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Post by casimira on Dec 3, 2021 16:16:56 GMT
Saul Bellow- Canadian born American writer. He holds the distinction of being the first Jewish writer to have been awarded the Nobel Prize
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 3, 2021 17:46:22 GMT
Aurlus Mabélé - Congolese singer who died in the suburbs of Paris of covid-19 in 2020
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Post by whatagain on Dec 3, 2021 22:19:20 GMT
Marcus Aurelius. Roman emperor under the name August unless i am mistaken.
I am mistaken. August was Octavian. Marc Aurele was just Marc Aurele. A roman emperor.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2021 22:31:36 GMT
Marcus Garvey -- organized the first important American Black nationalist movement (1919–26), based in New York City's Harlem
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2021 7:00:18 GMT
Jeanne d'Arc - tried to promote Brexit
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Post by bjd on Dec 4, 2021 7:34:32 GMT
Archibald Leach real name of Cary Grant
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2021 18:12:36 GMT
Archy -- free verse writing cockroach
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 4, 2021 18:33:33 GMT
Michael the Archangel - fictional religious character.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2021 18:56:53 GMT
Russell Mael - one of the brothers (the normal looking one) who formed the pop group Sparks
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 4, 2021 20:32:35 GMT
Ron Mael - the other brother
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2021 21:01:45 GMT
LeBron James - American basketball player. If anybody can explain the first name LeBron, I would love to hear it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 4, 2021 21:07:44 GMT
Answering myself:
Fuck no. The real name would be Lebrun, a name that does not exist in French names.
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Post by bjd on Dec 5, 2021 11:44:40 GMT
Etta James Great American singer
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Post by mossie on Dec 5, 2021 12:00:08 GMT
Les Ames - Kent and England cricketer
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2021 16:18:09 GMT
Samuel Clemens -- aka Mark Twain
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Post by casimira on Dec 5, 2021 16:24:07 GMT
"Sam the Sham"- retired leader of the TexMex rock band "The Pharaohs"
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 5, 2021 16:47:00 GMT
Shamu - heavily advertised killer whale slave who was the star of Sea World in California when my family moved to California. Managed to get early retirement after biting the legs of her bikini clad rider/torturer in 1971.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 6, 2021 9:29:11 GMT
Hammurabi. Wrote the first code of justice.
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Post by casimira on Dec 6, 2021 16:30:20 GMT
Jon Hamm- American actor and director. Best known for his role as Don Draper in the TV series "Mad Men"
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 6, 2021 18:19:46 GMT
Jean-Claude Van Damme - former Belgian action star who has mostly forgotten how to speak French, if ever he knew how
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Post by whatagain on Dec 6, 2021 21:09:54 GMT
The perfect illustration of Franglais.
Madame Claude : a nice french woman who provided beautiful girls for tired politicians in need of relaxation. In the 80's i would say.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 6, 2021 23:31:46 GMT
Audrey Hepburn -- famous actress identified by Wikipeda as British, although I always thought she was Belgian
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Post by bjd on Dec 7, 2021 6:55:54 GMT
I think her mother was Dutch and her father English.
Robert Burns famous Scottish poet
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 7, 2021 8:15:46 GMT
(Hepburn was born and grew up in Belgium.)
William Burroughs - writer of the Beat Generation
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 7, 2021 8:16:15 GMT
Raymond Burr - - Canadian-American actor
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Post by casimira on Dec 8, 2021 16:28:10 GMT
Ray Davies- musician, songwriter. Member of the band The Kinks
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Post by whatagain on Dec 8, 2021 17:17:48 GMT
Jefferson davis. First and only president of the confederate states of America.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 8, 2021 22:07:45 GMT
Sonny Bono -- once the other half of & Cher
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2021 5:23:40 GMT
Yoko Ono - Japanese experimental artist, age 88
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Post by mossie on Dec 9, 2021 10:05:32 GMT
Koo Stark - actress who had a relationship with Prince Andrew
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