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    Posted: August 07 2018 at 08:28
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Finished!  The more complete list of names is on top of page 25.
 
From _P  to  _T
 
Anthony Phillips    Anthony Quinn       Auguste Rodin       Anne Sexton        Anne Tyler  
Boris Pasternak    Bernard Quatermass Bertrand Russell   Boyan Slat           Bernie Taupin 
Carl Palmer         [Charles Qualey]      Christina Rossetti   Carol Shields        Charles Trenet  
Dennis Potter      Dennis Quaid           David Rockefeller   Donald Suhteland  Donald Trump 
Elvis Presley       Eça de Queiroz        Erich Maria Remarque Egon Schiele       E.T.
Frederick Pohl                                   Francois Rabelais      Frank Sinatra       Francois Truffaut  
Gene Pitney                                      George Raft            George Soros       Gary Thain  
Henry Purcell     Henri Queffelec       Hillary Rodham Clinton  Horace Silver     Harry S. Truman 
Ian Paice            Ingmar Quant         Iiro Rantala              Ibn Saud             Ian Thrope   
Jackson Pollock    John Quincy Adams  Józef Retinger       Jane Seymour       John Taverner  
Kazimierz Pulaski  Kathleen Quinlan     Kurt Russell          Karol Szymanowski   Kilgore Trout
Laura Palmer        Liliana Queiroz       Louis Renault         Lawrence Summers  Liz Taylor
Michael Phelps      Mary Quant         Mieczysław Rakowski  Mary Shelley       Maureen Tucker
Nick Park             Nairo Quantana     Nelson Rockefeller        Neil Sedaka      Nikola Tesla   
Oscar Peterson     Oliver Queen         Oliver Reed                Omar Sy           Owen Tudor   
[Peter, Paul & Mary] Peter McQueen   Paul Rijkens            Peter Sellers        P.L. Travers 
[Quentin Palfrey]                              Quentin roosevelt     [Queen of Sheba]  Quentin Tarantino
Rosa Parks            Raymond Queneau  Raymond Radiguet   Robert Smith      Rita Tushingham
Shimon Peres        Steve McQueen     Salman Rushdie         Stella Stevens     Shirley temple
Tito Puente           Thomas de Quincey   Terje Rypdal          Telly Savalas       Thomas Tallis
Ursula Plassnik                                Urban of Rome             Uncle Sam        Ugo Tognazzi
Vincent Price         Valérie Quenessen  Vanessa Redgrave    Villy Sørensen     Väinö Tanner
Wolfgang Pluck     William Quant         Wilhelm Röntgen      William Shakespeare  Wilhelm Tell
                   Xiaolong Qiu ;Yann Queffelec   Yves Rocher      Xavier Serrano     
[Zelda Plush]     Zainab Quayyum       Zbigniew Rybczyński  Yves Saint-Laurent
                                                                                      Ziggy Stardust       Zacharias Topelius
 
From _U to _Z.
Álvaro Uribe           Antonio Vivaldi / Andy Warhol        (A. Huxley) Abel Xavier / A.W. Yrjänä
Beate Uhse                Billy Wilder                               Basilis Xanthopoulos / Banana Yoshimoto
Carol Urquhart    Carlos Valderrama / Christopher Walken  Catherine Zeta-Jones / Constantin Xenakis
David Uosikkinen     Dennis Weaver  / Don van Vliet      Deng Xiaoping / Dwight Yoakam
Ebru Umar              Elie Wiezel  / Edgar Varèse            Emile Zola  / Emanuel Xavier
Francis Upton           Frank lloyd Wright                       Francis Xavier  / Fernando Yanez / Frank Zappa
Giuseppe Ungaretti   George Washington / Gore Vidal      Georgi Zhukov
Henk van Ulsen        Hasse Walli /  Heitor Villa-Lobos      Hans Zimmer / Han Xue / Hillary Yego
Ian Underwood              Iiro Viinanen
Justo Urquiza         Jean Valjean  / Jeanette Winterson      Jevgeni Zamjatin / Joaguim ... Xavier
Kaari Utrio             Kurt Vonnegut  / Kurt Weill             Katri Ylander / Karl X Gustav
Leon Uris                 Liz Windsor / Louis Vuitton          Loretta Young / Leonard Zelig
Miguel de Unamuno  Martha Vasconcellos / Michelle Williams  Malcolm X /M. Yourcenar /M. Zetterlund
                               Nick d'Virgilio  / Nathanael West    Nelson Xavier / Neil Young / Nathan Zuckerman
Olavi Uusivirta           Oscar Wilde  /  Olav V                   Ossip Zadkine
Peter Ustinov         Paul Whitehead  / Paul Verlaine        Paul Young / Per Zanussi     // Queen Zenobia 
Roy Urquhart          Ralp Vaughan Williams                   Roger Zelazny / Robert Young
Steve Unruh           Simon Vinkenoog / Steven Wilson     Stefan Zweig / Sean Young/ Sebastiano Ximenes
Torben Ulrich          Tennessee Williams / Tatu Vaaskivi      Terence Young
                               Usko Viitanen             
Ville Urponen       Vanessa Williams / Ville Valo                  Victor of Xanten    
Wendell Urth        Walt Whitman                                    W.B. Yeats / Warren Zevon
                                                                                    Yi Xing / Ykä Yksinäinen / Yuri Zhuravlyov
Xaver Unsinn     Xavier Woods  / Zara Whites              Xi Xi / Xu Yifan Xi Zhongxun   
 
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Yuri Zhuravlyov (b. 1935).
Russian mathematician. 
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The final few...  I'm almost gonna miss this game...
 
 
Ykä Yksinäinen, the title character in the youth novel (1980) by Finnish writer Anna-Liisa Haakana.
(Yksinäinen = 'lonely' in Finnish.)
 
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Yi Xing (683 - 727)

Chinese astronomer, mathematician and Buddhist monk




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To complete the X factor, an interesting character found by chance.

Xi Zhongxun (1913 - 2002).
Chinese communist revolutionary and a subsequent political official in the People's Republic of China. He is considered to be among the first generation of Chinese leadership. The contributions he made to the Chinese communist revolution and the development of the People's Republic, from the founding of Communist guerrilla bases in northwestern China in the 1930s to initiation of economic liberalization in southern China in the 1980s, are numerous and broad. He was known for political moderation and for the setbacks he endured in his career. He was imprisoned and purged several times. Xi is also the father of Xi Jinping, the current General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Chinaand also Chairman of the Military Commission.



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Xu Yifan (b. 1988)

Chinese tennis player



NB: I was looking for a male person (XY), but found her Wink.
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Xi Xi (born 1938), pen name of Zhang Yan.
Chinese poet and author.




NB: I was searching for a female panda and found him.
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Warren Zevon (1947 - 2003)

American singer-songwriter
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^ I have no U either.
 
William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939), Irish poet. Nobelist of 1923.
 
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Skipping U.

Victor of Xanten, 4th century.
Christian martyr of Xanten, Germany, known as Saint Victor.
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Terence Young (1915 – 1994), British film director and screenwriter.
(in the middle of the picture; he's best remembered for three early James Bond films starring Sean Connery.)
 
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Sebastiano Ximenes, 16th century.
Italian banker who gave name to the Palace Ximenes de Sangallo, Florence, Italy.
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^Positive identification:

Sean Young (b. 1959)

American actress







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Stefan Zweig (1881 – 1942), Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer.
   As a teenager I read his captivating novella Chess Story (1941).
 
 
 
PS. I'm thinking of an actress for S.Y. (whose first name is more common as a men's name); if you guess who, feel free to post it.   
 
EDIT:           V     Clap That's right, Sean Young who acted Rachael in Blade Runner.


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^^ Zenobia was a poweful woman. I like her history.

Robert Young (1907 - 1998).
American actor. A very familiar figure.
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Procession-wise completing the P series:

Phideaux Xavier

American prog musician



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Name googling:       Queen Zenobia (c. 240 – c. 274), 3rd century queen of Palmyra.
 
 
Roger Zelazny (1937 – 1995), American poet and writer of science fiction / fantasy.
                  (I think this is the only person I've posted in both of the Historical Figures games.)
 
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Per Zanussi (b. 1977).
Norwegian jazz musician.
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Paul Young (1947 – 2000), British singer-songwriter, perhaps best known as a vocalist in Mike + The Mechanics. (In the right side of the picture.)
 
 
 
 
Or, for the larger pop music public:   Paul Young (b. 1956), British singer-songwriter. 'Every Time You Go Away', 'Come Back and Stay' and other hits.
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