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Obadiah

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Paris, the Prince of Troy who abducted or seduced Helen sparking the Trojan War.
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Adolphe Quetelet (1796 - 1874)

Belgian statistician and sociologist who developed the body mass index scale.
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962).
American politician, diplomat and social activist.




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Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768)
Irish novelist and Anglican clergyman, author of the very unusual, original, and almost surreal The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman (1761) The famous novel created quite a stir at the time and is two centuries ahead of its time in it comic idiosyncrasy. Of its reception in London, Sterne wrote: "One half of the town abuse my book as bitterly, as the other half cry it up to the skies—the best is, they abuse it and buy it, and at such a rate, that we are going on with a second edition, as fast as possible."
It's certainly the oddest old book I've had the pleasure to read.

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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Temüjin (1162 - 1227).
Mongolian warrior and conqueror, 1st Emperor of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in History.
His title was GENGHIS KHAN.
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Umberto II (1904 - 1983)

Last King of Italy 9 May - 12 June 1946
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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet; 1694 – 1778)
Prolific and hugely influential French writer, philosopher, and historian who advocated for freedom of speech and separation of church and state.
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George Washington Carver (1860 - 1943).
American botanist and inventor: The Black Leonard.



Remarks:
1. He should be in the letter C but since he's always forgotten I found a niche for him here.
2. Carver was born a slave. How many genius have mankind lost due to slavery and extreme poverty? How advanced could we be as society if all those people had a voice, an opportunity? 


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^ Right on, Guigo!
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Xerxes 1 (518–465 BC)
"Xerxes the Great" the fourth "king of kings" of Persia. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC by the leader of the royal bodyguards.
That reminds me of how Anwar Sadat died!
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Wing Commander (RAF) F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas.
Forest Frederick Edward "Tommy"[1] Yeo-Thomas GC, MC & Bar (17 June 1902 – 26 February 1964) was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in the Second World War. Codenamed "SEAHORSE" and "SHELLEY" in the SOE, Yeo-Thomas was known by the Gestapo as "The White Rabbit". His particular sphere of operations was Occupied and Vichy France.



Just yesterday, I was reading about the "Comet Line" and discovered a great number of really courageous men and women who worked behind the Nazi lines during WWII. This dude, Yeo-Tomas was one of them.




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Ok Ok its an easy cop out for Z..

But..

Frank Zappa 1940- 1993
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Try again..
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Nope.. apologies

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^ Frank Zappa Wink
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Averroes (1126 - 1198).
Andalusian philosopher, mathematician, geographer, musician, astroomer, etc.
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Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

^ Frank Zappa Wink

EmbarrassedEmbarrassed Thanks! I just couldn't get an image of FZ to load.. thought it might be something to do with the Zappa family trust putting some kinda lock on his imageLOLLOL or maybe I'm just paranoidWink


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Sorry spoiled the flow (again!).. Anyway..

Iain (M) Banks 1954-2013, Scottish writer of strange, often twisted and gothic fiction such as 'The Wasp Factory'(1984) and also (using the 'M' from his adopted middle name Menzies) writer of cult science fiction starting with 'Consider Phlebas' 1n 1987. He also wrote poetry and was involved in theatre production
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Sorry spoiled the flow (again!).. Anyway..

Iain (M) Banks 1954-2013, Scottish writer of strange, often twisted and gothic fiction such as 'The Wasp Factory'(1984) and also (using the 'M' from his adopted middle name Menzies) writer of cult science fiction starting with 'Consider Phlebas' 1n 1987. He also wrote poetry and was involved in theatre production


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