5 celebrities who memorably ran for political office

Roseanne Barr in the Oval Office? It could’ve happened. In 2012, the longtime sitcom star launched a gonzo campaign for the presidency, which is chronicled in the new documentary Roseanne for President! (in theaters Friday in New York and Los Angeles, via iTunes and on demand). Running as a candidate for the California-based Peace and Freedom Party, she earned more than 65,000 votes but lost to President Obama.

Barr joins a slew of famous people who have made the leap into politics, including Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump and Kanye West, who announced last summer that he’s running for president in 2020. Here are a few more celebrities who had political designs: