Famous Personalities, People & Fictional Characters - Part 4

//Kat//

Katherine "Kat" Ashley - governess to Queen Elizabeth I

Cat Power Indy musician

Vic Power heavy-hitting
All Star
Cleveland Indians
1st basman, 1960s

Powers Boothe heavy hitting actor

F. Norton Boothe
writer on Civil War generals

Edward Norton,

American actor

Edward Cullen fictional vampire

William Cullen, 18th-century Scottish polymath, medic and more, after whom the legume genus Cullen is named.

William Tell archer with an overture

William Wolfram (distant cousin), splendid pianist!

General William Booth, (1812-1929)

a British Methodist preacher , a founder of The Salvation Army

and became it's first General.

Edwin Booth
U. S. 19th c. actor;
son of Junius Brutus Booth,
actor; also brother of John Wilkes Booth, actor, later assassin. The three once
co-starred in the same production of Julius Caesar. Not sure of the casting; but I think it was with Edwin in
the role of "good-guy" assassin Marcus Junius Brutus (James Mason's role in the celebrated 1953 film and usually considered the lead). (Anyone know?)

Don't you just mean Brutus?

"Don't you just mean Brutus?"

Well, Shakespeare calls him just "Brutus", or "Marcus Brutus". The apparently "middle" name "Junius" is
called (confusingly) a "gentile" name by classicists; it is a sort of extended-family- or clan-name, while "Brutus" (meaning "ugly"(!)) was the name of the immediate family. He was adopted and the names of his birth parents are unknown Many Roman family names were originally nicknames; e.g. "Caesar" meant "Hair", "Cicero" meant "chick pea", "Catullus" meant "Cubby".
The other Brutus in the play is called (incorrectly) "Decius" Brutus. He's the one who persuades Caesar to attend the senate meeting at which he will be assassinated.
Real name: Decimus Junius Brutus.

Edwin Alonzo Boyd,

infamous Canadian criminal/gangster, leader of The Boyd Gang

//>14 rolandperkins: Makes me even more uncomfortable about Caesar salad. (Not a favorite to begin with) //

Pattie Boyd rock 'n roll muse

Stephen Boyd
Northern Irish actor; in Hollywood he had the supporting role: "Messala" in Ben-Hur (1959). He starred in The Fall of the Roman Empire.

Stephen Stills,

ex-member of Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young,CSNY,American country band

// Young //

Stark Young U. S., Southern novelist. Some critics believe him to be unjustly under-rated.

Ned Stark lately beheaded lord of Winterfell

Ned Kelly,

late Australian outlaw

Ned Devine -- fictional character, won the lottery and died from shock

Ned Sherrin (1931 – 2007), English broadcaster, author and stage director.

Ned Garver
All Star pitcher, St. Louis Browns, 1940s--50s. One of the best hitting pitchers of his era.

Ned Mencia better known by his stage name of Carlos Mencia

Ned (Edwin) Pratt, 1964 Canadian photographer

Daniel Pratt Mannix , American author, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and film maker. Author of the 1958 non-fiction book Those About to Die which was the inspiration for the screenplay for the movie Gladiator.

Daniel Martin. a fictional character

from a book, by John Fowles of the same name.

play on: Daniel ; Martin

Daniel François Malan, sometime South African Prime Minister. Best that can be said is a clerihew by a late uncle of mine:

"So D.F. Malan
is now Dr. the Hon.
In a courtesy title
The meaning's not vital."

Adolph Gysbert Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, better known as Sailor Malan, was a famed South African World War II RAF fighter pilot who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the height of the Battle of Britain.

Adolphe Menjou actor

"Adolphe" title character
of "Adophe: a Story Found among the Papers of an unknown Writer",
a 19th c.. novel by Benjamin Constant

Edward Benjamin Britten OM, British composer (think War Requiem and Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra among other things), whose birth centenary was about a week ago.

John Edward*
esoteric writer; author of
Crossing over and What if God were the Sun?

*EdwarD: sic. (no final s )

John Galt hero of objectivist drivvle.

John Tyler (D, VA, later W, VA, later again D, VA), Virginia politician. 11th President of the United States.
1st vice president to become president, he served about 47/48ths of the months of William Henry Harrison's term, 04/45--03/49 and, unlike post-Nixon vice presidents, was NOT in the running for the 1848
nomination.

Steven Tyler -- musician, frontman of Aerosmith

born Steven Victor Tallarico

Albert King -- bluesman

Manny King*
comedian, 1950s

*His original famiiy name may have been "Reis" (Portuguese for "Kings")

Jonathon King
author

Livingston Taylor,

American singer, a brother of American ballad singer, James Taylor

You do not know the full name.

Doctor David Livingstone, (1813-1873), Scottish medical missionary.

Note: I think it is good to play the puzzle properly for the benefit of all members. It is an incomplete answer. Kindly make the effort . Thanks.

David Crockett, American Cowboy Legend/ author

>49 razzamajazz: "Cowboy"? Really? Was that the Disney version?

David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister.

Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd*
legendary U. S. bandit

*Floyd: a common American spelling of "Lloyd" (50), which, in Welsh, is pronounced something like
"Floyd".

Floyd Patterson,

former American's heavyweight boxer

Surely, not even Disney could make a cowboy of Davey Crocket!!

//Patterson//

Corey Patterson -
mlb outfielder, started with the Cubs, played on the World Chamption Blue Jays.

Kerry Patterson
author on leadership, communication, changes, success, etc.

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, Australian poet, journalist and author. Possibly his most famous poem was "Waltzing Matilda".

"Mae Barton"
Heroine of Henry James's celebrated "The Beast in the Jungle"

Mary Jane "Mae" West, after whom the life jacket was named.

Dick West
Cincinnati Reds catcher,
1930s--40s. He and Ray Lamanna were backups to the great Ernie Lombardi

Dick Tracy, a fictional dectective comic character

Heber "Dick" Newsome
Boston Red Sox pitcher,
1940s

Dick Cheney, former American Vice-President

American cabinet minister of George Bush,Jnr administration

Manuel Richard "Dick" Jauron
Mid-Western born, NE U. S. football player and coach.
Played at Swampscott, MA High School, Yale, and then 8 years in the NFL: Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals
Coached the Lions, the Buffalo Bills and, briefly, the Chicago Bears, with whom he had his
only winning N F L
record (13--3)
and was coach of the Year.

Richard Widmark, late American actor

Martin Widmark
Swedish children's writer;
author of Hotelmysteriet
"Halfdan, Viking" etc.

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, first President of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, after whom Pretoria is named.

Caspar Wessel, Scandinavian mathematician.

Caspar, a fictional friendly animated character

Caspar John, British admiral, and First Sea Lord.

Casper Weinberger,

late American politician & businessman , Republican

Eliot Weinberger, American writer

Thomas Stearn Eliot, author of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and much else.

George Eliot ,pen name, British authoress, actually the writer was a female

authoress of Silas Marner. The Mill On The Floss Real Name: Mary Ann Evans

I'm tempted to play "Millon de Floss", the stalker in Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels. But that would be unanswerable, so let me rather play

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, cartoonist for Punch in its Victorian heyday and author of Trilby.

Daphne Skinner
children's writer, incl. titles in the
Math Matters Series and the Science Solves
it series.

Rodney Skinner -

fictional character in the graphic novel (and movie) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He was the Invisible Man.

George Brydges Rodney (Admiral Lord Rodney), British naval officer.

George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 , (riped old age, 94 years old)

British playwright

Sandie Shaw, English pop singer

Irwin Shaw
U.S. novelist with a very good grip on life in the 2nd half of the 20th c. U. S.

Run Run Shaw
Chinese movie mogul, and knight and Commander of the British Empire

Robert Shaw, 1927-19978, British actor,novelist

Robert Bolton*
writer on teamwork, communications, etc.

*Knew author.

Matthew Boulton, partner of James Watt of steam-engine fame, founder of the Soho Mint and so reformer of the coinage of Britain and several other countries.

Matthew Stover
Science fiction author; incl. some Star Wars items, e.g.
Revenge of the Sith and The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Matthew Reilly, 1974-

Australian action thriller writer

Doghouse Reilly, the pseudonym that Philip Marlowe used to introduce himself at the beginning of The Big Sleep.

//(Philip) Marlowe//

Christopher Marlowe, Elizabethan poet and playwright, now possibly most famous for not being Shakespeare.

Ann Marlowe
author of "How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z"

Philip Marlow, (without an 'e') The Singing Detective.

Philip V
next to last king of the Macedonian monarchy, 238 -- 179 B. C.; he had temporary alliances with Carthage and even (against Sparta) with the Roman Republic, his eventual nemesis. He executed his pro-Roman
son Demetrius and was succeeded by his anti-Roman son Perseus.

Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, British politician, cousin of Siegfried.

Louis August "Paul"Gustave Doré, artist.

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
aka Napoleon III; nephew of Napoleon I;
Emperor of the French.
1851-1870

Randy Napoleon, American jazz guitarist.

Randy Travis, 1959 =

American country singer,songwriter,actor

Randy Iwase
Hawai'i politician, 1960s--2000s

Randy Jackson,

former American idol judge,musician,record producer

//Jackson //

Jack "Jackson" Benny
Radio and occasional movie comedian, 1930s--40s
The use of the nickname "Jackson" was mainly limited to his music director Phil Harris.
Original name: Benjamin Kubelsky

Jack Palance, late American actor, 1919-2006

Jack Roosevelt Robinson
aka "Jackie" Robinson

Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame infielder. 1947--1956

Robinson Crusoe, a castaway.

Robinson Cano
New York Yankees infielder for several years; recently a
deal for him with the New York Mets was discussed. It now ("6 hours ago") appears that he will sign with the Seattle Mariners.

Edward G. Robinson, actor.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009

late American senator, Demoract

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
mother of: (105), Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Joseph Kennedy (the younger)

F Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940

American author of The Great Gatsby

Sir Walter Scott
19th c. Lowland Scottish attorney, historical novelist; poet; author of Ivanhoe
The Talisman, Redgauntlet and many others.

George C. Scott , 1929-1999,

starred in a movie, Patton about General George Patton won a Oscar and rejected the award.

American stage and film actor, director,producer

George Formby, 1904-1961, British comedy actor and comedian.

Caroline Formby
children's author

Princess Caroline of Monaco

Caroline Lucretia Herschel, (1750 – 1848), German-British astronomer, sister of Sir William Herschel.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, nephew of #113, astronomer, chemist and more. Commemorated in Herschel, Canada; Herschel Girls'School, Cape Town, the orchid genus Herschelia (now included in Disa), and more.

Augustus John, artist, father of #68 above.

"Augustus Mutt"
co-star of Bud Fisher's
classic comic strip series
"Mutt and Jeff".

Jeff Hawke, British heroic, sci-fi, comic strip character

Jeff Bridges, American actor

son of late American actor, Lloyd Bridges of popular TV series,Sea Hunt

Tommy Bridges
old time Detroit Tigers pitcher*

*Saw Ted Williams hit a game winning home run off him. I've read that TW hit more "walk-offs", career, than Babe Ruth.

Is baseball, a very popular game in USA, similar to the rules of British's cricket, adapting from this game. I believe American football is ranked no. 1 spectator-watched game - live and on TV.Is this correct?

Tommy Lee Jones. American actor

I know so little about cricket that I'm not sure of the differences from baseball. I think there are paralells between baseball and cricket, rather than elements that make cricket the origin of
baseball. Most historians believe that baseball is derived from a game called "rounders" played in England, Ireland, and elsewhere in Europe -- much simpler than
cricket. The outs in rounders are achieved by hitting a baserunner with the ball;* I'm sure this isn't done in cricket.
In baseball's early years, (19th c.) the pitchers didn't really expect to get the batter out;
they depended on the fielders for that. So strategy of that era may have been influenced by cricket.

*An episode in Heinrich Boll's "Billard am halb Zehn"
recalls a rounders game of the pre-Nazi period, in which both teams had some
aspiring Nazis and some anti-Nazi players. The Nazi members of the batting team conspired with the Nazis on the Opposition, so that an
anti-Nazi baserunner would
get bashed with the ball.

//Lee// in #120, which I take to be the last intentional play in the game:

Robert E. Lee: not the American general, nor indeed any of the other 8 authors in LT of the same name, but a phycologist (algae expert) whose textbook I thought I'd catalogued (thinks: must find out why it's not showing).

Robert John Stewart Earl of Carrick, who became King Robert III of Scotland in 1390 and reigned until his death in 04/06

Rod Stewart , British rock singer

Rod Carew
Hall of Fame 2nd baseman,
Minnesota Twins; one of the most consistent hitters of all time.

Mad Carew, in "The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God", the poem by J. Milton Hayes:

There’s a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu,
There’s a little marble cross below the town;
There’s a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew,
And the Yellow God forever gazes down.

Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare
British Right Wing mercenary leader; fought for Congolese usurper Moise Tshombe; conspired with
South African apartheid regime to overthrow The Seychelles' government.

Sir Richard Hoare (1648–1719), founder of C. Hoare & Co, one of the UK's oldest private banks.
(A friend of mine used to say that his brother married a Hoare.)

Richard Yates
20th c. U. S. novelist. His most noted book the sarcastically*-titled Revolutionary Road was almost forgotten for decades until a screen version of it brought it back into the public eye.
His short story "Jody Rolled the Bones" may be the only literary
encomium of an army drill sergeant by a U. S. writer.

*The characters can wear the "Liberal" label, but are
actually very UN-revolutionary.

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David Yates, (1963-),

British film movie director.

directed Harry Potter and the Earthly Hallows - Parts 1 & 2 movies

Frances Yates (1898-1981)
British writer on literary esoterica esp. Elizabethan.

Richard Yates ,

1926-1992, American novelist and short stories writer

Richard Nixon, ex-president of U. S. See him portrayed in opera, "Nixon in China."

Patricia Ryan Nixon
married to 134; first Lady of the U. S., 1969--1974.

Ryan O'Neal,

American actor (1941-)

Tatum O'Neal - actress

Ken Ray Tatum
AL relief pitcher who had
a short ML career: California Angels, Boston Red Sox, and CHicago White Sox, 1970s

Ray Charles,

a late.blind American singer/pianistcomposer

Charles Boyer
French Resistance fighter; film actor in America.

Charles Nelson Reilly, deceased comedian/actor

Byron Nelson
U. S. champion golfer, 1930s--40s

Horatio, Lord Nelson (1758--1805)

Horatio Hornblower, a fictional character of the Napoleonic Wars in a series of novels by C. S. Forester.

Hubert Horatio* Humphrey
(D, MN)
senator, later vice president
(1965-1969)

*a famous gaffe by Presient Jimmy Carter, 1970s, was when he introduced Humphrey as "Hubert Horatio Hornblower".

Humphrey Bogart,

late American actor, of the movie, Casablanca

Shirley Bogart
writer, editor; author of "The Amazing Question and Answer Book", and various
abridgments and adaptations of classic fiction.

Shirley Jones , (1931 - )

American actress

Shirley MacLaine (1934-- ), American actress, most recently seen (by some of us) as Martha Levinson in Downton Abbey series 3 and 4.

Shirley Crabtree - "Big Daddy" - English wrestler

Shirley Waldemar Baker
(1830-1903)
Controversial London-born, Australia-Tonga missionary and appointive politician. Wikipedia calls him the founder of the Siasi Tautaina o Tonga / Free Church of Tonga

The Fabulous Baker Brothers by

Tom Herbert

Tom Branson, character in Downton Abbey

"Tom Jones A Foundling"
hero of an 18th c. Henry Fielding novel, and, ca.
1962, a very successful movie. (This is one of those where i HAVE read the book and HAVENʻT seen the movie.) Fielding had no
aversion to a vast panoply of named characters, which would
give a 20th-21st c. U. S. director or screen writer fits.

Helen Fielding , authoress of popular fiction, Bridget Jones's Diary

British, (1958- )

Played on the name, Helen Fielding, not on the book's title.

she looks alright
When dressed in white
But she looks like Helen Brown

Helen Hunt,

American actress

Εληνη
aka Helen of Troy
legendary Greek beauty, daughter of Leda and Zeus;
married to (1) Menelaus (2) Paris, and (3) Menelaus again

Helen Hayes, (1900 - 1993)

late American actress

George "Gabby" Hayes
U. S. actor; Bobby Copelandʻs biography calls him "...King of the Cowboy Comics".

George Clooney, (1961- ),

Birth name: Geoprge Timothy Clooney

American actpr

Rosemary Clooney
U. S. singer, actress

Rosemary Gladstar
herbalist, author

Mary Gladstar , co-author of

Everyday Herbs in Spiritual Life: A Guide to Many Practices with

Michael Caduto - co-author

play on: Mary Gladstar,if possible.

Mary Travers - of Peter, Paul and Mary

Mary Webb
British writer on the UK rural scene, early 20th c.
Author of Precious Bane

Thomas Webb (1804--1869), maker of Cameo glass

J. Thomas Looney
Shakespearean# scholar; inventor of "Oxfordism" ca. 1920 - - the theory that
the works attributed to Wiliam Shakepeare (1564--1616) were
written by Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1548--1604)*

# He perhaps wouldnʻt have liked the adjective "Shakespearean"; he calls WS "Shaksper"; his followers call WS "The Stratford man".

*According to conventional
scholarly
dating of the plays, it is chronologically impossible that Oxford could have written Hamlet, The Tempest, Henry VIII or Macbeth. But Oxfordians say that De Vere lived on, albeit in prison, beyond the
conventionally accepted date
of his death, which is 1604.

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Thomas the Train Engine,

animated character

Thomas Branson, character in Downton Abbey

Edward Thomas - Anglo-Welsh poet and essayist

Edward Cullen,

a fictional vampire in The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer

Edward II
an eventually deposed medieval British monarch;
He is mentioned briefly toward the end of the classic film
Braveheart, and had long been the anti-hero
of the Elizabethan drama Edward II by
Christopher Marlowe.

Edward Norton, American actor

"Ed Norton"
supporting role in the famous but short-lived "The Honeymooners", TV comedy series; played by Art Carney. The characterʻs first name was seldom used.

Edward Lippert, who held the dynamite concession (monopoly) in the early days of Johannesburg.

Edward Woodward - English actor.

C. Vann Woodward
U.S. historian, esp. on the post-Civil War era. Author of
The Strange Career of Jim Crow.

Joanne Woodward, American actress, (1930-)

widow, late husband , Paul Newman

William Woodward, Sr.
banker; owner of Belair Stud, a dominant force in thoroughbred racing and breeding; Chairman of The Jockey Club 1930-1950

The Woodward Stakes, a major Grade 1 race, is now run at Saratoga at 9f for $750K in his honor.

Willem Adriaan van der Stel, arguably the worst governor the Cape had in the VOC period. However his private estate at Vergelegen still exists as both a national monument and a first-class wine producer. From the entrance to the wine cellar, his unfair advantage over the independent farmers in the area (which, together with his dictatorial style, lost him his job) is all too obvious. The Diary of Adam Tas, one of the key pieces of evidence at his trial, has been translated into English and been reprinted once or twice. (When Tas was released from imprisonment he changed the name of his farm to Libertas, a truly Dragonish pun, and a name it still bears 300 years later, and you can still buy a wine called Chateau Libertas.

Jaap van der Stel
author of Heroine op medisch voorschrift: de geschiedenis van een geneesmiddel in Nederland (and):
Psychopathologie: grondslagen,
determinanten, mechanismen

Clarence Leroy "Lee" Van Cleef, (1928-1989)

American western and action films actor

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Fredric Brown
science fiction and noir writer

Gordon Brown,

former British prime minister

Lord George Gordon
British anti-Catholic activist; fomented the "Gordon Riots",
London, 1780.
He is one of several villains in Dickensʻs Barnaby Rudge, which was serialized in the 1840s.

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George Micheal,

British singer, ex-member of the duet,Wham

George II, King of the Hellenes
20th c. King of Greece; deposed in the 1920s, he was
re-instated in the next decade. He died in 1947.

George Martin,

author of A Game of Thrones,a fantasy book series

(1948- )

One of my favorite multi-talented renaissance men, Steve Martin.

Steve McQueen,

late American actor

(1930-1980)

Steve Smith

outdoor writer
Editor and co-founder of The Pointing Dog Journal
Steve Smith (4) :)

Zadie Smith,

(1975-), British authoress

Ed Smith, old time AL pitcher, Chicago White Sox,
1930s--40s.
When AL manager Joe McCarthy chose him for his All Star
pitching staff in 1942, midway through an uncharacteristically lackluster season, he was asked "why?" and replied: "Because he IS an All-Star."

Stevie Smith - poet

Ian Douglas Smith , 1919 - 2007

former premier of Rhodesia(old name), an African state

Stephen Douglas (D, IL)

Vermont-born midwestern* politician of the pre-Civil War decade. He defeated Abraham Lincoln running for an Illinois seat in the U. S.
Senate in 1858, but his
comparatively pro-slavery stance caused him and others
to lose the 1860 presidential
race to Lincoln (R, IL).

*midwestern: or, just "Western" as they would have called it Douglasʻs era.

Kirk Douglas ,

veteran American actor, Spartacus

John Douglas

FBI profiler, author

John Updike ,

late American writer

John Calvin Coolidge (R, MA)
Vermont-born politician.
Governor of Massachusetts
Running mate of Senator
Warren G. Harding (R, O.)
in 1920; WGH and Coolidge defeated the Democratic ticket of
James Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt; president following Hardingʻs death; elected in his own right in 1924, he declined, in 1928, to run for 2nd elected term,
and died in 1933.

John Calvin, (1509-1564)French theologian during Protestant Reformation

John XXIII
Pope, 1958--1963; succeeded Pius XII, and was succeeded by Paul VI; ecumenical-minded pope; he began the organization of the Vatican II Council, which was carried through under Paul VI, with theologians Hans Kung and Joseph Ratzinger
(later Benedict XVI) in leading roles.

Little John,

an outlaw from the legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men

Robin Maugham
British novelist; biographer of his more famous uncle W. Somerset Maugham.

W. Somerset Maugham, late British writer

// Somerset //

Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset; Lord Protector of England lived ca.1506 -- 1552;
won some victories in Henry VIIIʻs wars against Scotland and France.

Is " Duke of Somerset" a name, it is more like a title bestowed on the person?

"Is ʻDuke of Somersetʻ a name?

Yes, the nobility title (in this case "Somerset") is used as a surname. Similar to the case of Benjamin Disraeli who had the family surname "Disraeli" and the nobility surname "Beaconsfield". Even the Duke of Wellington had a bestowed title, but still is usually referred to as "Wellington" not "Wellesley", his family surname.
What surprised me in reading in Wikipedia about Seymour/Somerset was that it implied that (in the 16th century at least) an earl was higher than a duke, saying he was
"advanced" to an earldom.

210 // Henry//

Henry Morton Stanley, explorer. -- "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"

Henry# Ross Perot (I, TX)

Financier, politician; he ran for president in 1992 against incumbent George H. W. Bush (R, TX) and eventual winner Bill Clinton. A few Conservatives blame him for
"throwing the election* to Clinton".

# Usually known as just "Ross Perot" or "H. Ross Perot".
*i. e. in the style of Ralph Naderʻs unfortunate candidacy in 2000, (which ended with Al Gore (D, TN) winning the popular vote, but George W. Bush (R, TX) winning the electoral college, Perot having, supposedly, thrown the election to Bush. Iʻm not a believer in either the "Perot Effect" or the "Nader Effect".

Betsy Ross~~~ made a flag for America!

Donald Raymond "Don" Ross

old time baseball player

Donald Duck,a fictional cartoon character

Stephen Duck
British dialect poet; author of
"The Thresherʻs Labour"

I removed the brackets on his name, because clicking on it leads only to a title with the
word "duck" in it. But he is in the data base.

Stephen King ,

American horror writer

Leslie Stephen, British essayist
Famous mainly for being
VIrginia Woolfʻs father, he was quite a writer in his own
right - - non-fiction. The subtitle of a biography of him calls him "The godless Victorian".

Leslie Thomas, (1931-)

British writer, of The Virgin Soldiers

Leslie Charteris 1907--1993
Chinese/British/American
thriller writer.

Never met L C, but I did work with some library acquisitions from him for Boston Universityʻs special collections;* at that time Charteris was a very active
writer of about age 50, and much-translated. I remember a plethora of
pb Scandinavian and Finnish
translations of his "Saint"
books coming in.

*The Charteris items became part of the (later) Howard B. Gotlieb Center.

Leslie Cheung,

late Hong Kong Chinese actor,singer

Clare Walker Leslie
author on the
artistic sketching of nature

Leslie Howard, Hollywood leading man of my youth (a longlong time ago!)

Howard B. Gotlieb*
librarian, scholar on celebritiesʻ books and artifacts

*knew author; an old library colleague. I was sorry to see that Touchstones knows him as one of those fascinating authors who have
"No Books Cataloged".

Howard Hughes,

late eccentric American billionaire

Robert E. Howard
author of Bran Mak Morn. the "Conan" series and many others.

Ron Howard- American film director

Ron Glum

character in 'Take it from Here', a BBC comedy show of blessed memory

Ron Ziegler
Media liaison during the
Gerald R. Ford administration. He appears
as a bumbling but likeable character in Gary Trudeauʻs
Doonesbury comic strips of those years

John Ziegler, (1967-)

a talk host, film director,writer

Tessa Ziegler, virtuoso guitarist, thoroughly decent person and, for a while yonks ago, my mother's neighbour in Johannesburg.

Tessa Virtue,

2010 gold medallist, Olympic Canadian ice dancer, (1989-)