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+ Dwight Yoakam (b. 1956), American singer-songwriter.  |
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Posted: July 19 2018 at 02:30 |
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Deng Xiaoping (1904 - 1997)
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Posted: July 18 2018 at 23:39 |
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So, in order to avoid unbearable difficulty, we have the surname letters X, Y and Z to choose from. I add: A.W. Yrjänä (b. 1967), Finnish rock musician and writer, the frontman of CMX.
Banana Yoshimoto (b. 1964), Japanese novelist. Catherine Zeta-Jones (b. 1969), Welsh actress.  |
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Posted: July 18 2018 at 15:38 |
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(Just to be a perfectionist)
Abel Xavier (b. 1972), Portuguese football player Basilis Xanthopoulos (1951-1990), Greek gravitational physicist
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Posted: July 18 2018 at 13:47 |
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Extremely forced but deserved IMO since he wasn't mentioned before.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963). British writer and philosopher: Brave New World, The Doors of Perception.  Edited by Atkingani - July 18 2018 at 13:48 |
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Posted: July 17 2018 at 03:55 |
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(The challenge of the final letters...  Both of these are google-aided, not exactly of my knowledge areas!  )Xavier Woods (born Austin Watson, 1986), American wrestler. Zara Whites (born Esther Kooiman, 1968), Dutch-French former pornographic film actress.  |
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Posted: July 16 2018 at 13:05 |
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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
American poet, journalist and humanist.  |
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Posted: July 15 2018 at 23:25 |
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Filling a couple of holes: Tatu Vaaskivi (1912 - 1942), Finnish writer, critic and essayist.
Usko Viitanen (1928 - 2005), Finnish opera singer. Ville Valo (b. 1976), Finnish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of the "love metal" band HIM.  |
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Posted: July 13 2018 at 23:49 |
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Skipping several pairs.
Vanessa Williams (b. 1963). American beauty, actress and model. First African-American crowned Miss America (1983).  |
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^ Ha ha, you're welcome!
 (A double meaning, see?)Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983), American playwright and screenwriter. Works include The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last summer.  |
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^Thanks for saving me from the temptation to give myself a place in history
 .Simon Vinkenoog (1928 - 2009) Dutch poet and writer  and Steven Wilson (b. 1967) British musician and producer who may be regarded as one of the major forces in contemporary progressive rock.  Edited by someone_else - July 12 2018 at 03:45 |
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Posted: July 12 2018 at 00:06 |
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Skipping QV/QW. And here are both V and W in the same person:
 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958), English composer.  |
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Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896).
French poet. "Les sanglots longs, des violons de l'automne".  |
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Paul Whitehead, British painter and graphic artist known for his surrealistic prog album covers, especially for Genesis ('70 - '72) and Van der Graaf Generator.
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Olav V, of Norway (1903 - 1991).
King of Norway from 1957 until his death.  |
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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; 1903 – 1940), American author and screenwriter.
and, continuing in the world of literature: Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), Irish poet, playwright and novelist (The Picture of Dorian Gray).  |
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Nick D'Virgilio (b. 1968)
American drummer (Spock's Beard, Big Big Train)  |
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Posted: July 10 2018 at 03:54 |
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Michelle Williams (b. 1980), American actress.
 Started her career in the youth series Dawson's Creek. In Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz (2011).
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Posted: July 09 2018 at 12:39 |
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Martha Vasconcellos (born 1948).
Brazilian beauty crowned Miss Universe 1968. Martha age 20 and now age 70.  Edited by Atkingani - July 09 2018 at 12:40 |
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Liz Windsor (b. 1926) Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-present (crowned in 1953). Today's longest reigning monarch.  Louis Vuitton (1821 - 1892) French founder of a luxury brand  Edited by someone_else - July 09 2018 at 07:56 |
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