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Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) - the founder and leader of the X-Men  |
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
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Posted: August 01 2018 at 16:09 |
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The Waltons, a fictional family living during the Great Depression and World War II portrayed in a TV series.
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Actually one good was in the box: Hope. But unfortunately Pandora put the lid back on before it could get out.
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Posted: August 01 2018 at 02:19 |
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Joost van den Vondel (1587 - 1679)
Dutch poet and playwright  |
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Uthman or Osman (579 - 656 AD).
Companion of Muhammad and one of the firsts to convert to Islam. He's the 3rd Caliph.  Edited by Atkingani - July 31 2018 at 17:43 |
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Posted: July 31 2018 at 01:58 |
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Tertullian (c. 155 - c. 240 AD)
Early Christian author and apologist  |
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Posted: July 18 2018 at 13:53 |
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Sebastian, 3rd century AD.
Christian saint and martyr. Patron saint of a number of cities, including Saint Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, where I was born and where I live.  |
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Skipping Q...
Rolihlahla (18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013) Later known as Nelson Mandela, or Madiba. President of South Africa 1994-1999.  Edited by someone_else - July 18 2018 at 04:21 |
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Pandora. In Greek mythology, Pandora ("all-gifted" or "all-giving") was the first human woman created by the gods. Opening Pandora's box would mean releasing all the evils of humanity.
 Pandora (1882) by Jules Joseph Lefebvren.
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Ari Onassis (1906 - 1975)
Greek shipping tycoon  |
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Evelin Nesbit (1884 - 1967).
American actress, model, chorus girl and the most popular woman in the US in early 20th century.  |
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Martha and Maria
Sisters of Lazarus, who are mentioned in Luke 10 and John 11 and 12.  |
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Lazarus (of Bethany), 1st century AD.
A figure in the New Testament whose life was restored by Jesus of Nazareth, according to the Gospel of John. The Raising of Lazarus, Vincent van Gogh (1890).  |
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Some more mystery (now solved):
King Kong Christiaan Lindemans (1912 - 1946), Dutch double agent during WWII  |
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Adding a bit of mystery.
Jack the Ripper. London, UK, end of 19th century.  Edited by Atkingani - July 09 2018 at 12:31 |
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Let's stay generic for another alphabetical character:
Idiots Those who want to impose a superstate on the citizens of their respective countries, defying the course of history  Edited by someone_else - July 09 2018 at 09:43 |
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Posted: June 30 2018 at 20:02 |
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Keeping the generic character mode.
Hoplite, the citizen-soldier of Ancient Greece.  |
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a rather generic character this time: the Gladiatrix. yes, female
gladiators did not only exist in movies, they were a reality in ancient
Rome for some time until Septimius Severus banned them. here an ancient picture showing two gladiatrices in fight: 
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Dario Fo (1926 - 2016)
Italian playwright, Nobel Prize for Literature 1997 
Bring it on, BJ
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Estevanico (1500 - 1539)
Morrocan enslaved man. One of the 4 survivors of the ill-fated Narvaez Expedition (1527-1536). Some historians consider him the first African person to reach North America in recent times. For more information, I recommend the film Cabeza de Vaca (1990).  |
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