Celebrity Names

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Karl Friedrich Benz,
sometimes spelled as Carl, (November 16, 1844, Karlsruhe, – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile and pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz. Other German contemporaries,

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Ben Brown, Internet Rockstar

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Big Bill Broonzy (26 June 1898 – 14 August 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played Country blues to mostly black audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with white audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century.

Broonzy copyrighted more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer, he was unique in that his compositions reflected the many vantage points of his rural-to-urban experiences.



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Wild Bill Hickok

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Not to be confused with William "Wild Bill" Hickok.
Wild Bill Hickok

Born James Butler Hickok
May 27, 1837(1837-05-27)
Troy Grove, Illinois, U.S.
Died August 2, 1876 (aged 39)
Deadwood, Dakota Territory, U.S.
Cause of death Murdered (shot in the back of the head) by Jack McCall
Resting place Mount Moriah Cemetery
Occupation Abolitionist, facilitator of the Underground Railroad, Lawman, Gunfighter, Gambler

James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized. His nickname of Wild Bill has inspired similar nicknames for men named William (even though that was not Hickok's name) who were known for their daring in various fields. Hickok's horse was called Black Nell, and he owned two Colt 1851 Navy Revolvers.

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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. He is often classified as part of Dark romanticism. His first three books gained much attention, the first becoming a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten (despite a vogue for his early sea novels in Great Britain in the 1880s), but his longest novel, Moby-thingy won recognition in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. His posthumous novella Billy Budd, first published in 1924 and then in a revised and corrected text in 1962 based on a close study of the original manuscripts, rivals Moby-thingy in popularity, and in particular has become a key text of the field of law and literature.



Melville was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America. He wrote Moby D.i.c.k as well as Moby Thingy

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Muddy Waters.



("McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". He is also the actual father of blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams. A major inspiration for the British beat explosion in the 1960s,[1] Waters was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.")

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Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture. In recent years he has continued to tour, record, and perform, and this, combined with activities in advocacy of marijuana, as well as a well-publicized 2006 arrest for marijuana possession, have made him the subject of renewed media attention.



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Nelson Ackerman Eddy

(June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby-soxers as well as opera purists, and in his heyday was the highest paid singer in the world.[citation needed]

During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three Gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career.

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Eduardo Alves da Silva (born 25 February 1983 in Rio de Janeiro), commonly known simply as Eduardo, is a Brazilian-born Croatian footballer currently playing for English Premier League club Arsenal and the Croatia national team. He has recovered after rehabilitation after suffering a compound fracture on his left fibula and an open dislocation of his ankle in Arsenal's match against Birmingham City on February 23, 2008 and made his return for Arsenal Reserves against Portsmouth on 16 December 2008. On 16 February 2009, almost a year after being injured, he made his comeback to the first team in a FA cup replay against Cardiff in which he scored 2 goals[2] only to come off injured in that game and miss a further 2 weeks. However, upon this return, he scored a stunning left-footed volley against Burnley in the 5th Round of the FA Cup.



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Sugar Ray Robinson...



"Sugar" Ray may have been the greatest all-around boxer to ever step into the ring; Many knowledgeable boxing people think so; He ranks among the top welterweights and middleweights of all-time; He was lightning quick - on his feet and with his hands; He hit hard, he had "savvy", he could move and he could take it; In a "nutshell" - he had everything !!!

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Roy of the Rovers ;D

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Richard Starkey MBE (born 7 July 1940),



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Steve Irwin

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Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944)



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(Sir) Roger Bannister, first man to run a mile in less than 4 minutes.

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"The tape is broken!...
...and so is the record athletes have long been dreaming about."

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Bernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE (27 September 1907–14 June 1991) was an English character actor, writer and director.

Miles was born in Uxbridge, Middlesex and attended Bishopshalt School in Hillingdon. While his parents were respectively a farm labourer and a cook, he was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He entered the theatre in the 1930s, soon appearing in films. Like many actors, he featured prominently in the patriotic cinema during the Second World War, including classics of the genre such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft is Missing. He also had an uncredited role in the WWII classic The First of the Few, released in the US as Spitfire.



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Mickey Rooney

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Rita Hayworth

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Hank Williams......Best ever Country singer, wrote great songs.

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William Charles Hill) (1911 – 1984

Billy Hill was a famous British gangster and criminal mastermind from the 1920s through to the 1960s.

Hill was born into a London criminal family and began as a house burglar in the late 1920s, then specialized in "smash-and-grab" raids targeting furriers and jewelers in the 1930s. During World War II, he moved into the black market, specializing in foods and gasoline. He also supplied forged documents for deserting servicemen. He was involved in West End protection rackets with fellow gangster Jack Spot.

In the late 1940s, he was charged with burgling a warehouse and fled to South Africa. Following an arrest there for assault, he was extradited to Britain, where he was convicted for the warehouse robbery and served time in prison. This was Billy's last jail term. After his release he met Gypsy Riley, better known as Gyp, who became his common-law wife.

In 1952, he planned the Eastcastle St. postal van robbery netting more than £250,000, and in 1954 he organised a £40,000 bullion heist. No one was ever convicted for these robberies. He also ran smuggling operations from Morocco during this period.

In the 1960s Billy was busy fleecing aristocrats at card tables and he was also involved in property development. He bought for Gyp the biggest nightclub in Tangier, Churchills, which she ran from 1966 until the mid-1970s. Billy retired from crime in the 1970s and died peacefully on January 1, 1984. Billy was the mentor to Ronnie and Reggie Kray, advising them in their early criminal careers.

In 1963 Mickey Spillane was playing Mike Hammer in The Girl Hunters in London where he met Hill and showed him around the set. When the prop department couldn't find Spillane a real M1911 pistol, Hill brought the producers several real pistols to use in the film.

In 1955 Billy wrote his memoir Boss of Britain's Underworld. Billy's only child Justin Hill has now republished this book in December 2008 with a modern introduction and never-before-seen photographs.

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Harry Potter

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Peter Pan



Oh no, he wasn't supposed to be a fairy, was he?? Just a bit of a cross dresser who refused to grow up.

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Peter Piper.......(picked a peck of pickled pepper, how many picks could a pepper peck.....oh bugrit)

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Peter Jones CBE (born 18 March 1966) is a British businessman with interests in mobile telecommunications, television, media, leisure and property. He became a television celebrity through his appearances on the British BBC 2 television show Dragons' Den and on his American television show American Inventor, where he is known for his often harsh judgements on the businesses. As of 2008 he is worth an estimated £157 million. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

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James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was the founder of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 death of over 900 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the deaths of nine other people at a nearby airstrip in Georgetown.

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Johnny Cash........(this was the first JC record i ever bought,over 50 years ago.)......Gawdluvus, suddenly I feel really ancient. ;D

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Carlos Santana.

Carlos Augusto Santana Alves (born 20 July, 1947 in Jalisco, Mexico) is a Grammy Award-winning rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a blend of rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin percussion such as timbales and congas. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a sudden resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone also named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

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Stewie Griffin. ;D

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Gerhard Berger, (born August 27, 1959 in Wörgl) is an Austrian, former Formula One racing driver, who used to own 50% of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team until he sold his share back to energy drink owner Dietrich Mateschitz.



Berger competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, twice finishing 3rd overall in the championship. During this time he won ten Grands Prix, achieved 48 podiums, 12 poles and 21 fastest laps (two more than his former team-mate, rival and friend Ayrton Senna). With 210 starts he is amongst F1's most experienced drivers of all time. Berger also has the unique distinction of taking Benetton's first and last victories, with eleven years separating them. He is renowned for his sense of humour and aggressive driving style.

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Billy Fury (born Ronald William Wycherley, 17 April 1940 - 28 January 1983), was an internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic Fever which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death