Most likely historical figure to have been a time traveller

[Josquius]

Yes, time travel is imposssible. Yes, of course such and such a person wasn't a time traveller.
That being said though....crazy theory time.
Which historical figure do you think seems most likely to be a time traveller?
The most out of place, the most ahead of their time, the weirdest.
There's a lot of obvious ones; Da Vinci, Tesla, Lincoln, etc... prizes (not really) for alternative and interesting replies.

[Neil]

All of them were traveling in time.

[Razgovory]

Sir Richard Burton was pretty strange.  I wouldn't think of him as a time traveler though.  It never occurred to me that Abe Lincoln was a time traveler.  I suppose he technically was a time traveler, in the same sense that I am.  I believe Astronauts have traveled through time at a different rate then people on Earth due to the time dilation effects of gravity, the difference is miniscule.

[Phillip V]

Yes, time travel is imposssible. Yes, of course such and such a person wasn't a time traveller.
That being said though....crazy theory time.
Which historical figure do you think seems most likely to be a time traveller?
The most out of place, the most ahead of their time, the weirdest.
There's a lot of obvious ones; Da Vinci, Tesla, Lincoln, etc... prizes (not really) for alternative and interesting replies.

Why Lincoln?

[Razgovory]

Tyr, this is a strange thread.

[Viking]

Hitler and Stalin. They seem to be the two individuals in history who, from lowly beginnings of no consequence bestrode the world stage. Neither having the manual on how to succeed in running their country for the benefit of their people, they did both seem to have a manual on how to achieve power and once in power focusing on one single issue, hitler "getting" those he hated, stalin staying in power. They seem to both to have turned into annoyed gamers who suddenly realized that this is real life and they couldn't quit and have a sandwich at some point after the time when they themselves began to affect history rather than merely harnessing historical forces to their own ends. Neither seems to have been exceptionally competent, just insanely lucky with timing and strategy.

Yeah, that second to last sentence is a bit convoluted... but it is a sentence.

[Phillip V]

Hitler and Stalin. They seem to be the two individuals in history who, from lowly beginnings of no consequence bestrode the world stage. Neither having the manual on how to succeed in running their country for the benefit of their people, they did both seem to have a manual on how to achieve power and once in power focusing on one single issue, hitler "getting" those he hated, stalin staying in power. They seem to both to have turned into annoyed gamers who suddenly realized that this is real life and they couldn't quit and have a sandwich at some point after the time when they themselves began to affect history rather than merely harnessing historical forces to their own ends. Neither seems to have been exceptionally competent, just insanely lucky with timing and strategy.

Yeah, that second to last sentence is a bit convoluted... but it is a sentence.

Perhaps it was that time in history rather than them being time travelers.

[CountDeMoney]

Preston Tucker.  Went forward in time, broke down an '89 Volvo, and went back to build his car.

[Eddie Teach]

Michael J. Fox. There's documented evidence.

[Valmy]

How bizarre.  Lincoln was absolutely a man of his time.

[DontSayBanana]

You put Lincoln as an obvious example without even mentioning Galileo or Copernicus?

I'd totally buy Tesla as a time traveler, though.  Da Vinci, on the other hand... there's vague enough information on him that he may very well have just been a savant.

[Jacob]

Maybe grallon, but it was probably accidental.

[Razgovory]

Maybe grallon, but it was probably accidental.

Or as punishment.

[Razgovory]

How bizarre.  Lincoln was absolutely a man of his time.

Most of the guys were.  The ones that weren't (like Tesla and Newton) were a little crazy.  Or a lot crazy in Tesla's case.

[Phillip V]

How bizarre.  Lincoln was absolutely a man of his time.

Indeed. And it sure was a depressing life he "travelled" through. I get sad every time I transport myself into Lincoln's life.

Mother died when he was a kid. Estranged from uneducated father. First lover died. Two sons died young, including one while in the White House. Wife increasingly crazy since the beginning. Leadership always second-guessed and criticized until assassination right after having abolished slavery, won civil war, and saved the nation.