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Post by mossie on Nov 12, 2023 8:01:29 GMT
Dalai Lama - almost a god in Tibet
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Post by whatagain on Nov 12, 2023 12:32:34 GMT
Serge Lama. French singer of the 70. No ties with the Dalai.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 12, 2023 14:37:51 GMT
Hergé -- Belgian comic strip artist best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 12, 2023 15:56:37 GMT
Victor Borge - Danish comic pianist who was quite famous in the United States
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 12, 2023 18:06:15 GMT
Victor Borge - Danish comic pianist who was quite famous in the United States He always made the joke that LBJ picked him up by the ears and said “you are a Great Dane”.
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Post by bjd on Nov 14, 2023 11:56:02 GMT
Boris Berezovsky Russian oligarch and politician who got on the wrong side of Putin and ended up prematurely dead during his exile in London
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Post by whatagain on Nov 14, 2023 12:22:47 GMT
A suicide obviously.
Pierre Bérégovoy. Former French first minister who took his own life in 923.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 14, 2023 13:12:27 GMT
It wasn't that long ago!
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Post by whatagain on Nov 15, 2023 7:35:17 GMT
He didn’t accept the betrayal that led his King Charles le Simple to be captured in 922…
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 20, 2023 15:06:54 GMT
Bérénice Béjo - French actress of Argentine origin
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2023 16:02:40 GMT
Bernard Baruch -- American financier and statesman. After amassing a fortune on the New York Stock Exchange, he managed the nation's economic mobilization in World War I as chairman of the War Industries Board. He advised Woodrow Wilson during the Paris Peace Conference. <-- lots more on Wikipedia
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 20, 2023 18:17:31 GMT
Ernest Hemingway - American author of short sentences
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Post by whatagain on Nov 20, 2023 18:32:46 GMT
Ho chi Minh. Uncle Ho. Had the upper hand with the French then US.
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Post by bjd on Nov 20, 2023 19:08:29 GMT
Heinrich Himmler Important Nazi during the Hitler era and head of the SS.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 23, 2023 8:07:04 GMT
Jimmy Carter - former US President whose wife has just died.
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Post by whatagain on Nov 23, 2023 20:19:49 GMT
Jim Beam. Whiskey company that was named after one of the founders, James.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 24, 2023 7:23:58 GMT
Béatrice Dalle - French actress made famous by the film Betty Blue / 37,2 le matin
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 24, 2023 8:08:14 GMT
Edgar Rice Burroughs- American writer responsible for Tarzan in particular.
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Post by whatagain on Nov 24, 2023 12:01:17 GMT
Brice de Nice. Character of incredible stupidity played by Dujardin that made famous overnight. Never been able to watch the movie though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 24, 2023 13:12:14 GMT
Cédric Villani - French mathematician (Fields medal 2010) who was in parliament for 5 years before deciding that it wasn't for him
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Post by bjd on Nov 24, 2023 18:44:47 GMT
Richard Strauss German composer whose music made Woody Allen feel like invading Poland
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 24, 2023 19:52:30 GMT
Georges-Eugène Haussmann - the man who redesigned Paris in the 19th century
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 24, 2023 23:11:33 GMT
Victoria Eugenie [of Battenberg] -- queen of Spain from the time of her marriage to Alfonso XIII on 31 May 1906 until 14 April 1931, when the Spanish Second Republic was proclaimed.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 25, 2023 8:52:47 GMT
Tori Amos - American singer songwriter.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 25, 2023 16:45:28 GMT
Albator - a space privateer (corsaire) who starred in a Japanese animé, very popular on television in Québec and France, where it was even dubbed into Bréton. He helps to protect Earthlings from evil space Amazons.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 25, 2023 17:15:41 GMT
Albert Grossman- one time manager of Bob Dylan among others.
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Post by bjd on Nov 25, 2023 18:53:32 GMT
Robert Zimmerman who became famous under the name Bob Dylan
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 25, 2023 19:02:56 GMT
Ethel Merman -- American actress and singer
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 25, 2023 19:52:28 GMT
Thelonious Monk - American jazz pianist and composer
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 25, 2023 20:50:04 GMT
Willy Wonka - chocolate aficionado ( best played by Gene Wilder)
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