Bill Clinton.

He attended the state funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, along with incumbent President George W. Bush and former President George H.W. Bush. This was Clinton’s first public appearance since undergoing corrective surgery at a New York hospital. April 8th 2005

Despite their numerous political and personal differences, Clinton and former President George H.W. Bush, his opponent in the 1992 Presidential election, have actually become friends in recent years. The two have made several commercials together on behalf of the victims of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. As cited in Time magazine, former First Lady Barbara Bush even called them The Odd Couple.

Clinton is a huge fan of Elvis Presley.

He was impeached the equivalent of indicted by the U.S. House of Representatives, Dec. 1998, for high crimes and misdemeanors on a strictly party-line vote all Republicans voted for it, all Democrats voted against it; since the Republicans controlled the House, the impeachment was approved. He is the second president to be impeached; the first was Andrew Johnson in 1868 Richard Nixon would likely have faced impeachment, but he resigned before it came to that.

Clinton was not adopted by Roger Clinton. He used the name Clinton when he started school. When he was a teenager, and his younger half-brother Roger Clinton was going to start school, Bill went to court to have his name legally changed to Clinton. The future President wanted to have the same name as his half-brother, to avoid confusion in the Arkansas school system.

Clinton enjoys playing golf and the saxophone.

He admitted to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky. It happened during his second term as President of the United States.

Clinton is a vegan since his heart surgery, eating only fruits, vegetables, and whole grain.

Since leaving the White House, he has made his living mostly giving speeches before various political and business organizations, both domestically and worldwide, averaging $100,000 per speech. That doesn’t compare to former President Ronald Reagan, whose first speech after he left office, to a group of wealthy Japanese businessmen, netted him $3 million.

Clinton underwent emergency quadruple heart bypass surgery in September 2004 after experiencing an episode of angina. The former President had not suffered a coronary infarction, but some of his arteries were more than 90% clogged up. He later underwent corrective surgery for a partially collapsed lung in March 2005.

His mother Virginia Clinton Kelley married Roger Clinton, an alcoholic and a wife-abuser who threatened to kill her. Bill vividly remembers being 5 years old when he witnessed his stepfather Roger firing a gun at his mother; the bullet smashed into a wall next to where Virginia was seated. As Bill grew older, he began to intercede to stop his stepfather’s violence to his mother. Bill said he was deprived of a male role model while growing up, as his biological father William had died before he was born and his stepfather Roger was rarely engaged in his life. He has also said that his mother’s model of a troubled and violent marriage to Roger has affected his own views on marriage and family when he was a young adult, in which he doubted his own ability to have a successful marriage.

Clinton had an affair with Barbra Streisand.

His Secret Service codename was Eagle.

His grandparents ran a grocery store and made a point of selling goods on credit to people of all races while there was segregation.

Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to be sued. Paula Jones sued him after claiming he sexually harassed her six years previously.

In August 2001 he signed a book deal with publisher Alfred A. Knopf, for a $10-million advance.

42nd President of The United States of America 1993-2001.

Clinton was the first Democratic President to serve multiple terms since Harry S. Truman.

He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he met his wife Hillary.

Clinton collects saxophones, both miniature and life-size.

He was the first Rhodes Scholar to be elected President of the United States.

Daughter Chelsea Clinton born 27 February 1980.

Clinton was named Time magazine’s Co-Man of the Year with Ken Starr in 1998.

On January 19, 2001, agreed to admit that he gave misleading testimony in connection with the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He was also fined $25,000 and agreed to have his Arkansas law license suspended for 5 years. In exchange, he will not face criminal charges after leaving the White House.

Clinton has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l’info 1988.

He is the son of Virginia Clinton Kelley 1923-1994.

On November 3, 1992, Clinton was elected the 42nd President of the United States by a wide margin in the Electoral College, despite receiving only 43% of the popular vote. The 1992 election was the first time since 1968 that a candidate won the White House with under 50% of the popular vote. Neither Clinton in 1996 or George W. Bush in 2000 garnered 50% of the popular vote, though he did in 2004. Clinton’s home state of Arkansas was the only state in the entire country that gave the majority of its vote to a single candidate; the rest were won by pluralities of the vote. Clinton came in third in Utah, behind President George H.W. Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot, while Bush came in third in Maine, where the Bush family maintained a summer home in Kennebunkport.

Clinton left the presidency with an approval rating of 65%, higher even than former President Ronald Reagan.

He considered becoming a jazz musician early in his career.

In 2006, he earned between $9-10 million on the lecture circuit. He gave 352 speeches, only 20% for personal income. His speaking fee is approximately $150,000 per speech unless it is for one of the many Clinton causes or organizations, in which case he speaks for free.

His favorite films are High Noon 1952 and The Princess Bride 1987.

Clinton was ranked 21st out of 41 in a survey of the best U.S. presidents. Some historians also rated him last in moral authority, largely stemming from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and numerous rumored affairs.

He has said that The Harmonists 1997 is the movie that moved him the most deeply, and that High Noon 1952 is his favorite movie of all time.

Clinton became the second youngest U.S. President to leave office, after Theodore Roosevelt. January 20th 2001.

After leaving the White House, he established his new office in the Harlem section of New York City.

He was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, October 2002 honorary induction.

The producers of 60 Minutes 1968 originally wanted to pair Clinton with right-wing talk-show host Rush Limbaugh in their now failed Point/Counterpoint segment, but Clinton’s people nixed the idea. They also rejected former Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich, conservative author William J. Bennett, former Christian Coalition executive Ralph Reed and conservative businessman and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes as possible adversaries in debate, before settling on former Senator/Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole.

Clinton shares a birthday with Tipper Gore, wife of his former presidential running mate, Al Gore.