]]'', where they made mostly horse-related content. They also worked as an animator and illustrator in a professional capacity before becoming a [=YouTuber=]. Among their clients were Ford, Heineken, Burberry and CBBC.

* [[HeAlsoDid/{{Film}} Films]]

Related to PlayingAgainstType, IAmNotSpock, RetroactiveRecognition, GenreAdultery and WTHCastingAgency. Compare SameFaceDifferentName, where the creator hides the fact that they's doing something different under a new name, and AdvertisingByAssociation, where the creator's portfolio is used to hype the work. If a creator's work spans multiple genres or even fields of study, they may be a RenaissanceMan. In music, BlackSheepHit is a special case in which the ''aberration'' becomes famous. The OneHitWonder is an exaggerated version of this.

* Michelin, the tire company whose mascot was part of the inspiration for ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''' Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, started producing guide books in 1904 in an attempt to increase the demand for the then-new automobiles, and by extension, their tires. While not the first guides to rate restaurants, their rating eventually became the gold standard for fine dining, and those who have heard restaurants referred to by "Michelin star rating" but have never actually picked up a Michelin Guide in their own right might be surprised to learn that the guide's publisher and the tire company are one and the same.

* Mario Puzo wrote ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and also co-wrote the screenplay for ''Film/{{Superman}}'' and ''Film/SupermanII''

* The Philip Reeve who wrote the ''Literature/MortalEngines'' quartet (a [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]], BlackAndGreyMorality-laden UsedFuture set AfterTheEnd) and ''Here Lies Arthur'', a {{Demythification}} that [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] Arthurian legend, also wrote ''Literature/{{Larklight}}'' and sequels, a hilarious and [[SlidingScaleOfSeriousnessVersusSilliness absurd]] AffectionateParody of things like ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' which runs on BritishStuffiness, RuleOfFunny, and occasional RuleOfCool. And good always wins. Yes...yes, they are by the same person.

* Ray Comfort, author of ''The Way Of The Master'' Christian book series, also wrote a humor book on plane travel.

* UsefulNotes/BillClinton. Well, you know Bill can play a pretty good sax. But did you know that he was a Rugby Union flanker whilst at Oxford? And that he was within a ''hairsbreadth'' of playing in the Oxford v Cambridge match.
* Mike Curb has had one of the oddest career arcs of anyone in the entertainment field. At age 18 in 1963 he started the indie record label Sidewalk Records ([[PunnyName Sidewalk[=/=]Curb]], geddit?), then began doing ExploitationFilm soundtracks, then became president of Creator/MGMRecords in 1969, in a contentious tenure that saw him very nakedly use the label as a vehicle for his political ambitions. But in the meantime he signed himself as an artist to the label, as the mogul behind the Mike Curb Congregation, a soft rock vocal chorus that had some minor hits. As for those political ambitions, he was mentored by UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan and was elected to a (once again) contentious single term as Lieutenant Governor of California in 1978, as a conservative Republican who frequently clashed with liberal Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. Meanwhile, he became a UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} owner, with Richard Petty driving for him at one point. By TheEighties he moved to Nashville and turned his focus to CountryMusic, with his Curb Records becoming a giant label in the genre, as well as owning the GospelMusic label Word Records.

* The late [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Emperor Hirohito]] (or, to Japanese, Emperor Showa) led Japan through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and decades beyond that until his death in 1989. He was also an accomplished amateur marine biologist and had a laboratory within his palace for this purpose. While he lacked an official degree, he had several scientific papers published and was the first to provide a scientific description and classification of several species of hydrozoa (microscopic predatory water animals) found in the seas around Japan.
* Saddam Hussein is believed to have written a handful of novels and plays.

* Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is an accomplished artist and designer. She illustrated the Danish edition of Literature/TheLordoftheRings and has designed costumes for ballet. The queen also translated Simone De Beauvoir's ''All Men Are Mortal.''

* Creator/AudieMurphy is probably best known as a highly decorated WWII veteran who earned most of his medals by doing crazy things in combat. But he also cowrote (with the help of an uncredited journalist friend) a best-selling war memoir, ''To Hell And Back'', which he parlayed into an acting career that spanned 44 movies in 20 years, mostly lead roles in b-westerns. During the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar, he served stateside as a training instructor in the Texas National Guard. He also became a breeder of racing Quarter Horses, and contributed significantly to the development of the breed. He ''also'' occasionally rode as a jockey and won two novelty races. He sought catharsis for his war experiences by writing poetry, and from there he branched out into writing lyrics for CountryMusic songs. In addition, he occasionally worked as an undercover agent for the police, investigating drug dealers and possibly the mafia. And this was a guy who didn't live to see retirement age! He was also an advocate for soldiers and veterans who suffer from PTSD.

* Dr. Benjamin Spock, the famous child care specialist, also won an Olympic gold medal in rowing back in 1924. Furthermore, he was a prominent member of the movement opposing the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar.

* Henry Agard Wallace was FDR's Agriculture Secretary, Vice President and Commerce Secretary, in that order. While he is remembered more for his political work, he was among the first to breed hybrid corn (and other things from strawberries to chickens), and wrote a number of works on agriculture. In addition, he edited both ''The New Republic'' (after he left government) and ''Wallaces' Farmer'' (before he went into government).

** Current host Pat Sajak (1981-present) has written essays and blog entries for several conservative publications, and owns two AM radio stations in Maryland.

* Both World Wars pretty much ensured that a large number of famous people from two generations also served in the military or related fields in addition to the main source of their fame. Among these can be cited of note: Creator/ChristopherLee (Commando in WWII), Creator/KurtVonnegut (WWII private and Dresden flattening survivor), Creator/WilliamButlerYeats (volunteer in WWI), Creator/ErnestHemingway (volunteered as paramedic in WWI and spy in WWII), longtime cartoon and anime voice director Wally Burr (WWII tank commander), BMovie director Creator/EdWood (WWII, was in the United States Marine Corps), Creator/IanFleming (WWII), Creator/JonPertwee (was a Royal Navy intelligence agent), Creator/DavidNiven (was a soldier in the Highland Light Infantry for 4 year until he bought himself out and went to Hollywood, '''then''' in WWII was a tank commander ''and'' wrote part of the training notes on tank-infantry co-operation in WWII), painters Otto Dix, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and lots of other Germans/Austrian young poor artists (drafted in WWI), Russian writer Creator/AleksandrSolzhenitsyn (tank commander in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Great Patriotic War]], decorated twice), B-25 bomber gunner Creator/CharltonHeston (WWII), machine gun squadron staff sergeant [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schulz]], Creator/JDSalinger (took part in the D-Day landings), a number of notable Frenchmen and expats living in France enlisted in LaResistance (mime MarcelMarceau; philosopher Simone Weil; writers [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Duras Marguerite Duras]], Creator/AlbertCamus, [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Samuel Beckett]], [[{{Surrealism}} Paul Eluard]], [[{{Surrealism}} Louis Aragon]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Malraux#World_War_II André Malraux]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Tzara#World_War_II_and_Resistance Tristan Tzara]], etc.). Technically, Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII also served in WWII, though not in a fighting capacity - she volunteered for the British women's auxiliary force, which, at the time of her death, made her the only head of state who was a veteran of that war, a fact which caused some controversy when she wasn't invited to the D-Day commemoration in 2010.

** After the aviation industry bubble popped after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI [[note]]no war meant many government contracts being cancelled and thousands of military aircraft and parts being dumped onto the surplus market, meaning many airplane builders going out of business[[/note]], Boeing started selling wood furniture. After a similar (but less drastic) market downturn after the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, their helicopter division went into business selling mass transit systems to cities. And of course, they also used to be in the airline business before it became illegal for aircraft manufacturers to operate airlines in the US. Boeing's aviation operation was split off and was the founding of present day United Airlines. A considerable portion of United's fleet is made of Boeing aircraft.
** The Canadian industrial behemoth Bombardier is a long and confusing one. The company was originally founded to make snowmobiles for the Quebec market--and by snowmobiles, we mean the old kind that amount to cars and even buses equipped with skis and tracks for operation on snow. This led in two directions. In one direction, this led toward expansion into other types of transportation, including locomotives, rail cars, and (after acquiring Canadair) its most prominent division, commercial aircraft (if you've flown within the Eastern U.S. in the last 20 years, you probably flew on a Bombardier aircraft at least once). In the other direction, Bombardier developed the snowmobiles into the smaller, more compact motorcycle-like devices more common today when it introduced the Ski-Doo in 1952. This led to various expansions into other outdoor-recreation products with motors like jet-skis. As a result, Bombardier actually split in two, with the original company keeping the rail-equipment-and-airplanes business and a new company, Bombardier Recreational Products, taking on the snowmobiles and such.

* When most people talk about "a [=JCB=]", they mean the earth movers that are ubiquitous on British construction sites. They may not even be aware that this is just one of a huge range of construction machines and building tools that [=JCB=] produce.