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Notable Dead People A-Z

Guess the notable dead people that have a last name beginning with a respective letter of the alphabet.
Q and U are taken out due to the lack of surnames beginning with them
Quiz by lukasHistography
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Last updated: January 19, 2023
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A
Soviet Science-Fiction writer and author of I, Robot
Isaac Asimov
B
A South American nation and a South American currency are named
after this freedom fighter
Simon Bolivar
C
British prime minister who said, "Never, never, never give up
Winston Churchill
D
Serial killer cannibal that is sometimes known as the Milwaukee Monster
Jeffrey Dahmer
E
Made many developments in physics, born in Germany
Albert Einstein
F
Jewish girl from Amsterdam, famous for her diary
Anne Frank
G
Indian revolutionary, first name means, "Great-soul," in Sanskrit
Mahatma Gandhi
H
One of the founding fathers of the United States, the subject of a
musical play
Alexander Hamilton
I
Founder of North Korea
Kim Il-sung
J
Pop star famous for his red jacket, singular glove, and the Moonwalk
Michael Jackson
K
Inventor of what is commonly known as the AK-47 rifle
Mikhail Kalashnikov
L
Played Count Dracula in the 1931 classic, Dracula
Bela Lugosi
M
Scottish trickster known for his ploy to draw investors to a fictional Central American country called Poyais
Gregor Macgregor
N
English physicist who discovered the laws of gravity when an apple supposedly dropped onto his head
Isaac Newton
O
JFK's assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald
P
Ancient Greek philosopher who's teacher was Socrates and student was Aristotle
Plato
R
Inventor of a popular candy with chocolate and peanut butter
Harry Burnett Reese
S
Served as a captain of many vessels, including the RMS Titanic
Edward Smith
T
U.S. president who was born in Cleveland and the successor of Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
V
Dutch painter who cut his ear off
Vincent Van Gogh
W
A comedian and actor who played in movies such as Mrs. Doubtfire,
Jumangi, and the Night at the Museum trilogy
Robin Williams
X
Catholic missionary who co-founded the Society of Jesus, known
to magically heal the dead or the severely injured
St. Francis Xavier
Y
Welsh merchant and philanthropist who is the namesake of an Ivy League university
Elihu Yale
Z
Inventor of the auxiliary language, Esperanto, lived in Warsaw
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof
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