People in History A-Z #5

Name the historical figure for each letter of the alphabet.
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Letter
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Answer
A
Greek philosopher and student of Plato
Aristotle
B
Englishman sometimes called the father of the Scientific Method
Francis Bacon
C
Polish scientist who said the Earth revolves around the sun
Nicolaus Copernicus
D
Author of "On the Origin of Species"
Charles Darwin
E
U.S. President and WWII general
Dwight D. Eisenhower
F
Spanish dictator, 1939–1975
Francisco Franco
G
Hungarian actress married nine times
Zsa-Zsa Gabor
H
Roman emperor who built a wall in northern England
Hadrian
I
"Guiltless" pope who anulled the Magna Carta
Innocent III
J
Co-founder of Apple
Steve Jobs
K
Czech author who wrote "The Metamorphosis"
Franz Kafka
L
Top confederate general during the U.S. Civil War
Robert E. Lee
M
"Das Kapital" author
Karl Marx
N
French conqueror of the 18th and 19th centuries
Napoleon
O
Assassin of John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
P
"The King of Rock and Roll"
Elvis Presley
Q
Mexican-American actor who starred in "Zorba the Greek" and "The Guns of Navarone"
Anthony Quinn
R
English king known as "The Lionheart"
Richard I
S
French existential philosopher who refused his Nobel Prize in 1964
Jean-Paul Sartre
T
Pen name of Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
U
Author of historical novels "Trinity" and "Exodus"
Leon Uris
V
Patron saint of courtly love and beekeepers
St. Valentine
W
First president of the USA
George Washington
X
Another student of Plato. Taught that virtue produces happiness.
Xenocrates
Y
Ming dynasty emperor who launched the Treasure Fleet
The Yongle Emperor
Z
WWII general. Most-decorated soldier in Soviet history.
Georgy Zhukov
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Level 37
Aug 6, 2015
Nice range of questions :)

Kafka was Czech though. And for the Annie question you should also accept Quvenzhané who played the role in the 2014 remake :)

Thanks.

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Level 37
Feb 7, 2017
WHAT Annie question?
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Level 76
Aug 30, 2021
Presumably one that was there two years before you left this comment.
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Level 46
Aug 31, 2021
Quvenzhané Wallis was Annie; she was not Mexican-American, nor was she in Zorba or The Guns of Navarone
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
Maybe loosen up the spellings for Sartre?
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Level 60
Aug 11, 2016
Is that existential humour?
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Level 55
Aug 12, 2016
Does it matter?
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Level 46
Aug 31, 2021
you win ... maybe
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
Also, I know it's hard to come up with X people, but you used Xenocrates before.
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
I tried to search myself for someone other than Xerxes, Xenophon, Xenocrates, and Francis Xavier... can't come up with anyone that would be guessed by more than 1% I think.
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Level 58
Aug 11, 2016
Lu Xiaobao might be worth a try?
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Level 70
Sep 30, 2023
Though I don't know if it counts as a last name or how well known he is outside of the States, but Malcolm X.
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Level 60
Aug 11, 2016
If you accept just Richard for Richard I, why not just Innocent for Innocent III. I'm sure I typed in Innocent - perhaps you'll tell me I didn't!
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Level 58
Aug 11, 2016
Well, if you did, it has changed since you did it, because it worked for me.
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Level ∞
Aug 12, 2016
It hasn't changed
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Level 74
Aug 11, 2016
Czechian for Kafka is a bit troubling, it was Austrian back then, he himself identified mostly as part of the german-speaking jewish community. "Praguian" is maybe the most accurate description.
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Level 40
Aug 11, 2016
Napoleon had a last name...Bonaparte, so that question really threw me for a loop. He isn't Madonna he went by both first and last names.
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Level 82
Aug 25, 2016
Typically monarchs are listed under their first name. Henry VIII would not be listed under 'T' for Tudor. Likewise Napoleon I is not listed under 'B' for Bonaparte.
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Level 74
Aug 11, 2016
One female, known for her marriages...
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Level ∞
Aug 12, 2016
Throughout history, until quite recently, women were confined to domestic roles. It's not not the fault of the quizmaker that women aren't on this quiz. It's the fault of the societies that denied women an opportunity to make history.
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Level 75
Aug 12, 2016
Joan of Arc, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Jane Austen, Amelia Earhart, Pearl S. Buck, Sojourner Truth, Margaret Meade, Frida Kahlo, Cleopatra, Clara Barton, Catherine the Great, Mary Wollstonecraft, Sally Ride, Queen Isabella of Spain, Tz'u Hsi, and Mother Teresa, among others, might disagree with you.
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Level 74
Aug 12, 2016
Anne Frank, Helen Keller, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Eva Peron, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher, Oprah Winfrey, Boudica, Empress Theodora, Coco Chanel, Simone de Beauvoir, Billie Holiday, Benazir Bhutto, Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Hedy Lamarr, Greta Garbo, Ella Fitzgerlad, Marie Antoinette, Valentina Tereshkova, Madame Chiang Kai-Chek, Annie Oakley, Ada Lovelace.

Most of these ladies weren't that domestic.

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Level 74
Aug 12, 2016
"Influential women in history" quiz is now waiting for approval.
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Level ∞
Aug 13, 2016
p.s. @Lillylee. Thanks for making the quiz!
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Level 69
Aug 13, 2016
Speaking of which, when are you going to put People in History 6 on the front page?
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Level 69
Aug 13, 2016
Well then make your own quiz then, no one is stopping you. Stop trying to ruin mine for the purpose of 'equality'.
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Level 82
Aug 15, 2016
Hatsepshut would be a better addition than Cleopatra.
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Level 82
Aug 25, 2016
Hatshepsut has always seemed a far more interesting historical figure to me than Cleopatra, but I suppose Shakespeare never wrote about her, so no one knows any of that history.
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Level 84
Mar 21, 2017
My mom was pretty influential.
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Level 86
Oct 18, 2018
Emperor Yongle is a lot harder to take seriously if you think his name rhymes with "dongle" (it doesn't).
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Level ∞
Dec 12, 2020
Today I learned!
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Level 80
Jul 27, 2020
Please accept Prefab Sprout for "The King of Rock and Roll"
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Level 78
May 4, 2021
Seconded, although is is clearly heresy.