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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 2, 2024 9:09:04 GMT
Amboseli - sadly missed Anyporter.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 2, 2024 11:33:19 GMT
Jean-Marc Bosman - former professional Belgian footballer
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 2, 2024 14:35:47 GMT
Darcey Bussell - retired English ballerina
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 2, 2024 16:50:24 GMT
Jeanne d'Arc - little girl who fought the British
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 2, 2024 18:24:36 GMT
Ned Kelly - famous Australian outlaw
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2024 6:39:13 GMT
Ed Koch -- former Mayor of New York City
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 3, 2024 7:41:53 GMT
Phil Ochs- folk singer from the 1960’s.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 3, 2024 10:57:05 GMT
Lochlyn Munro - Canadian actor who ended up in several horror movies
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Post by mossie on Jan 3, 2024 15:12:53 GMT
Rupert Murdoch - big newspaper man
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 3, 2024 16:26:45 GMT
Gertrude Lawrence- soulmate of Noel Coward.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 3, 2024 22:16:14 GMT
Rudy Vallée - singing and acting American heartthrob in the early 20th century and the first singer to be called a crooner
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 4, 2024 15:33:42 GMT
Rudyard Kipling - writer who manages to be mentioned in the Famous People game and the Geographic Word game at the same time (extra points?)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2024 18:30:30 GMT
Eve Arden -- American film, radio, stage and television actress who performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades and seemed to be on tv reruns forever besides.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 4, 2024 21:10:56 GMT
Bear Bryant - player of American college football who later became one of its most celebrated coaches
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 5, 2024 3:44:54 GMT
Ryan Gosling -- Canadian actor
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Post by bjd on Jan 5, 2024 6:58:41 GMT
Ling-Ling One of a pair of giant pandas lent to the National Zoo in the States after Nixon's visit to China. (We've had dogs so I guess pandas count too.)
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 5, 2024 8:46:20 GMT
Linda Evangelista - Canadian supermodel whose halcyon days have now concluded at age 58
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 5, 2024 9:22:12 GMT
Vangelis - Greek composer mainly famous for the score of Chariots of Fire.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 5, 2024 15:04:54 GMT
Van Morrison -- Irish musician
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 5, 2024 15:29:59 GMT
Paul Morrissey - American film director who made a number of movies in association with Andy Warhol
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Post by mossie on Jan 5, 2024 15:36:26 GMT
William Morris - best known for founding Morris Motors and producing the Mini
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 5, 2024 16:00:31 GMT
Liam Gallagher - frontman of Oasis.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 5, 2024 21:15:50 GMT
Minerva McGonnagal. Teacher at Hogwarts.
Note that Minerva was a brand of cars made in Belgium. (Also a Goddess but even before that).
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 5, 2024 21:46:23 GMT
(McGonagall)
Alan Ball - member of England’s World Cup winning team in 1966. A long time ago.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2024 4:30:34 GMT
Alanis Morissette -- Canadian and American singer-songwriter
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 6, 2024 9:08:08 GMT
Ennio Morricone - composer and musician best known for his film scores.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 6, 2024 11:53:56 GMT
Morris. Chosen name of the creator of the cartoon Lucky Luke. Then joined by scenarists. Inc Goscinny.
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Post by bjd on Jan 6, 2024 11:55:49 GMT
Mortimer Snerd One of the ventriloquist dummies of Edgar Bergen
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 6, 2024 13:15:41 GMT
Mortimer Wheeler - Archaeologist and Army officer. 1950’s TV personality.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2024 17:05:49 GMT
Meriwether Lewis -- American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He fit all that into a short lifespan, as he died at the age of 35, presumably by suicide, but perhaps was murdered instead.
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