Can you name the Could have been as famous as their historical counterparts but for some twist of fate? by pgrossma

Can you name the Could have been as famous as their historical counterparts but for some twist of fate?

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In this Quiz you are given a list of linked historical figures. Name the less famous figure who is also linked to this list of people but for some reason, didn't become as famous as the rest.
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Historical Counterparts	Almost Historical Figure	Description
Neil Armstron, Buzz Aldrin
Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan
George Harrison, Paul McCarntey, John Lennon, Ringo Starr
Lou Gehrig
Jackie Robinson
Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel Morse, Guglielmo Marconi
Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds
Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Leah Thompson, Thomas F Wilson, Crispin Glover, Elizabeth Shue
Original Bassist for the Beatles	Wells played Marty McFly's girlfriend Jennifer in Back to the Future Part I, but couldn't return for the sequels because her mother was sick. Shue replaced her.

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Almost Historically Famous Quiz

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Created Feb 14, 2011 in Miscellaneous
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	TeganX7:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 21:05 GMT		2 points
	Suggestions: 1. "Maris" is spelled with one "r". 2. "Pipp", not "Pipps" in the description. 3. "drummer", not "drunner" for Pete Best. 4. For Matt Williams, "pace", not "pase", why not a bunch of other people who were on pace for 60? 5. How were we supposed to know you were looking for television, and not someone like "Tesla"? 6. I see the connection between Ruth and Gehrig, and Gehrig and Pipp, but how does Ruth, Gehrig, and Pipp form a triple? 7. In the description for Collins, drop the word "in", and "orbiter" has only one "t". 8. Radio is more enduring than television simply because it is still with us, and it has been around longer. I think you meant to say "modern", or something along those lines.

	pgrossma:	Feb 14th, 2011 at 21:15 GMT		1 point
	@TeganX7, Thanks for the proof reading, I have made many of the changes you suggested. The ones that I am keeping unchanged are: Matt Williams was the only one on pace when the season ended in August 1994. 115 games had been played that year and Williams was leading the majors with 43 HRs (on pace for 60.5) next on the list was Ken Griffey Jr with 40 (on pace for 56.3). As far as I know, there was not another baseball season that ended early in which anyone was on pace for 60 HRs. As for Tesla vs Farnsworth, all these guys invented telecommunications devices (Edison also invented a bunch of other stuff, but that is beside the point). the list given should lead you to Farnsworth and Television, not Tesla and A/C Current.

	hollabackitsobi:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 02:38 GMT		2 points
	Some of these aren't even connected...how is one supposed to guess the inventor of the television from a random list of inventors? The others are highly difficult, but at least make somewhat more sense.

	pgrossma:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 04:16 GMT		2 points
	its not a random list of inventors, its a list of inventors of telecommunication devices

	pgrossma:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 11:34 GMT		2 points
	Ok, I think Edison was causing the confusion because he invented so many things, so I have replaced him with Alexander Graham Bell. Hopefully, this is a more cohesive list.