Charles Lindbergh was a pilot and inventor who became internationally famous in 1927 as the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Later, he became an outspoken opponent of American involvement in World War II and was rumored to support the Nazis. He also considered running for the presidency. In
Philip Roth’s alternative history novel
The Plot Against America, Lindbergh wins the presidency by conspiring with the Nazis and becomes an antisemitic authoritarian dictator.