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Historical Figures 2.0: The Initials |
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Richard Dawkins (born 1941)
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, author, and outspoken atheist 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Atkingani
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Quincy Delightt Jones (b. 1933) or simply Quincy Jones.
American musician, composer, arranger, producer, etc.  |
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Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982) American science fiction writer, author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (the inspiration for Blade Runner) and The Man in the High Castle
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
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Atkingani
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Ophelia of Denmark.
A character in Shakespeare's Hamlet.  |
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Matti
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Nick Drake (1948 - 1974), English singer-songwriter. Recorded three acoustic guitar based albums and committed a suicide.
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Marcel Dassault (1892 - 1986).
French aircraft industrialist. Mirage III, Super Étendard, Mirage 4000, Rafale, etc.  |
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Lawrence Durrell (India 1912 – France 1990), British novelist, poet, dramatist and travel writer. Works include e.g. The Alexandria Quartet (1957-60). He moved to Corfu in 1935 -- as perhaps remembered by those who have read, or seen the TV series based on, his little brother Gerald's popular autobiographic books.
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Posted: December 28 2017 at 11:17 |
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Krishna Das
American kirtan and new age harmonium player and singer.  |
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Johnny Depp (born 1963).
American actor: Jack Sparrow.  Edited by Atkingani - December 28 2017 at 08:58 |
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Ivan Drago
Fictional Russian boxer; opponent of Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV.  |
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Henri Dunant (1828 - 1910)
Swiss banker and social activist. Founder of the Red Cross.  |
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(Was just about to post Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the Swiss writer...)
Georges Jacques Danton (1759 – 1794), a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution.  |
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Francis Drake (1540 - 1596).
English sea captain, privateer and slave trader.  |
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Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
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Donald Duck, a world-famous cartoon character created by Walt Disney in 1934. Known for his short temper and a positive look on life.
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Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
English naturalist, geologist and biologist. Founder of the evolution theory.  |
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881).
British politician. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874-1880).  |
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Skipping Z. The 4th round starts!
Arthur Dent, the main character in Douglas Adams' SciFi parody The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  (In the BBC TV series played by Simon Jones.) |
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Jacques Yves-Cousteau (1910 - 1997). French naval officer, inventor, oceanographer, film maker, conservationist, etc.  Edited by Atkingani - December 26 2017 at 18:18 |
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William Campbell
Alter of Paul McCartney, devised for the Paul is dead-theory.  |
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