Bizarre Historical personalities that you admire and idolize

This actually belongs in the History Forum, but since nobody visits that forum, I'm posting it here.

Do you know any bizzare personalities in History, and can't help but think that he/she was cool.

I thought Ludwig II of Bavaria was awesome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria

Emperor Norton I was a fucked-up yet confident

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton_I

Saparmurat Niyazov is a crazy son of a bitch:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saparmurat_Niyazov