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Post by casimira on Dec 9, 2021 18:05:42 GMT
Kenneth Starr- 39th Solicitor General of US. Famous for his investigation of former President Clinton and alleged misconduct also known as "the Whitewater Investigation"
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2021 19:01:10 GMT
Blaze Starr - American burlesque stripper who had an affair with the governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. Important enough for Paul Newman to play Long in the movie.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2021 19:41:24 GMT
Lazarus - rose from the dead they say.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2021 4:27:34 GMT
Ken Russell - extravagant British director of films and operas
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Post by bjd on Dec 10, 2021 7:22:41 GMT
Russell Crowe Actor from New Zealand who became famous in the States
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2021 12:07:29 GMT
David Cronenberg - Canadian film director famous for "body horror" movies
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Post by bjd on Dec 11, 2021 11:55:43 GMT
Ingrid Bergman Swedish actress famous in the 1940s and 1950s
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 11, 2021 12:48:04 GMT
Gellert Grindelwald - very nasty wizard, second only to Voldemort but also Albus Dumbledore's gay lover in their youth
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Post by whatagain on Dec 15, 2021 16:39:28 GMT
William Waldorf Astor. Billionaire who built some hotels, well known.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2021 17:44:38 GMT
Billy Ray Waldon -- convicted American murderer who invented a language.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2021 18:16:42 GMT
Lyra McKee - Irish journalist who didn't live long. Shot in a riot at age 29.... in 2019
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Post by whatagain on Dec 15, 2021 21:29:31 GMT
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke. German General. He and his brigade were to be parachuted on Malta, but Rommel used them as elite infantry. Net result is that Malta crippled his supplies.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 16, 2021 0:38:29 GMT
Herman Munster -- patriarch of the Munster household, he bears a remarkable resemblance to Frankenstein's monster
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 16, 2021 12:05:32 GMT
Ermenegildo Zegna - Italian designer whose family still owns the business after 4 generations
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Post by casimira on Dec 16, 2021 17:19:35 GMT
Blaze Starr - American burlesque stripper who had an affair with the governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. Important enough for Paul Newman to play Long in the movie. Blaze Starr's relationship was with Louisiana governor Earl Long, not Huey P. Long.
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Post by casimira on Dec 16, 2021 17:22:44 GMT
Gilda Radner- very funny comedienne who died too soon
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 16, 2021 17:23:12 GMT
Well, they seem to have had long something-or-others.
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Post by bjd on Dec 17, 2021 19:11:34 GMT
Gilda Piersanti Franco-Italian writer of detective novels
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 18, 2021 6:09:59 GMT
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Italian writer and film director
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Post by casimira on Dec 18, 2021 17:06:29 GMT
Isabella Rossellini- Italian American actress
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 18, 2021 19:38:29 GMT
Bela Lugosi -- Hungarian-American actor mostly identified with his movie role as Dracula. His Wikipedia entry makes for sad but fascinating reading.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 18, 2021 20:53:25 GMT
Fela Kuti - Nigerian pop star
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Post by whatagain on Dec 19, 2021 0:46:06 GMT
Bashar El Assad. Son of Hafez, and proof that some ophtalmologists are best avoided...
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 19, 2021 6:38:24 GMT
I get double points for this entry.
Fontella Bass -- American R&B singer
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Post by bjd on Dec 19, 2021 8:12:09 GMT
Ella Maillart Swiss traveller, photographer and writer who lived an extremely interesting life in the 20th century
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 19, 2021 9:23:06 GMT
Lambert Wilson - French actor and singer
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Post by whatagain on Dec 19, 2021 12:58:06 GMT
Will. Cartoonist of the Marcinelle school (belgians who basically invented strip cartoons second half of 20th, as opposed to the ligne claire (Herge) before the french joined in). Whilst US still draw marvels...
Will invented notably 'Tif et Tondu'.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 19, 2021 15:40:58 GMT
Lee Radziwill - useless socialite who was the younger sister of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
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Post by mossie on Dec 20, 2021 9:18:11 GMT
William Wellington Boot - who for many years was our village policeman, Bill Boot knew all the local villains and naughty boys, I still remember him leading me home by my ear to face my mother, who he knew would deal with me. Ouch.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 20, 2021 15:13:34 GMT
Alexander Graham Bell - Scottish born Canadian scientist
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