| Post-mortem activity | Pre-mortem identity |
| Had three electoral votes disallowed by Congress | |
| Won Academy Award for portrayal of comic book villain | |
| Hidden by the Argentine government - name declared taboo | |
| Awarded Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Reached #1 on the Billboard charts with '(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay' | |
| Garnered $200 million music recording deal | |
| Had his 'Dialogue' removed from the Vatican list of banned books | |
| Delivered to Salome on a platter | |
| Elected to baseball Hall of Fame and awarded Congressional Gold Medal | |
| Became Moscow's most visited citizen | |
| Inducted into Rock and Roll, Country Music, Gospel Music and Rockabilly halls of fame | |
| Moved from Santo Domingo to Havana to Seville (or did he?) | |
| Won Grammy Award for Spoken Word: Children's | |
| Awarded Medal of Honor for valor in the Spanish American War | |
| Inducted into Big Band Hall of Fame; Received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Had his remains exhumed in Iceland thereby check-mating paternity claims | |
| Deified by Roman Senate in 42 B.C. | |
| Appeared on U.S. half dollar only three months after his assassination | |
| Donated 31,225,000 kronor to establish prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace | |
| Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | |
| Finished (via CGI) filming his role in The Crow | |
| Won critical acclaim for her diary detailing her family's attempts to avoid Nazi capture in Amsterdam | |