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Post by mossie on Jan 11, 2024 15:26:32 GMT
George Anson - known as "Father of the Navy'. He joined the Navy at 15 , in 1712,and rose through the ranks to command it
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Post by whatagain on Jan 11, 2024 15:59:12 GMT
Beornwulf of Mercia. Basically the last ruler of Mercia. He lost his kingdom in a disastrous battle against Anglo-Saxons in the 9th century.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 11, 2024 20:10:16 GMT
Bjorn Borg - top Swedish tennis player
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 12, 2024 5:30:07 GMT
Björk Guðmundsdóttir - Icelandic pop star
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 12, 2024 8:49:58 GMT
Alfred Munnings - painter whose speciality was horses. Only had one eye.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 12, 2024 15:10:24 GMT
Herman Munster -- father of the Munster family 
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 12, 2024 16:09:57 GMT
Edvard Munch - Norwegian painter who left us with a scream
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 12, 2024 19:17:26 GMT
Raphaël Varane -- French professional footballer who plays as a center back for Manchester United, he is regarded as one of the best defenders in the world as well as one of the best of his generation
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 12, 2024 20:33:06 GMT
(Actually he hasn’t done that well and will probably be sold st the end of the season)
Stephane Grappelli - jazz violinist no longer with us.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 13, 2024 4:41:06 GMT
Mick, you should go update his Wikipedia page.
Hanya Yanagihara -- American novelist, editor, and travel writer
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Post by bjd on Jan 13, 2024 7:55:17 GMT
Hannah Arendt German philosopher and journalist
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Post by mossie on Jan 13, 2024 8:21:53 GMT
Hannibal - Carthgenian general who fought against Rome
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 13, 2024 8:53:06 GMT
Anne of Cleves - fourth wife of Henry VIII. Marriage only lasted 6 months.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 13, 2024 12:22:04 GMT
John Cleese - English actor and comedian, co-founder of Monty Python
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Post by whatagain on Jan 13, 2024 12:41:05 GMT
Uncle Joe. Nickname given to Joseph Stalin. Aka djugatchivili.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 13, 2024 12:57:09 GMT
Lejeune Mbella Mbella - Minister of external relations of Cameroon
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 13, 2024 13:54:03 GMT
Bella Hadid - American model
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 13, 2024 15:54:09 GMT
Didier Deschamps - former footballer, now the coach of the French national team
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 13, 2024 16:20:09 GMT
Desdemona - Venetian beauty who elopes with Othello. A great disappointment to her father.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 14, 2024 7:40:37 GMT
Simon Templar - The Saint
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 14, 2024 9:05:04 GMT
Monty Sunshine - jazz clarinetist who performed the solo on Petite Fleur, a 1959 million seller.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 14, 2024 9:20:50 GMT
Tonton David - French reggae singer who died of a sudden stroke in 2021
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 14, 2024 10:02:39 GMT
Tony Blair - former labour prime minister and puppet of George Bush.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 14, 2024 13:13:19 GMT
Tony Curtiss. You payed with the Saint in the persuaders
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 14, 2024 14:05:16 GMT
(Curtis)
Curt Backeberg - German plant biologist famous for his collection of cacti.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 14, 2024 17:23:35 GMT
Forrest Ackerman - American science fiction writer and magazine editor
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 14, 2024 19:00:51 GMT
Kermit the Frog - frog.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 14, 2024 20:10:25 GMT
Kerouac2 -- frog
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 15, 2024 4:21:45 GMT
Joël Dicker - Swiss author of numerous bestsellers
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 15, 2024 8:59:28 GMT
Dick Francis - crime writer mostly involving horseracing.
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