Most Admired Cancerian Figures and Why?

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My question to you is which famous/public/historical Cancerian best epitomizes the best traits of their sign? Could be multiple figures or just one, a detailed explanation on why or just a few words. Could be celebrities or not. Here's a good list of some notable Cancerian figures who aren't celebrities (the list is not exhaustive of course):

Notable leaders
-Alexander the Great
-Julius Caesar
-Nelson Mandela
-Hare Krishna
-Mother Cabrini
- Dalai Llama XIV

Notable thinkers:
-Nicola Tesla
-George Eastman
-Johannes Gutenberg
-Hellen Keller
-Franz Kafka
-Herman Hesse
-Ernest Hemingway
-Henry David Thoreau
-George Orwell
-Thurgood Marshall
-Alan Turing

Notable fighters:
-Mike Tyson
-Jack Dempsey
-Brock Lesnar
-Tito Ortiz
-Wanderlei Silva
-Forest Griffin
-Randy Couture

Other Notable Cancerians:
-Princess Diana
-George Steinbrenner
-Carlos Santana
-Cat Stevens
-John D. Rockefeller
-Michael Phelps
-Arthur Ashe
-Buckminster Fuller
-Duke of Windsor
-Henry VIII

I figured this could be a thread to show how great the Cancerian sign can be manifested for those who appreciate our sign, rather than the usual negativity. And well, it's a Cancer forum after all =P
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Thanks for the correction on Tito Ortiz mr. crabby. Unfortunately there's no edit =P

I find it interesting that while the Cancer sign itself is not known for leadership as a sign like Leo or power like Scorpio is for example, some of the greatest leaders/rulers and most powerful people this world has ever had fall under the sign. One could even argue that those are anomalies not meant to represent the sign. I have a view on this: Cancer is known as the sign of the home, the nurturers, providers, and protectors, ones with sensitivity to emotion. Many take it to mean that a typical Cancerian is to be more of an introvert, more comfortable with their close-knit group/family/friends than in being social settings, provider and overseer of the family, overly sensitive and swayed. But what if that's only the most shallow perspective? After all Cancer is still a Cardinal sign which is a sign of leadership and initiation.

What happens when that Cancerian sees the world itself as their rightful home, who protects and defends the community at large, who provides for all as their family, whose sensitivity not only lets them feel the pulse of the people, but also influence *their* feelings? Taken in that light, the people on the lists can be said to truly embody evolved Cancerian traits. And we see for ourselves that when fully evolved, Cancers are right among the top.
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Posted by shellshocker
Don't forget funny Cancerians!

Will Farrell (already mentioned but deserves a second)
Bill Cosby
Robin Williams (more crazy than funny imo)
Ricky Gervais.. now he is the funniest!

Mr.Crabby are you famous yet? Silly question... you're Canadian. Of course not 😉


Famous schmamous.

I don't like these guys much, but Gervais was funny in his skit in Grand Theft Auto 4.