Famous People A-Z

Malte279 · **Reply #60 on:** November 17, 2006, 07:35:44 PM

Zachary Taylor - US General and 12th US president.

Petrie. · **Reply #61 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:24:40 AM

Adam Sandler - comedian

Malte279 · **Reply #62 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.

Petrie. · **Reply #63 on:** November 20, 2006, 05:06:09 PM

Chris Rock - another comedian (no I'm not trying to be funny

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Malte279 · **Reply #64 on:** November 20, 2006, 05:20:38 PM

Daniel Defoe - Author of Robinson Crusoe.

Petrie. · **Reply #65 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)

Malte279 · **Reply #66 on:** November 27, 2006, 05:05:36 PM

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - ^ See above.

Lain_EX · **Reply #67 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!!!

Malte279 · **Reply #68 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."

Nick22 · **Reply #69 on:** November 29, 2006, 11:04:34 AM

Howard Hughes- Billionare aviator.

Lain_EX · **Reply #70 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.

Malte279 · **Reply #71 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.

prehistorian · **Reply #72 on:** December 25, 2006, 11:40:28 AM

Kofi Annan, ex-secretary-general of the UN.

Malte279 · **Reply #73 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).

Tails_155 · **Reply #74 on:** May 27, 2007, 11:55:43 AM

Michael Kenji Shinoda - Vocalist/Rapper of Linkin Park

Malte279 · **Reply #75 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.

action9000 · **Reply #76 on:** May 27, 2007, 07:02:04 PM

Ozzy Osbourne: Hard Rock / metal singer

Dwalin · **Reply #77 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.

KingdomKey23 · **Reply #78 on:** May 27, 2007, 07:09:28 PM

Queen Latifah- American rapper/singer actress

action9000 · **Reply #79 on:** May 27, 2007, 07:57:30 PM

Robert W. Smith: Contemporary American composer. I have played two of his works in school bands; "The Tempest" and "The Winds of Poseidon".