Historical figures A - Z

[farouk]

W: Orville (or Wilbur...) Wright

 

[Agape]

X???

Do you know Wilbur Xright? smile

 

[farouk]

X???

Do you know Wilbur Xright? smile

smile

 

[farouk]

PS: ...and now for the difficult Z...

 

[Agape]

PS: ...and now for the difficult Z...

Emile François Zola (French writer and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism)

 

[farouk]

A: Arthur Andersen (accountant)

 

[Agape]

Alexander Graham Bell

 

[farouk]

C: Casanova (notorious seducer and highly efficient spy)

 

[Agape]

Charles Darwin

 

[farouk]

E: Senator John Edwards (former Vice Presidential nominee)

 

[Agape]

Queen Fabiola of Belgium

 

[farouk]

G: General Heinz Guderian (German tank commander)

 

[Agape]

King Herod the Great

 

[BornAgain]

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Iphigenia [/FONT]

 

[farouk]

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Iphigenia [/FONT]

I'm trying to remember who Iphigenia was ...

 

[farouk]

J: Lyndon Johnson

 

[BornAgain]

I'm trying to remember who Iphigenia was ...

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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[farouk]

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>
<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">Wiki</sup>
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Okay, ty, Christine!

Was vaguely familiar, but now I know.

 

[farouk]

K: Kalinin (some crony of Stalin, I think; had a Soviet city named for him)

 

[Knotical]

Lenin (since we are on a soviet/communist kick)