Names II

November 23, 2005, 12:20

haberdasher

Names II

John Wayne and Lorena BOBBITT...a famous couple (of sorts)

Hmm. I would have said they were a famous couple _out_ of sorts.

TAMERLAINE

November 23, 2005, 20:08

KHC

EBENEEZER Scrooge

November 24, 2005, 11:00

arnie

RUDOLF... the red-nosed one.

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November 24, 2005, 18:38

haberdasher

...FRIML

wrote Donkey Serenade?

EDIT: Nope, that was Robert Wright, with George "Chet" Forrest. Rudolf Friml wrote Vagabond King and other musicals and revues, though.

November 24, 2005, 20:19

KHC

June LOCKHART.. Lassie's mom

November 25, 2005, 07:05

haberdasher

Sybil TRELAWNEY, discredited seer (except twice)

November 25, 2005, 11:07

arnie

Michael YORK, British actor

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November 25, 2005, 13:23

haberdasher

KING -- Martin Luther, or Kong, or Alan, or Arthur, or any other royal - take your pick

November 25, 2005, 19:23

KHC

KING Kong

Solomon R. GUGGENHEIM

November 26, 2005, 06:24

haberdasher

MARIA CALLAS

November 26, 2005, 10:04

arnie

Martha STEWART

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November 26, 2005, 11:34

haberdasher

THOMAS AQUINAS

November 27, 2005, 19:11

KHC

SERENA Williams... Tennis ace.

November 27, 2005, 19:47

haberdasher

ARTHUR ASHE

November 27, 2005, 20:50

KHC

EVONNE Goolagong

November 28, 2005, 11:00

arnie

Chris EVERT (-LLOYD)

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November 28, 2005, 14:41

haberdasher

TORQUEMADA ('nuf said)

November 28, 2005, 19:15

KHC

Sgt. ALVIN York
"Alvin...! When ya comin' home?"

November 29, 2005, 11:06

haberdasher

NELSON MANDELA

November 29, 2005, 11:18

arnie

ABELARD (& Heloise)

My first thought was ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU but I thought someone might complain that 'Archbishop' isn't part of his name.

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November 29, 2005, 11:44

haberdasher

DENNIS THE MENACE - is this cartoon little boy, drawn by Hank Ketcham, known outside the US?

November 29, 2005, 14:47

arnie

We have our own Dennis the Menace, in the Beano Comic, originally drawn by David Law in 1951.

Nelson EDDY

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November 29, 2005, 16:30

haberdasher

Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham

cartoon here [edit: will change daily]

also from the early Fifties, originally.

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November 29, 2005, 19:58

KHC

Those darn "y's"....

YOLANDA King... first born of MLK, Jr. and Coretta Scott

November 30, 2005, 06:38

haberdasher

ARACHNE she said silkily

November 30, 2005, 11:47

arnie

EDITH PIAF

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November 30, 2005, 20:24

KHC

FREDDIE the Freeloader (Red Skelton)

December 01, 2005, 05:07

beans

Dame Edna EVERAGE -Barry Humphries

December 01, 2005, 18:54

haberdasher

EZEKIEL - the circus high-wire carpenter
("Ezekiel sawed a wheel, way up in the middle of the air!")

December 01, 2005, 19:50

KHC

LAWRENCE of Arabia

December 02, 2005, 06:16

beans

ELIZABETH of England

December 02, 2005, 11:05

arnie

Walter HAGEN, golfer

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December 02, 2005, 18:09

haberdasher

Jawaharlal NEHRU (How'd we miss him all this time?)

December 02, 2005, 21:17

KHC

UGA .. famous White English bulldog mascot of The Univ of Ga

December 02, 2005, 21:20

KHC

Since UGA is a dog, how about

UNCLE BEN... the rice man?

December 04, 2005, 01:03

arnie

NOAH

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December 04, 2005, 16:53

haberdasher

HELIOGABOLUS, whose crimes all get quoted in elegies (Really they do; just ask Major-General Stanley!)

..."I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus..." - Pirates, Act I

December 04, 2005, 20:30

KHC

STANLEY Steamers.... Twins Francis and Freelan

December 05, 2005, 05:32

Caterwauller

YELNATS, Stanley . . . the protaganist in HOLES by Louis Sachar.

*******
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama

December 05, 2005, 11:21

arnie

Keeping the same theme, Sir Henry Morton STANLEY, the explorer who 'found' Livingstone.

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December 06, 2005, 05:03

haberdasher

YVETTE MIMIEUX - French film actress

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December 06, 2005, 11:16

arnie

XENOPHON Greek historian

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December 06, 2005, 13:47

haberdasher

Martina NAVRITALOVA - any tennisians here?

December 06, 2005, 19:39

KHC

ANDRE AGASSI....Ahh-h, such a feeling of relief..

December 07, 2005, 03:03

arnie

IVAN LENDL

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December 07, 2005, 08:01

haberdasher

Rod LAVER

and thank you arnie for making it "IVAN LENDL" rather then "IVAN Lendl".
It's getting VERY hard to find an N who hasn't been cited already!

December 07, 2005, 19:24

KHC

ROSIE CASALS

December 08, 2005, 01:54

arnie

Manuel SANTANA

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December 08, 2005, 06:40

haberdasher

ARCANGELO CORELLI - music to my ears