Famous Names

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Lady Diana Frances Spencer who, until her divorce on 28/8/1996, became Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness Renfrew. When she died a year later, in a Paris car crash she was commemorated as Princess of Wales, the People's Princess.

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Sarah Brightman, an English classical crossover soprano.

~Wunder

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Bing Crosby, an American crooner who inflicted on the world a song which went "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the ones I used to know..... Regardless whether we have snow or even winter at Christmas. And which therefore drives Australians up the wall.

[Wunderkind_Lucy]

Awww. I haven't had a white Christmas in nearly 2 decades. When we do get snow, it's quite an event, complete with a state of emergency!

Charles Dickens, author of many classics such as A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, and Little Dorrit.

~Wunder

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Dick Whittington, a real-life merchant & politician who lived 1354–1423 in London, where he was four times Mayor, & sheriff of the town. He is known by the folk tale of Dick Whittington & his cat.

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Wilfred Owen, a World War 1 soldier famous for his anti-war poetry, and died before the war ended.

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Oceanus Hopkins, the only child born on the Mayflower during its historic voyage which brought the Pilgrims to America

~Wunder

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Horatio Nelson, the great Admiral who died at Trafalgar fighting Napoleon Bonaparte

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Ngaio Marsh (Dame Ngaio) a woman famous around the world for her detective stories (Inspector Alleyn Mysteries) and in her native New Zealand for resurrecting live theatre (especially Shakespeare).

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Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the UK.

~Wunder

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Thomas Tallis, 16th century composer

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Tom Hanks, actor

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Hugh Jackman, Australian actor.

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Jesse James, a famous American outlaw.

~Wunder

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Janet Evans

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Edward Gibbon, chronicler of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire