Historical Figures 2.0: The Initials

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^^ Do you know Eduard Uspenski, the Russian children's author? Uncle Fedya, anyone? 

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970), Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic and academic.

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Matti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 15 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matti Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 27 2018 at 03:44
	^^ Do you know Eduard Uspenski, the Russian children's author? Uncle Fedya, anyone? Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970), Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic and academic.

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	^Never heard of Eduard Uspensky until now. Henk van Ulsen (1927 - 2009) Dutch actor


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	Ian Underwood (b. 1939), American woodwind and keyboards player who worked with Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention.

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	Justo J. Urquiza (1801 - 1870). Argentinian military and politician. President of Argentina (1854-1860).
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	Kaari Utrio (b. 1942), Finnish writer of historical (and often romantic) novels and studies on history.

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	Leon Uris (1924 - 2003) American author of historical fiction


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	Miguel de Unamuno (1864 - 1936). Spanish writer and philosopher. Anti-fascist and anti-falangist character.
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	^ Nice row of writers; Miguel de Unamuno would have been my choice too. (Skipping N.U.) Olavi Uusivirta (b. 1983), Finnish pop musician and singer-songwriter.

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	Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004) British actor


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	Skipping QU. Roy Urquhart (1901 - 1988). British Army officer. In the movie A Bridge Too Far (1977) he was portrayed by Sean Connery . BTW both are Scottish. The original on the right. Edited by Atkingani - June 28 2018 at 23:45
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	Steve Unruh (didn't find year of birth, nor did the bio writer in PA), American prog musician: sings and plays violin, flute, keyboards, mandolin, guitar... Besides his solo career he has played on albums of several artists and is a core member of The Samurai Of Prog.

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	Torben Ulrich (born 1928). Danish filmmaker, writer, musician and tennis player. Father of Lars Ulrich Metallica's drummer.
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	(Skipping U.U.) Ville Urponen, highly acclaimed Finnish organist (classical music). http://www.villeurponen.com/biografia P.S. As we're approaching the final tough letters of the alphabet, what would you think if we made it a bit easier by combining V and W together, and X, Y and Z together? (One still could name, for example, D.V. after D.W., when continuing with E.V. or E.W.) Edited by Matti - July 02 2018 at 00:08

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	^Agreed with P.S. Edited by Atkingani - June 30 2018 at 07:04
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	Wendell Urth, a fictional character who appeared in several stories written by Isaac Asimov which were included in the book Asimov's Mysteries (1968).
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	Xaver Unsinn (1929 -2012), German ice hockey player. (Never heard of him, actually. I might have as well gone straight to AV/AW.)

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	Skipping YU & ZU. Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741). Italian composer.
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	... And the American pop artist Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) for A.W. Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002), Austrian-born, American film director, screenwriter, producer... Best known films e.g. Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot.

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	Since we are watching the World Cup 2018... Carlos Valderrama (born 1961). Colombian footballer.
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	Christopher Walken (b. 1943), American actor, one of my favourites! Dennis Weaver (1924 - 2006), American actor. The picture from the Steven Spielberg's debut Duel (1971).