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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2023 15:36:02 GMT
Vice Admiral Sloane - Star Wars character
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Post by whatagain on May 15, 2023 19:18:40 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 15, 2023 19:19:29 GMT
Joshua Slocum - Nova Scotian who was the first person to sail solo around the world in 1895
(very lucky that in spite of the simulpost, my answer is still valid!)
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Post by whatagain on May 15, 2023 19:23:14 GMT
Slocum is also the name of a US general commanding a corps at Gettysburg.
Joseph Stalin, aka Djugatchvili. Among the worst, he was high ranking.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2023 5:36:20 GMT
Ali Baba - hero of an Arabian folk tale. Thwarted forty thieves.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 16, 2023 7:43:37 GMT
Libby Purves - excellent British radio presenter.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2023 11:52:48 GMT
Cubby O'Brien - child actor from the original Mickey Mouse Club from 1955 to 1958
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Post by mickthecactus on May 16, 2023 12:02:17 GMT
Robby Krieger - founder member of the Doors.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2023 14:33:56 GMT
Germaine Greer - Australian writer and famous feminist (The Female Eunuch)
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Post by mickthecactus on May 16, 2023 16:36:46 GMT
Graham Greene- 20th century author
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Post by bjd on May 16, 2023 19:32:07 GMT
Richard Greene English actor known for playing Robin Hood on TV
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2023 19:59:32 GMT
Breel Embolo - Cameroonian/Swiss footballer currently playing for AS Monaco
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Post by bixaorellana on May 16, 2023 23:12:16 GMT
Drew Brees -- American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 20 seasons
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Post by mossie on May 17, 2023 6:56:51 GMT
Prince Andrew - so far up his own backside that the rest of his family hope he soon disappears completely
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Post by mickthecactus on May 17, 2023 7:45:42 GMT
Grinling Gibbons - Anglo Dutch sculptor and wood carver in the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of his ornate work still exists.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 17, 2023 11:06:23 GMT
Leroy Jethro Gibbs - character played by Mark Harmon on NCIS
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Post by mickthecactus on May 17, 2023 11:44:01 GMT
Lance Gibbs - International West Indian spin bowler between 1958 and 1976.
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Post by mossie on May 17, 2023 14:14:45 GMT
Dylan Thomas - Welsh poet and writer
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Post by whatagain on May 17, 2023 17:10:42 GMT
Jean Lannes. Great french Marshall, probably ine of the two best ifficers Napoleon had, the second being Davout.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 17, 2023 17:56:30 GMT
Dean Martin - crooner
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Post by kerouac2 on May 17, 2023 18:45:11 GMT
Martin Luther King - American Baptist minister who has a big park named after him in Paris
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Post by mickthecactus on May 18, 2023 12:57:00 GMT
Luther Vandross - singer but not my favourite.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 18, 2023 16:35:10 GMT
Dries Van Noten - Belgian fashion designer
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Post by mossie on May 18, 2023 18:45:58 GMT
[bAnnie Lennox(/b] - Scottish singer /songwriter, with Dave Stewart formed The Eurythmics
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Post by kerouac2 on May 19, 2023 2:58:33 GMT
John Lennon - singer and songwriter from Liverpool
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Post by mickthecactus on May 19, 2023 6:52:51 GMT
Trevor Hohn- former Australian cricketer (spin bowler) who played in 7 Test matches against England.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 19, 2023 8:01:07 GMT
Cesária Évora - Cap Verdian singing legend who has both a street and a square named after her in Paris
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Post by whatagain on May 19, 2023 8:59:37 GMT
Brian May. Guitarist of Queen.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 19, 2023 10:42:36 GMT
Ian Smith- former prime minister of Zimbabwe then called Rhodesia.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 19, 2023 15:39:31 GMT
Ansel Elgort - American actor in teen dramas, but is breaking out of that after Baby Driver and West Side Story
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