List of fictional United States presidencies of historical figures (K–L)

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Lists of fictional presidents of the United States
A–B C–D E–F
G–H I–J K–M
N–R S–T U–Z
Fictional presidencies of
historical figures
A–B C–D E–G
H–J K–L M–O
P–R S–U V–Z

The following is a list of real or historical people who have been portrayed as President of the United States in fiction, although they did not hold the office in real life. This is done either as an alternate history scenario, or occasionally for humorous purposes. Also included are actual U.S. presidents with a fictional presidency at a different time and/or under different circumstances than the one in actual history.

Contents

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Kim Kardashian

Wynton Kelly

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Jr.

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Ted Kennedy

Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Fiorello H. La Guardia

Rose Wilder Lane

Elizabeth Lanford

Lyndon LaRouche

Le Duc Tho

Francis Lightfoot Lee

Robert LeFevre

Curtis LeMay

Joe Lieberman

Rush Limbaugh

Abraham Lincoln

. (By definition, any different course or outcome of the American Civil War would have involved a different life and presidency for Abraham Lincoln.)

Charles Lindbergh

Belva Ann Lockwood

Huey Long

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