Share 'Wanted: High Profile Dis-Engaged Character'

I'd like some suggestions of high-profile dis-engaged characters. By high-profile, I mean someone who is well known in books, movies, history, news, etc. I'm creating a high level presentation for my public adminisration class. I am using Neo (Matrix) as my example of the engaged, Mr. Anderson (Neo's alter ego) as the non-engaged, and I have only thought of Benedict Arnold as an example of the t…