(For Fun) Which historical person did each Shinigami enbody before dying the IRL?

[roguenoir]

(More will be added as I come up with them):

Urahara = Gallileo (for being exiled)
Yamamoto = Emperor Qin
Rukia = Joan of Arc (demon magic)

[Sunuvmann]

Hmmmmmmm well the Zampaktou's soul probably gives a good clue.

I personally think Hitsu was Gotenks
Matsumoto - Marilyn Monroe
Isshin - Isshin
Aizen - Itachi
Ichimaru - Orochimaru / Voldemort
Soi Fong - Lucy Lui
Mayuri - Robocop
Sajin - Ummmm...a fox?
Ikkaku - Krillin
Ken-chan - Scarface

[monk3]

Zaraki- Zodd (although i dont know if Zodd is historical or not.)
Mayuri- some dead holocaust scientist
Yamamoto- Genghis Khan

thats all i got right now

[Utz]

Ichigo= Hercules ;P

[xeno]

Yamamoto - Nero (Burned down a lot of things)

That's all I can think of off the top of my head ...

[Yamato]

Yamamoto - Josef Stalin (my justice is better the yours :D)

[tammy-chan]

Mayuri - Dr. Josef Mengele

Aizen - Machiavelli

[DrunkenYoshimaster]

Mayuri - Faust (crazy experimenting doctor)
Shinigami Divisions- Shisengumi (group of swordsmen broken into divisions)
Yamamato- Shishio Makato (Fire Sword, leads alot of people...)
Byakuya - Shinomori Aoshi (Starts off antagonist, battles hero twice and changes)
Tousen - Usui (Blind Swordsman)
Aizen - Yukishiro Enishi (comes in unexpected uber, thought to be dead)
Urquiolla - Soujiro Seta (small but deadly, couldve won but retreats first time)
Hitsugaya - Myojin Yahiko (little kid, spikey hair)
Renji - Sagara Sanosuke (Zanza)
Ichigo - Himura Kenshin (main character w/sword and hidden self to surpass)
Shiba Kaien/Hollow Ichigo- Hitokiri Battousai (main char. Beta version/evil version)
Isshin/Urahara - Hiko Seijiro (beat the giant/trained Ichigo)
Orihime- Foxy chickwho's name I can't remember (likes main character, sexy, heals)
Rukia - (main chick from kenshin who's name I cant remember
Kaien's wife - Tomoe
Gin - Saitoh Hajime (squinty eyes, really strong)
Rangiku - Misao (ussually useful fighter, tries to hide emotion, but swap the liking of Aoshi for Gin, oh and argues with a kid alot).

[Megaharrison]

Ichigo: Hitler
Orihime: Eva Braun
Chad: Fidel Castro (he's actually dead, the Cubans just replaced with a doll).
Urahara: That annoying guy
Aizen: Margret Thatcher
Isshin: Otto von Bismark
Kenpachi: Moshe Dayan
Keigo: John F. Kennedy
Yamamoto: Stalin
Byakuya: Richard Nixon
Yachiru: Queen Elizabeth II

[monk3]

ok well this isn't a Shinigami. more of a Spoiler

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8153/h4xanstuff3sv.jpg

^^Prince of Tennis Akutsu

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9515/yeah1rj.jpg

^^Grimmjaw

coincedence? i think not

[zyphere]

Yamamoto = Master Roshi