Eddie Izzard

In August and September of 2009, Eddie ran marathons around the UK to raise money for Sport Relief, a biennial charity event run by Comic Relief (in association with BBC Sport). The route took her from London, England, to Cardiff, Wales, then to Belfast, Northern Ireland, then to Edinburgh, Scotland, and then finally back to London. She ran approximately 30 miles per day, for a total of about 1100 miles.

I'd be happy to be taken as a woman -- and that's what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasn't going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought I'd change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear.