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* Mikheil Gelovani managed to impersonate Josef Stalin so well (essentially Stalin's romantic vision of himself), that Stalin forbade him from doing any other role until his death. Arguably, he's more Stalin than Stalin. Quite a few rulers (especially dictators) would have a [[Body Double]] of themselves to make public appearances so that if an assassination attempt happened, they wouldn't be in any danger.
* Fred Travalena was nicknamed "Mr. Everybody" for this reason.
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* [[Improv Everywhere]] had their own fun with this, by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvBbVA36y1U positioning a double for King Phillip IV of Spain (1605-65) in front of a 400-year-old painting of the king],.
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