I don't know how commonly known that is, but Hitler was a bohemian and failed artist before World War 1. While his paintings were quite bland and uninspired, he

I don't know how commonly known that is, but Hitler was a bohemian and failed artist before World War 1. While his paintings were quite bland and uninspired, he could draw and paint. There are occasional jokes that art academies shouldn't be too strict in who they accept - if the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna had accepted him, it would have saved the world a lot of trouble...