So never saw financial and other more important reward in their lifetime.
KK - if you seriously haven't heard of Wlifred Owen then go buy a book of his poems and get reading. He wrote poems during First World War.
Wilfred owen......Amazing!!
i seem to recall one such German man who became notoriously more famous after one such war !!
or Infamous in the case of Jimmy Savile
Anne Frank
t-rex
Casper the Ghost.
This bloke:
Fred West
Guy Fawkes
Robin Hood
well, even if he was he'd have been well-known enough in his lifetime not to count.
Keith Bennett
Maxpower North West wrote (see)
Fred West was still very much alive when he became known, and comitted suicide later while on remand.
I'll offer up Steig Larsson... I think he only became well-known when his books were published after his death.
Oops, I see he's already been mentioned.
I'll think again...
Kandinsky wrote (see)
Alan Turing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing)
+1
Alan Turing mentioned on two threads in a row that I have read today.
Apparently it says on the other that he ran a marathon in 2:42
