Whether you enjoy a well-crafted cigar a few nights a week or just on special occasions, all cigar lovers can agree that very few things can top a good cigar. There are so many high-quality brands to enjoy such as Cohiba, Arturo Fuente, or Rocky Patel; it’s hard to go wrong when picking one to enjoy. Even some of the most influential and famous people in history considered themselves to be cigar aficionados. Here is a list of the top 20 famous cigar smokers:
Winston Churchill– served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1940s and 50s. He was such an avid cigar smoker that a cigar size was named after him (the Churchill). He would frequently smoke up to 10 cigars a day.
John F. Kennedy– the 35th President of the United States, had his press secretary round up as many Petit Upmanns (a high-quality Cuban cigar) as he could before the President signed the trade embargo.
Fidel Castro– the Cuban President, Prime Minister, and Revolutionary is a name that has become synonymous with cigars. He gave up the habit in 1985 for health reasons, but would still dream about smoking.
George Burns– the comedian would smoke El Producto cigars during his acts because they would stay lit the longest vs. some of the more expensive cigars. His habit had him smoking 10-15 cigars a day.
Mark Twain– Author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Jack Nicholson– Academy Award Winning Actor
Babe Ruth– Famous Baseball Player for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees (played 1914-1935)
Al Capone– America’s most notorious gangster
Groucho Marx– Comedian
Bill Clinton– 42nd President of the United States
Michael Jordan– Considered by most to be the greatest basketball player ever
Arnold Schwarzenegger– Austrian action actor, 7-time Mr. Olympia and former governor of California
Rush Limbaugh– TV and radio host.
Whoopi Goldberg– Actress and comedian
Rudyard Kipling– Nobel Prize-winning English author and poet, wrote The Jungle Book
J.P. Morgan– Business tycoon, head of J.P. Morgan & Co.
Sigmund Freud– World famous psychologist and the father of psychoanalysis
Bruce Willis– Hollywood blockbuster actor (Die Hard Series)
Harrison Ford– Hollywood blockbuster actor (Star Wars Series)
Tom Cruise– Hollywood blockbuster actor (Mission Impossible Series)
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