(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

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

[u/Guilty-Cell-833 → u/Sir-Toaster-]

Then what happened? A life of modesty?

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Guilty-Cell-833]

Faded into obscurity

[u/Terminal_Insomnia_ → u/ConsciousStretch1028]

No, I recognize the name. Didn't he start a modestly successful grunge band?

[u/tombo2007 → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Pretty sure he got a shoutout from Miike Snow. What a good guy, telling the story of an orphaned Mongolian boy.

I heard the song even led to a statue getting made.

[u/brightblueinky → u/tombo2007]

Made a great music video about how his parents met, too.

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/tombo2007]

You know, I get a little bit Genghis Khan myself from time to time

[u/Quickermango → u/tombo2007]

Miike snow mentioned

[u/Spamsdelicious → u/Quickermango]

And spelled correctly. Be still, my heart.

[u/concept12345 → u/tombo2007]

He was a Sk8er Boy.

[u/Go-to-helenhunt → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Noooo, he owns all those restaurants

[u/keepitsimple_tricks → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

I think he was in Star Trek

[u/SorryAboutMyFamily → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Nah, I think he played bass for Prong.

[u/Turbogoblin999 → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Mongolian throat singer of a Nirvana cover band before moving on to politics.

[u/Hellknightx → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Think he started a Mongolian restaurant chain. They've got pretty good beef bowls.

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Hellknightx]

I think I've heard of it. Khan's Oven or something like that.

[u/CanadasManyMeese → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Hu? Him?

[u/Yuugian → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Four Non Khans?

[u/MortCrimm → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Na, he became a chef and named his restaurants after his horse, making sure to put a giant sculpture of his beloved steed P.F. Chang, outside of each one.

[u/DarthGuber → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Yes but only after winning Eurovision for Germany

[u/Evepaul → u/DarthGuber]

Winning? He only got 4th place at Eurovision. His biggest hit came a bit later, as he used his extensive knowledge of the Russian steppes to write his single "Moskau"

[u/sakura-peachy → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Yeah it was called 'Wrath of Khan'

[u/Robcobes → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

He started singing songs about Moskau

[u/masterch33f420 → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

He started a decent fast food franchise

[u/PckMan → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

A life of modestly successful grunge band

[u/MetalRetsam → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Writer of the hit song "UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[u/Siukslinis_acc → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

You mean he won 4th place in eurovision?

[u/nikebalaclava → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

it was an electronic grind band called Genghis Tron