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Historical figures A - Z

PS: ...and now for the difficult Z...
 
C: Casanova (notorious seducer and highly efficient spy)
 
E: Senator John Edwards (former Vice Presidential nominee)
 
G: General Heinz Guderian (German tank commander)
 
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farouk said:
I'm trying to remember who Iphigenia was ...
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Iphigenia: Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, Iphigeneia) is a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.<sup id="cite_ref-Liberalis_0-0" class="reference">[1]</sup> In Attic accounts,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup> her name means "strong-born", "born to strength", or "she who causes the birth of strong offspring."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">[3]</sup>

<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphigenia#cite_note-2</sup>
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BornAgain said:
Iphigenia: Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, Iphigeneia) is a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.<sup id="cite_ref-Liberalis_0-0" class="reference">[1]</sup> In Attic accounts,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup> her name means "strong-born", "born to strength", or "she who causes the birth of strong offspring."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">[3]</sup>

<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphigenia#cite_note-2</sup>
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Okay, ty, Christine! :)

Was vaguely familiar, but now I know. :)
 
K: Kalinin (some crony of Stalin, I think; had a Soviet city named for him)
 
Lenin (since we are on a soviet/communist kick)
 
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