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Historical Figures 2.0: The Initials |
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I am afflicted with an X-Y block...
Ossip Zadkine (1888 - 1967) French-(Bela)Russian visual artist  Edited by someone_else - July 26 2018 at 06:00 |
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And to complete the X-Y-Z chain of N, by team work: Nathan Zuckerman, the protagonist in several novels of Philip Roth, such as The Ghost Writer (1979) and The Human Stain (2000).
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Neil Young (b. 1945)
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Nelson Xavier (1941 - 2017).
Brazilian actor and political activist. Twice awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Festival.  |
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Posted: July 24 2018 at 23:38 |
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Lots of choices for M. Here's my chain of X-Y-Z.
Malcolm X (1925–1965), American civil rights activist. Marguerite Yourcenar (1903 – 1987), French novelist and essayist; the first woman elected to the Académie française. Monica Zetterlund (1937 – 2005), Swedish singer and actress.  |
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Leonard Zelig, the fictional character created by Woody Allen for his movie Zelig (1983).
Allen as Zelig.  Edited by Atkingani - July 24 2018 at 18:40 |
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Loretta Young (1913 – 2000), American actress. Oscar for Best Actress: The Farmer's Daughter (1947).
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Karl X Gustav (1622 - 1660).
King of Sweden from 1654 until his death.  |
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^ Looks familiar!  Katri Ylander (b. 1985), Finnish pop singer; one of those numerous artists who come into music business via TV contest (Finnish Idols, 2005).  |
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Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, aka Tiradentes (The Dentist). 1746 - 1792.
Brazilian independence martyr and national hero. Before (unknown artist).  After (painting by Pedro Américo).  |
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(Skipping I. - Note: Russian names are written in various ways: Yevgeni, Eugen, etc. In Finland we use Jevgeni.)  |
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Found by chance googling.
Han Xue (b. 1983). Chinese actress.  Hillary Yego (b. 1992). Kenyan long-distance runner.  |
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Hans Zimmer (b. 1957), German-born film composer.
Works include Rain Man, Lion King, Gladiator, Inception and Interstellar. Edited by Matti - July 22 2018 at 23:27 |
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Georgi Zhukov (1896 - 1974).
Marshal of the Soviet Union.  |
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^ "Talkin' about me?!"
 (1940 - 1993)George Young (1946 – 2017), Scottish-Australian rock musician, songwriter and record producer. Brother of Malcolm and Angus (AC/DC). |
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Fernando Yañez (1465 - 1536).
Spanish painter. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, painted circa 1510.  |
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Constantin Xenakis (b. 1931), Greek artist based in France
Emanuel Xavier (b. 1971), American author and activist
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Francis Xavier (1506 - 1552).
Spanish missionary. Roman Catholic saint. Founder of the Society of Jesus with Ignatius de Loyola.  |
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