Famous People A-Z

NewOrder · **Reply #20 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

Malte279 · **Reply #21 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.

Petrie · **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2004, 09:42:00 PM

Petula Clark - one of the first female singers of the "British Invasion"

Malte279 · **Reply #23 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.

NewOrder · **Reply #24 on:** September 18, 2004, 08:32:14 AM

Rui Veloso - He's a very famous singer around her

Malte279 · **Reply #25 on:** September 18, 2004, 03:13:41 PM

Stephen King - American author of horror books. One of his most famous books is "Misery".

Petrie · **Reply #26 on:** September 18, 2004, 08:13:52 PM

ooc: tortured to death, Malte

Tina Turner - American singer

Malte279 · **Reply #27 on:** September 19, 2004, 05:07:17 PM

Ulla Schmidt - Germany's current minister for health care.

NewOrder · **Reply #28 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

Malte279 · **Reply #29 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".

Petrie · **Reply #30 on:** September 23, 2004, 08:31:53 AM

Xuxa Meneghel - if you can read Spanish maybe you can figure some of this out

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0579430/

Malte279 · **Reply #31 on:** September 24, 2004, 08:31:59 AM

Yoshihito Taisho - Japanese Emperor from 1912 till 1926.

NewOrder · **Reply #32 on:** September 26, 2004, 03:20:48 PM

ZÈ Maria - He won the first edition of Big Brother.. I never did like that show

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #33 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

Malte279 · **Reply #34 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).

NewOrder · **Reply #35 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...

Malte279 · **Reply #36 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).

NewOrder · **Reply #37 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

Malte279 · **Reply #38 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.

Malte279 · **Reply #39 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.