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Nero Claudius Caesar etc (37 - 68 AD).

Roman emperor, the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.


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^ It's nice to have various preferences in our choises (no Romans from me!). Wink
 
Ornette Coleman (1930 – 2015), American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. One of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s.
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Pierre de Coubertin (1863 - 1937).
French educator. Father of the Modern Olympic Games.


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Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; (1908-12-25)1908 – (1999-11-21)1999), English writer, actor and gay icon.
 
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Raynald de Châtillon (1125 - 1187). 
AKA Arnaldo da Chatillon (in Italian). Crusader.







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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834), English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian. Founder of the Romantic movement.
 
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Thomas Cochrane (1775 - 1860).
British naval officer. A successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars and the Independence Wars of Brazil and Chile.
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Ulric Cross: Trinidadian jurist, diplomat, and RAF navigator - possibly the most decorated West Indian of WW2 Nicknamed "Black Hornet, " Cross was a bomber squadron leader, and the model for a Ken Follet character.

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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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Vera Clouzot (1913 - 1960).
Brazilian actress, humanitarian and political activist. Wife of French film director Henri-Georges Clouzot.

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William Campbell
 
Alter of Paul McCartney, devised for the Paul is dead-theory.
 
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Skipping X.

Jacques Yves-Cousteau (1910 - 1997).
French naval officer, inventor, oceanographer, film maker, conservationist, etc.



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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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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881).
British politician. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874-1880).

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Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
 
English naturalist, geologist and biologist. Founder of the evolution theory.
 
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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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Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863)

French painter


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Francis Drake (1540 - 1596).
English sea captain, privateer and slave trader.

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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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Henri Dunant (1828 - 1910)

Swiss banker and social activist. Founder of the Red Cross.

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Ivan Drago

Fictional Russian boxer; opponent of Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV.


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