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Atkingani
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Skipping several pairs.
Vanessa Williams (b. 1963). American beauty, actress and model. First African-American crowned Miss America (1983). |
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Matti
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Filling a couple of holes: Tatu Vaaskivi (1912 - 1942), Finnish writer, critic and essayist.
Usko Viitanen (1928 - 2005), Finnish opera singer. Ville Valo (b. 1976), Finnish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of the "love metal" band HIM. |
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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
American poet, journalist and humanist. |
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(The challenge of the final letters... Both of these are google-aided, not exactly of my knowledge areas! ) Xavier Woods (born Austin Watson, 1986), American wrestler. Zara Whites (born Esther Kooiman, 1968), Dutch-French former pornographic film actress. |
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Extremely forced but deserved IMO since he wasn't mentioned before.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963). British writer and philosopher: Brave New World, The Doors of Perception. Edited by Atkingani - July 18 2018 at 13:48 |
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(Just to be a perfectionist)
Abel Xavier (b. 1972), Portuguese football player Basilis Xanthopoulos (1951-1990), Greek gravitational physicist
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Matti
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So, in order to avoid unbearable difficulty, we have the surname letters X, Y and Z to choose from. I add: A.W. Yrjänä (b. 1967), Finnish rock musician and writer, the frontman of CMX.
Banana Yoshimoto (b. 1964), Japanese novelist. Catherine Zeta-Jones (b. 1969), Welsh actress. |
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Deng Xiaoping (1904 - 1997)
Chinese politician |
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Matti
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+ Dwight Yoakam (b. 1956), American singer-songwriter. |
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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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Constantin Xenakis (b. 1931), Greek artist based in France
Emanuel Xavier (b. 1971), American author and activist
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Atkingani
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Fernando Yañez (1465 - 1536).
Spanish painter. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, painted circa 1510. |
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FZ...
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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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Georgi Zhukov (1896 - 1974).
Marshal of the Soviet Union. |
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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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Test.
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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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(Skipping I. - Note: Russian names are written in various ways: Yevgeni, Eugen, etc. In Finland we use Jevgeni.) |
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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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