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Can you guess the claim to fame of these seemingly random and unknown persons ?
Mostly sourced from Wikipedia.
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Last updated: August 1, 2021
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Mary Ann Nichols (1845 - 1888)
Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria
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First victim of Jack the Ripper
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Mistress of Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli
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First woman to climb Ben Nevis
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David Howell Evans (1961 - )
Guitarist with U2
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Member of Welsh Parliament for Swansea East
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Inventor of the Air Fryer
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One of the team of architects that designed the Burj Khalifa Hotel
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Glen William Bell Jr. (1923 - 2010)
Great - Grandson of Alexander Graham Bell
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Mayor of Gibson County, Tennessee
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Founder of Taco Bell restaurant chain
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Chief Imagineer at Disneyland, Paris
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Fabian Picardo (1972 - )
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
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CEO of Santander Bank
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Police Commisioner in charge during Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris, France
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Belgian serial killer now serving 50 years in a Brussels prison
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Susan Diane Wojcicki (1968 - )
Deputy Mayor of Esbjerg, Denmark
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Chief designer at Ikea
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Grand-daughter of Lech Walesa
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CEO of Youtube
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6.
Albert Mussey Johnson (1872 - 1948)
Grandfather of Boris Johnson (PM of UK)
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Eccentric Millionaire that built Scotty's Castle in Death Valley
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Brother of Amy Johnson (aviator)
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Last person to die of Smallpox
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7.
Alfred Lennon (1912 -1976)
Chef credited with the invention of the Deep Fried Mars Bar
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Co-Founder of Mad magazine
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Voice coach to William Shatner
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Father of Beatle, John Lennon
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Howard Spencer (1875 - 1940)
Captain of Aston Villa FC. a.k.a. "Prince of Fullbacks"
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Great Uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales
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Hero of the Fall of Togo during World War 1
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Personal assistant of King George V
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9.
Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (1945 - 2009)
First housemate to be evicted from the first UK version of "Big Brother"
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First baby born after the end of World War 2
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Half of British '60s pop duo, Peter and Gordon
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British Ambassador to Lesotho
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10.
Fujio Masuoka (1943 - )
Thought to be the head of the Yakuza in the city of Osaka
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Inventor of Flash memory
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Coach of the Japanese national baseball team
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Last civilian to be born on Iwo Jima island
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Thomas Barnaby (1841 - 1907)
Micmac chief of the Eel Ground First Nation of New Brunswick
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Former owner of the largest circus in France
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American Ambassador to Mexico
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Credited with the creation of Baked Alaska
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12.
Grant Wood (1891 - 1942)
First New Zealander to be killed in World War 2
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Father of actress Natalie Wood
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US artist known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest
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First coach to boxer Sugar Ray Robinson
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Barry Eugene Carter (1944 - 2003)
Uncle of US politician Jimmy Carter
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Real name of soul singer Barry White
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Inventor of the car airbag
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CEO of Swift Transportation Inc.
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14.
Ernest Michael McSorley (1912 - 1975)
Member of the team that mapped the Mammoth Cave system
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Mayor of Stirling, Scotland
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Organiser of the Woodstock Music Festival
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Captain of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald that sank in Lake Superior
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15.
Rachel Johnson (1923 - 2016)
Last native of St.Kilda island, Scotland
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Mother of Boris Johnson (UK Prime Minister)
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Co- founder of Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals
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Olympic Gold medal winner in Helsinki 1952
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