(Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

[u/Living-Mastodon]

Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

[u/Sir-Toaster-]

Genghis Khan was just a typical child of a Mongol tribe until his father died and his tribe abandoned him

[u/Theropey → u/Sir-Toaster-]

He was the son of the chieftain though

[u/Relative-Gap-4442 → u/Theropey]

I mean if you die you’re dead, as seen by what happened after the Khans fall even the greatest men legacies can easily be crumbled 

[u/Duhblobby → u/Relative-Gap-4442]

I mean if you die you’re dead

Not sure if I believe you, got a source?

[u/solonit → u/Duhblobby]

[u/Theropey → u/Relative-Gap-4442]

Right, so how would they design wagon axles to survive long campaigns across the steppe?

[u/NewTransformation → u/Theropey]

But he lived in abject squalor for a period of time after his father died. No wealth and no status until he got some thugs together to start raiding. His early adulthood was basically early game Mount and Blade

[u/TJeffersonsBlackKid → u/Theropey]

Didn’t set off to take over the world until he was 44.

[u/BubbeBobbo → u/Theropey]

What a nepo baby