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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:19 PM
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Name a random historical figure that pops into your head.
For some reason I've been thinking about Nathan Hale.
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:21 PM
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1. Me.
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:21 PM
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2. Michael Collins
He's often in my thoughts,for some reason
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:34 PM
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19. The guy in the command module while Armstrong and Aldrin
descended to the surface of the moon in the LEM?
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:39 PM
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21. No,not him...
Irish revolutionary leader:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:43 PM
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26. Thanks.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:26 PM
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3. Karl Marx was the first one that came to mind, followed by Emma Goldman
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:27 PM
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4. Ah, I can't think of any now!
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:30 PM
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5. Gavrilo Princip
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:31 PM
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6. Rasputin.
It was actually someone else, but it was only an image, and I can't figure out who it is. So Rasputin is the first one that came with a name.
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:33 PM
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7. Benjamin Disraeli.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:32 PM
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18. You don't even know who I am
;) sorry family guy reference
Alexander Dubcek for me and its no suprise since Ive been reading Hope Dies Last/
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:36 PM
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8. General Longstreet
:shrug:
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:37 PM
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9. Richard Nixon is always in my thoughts.
Some guy came up to me and sang Neil Young's "Even Richard Nixon has God's soul."
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:37 PM
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10. Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Don't ask-I don't know why.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:49 PM
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11. Marquis de Sade -- OMG, what does that say about me???
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gkdmaths Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 08:54 PM
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12. Osborne Reynolds
Eh, you'll understand if you've ever worked with fluids.

otherwise, blah.
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:53 PM
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13. Francis Bacon
I just got done reading the thread by the person who ate whale bacon in Japan.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:54 PM
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14. abraham lincoln
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:39 PM
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22. Lincoln popped into my head, too!
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Road Scholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:54 PM
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15. William Harvey. Who could ever forget? nt
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 11:03 PM
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29. Which one? The CIA guy, or the blood circulation guy?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 09:55 PM
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16. St Joan of Arc
:shrug:
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Derailer Donating Member (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:29 PM
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17. William Blake
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:38 PM
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20. Angela Davis
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:40 PM
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23. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
He's always in there. I'm going to start charging him rent.
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:41 PM
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24. Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:42 PM
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25. John Paul Jones.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 10:45 PM
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27. Martin Luther
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 11:02 PM
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28. H. L. Mencken
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njdemocrat106 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:05 AM
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30. Ethan Allen
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:14 AM
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31. Paul Pot
Edited on Fri May-05-06 12:14 AM by XemaSab
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:33 AM
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32. Daniel Boone
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OldEurope Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:36 AM
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33. Sophie Scholl
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:41 AM
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34. James K Polk
The Napoleon of the Stump
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:42 AM
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35. Sir William Marshal...
the first Earl of Pembroke. English knight who competed in hundreds of tournaments and never lost once; led men into battle (and personally took prisoners) at the age of seventy; King John's representative at Runnymede for the signing of Magna Charta, because he was basically the only man the barons would trust to deal with as an honest broker...one of the more fascinating obscure figures of history.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 AM
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36. Patricia Krenwinkle
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 AM
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37. Gen. Grant.
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:54 AM
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38. John Dickinson
Interesting but obscure figure of the American Revolution.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:22 AM
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39. Eamon De Valera
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:24 AM
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40. Napoleon. nt
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:52 AM
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41. My cat, Otis
He's done some significant stuff
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:05 AM
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42. LaFayette McLaws ...

Not really random because I've recently been trying to read some bad photocopies of his very bad penmanship, and it's given me a headache. But that is what popped into my head.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:13 AM
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43. Former Canadian PM William Lyon Mackenzie King
Mackenzie King was a cautious politician who tailored his policies to prevailing opinions. "Parliament will decide," he liked to say when pressed to act.

Privately, he was highly eccentric with his preference for consulting spirits, including those of Leonardo da Vinci, Louis Pasteur, his dead mother and his dog, Pat. He sought personal reassurance from the spirits, rather than political advice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King

He may have been talking to his dead mother, but at least he wasn't talking to god...
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:27 AM
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44. Lucy, the mother of all mothers


and her mate, Ricky Ricardo.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:35 AM
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45. Victoria Woodhull, 19th-century women's rights advocate.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:47 AM
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46. Jane Grey
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 11:57 AM
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47. Norton the First
Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton_I
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 11:58 AM
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48. Eleanor of Aquataine
I watched "The Lion in Winter" again last night.
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