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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 11, 2024 10:42:27 GMT
Rick Steves - tsar of a simplified American travel empire
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 13, 2024 14:55:19 GMT
Gloria Estefan -- Cuban-American singer, actress, businesswoman, eight-time Grammy Award winner, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 13, 2024 15:10:11 GMT
Stefan Zweig - Austrian writer who was practically a rock star in the 20s and 30s
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 14, 2024 9:58:27 GMT
Fanny Crosby - 19th century American mission worker who wrote over 8,000 hymns.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 14, 2024 14:16:05 GMT
Charles Cros - 19th century French poet and inventor
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 14, 2024 16:14:07 GMT
Les Charles - one of the main writers for the very funny Cheers sitcom.
(Surely worth double points)
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 14, 2024 18:19:12 GMT
Arthur Schopenhauer - German philosopher
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 14, 2024 19:11:18 GMT
John Hurt - actor
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 15, 2024 3:46:05 GMT
Felix Mendelssohn - German composer
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Post by bjd on Aug 16, 2024 19:23:36 GMT
Georg Mendel 19th century Catholic monk considered the father of genetics because of his botanical experiments
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 16, 2024 20:17:28 GMT
(Think it was Gregor Mendel)
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 17, 2024 6:42:40 GMT
Del Shannon -- this is gimmicky, but I still love it ~
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 17, 2024 7:04:45 GMT
Hannah Arendt - German historian and philosopher
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 17, 2024 7:20:46 GMT
Sean Hannity - dubious US TV presenter
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 17, 2024 15:12:46 GMT
Seamus Heaney - Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 17, 2024 18:45:07 GMT
Kacey Musgraves - country singer
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 18, 2024 3:00:36 GMT
Elon Musk - unhinged billionaire from South Africa
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 18, 2024 15:18:47 GMT
Lon Chaney -- American actor and makeup artist, known for his ability to transform himself into any number of characters, including some grotesque ones.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 18, 2024 16:22:57 GMT
Laurie London - English singer with a big hit in 1958 “He’s got the whole world in his hands”.
Possibly related to Patrick London of this parish.
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Post by patricklondon on Aug 18, 2024 18:19:57 GMT
Laurie London - English singer with a big hit in 1958 “He’s got the whole world in his hands”. Possibly related to Patrick London of this parish. Alas (or maybe not) no.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 19, 2024 5:59:16 GMT
Loudon Wainwright III - American folk singer
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 19, 2024 6:58:13 GMT
Lou Ferrigno - actor who played the Incredible Hulk
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 20, 2024 10:47:11 GMT
Ibrahim Maalouf - Lebanese trumpeter and composer
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Post by whatagain on Aug 21, 2024 10:48:55 GMT
Chimène badi. French singer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 21, 2024 14:06:12 GMT
Menelik II - emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 21, 2024 17:00:49 GMT
Nellie Melba - Australian soprano of the late 19th, early 20th centuries. Named herself Melba after her home town Melbourne.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 22, 2024 9:32:26 GMT
Aaron Bushnell - American soldier who self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington B.C. this year
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Post by whatagain on Aug 22, 2024 14:15:52 GMT
Telly Savalas. Kojak and part of the dirty dozens.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 22, 2024 15:11:31 GMT
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin - 19th century French barrister and magistrate, very interested in gastronomy and now known as a kind of cheese
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 24, 2024 8:13:40 GMT
Nancy Sinatra - daughter of Frank. Her boots were made for walking.Which is just as well. Not much else you can do with them other than flower pots I guess.
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