Ever wanted to be a superhero? What's stopping you? Here's a list of real life superheroes - people who don costumes and fight crime/do good as listed in the World Superhero Registry (yes, a website dedicated to finding these people).
Take, for instance, the Red Arrow, a 20-year-old guy in Hong Kong who tries to "bring happiness to people and become the salt and light of the world" by handing out toys to poor children.
... or Superbarrio Gómez, a Mexican "real-life superhero" who wears red tights and a Lucha Libre wrestler's mask to organize rallies and protests and file petitions against forced evictions in Mexico:
For more real-life superheroes, check out the World Superhero Registry | Post at the Laughing Squid - via Rue The Day
Oh and damn... someone already snatched supervillainregistry.com up. :(