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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Topic started by: Petrie on September 07, 2004, 07:50:17 PM

Title: Famous People A-Z
Post by: Petrie on September 07, 2004, 07:50:17 PM: Simply name famous people in alphabetical order (going by the first name).

On our old host the last post was:

Uther the Pentdragon - ruler of Britain, father of King Arthur.
Title: Famous People A-Z
Post by: Petrie on September 07, 2004, 07:51:20 PM: Vivian Vance - played Ethel Mertz in the 50's primetime comedy I Love Lucy.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 08, 2004, 04:20:24 AM: William Wallace - Leader of a Scotish uprise (which began in 1296) against the English rule in Scotland. He was finally caught and executed in a rather nasty way. He was somewhat brought back to people's mind through Mel Gibson's movie "Braveheart" (a movie that doesn't mind the historical facts too much though).
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Post by: Petrie on September 08, 2004, 08:24:03 AM: Augh I always get stuck with the 'x'!!! <_<

Xuanzong (685-761) Chinese Tang emperor (ruled 712-55).

(I admit I used google to help me out) ;)
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Post by: Malte279 on September 08, 2004, 04:44:21 PM: Quote
I admit I used google to help me out

I think this is quite legitimate in such a case as the X

Yuri Gagarin - Russian cosmonaut. The first human in outer space.
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Post by: Petrie on September 08, 2004, 07:21:19 PM: Zsa Zsa Gabor - I read somewhere that she's been divorced and remarried 13 times. :o
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on September 10, 2004, 10:53:59 AM: Anndi McAfee - we all know her best for playing Cera from LBT 5 up to present day! She's been voices for other characters like one of the Ashleys in Recess
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Post by: NewOrder on September 10, 2004, 05:10:55 PM: Bernard Summers - Lead singer for New Order.. sorry guys this one was just too easy ;p
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Post by: Petrie on September 10, 2004, 07:10:06 PM: Carol Burnett - American stand up comedian - very funny stuff. :lol: PG rated stuff mind you.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 10, 2004, 08:01:43 PM: Dwight D. Eisenhower - US General who commanded the invasion in the normandy and succeeded Truman as US President from 1953 to 1961.
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Post by: NewOrder on September 11, 2004, 02:00:42 PM: Ewan McGregor - Great Actor.. maybe you've seen him in Moulin Rouge =p
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Post by: Malte279 on September 12, 2004, 06:20:08 AM: Martin Sheen - another great actor.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on September 12, 2004, 09:03:54 AM: erm...it's it A-Z? I think someone made a boo-boo! LOL :D :P

I'll do F

Famke Jansen - A great actress who has played as Jean-Grey in the X-men movies and the rather naughty Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye
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Post by: Petrie on September 12, 2004, 10:43:08 AM: Grover Cleveland - only US president that has been elected twice, but not in consecutive terms
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Post by: Malte279 on September 13, 2004, 04:39:48 AM: Harrison Ford - yet another actor (sorry, indeed I had confused this with the former celebrity linking game when I posted Martin Sheen).
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Post by: NewOrder on September 13, 2004, 08:19:56 AM: Ian Curtis - Joy Division lead singer, he killed himself on the 18th of May 1979 after a concert. He had drug problems and he's sudden jump to success was too much for him.. like Tony Wilson once said, he was the musical equivelent of Che Guevera
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Post by: Malte279 on September 13, 2004, 08:32:43 AM: John Lennon - one of the Beatles who was shot down by some madman in New York.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 15, 2004, 11:22:36 AM: Konstantin von Jasheroff - Unknown to you he gave his voice to Littlefoot from I sixth movie onward (it's very difficult to find out about the German voice actors as most of the movies have the English closing credits, and internet sources on this are very sparse as well). His brother Mario did Spike in LBT 4.
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Post by: NewOrder on September 15, 2004, 01:51:11 PM: Lu“s V·s de Cam?es - He wrote "Os Lus“adas" I think everybody as at least herd of them, they basically talk about the portuguese adventures trying to find the sea way to India through Africa...
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Post by: Malte279 on September 15, 2004, 04:05:39 PM: Martin Luther King - leader of a civil rights movement in the 1960s and advocate of non-violent protests. He became especially famous for his "I have a dream" speech in Washington in 1963. He was assassinated in 1967.
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Post by: NewOrder on September 15, 2004, 06:58:56 PM: Neil Armstrong - First guy on the moon, athough some poeple think the americans have never went there
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Post by: Malte279 on September 16, 2004, 04:12:48 PM: Orville Wright - one of the two Wright Brothers who undertook the first flight with a plane that became widely known.

I read a bit about the theories that the moonlanding never happened, but for most of the supposed "counterproofs" there are almost disappointingly simple explanations.
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Post by: Petrie on September 17, 2004, 09:42:00 PM: Petula Clark - one of the first female singers of the "British Invasion"
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Post by: Malte279 on September 18, 2004, 07:23:13 AM: Again the Q, and again it's a native American people that helps out.

Quauhtemoc - last leader of the Aztecs after the dead of their king Montezuma. Finally he too was caught by the Spanish conquistadordes and tortured to dead.
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Post by: NewOrder on September 18, 2004, 08:32:14 AM: Rui Veloso - He's a very famous singer around her
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Post by: Malte279 on September 18, 2004, 03:13:41 PM: Stephen King - American author of horror books. One of his most famous books is "Misery".
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Post by: Petrie on September 18, 2004, 08:13:52 PM: ooc: tortured to death, Malte ;)

Tina Turner - American singer
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Post by: Malte279 on September 19, 2004, 05:07:17 PM: Ulla Schmidt - Germany's current minister for health care.
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Post by: NewOrder on September 20, 2004, 01:30:19 PM: Vanessa Carlton (or something like that) - she's a singer but I don't know where she's from
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Post by: Malte279 on September 20, 2004, 03:32:52 PM: William H. Bonney - Desparado in America's "Wild west" whom you may know better as "Billy the Kid".
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Post by: Petrie on September 23, 2004, 08:31:53 AM: Xuxa Meneghel - if you can read Spanish maybe you can figure some of this out :P http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0579430/ (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0579430/)
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Post by: Malte279 on September 24, 2004, 08:31:59 AM: Yoshihito Taisho - Japanese Emperor from 1912 till 1926.
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Post by: NewOrder on September 26, 2004, 03:20:48 PM: ZÈ Maria - He won the first edition of Big Brother.. I never did like that show
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on September 26, 2004, 08:04:39 PM: Aria Noelle Curzon - A lady who needs no introduction! Best known to us as Ducky from LBT 5 - present but also plays a few other roles like Cornchip Girl in Disney's Recess
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Post by: Malte279 on September 27, 2004, 08:27:05 AM: Bertha Suttner - peace activist who lived around 1900. She was a friend to Alfred Nobel and it was mainly her who convinced him to create the Nobel price for peace. She wrote the first anti war novell ("Down the arms!") and got the Nobel price for peace herself (in 1910 or so).
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Post by: NewOrder on September 27, 2004, 11:46:07 AM: Carlos Lopes - Olympic Marathon record holder and first portuguese gold meddle in the olympic games of Los Angeles I think in 1976...
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Post by: Malte279 on September 27, 2004, 04:15:07 PM: Daniel Radcliff - actor who plays Harry Potter in the movies (honestly I consider the movies VERY poor compared to the books).
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Post by: NewOrder on October 04, 2004, 08:15:23 AM: Ewan MacGregor - One of my favorite actors I enjoyed seeing him in Moulin Rouge one of my all time favorite movies =p
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Post by: Malte279 on October 04, 2004, 09:07:03 AM: Friedrich II. - King of Prussia in the mid to late 18th century. On the one hand he was a representative of the "enlighted mornarchy" and did care about the people to a certain degree, but on the other hand he was also a very militaristic ruler.
Title: Famous People A-Z
Post by: Malte279 on October 17, 2004, 05:08:57 PM: Ooops, here it is! Failed to look at the second page. Nevertheless the linking version may be easier. Anyway:

Gerald Ford - US President who succeeded Nixon after the Watergate affair.
Title: Famous People A-Z
Post by: Petrie on October 17, 2004, 08:46:38 PM: This is A to Z...the other one is the last letter of the name...
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Post by: Malte279 on October 18, 2004, 05:04:42 AM: It is.
But Friedrich II. was followed by Gerald Ford, so there is no mistake, is there?
We need an H now.
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Post by: NewOrder on October 23, 2004, 09:54:01 AM: HÈlder Ramos - He's a reporter.. very famous around here =p
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Post by: Petrie on October 23, 2004, 08:10:22 PM: Irene Cara - performed the song "What A Feeling" from the film Flashdance
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Post by: Malte279 on October 24, 2004, 04:54:59 AM: Joanne K. Rowling - author who became rich and famous with her books about Harry Potter.
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Post by: Petrie on October 25, 2004, 07:27:35 AM: Kelly Clarkson - pop singer
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Post by: Malte279 on October 26, 2004, 04:58:41 PM: Louis Armstrong - Famous trumpet player
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Post by: Petrie on October 26, 2004, 06:57:16 PM: Mary Martin - actress on Broadway...played the role of Maria in the Broadway version of the Sound of Music
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Post by: Malte279 on October 28, 2004, 09:58:44 AM: Neville Chamberlain - British Primeminister until 1940 (succeded by Winston Churchill).
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Post by: Petrie on October 28, 2004, 09:23:47 PM: Oscar Hammerstein II - musical composer
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Post by: Malte279 on October 29, 2004, 04:33:39 PM: Pablo Picasso - Very famous Spanish artist, who became especially known for his cubist paintings. One of his most famous pictures is "Guernica" and shows the terror of the bombing of a Spanish village by German bombers during the Spanish civil war in 1937.
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Post by: NewOrder on October 29, 2004, 07:39:05 PM: Quim - Benfica's goal keeper =P

(Sorry I was a bit sleepy when I post that)
Title: Famous People A-Z
Post by: Malte279 on October 30, 2004, 06:08:48 AM: ^ this is the A - Z game, so there ought to have been a Q. However, after all the indian chiefs we've had already there are not many Q first names left. So I suggest that we skip it and move on to the R.

Richard Plantagenet - Better known as Richard Lionheart. English King from 1189 to 1199. He is frequently described as a most chivalrous knight and a good king. However, doubts about this are not inappropriate. During his rein he spend only six months in England, and during the 3rd crussade he ordered massacres among prisoners which (though such crimes were frequently commited in the medieval times) are not exactly chivalrous. He died from an arrow wound at the shoulder he received while sieging a French castle.
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Post by: Petrie on October 30, 2004, 09:27:13 AM: Sally Field - US actress, I don't think she does much anymore.
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Post by: Malte279 on October 30, 2004, 11:20:39 AM: Thomas Jefferson - He did most of the drafting for the American declaration of independence and became the third president of the United States. He is supposed to be one of the smartest people who ever sat in the Oval Office (when John F. Kennedy had a dinner with a large groub of American Nobel prize winners in the white house he pointed out (analogously) that there had probably never been as much intelligence assembled there, except maybe when Jefferson ate dinner there by himself). During his presidency the size of the United States was almost doubled through the Louisiana purchase 1803.
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Post by: Petrie on October 30, 2004, 02:58:54 PM: Ulysses S. Grant - (probably have said him before so sue me...) United States President during the reconstruction era (1870s)
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Post by: Malte279 on October 30, 2004, 03:31:46 PM: ^ I had brought him up before

Vergil - Roman writer in the 1st century b.c. His most famous work is the Aeneis which tells about the Trojan hero Aeneas and how he manages to escape after Troys fall and finally settles down in Italy where his predecessors founded Rome.
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Post by: Malte279 on November 05, 2004, 03:31:27 PM: William the Conqueror - Duke of the Normandy who was made the successor to the English thrown by king Edward "the Confessor". When after Edward's death Anglo Saxon earl Harold was crowned as king of England William invaded England, defeated the Anglo Saxon army in the battle of Hastings (October 14th 1066) and became king.

(I don't want this game to be forgotten. I'm sure nobody will be blamed for skipping the complicate letters following the W).
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Post by: Lain_EX on November 12, 2006, 03:57:21 AM: Xavier Lopez "Chabelo". He's a famous actor and host of a mexican progrm named "En Familia con Chabelo", and maybe I'm the only one who knows him. He debited in da 50's with his program and nowdays, his program still airs every Sunday at 6 o' clock here in Tijuana, Mexico. Regards to you, Chabelo.
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Post by: Petrie. on November 17, 2006, 07:17:19 PM: Yves Saint-Laurent - fashion designer
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Post by: Malte279 on November 17, 2006, 07:35:44 PM: Zachary Taylor - US General and 12th US president.
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Post by: Petrie. on November 18, 2006, 10:24:40 AM: Adam Sandler - comedian
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Post by: Malte279 on November 18, 2006, 11:08:20 AM: BartolomÈ de Las Casas - was a 16th century Spanish priest. As a settler in the New World, he was galvanized by witnessing the brutal torture and genocide of the Native Americans by the Spanish colonists and made it a live task to speak up for their rights. A fatal suggestion of his was to import Africans to work as slaves rather than enslaving the native American population.
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Post by: Petrie. on November 20, 2006, 05:06:09 PM: Chris Rock - another comedian (no I'm not trying to be funny :p )
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Post by: Malte279 on November 20, 2006, 05:20:38 PM: Daniel Defoe - Author of Robinson Crusoe.
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Post by: Petrie. on November 27, 2006, 05:04:01 PM: Elanor Roosevelt - wife of Franklin Roosevelt, one really great US president (and the only one who will ever serve four terms)
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Post by: Malte279 on November 27, 2006, 05:05:36 PM: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - ^ See above.
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Post by: Lain_EX on November 28, 2006, 09:35:58 PM: Guillermo Gonz·lez Camarena, a Mexican guy who invented the color T.V. I don't have idea when he invented it but he did. (look for him at Google so you'll get a clue) VIVA MEXICO!!!
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Post by: Malte279 on November 29, 2006, 04:18:22 AM: Herman Haupt - railroad engineer who worked for the north during the Civil War. After visiting a bridge Haupt created Abraham Lincoln said: "That man Haupt has built a bridge four hundred feet long and one hundred feet high, across Potomac Creek, on which loaded trains are passing every hour, and upon my word, gentlemen, there is nothing in it but cornstalks and beanpoles."
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Post by: Nick22 on November 29, 2006, 11:04:34 AM: Howard Hughes- Billionare aviator.
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Post by: Lain_EX on December 03, 2006, 03:28:34 AM: Irma Serrano, a.k.a. "La Tigresa" (The Tigress) an ex-actress and an ex-politician. She's Mexican too.
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Post by: Malte279 on December 03, 2006, 04:50:57 AM: Juan Ponce de LeÛn - Spanish conquistador who led the expedition which is supposed to be the first European expedition to territory which today belongs to the US (Florida in particular). Searching for a well of eternal youth he was wounded by an indian arrow; the wound proved fatal ultimately.
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Post by: prehistorian on December 25, 2006, 11:40:28 AM: Kofi Annan, ex-secretary-general of the UN.
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Post by: Malte279 on December 25, 2006, 07:33:36 PM: Lee Harvey Oswald - the man who was accused of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was shot by Jack Ruby just a day later. Speculations about him being part of a larger conspiracy rather than the lone gunman are still frequently discussed (and I better stop writing otherwise this could be a very looooong message ins a thread not meant for long discussions).
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 27, 2007, 11:55:43 AM: Michael Kenji Shinoda - Vocalist/Rapper of Linkin Park
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Post by: Malte279 on May 27, 2007, 04:24:51 PM: Noah Webster - American lexicon writer, spelling reformer and political writer. He laid some of the keystones for the distinguishing of American English as an own language.
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Post by: action9000 on May 27, 2007, 07:02:04 PM: Ozzy Osbourne: Hard Rock / metal singer
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Post by: Dwalin on May 27, 2007, 07:05:19 PM: Pothinus (or Photinus: don’t know what the right spelling is) – Chief Eunuch of king Ptolemy’s court, who controlled the kingdom of Egypt at the time of the arrival of Julius Caesar and his army.
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Post by: KingdomKey23 on May 27, 2007, 07:09:28 PM: Queen Latifah- American rapper/singer actress
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Post by: action9000 on May 27, 2007, 07:57:30 PM: Robert W. Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Smith): Contemporary American composer. I have played two of his works in school bands; "The Tempest" and "The Winds of Poseidon".
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 27, 2007, 09:01:47 PM: Sonny Sandoval - Singer/Rapper in P.O.D.
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Post by: action9000 on May 27, 2007, 11:03:20 PM: Trevor Jones: Film composer
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Post by: Malte279 on May 28, 2007, 04:35:12 AM: Ulrich Zwingli - Swiss reformation leader who represented a rather radical wing of protestants. He developed the interpretations of protestantism the reformed church is based on.
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 28, 2007, 01:11:10 PM: Vincent K. McMahon - Former owner of the WWF, now owner of the WWE, WCW and ECW :p
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Post by: Dwalin on May 28, 2007, 02:24:40 PM: Warren Anderson - an American businessman who poisoned thousands of people in the city of Bhopal in India in 1984 but, unfortunately, escaped justice.
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 28, 2007, 03:06:29 PM: X-Zibit, American rapper
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Post by: action9000 on May 28, 2007, 03:32:25 PM: Yanni - Comtemporary pianist
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 28, 2007, 03:39:12 PM: Zach Braff - J.D. on Scrubs, a show on NBC
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Post by: action9000 on May 28, 2007, 03:41:40 PM: Aristotle - Greek Philosopher
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 28, 2007, 04:05:27 PM: Bradford Phillip Delson - Guitarist for Linkin Park (I got a C too :p, and a D!)
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Post by: action9000 on May 28, 2007, 04:30:26 PM: Chris DeBurgh: Rock/Pop singer, 1980s
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Post by: Tails_155 on May 28, 2007, 07:19:59 PM: David Michael Farrell - Bassist from Linkin Park
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Post by: Lain_EX on May 28, 2007, 08:10:52 PM: Eugenio Derbez-Mexican comedian and actor, Spanish voice of Mushu (Mulan) and Donkey (Shrek). (Seems like him and Eddie Murphy have something in common :lol)
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Post by: Flathead770 on June 10, 2007, 12:02:16 PM: i dunno if he has already been mentioned but

Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President)
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Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on June 10, 2007, 12:37:19 PM: Geffory Dehaviland
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Post by: Malte279 on June 10, 2007, 01:51:15 PM: Henry Brooks Adams - famous 19th and early 20th century American historian (grandson of John Quincy Adams).
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on June 11, 2007, 07:40:49 AM: Sir Ian McKellen - Actor
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Post by: Malte279 on June 11, 2007, 08:40:36 AM: Johann Sebastian Bach - Famous 17th / 18th century musician.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on June 12, 2007, 06:35:00 AM: Kevin Spacey - Actor
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Post by: Tails_155 on June 12, 2007, 01:12:17 PM: Lenny Bruce - comedian
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Post by: Malte279 on June 12, 2007, 02:09:36 PM: Malte Prietzel :P: - German historian with a focus on medieval history.
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Post by: Tails_155 on June 12, 2007, 03:52:40 PM: Neil Peart - Canadian drummer for the band Rush
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Post by: Malte279 on June 12, 2007, 04:56:37 PM: Octavian - Roman emperor also known as Augustus.
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Post by: Malte279 on September 24, 2007, 05:46:23 PM: I know it isn't my turn, but I just give the next one for the sake of reviving the game which will otherwise be just forgotten.

Paul Revere - Bostonian silver smith and member of the sons of liberty who became known for his propaganda works preceding the American revolution and especially for the "ride of Paul Revere" to warn the minute men of the British regulars enroute to Concord. The ride Revere is often given sole credit for was actually undertaken along with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott (only the last of whom actually arrived in Concord).
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 25, 2008, 06:25:00 PM: Queenie Watts - English Actress
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 06:28:13 PM: Robert Kennedy

(I thought about reviving the two famous people games, but I thought it would look stupid to post third time in a row. Thank you for doing the job :yes)
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 06:31:22 PM: Sandra Bullock (or however you spell that)
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 06:48:00 PM: Thomas Paine - English pamphleteer writing for the American cause during the war of independence. Best known for his pamphlets "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis".
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 06:50:03 PM: Uma Thurman
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 06:54:50 PM: Veronica Ferres - German actor.
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 06:56:13 PM: Walt Disney
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 06:59:52 PM: Xerxes I. - King of Persia (519-465 B.C.)
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 07:04:47 PM: Yoko Ono
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 07:12:25 PM: Zakaria Abdulla - Kurdish pop-musician.
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 07:17:11 PM: Amanda Bynes
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 07:19:43 PM: Benjamin Franklin - One of the few people in history to whom I feel more than just the respect that may come from scientific interest.
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 07:33:29 PM: Charlemagne ( I feel like I'm playing Jeopardy. )
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 07:38:07 PM: I guess jeopardy involves a little more thinking than this game here does ;)

Daniel Defoe - Author of Robinson Crusoe.
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 25, 2008, 07:40:43 PM: Jeopardy? Thinking? My word! :lol

Edgar Allan Poe
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 07:50:28 PM: Frederick Douglass

Well, I have never actually seen it, but at least in the LBT jeopardy games over here a little more thinking is involved than in these games here.
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Post by: mcr mad on January 25, 2008, 07:59:24 PM: gerard way - lead singer of my chemical romance
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 08:01:17 PM: Harrison Ford - American Actor.
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Post by: mcr mad on January 25, 2008, 08:02:47 PM: isik newton ( i hope i spelt it right)
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Post by: Malte279 on January 25, 2008, 08:05:09 PM: ^ Isaac Newton. ;)

John Adams - 2nd US President.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 25, 2008, 09:05:35 PM: Keith Olberman - News presenter
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 06:08:15 AM: Louis Armstrong - near legendary American Jazz trumpeter.
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Post by: mcr mad on January 26, 2008, 07:27:58 AM: micky way
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 10:50:45 AM: ^ Who is micky way? I couldn't find him on Wikipedia.

Nathan Bedford Forrest - Southern cavalry general during the US civil war. Regarded as one of the most capable cavalry commanders but also responsible for the the killing of colored POWs at Fort Pillow. After the war he became a leader of the KKK. He is mentioned in the movie Forrest Gump as the one the main character was named after.
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 26, 2008, 11:00:35 AM: Teehee

Orlando Bloom
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 11:21:55 AM: Pat Benatar - Musician
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 11:54:11 AM: Quintuns Ennius - Roman poet.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 11:56:09 AM: Ricky Martin
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 11:57:25 AM: Stephen King.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:00:16 PM: Terry Jones
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 12:01:55 PM: Ulysses S. Grant.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:02:53 PM: Venus Williams
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 12:04:32 PM: William Murdoch - 1st officer of the RMS Titanic.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:17:33 PM: Xuande - Emeror of China (1425-1435)
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 12:24:38 PM: Yasmin Le Bon - English model.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:26:43 PM: ZP Theart - Dragonforce Lead Singer
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 12:41:19 PM: Abigail Adams - Second first lady who was perhaps more ahead of her time than her husband ever was.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:42:05 PM: (Question: do the people have to be real?)

If answer is yes: Bryan Adams

If answer is no: Bilbo Baggins
Title: Famous People A-Z
Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 12:44:26 PM: I suggest we stick to real people. The game is simple enough as it is and also we could come up with so many characters from books nobody but ourselves have ever read.

Cornelius Vanderbilt - American industrialist.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:45:42 PM: Dane Cook

I just wanted to check. I had a response for both options, though. Just in case.
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 12:47:34 PM: Erik the Red - viking explorer.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 12:53:52 PM: Fibonnaci - Mathematician (aka Leonardo of Pisa)
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 03:02:50 PM: George Washington.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 03:04:14 PM: Herman Li - Dragonforce Guitarist
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 03:07:15 PM: Ingolf L¸ck - German TV entertainer.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 03:08:03 PM: Jackie Chan
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 05:49:59 PM: Keokuk - Chief of the Sauk.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 05:52:09 PM: Leonhard Euler
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 06:22:01 PM: Matthew Brady - famous American 19th century photographer.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 06:27:20 PM: Nicolaus Copernicus
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Post by: Malte279 on January 26, 2008, 06:39:33 PM: Otto von Bismarck
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 06:42:09 PM: Pablo Picasso
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 26, 2008, 10:18:55 PM: Quentin Tarantino
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 10:30:37 PM: Ronald Reagan
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Post by: arrogantrex on January 26, 2008, 10:33:37 PM: Sean Connery
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 26, 2008, 10:37:15 PM: Tom Cruise
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Post by: Malte279 on January 27, 2008, 04:49:54 AM: Udo J¸rgens - Austrian composer and singer.
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 27, 2008, 02:34:05 PM: Vanessa Carlton
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Post by: Malte279 on January 27, 2008, 04:13:58 PM: William Tecumseh Sherman
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Post by: lbt/cty_lover on January 27, 2008, 05:19:05 PM: Xia Daoxing - Mathematician
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Post by: Path Light on June 12, 2013, 10:23:05 PM: Jason Gray-Stanford: Voice actor of Bullzeye in 1997's TV show: Extreme Dinosaurs :lol
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 13, 2013, 12:30:58 AM: Quote from: Path Light,Jun 12 2013 on 06:23 PM
Jason Gray-Stanford: Voice actor of Bullzeye in 1997's TV show: Extreme Dinosaurs :lol
Hey Path Light, please read at the beginning of this thread and see what the other posters are doing. The point of this thread is to list alphabetically different famous people. J doesn't come after X.

But to continue:

Amy Winehouse- Singer
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Post by: Path Light on June 13, 2013, 12:32:55 AM: Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jun 13 2013 on 12:30 PM

Quote from: Path Light,Jun 12 2013 on 06:23 PM
Jason Gray-Stanford: Voice actor of Bullzeye in 1997's TV show: Extreme Dinosaurs :lol
Hey Path Light, please read at the beginning of this thread and see what the other posters are doing. The point of this thread is to list alphabetically different famous people. J doesn't come after X.

But to continue:

Amy Winehouse- Singer
I think J comes after I. :blink: So I put that after the letter "I", right?
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Post by: Amaranthine on June 13, 2013, 12:40:38 AM: No.
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Post by: Path Light on June 13, 2013, 12:42:04 AM: Quote from: Rat_lady7,Jun 13 2013 on 12:40 PM
No.
I will wait after people type the famous people from B to I.
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Post by: Ducky123 on June 13, 2013, 05:24:42 PM: Brandon LaCroix - Voice actor of Littlefoot in 'The Mysterious Island'
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Post by: Path Light on June 14, 2013, 01:05:59 AM: Candace Hutson - Voice actor of Cera in Land Before Time 1 to 4
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Post by: Ducky123 on June 17, 2013, 01:51:02 PM: Don Bluth - director of The Land Before Time
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Post by: somerandomfangirl on June 17, 2013, 02:12:20 PM: Emma Watson - Actor who is probably most well known for her role as Hermione in the Harry Potter film series.
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Post by: Malte279 on June 17, 2013, 03:23:56 PM: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 32nd president of the United States and only one to ever hold that office for more than two terms (1933-1945).
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Post by: Ducky123 on June 29, 2013, 04:35:43 PM: Gregor VII: Pope from 1073-1085.
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Post by: The Chronicler on June 29, 2013, 04:40:46 PM: Herbert Hoover - 31st president of the United States, best known for seemingly doing nothing to stop the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
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Post by: Tails_155 on August 03, 2013, 01:12:10 PM: Imelda Staunton -- Dolores Jane Umbridge in the Harry Potter movies, as well as numerous other roles.
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Post by: Ducky123 on August 10, 2013, 03:59:46 PM: John Cena, famous wrestler
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Post by: rhombus on August 13, 2013, 10:37:52 PM: Karol Wojtyla

Chose the name John Paul II upon his ascension to the papacy. Being of Polish descent, he became the first non-Italian pope to be elected since Adrian VI, who served in the sixteenth century. He served until his death in 2005, making him the second-longest serving pope in history.
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 25, 2013, 08:32:25 PM: Louis XVI - King of France when the French Revolution broke out, and was later executed.
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Post by: rhombus on August 27, 2013, 07:20:09 PM: Malcolm McDowell - Famous actor, who is best known for his villainous roles. He most notably played the title character in the film Caligula and played the role of Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange.
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Post by: Ducky123 on August 28, 2013, 12:26:45 PM: Nelson Mandela - don't need to explain who he is, do I?
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Post by: The Chronicler on August 29, 2013, 08:02:32 PM: Otto von Bismark - Also known as the Iron Chancellor, he played a major role in forming the German Empire in the mid-19th century, arguably making him one of the greatest European rulers of the time.
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Post by: rhombus on August 29, 2013, 08:36:49 PM: Philippe PÈtain - was a French general who reached the esteemed title of Marshall of France due to his outstanding leadership in World War I. He became the Prime Minister of France during World War II and turned France into an authoritarian and collaborationist state. After the war he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison.