Historical Figures 2.0: The Initials

Johnny Depp (born 1963).

Edited by Atkingani - December 28 2017 at 08:58

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.

Nick Drake (1948 - 1974), English singer-songwriter. Recorded three acoustic guitar based albums and committed a suicide.  

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



Edited by Peter - December 30 2017 at 21:38

Richard Dawkins (born 1941)
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, author, and outspoken atheist

Tess Durbyfield, tragic heroine of Thomas Hardy's classic 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Here portrayed by Nastassja Kinski in Roman Polanski's 1979 adaptation "Tess." (I read and enjoyed the novel in university, though I preferred Hardy's lighter work Far From the Madding Crowd.

Matti wrote: Hi Peter, nice choices you've got here. ^ My T.D. would have been Tyler Durden. Had no-one for U.D. or V.D., (does someone have?)

Thanks, Matti!
Here's a good -- if less highbrow -- "UD" (though her initials might better be DD ):
Uschi Digard (born 1948) Swedish-born former soft core actor, best remembered for showing her top shelf talents in various Russ Meyer movies.


Edited by Peter - January 02 2018 at 06:44

Blake Edwards (1922 - 2010)

Edited by someone_else - January 02 2018 at 06:56

Whoops! Too slow!

^^^ Let it stay... QUOD ABUNDAT NON NOCET.

Edited by Atkingani - January 02 2018 at 14:23