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Horatio Caine ,

a fictional private investigator from American TV series - CSI Miami

Michael Caine - famous British actor, starred in such movies as 'The Italian Job'

Hall Caine
British writer; author of
The Manxman, "Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti", etc.

Tom Hall ,

American software game developer

Parnell Hall
mystery novelist; usually has a crossword or sudoku theme in his novels.

Daryl Hall ,

a American singing member of a pop duet, Hall and Oates

Daryl Hannah

actress, starred in 'Splash'; also environmental activist

Hannah
Biblical character; mother of the Prophet Samuel

Hannah Montana ,

American television character played by

Miley Cyrus

"Paul Montana"
the narratorʻs and his brother, the protagonistʻs father; a character in James Baldwinʻs
Just above my Head

//Paul//

Paul William Walker , (1973-2013)

American actor, model starred in "Fast and Furious" movies franchise

William Walker
19th c. U. S. adventurer and would-be dictator; was briefly President of Nicaraguaʻ

(I removed the brackets, because the page that clicking on this name picks up ainʻt him, nor even a person; itʻs an edition of Homerʻs Iliad!)

William Maxwell - wonderful American author of such novels as So long, see you tomorrow

Maxwell Anderson
U. S. dramatist; fl. 1920s--1940s; author of Elizabeth and Essex

Gillian Anderson
American actress; portrayed Dana Scully in The X-Files

Robert Charles Anderson
U. S. historian with a specialty in the immigration of colonial times.

//anderson//

Hans Christian Anderson, Danish, (1805-1875 )

a fairy tales story writer

"Christian Pearson Evandale Hartbourne"
a supporting role* in The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch

*Although sheʻs not of a very supportive temperament, and she is (I guess Murdoch means) not as bad as the narrator, "Bradley Pearson"
thinks she is. Female, despite
the forename.

//pearson//

W. Robert Pearson ,(1943-)

former US Ambassador to Turkey, (2000-2003)

Lester Pearson
long-term Canadian prime minister, Liberal Party

//Lester//

Lester Ellis, Jr , (1970-)

Australian actor

Lester Piggott - very famous English jockey, went to school with my Dad many years ago!

Stuart Piggott
Historian, archaeologist; author of The Druids
and many others.

Stuart Little ,

animated fictional mouse character

Lyle Stuart
popularizing author;
author of Casino Gambling for Winners, The Secret Life of Walter Winchell, etc.

Lyle Lovett,(1957-), recorded 13 studio albums

American country singer-song,actorwriter,

ex-husband of actress, famous ,Julia Roberts

Lyle Warrick*
university librarian in Colorado and in Massachusetts

*Know subject

Sandy Lyle - a scottish golfer

Sandie Shaw ,(1947-)

a British pop singer of the Sixties

Sandie: one of the variations of "Sandy"

"Ebenezer Shaw"
Stevensonian villain in RLSʻs Kidnapped. He tries to kill the protagonist, David Balfour, by sending him
up a "Stairway to Nowhere".

//Shaw//

Robert Shaw , (1927-1978 )

British actor and novelist

Buck Shaw
In the Chicago White Sox starting rotation in the 1950s--60s; pitched in the 1959 World Series

Sir Run Run Shaw (1907-2014)

Hong Kong Chinese entertainment mogul and philanthropist

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Run_Shaw

Interesting - I'd never heard of him before!

George Bernard Shaw - English playwright, best known for 'Pygmalion'

George Edward Foreman,(1949-)

retired American professional heavyweight boxer, Two times World Heavyweight Champion (WBA)

Edward Ormondroyd

american children's author, best known for Time at the Top

Edward "Buddy" Leroux*
Bostonian athletic trainer, later part-owner of the Boston Red Sox.
"Buddy" was a long term trainer of the Boston Red Sox, having previously been trainer of the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics.
His own athletic experience was high school hockey at
Woburn, MA High School, playing in what was then a
new sport at Woburn High.

*Knew subject.

Edward VI

Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. He ruled from age 9 to age 16 when he died from either poisoning or TB.

Edward VII
UK monarch; he succeeded
his mother Queen Victoria
and was succeeded by his son George V;
This Edward (aka) "Bertie"* was grandfather of Edward VIII and George VI; something of a neʻer-do-well, he even once received
a scolding letter from his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm II.
A blurb on a pb edition of one of Alfred North Whiteheadʻs books (1950s) claims its author includes more than just philosophy: he can, e.g., tell you "why Edward VII was NOT an English gentleman".

*pre-reign name:
Albert ("Bertie")

//Edward//

Edward Snowden,(1983-)

NSA whistler blower, ex-CIA employee,

now USA fugitive

Frank M. Snowden
classical scholar; author of Blacks in Antiquity and Before Prejudice

Frank McCourt , (1930-2009)

a late Irish's writer of his famous autobiography, Angela's Ashes

Frank Spencer, accident-prone 'hero' of a very successful British TV comedy of the 1970s 'Some Mothers do 'ave 'em'
(Starring Michael Crawford, who did all his own stunts)
(non-British librarythingers should check it out on youtube!)

Herbert Spencer
British materialist philosopher.

HS has the doubtful honor of being
the real "father" of "Social Darwinism"
the name of which wrongly attributes it
to the more brilliant Charles Darwin.

Princess of Wales

former Lady Diana Frances Spencer , (1961-2007)

Ex-spouse, 1st wife of Prince Charles

// Diana //

Diana, Italic goddess. In the 2nd c. B. C. she was identified with the much more celebrated Greek goddess Artemis by Livius Andronicusʻs translation of The Odyssey.

Diane Lane ,(1965-)

American actress

Note: Diane, a variation of Diana.

"Lois Lane"*
action comic strip character
girl friend of "Clark Kent" (aka "Superman")

*I removed the brackets on this name, because clicking on it leads only to an ed. of
The Secret Garden!

Lois Lowry
aka Lois Ann Hammersberg- Birth's name , (1937)

American's children books writer

Lawrence Stephen Lowry - British artist, famous for his scenes of industrial Manchester

Lawrence Welk, (1903-1992)

late American orchestra band leader

Lawrence "Yogi"Berra
Hall of Fame,* New York Yankees catcher, later manager. Famous for
strange quirks of speech which came to be called
"yogisms". One, about this very phenomenon, was:
"I never SAID half the things that I said!"

*He is a Hall of Famer as a player, not as a manager,
though he did manage for
several years.

Major-General Stringer Lawrence (1697 – 1775), English soldier, the first Commander-in-Chief, India, sometimes regarded as the "Father of the Indian Army".

David Herbert Lawrence , English novelist, particularly famous for Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Herbert Read, English anarchist, poet and literary critic.

George Herbert
17th c. English religious poet

Herbert George Wells - novelist best remembered for his science fiction works

Orson Welles-He co-wrote Citizen Kane and adapted HG Wells' War of the Worlds for radio.

Orson Scott Card, (1951-)

American novelist,critic,columnist,essayist,professor, a man of many trades

Robert Falcon Scott - British Antarctic explorer who died near south Pole in 1912

Scott Edward Adkins, 1976-

English actor, martial arts expert

Dewey Adkins
old time baseball player;
Chicago Cubs catcher.

//Dewey//

Melvil Dewey,(1851-1931)

Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey - Birth's (Real) name

American Library,educator,inventor of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) for cataloguing books

(Admiral) George Dewey

Commanded U.S. fleet at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

George Harris Kennedy ,(1925-)

American actor, acted in 200 + movies and TV productions

Won Oscar for Supporting Actor's role in Cool Hand Luke

Robert Dennis Harris - British journalist and author, best known for Fatherland, set in a world where Germany has won World war 2

Jeremy Harris *D, Kalihi ʻUka
Delaware-born Hawaiʻi politician; was mayor of the
City & County of Honolulu, 1990s. Instituted much-needed bus routes.

*Democrat, but the highest office he held has
non-partisan primaries.

Another case for those interested in Touchstonesʻs Travels:
Clicking on Jeremy Harris
leads to a non fiction on
biological warfare, in which
Jeremy PAXMAN, collaborated
with a Harris, probably
that of #67!

Jeremy Irons,

(1948-) British actor,dramatist

Andy Irons
great Hawaiʻi surfer

Andy Williams,

late American crooner popularised . Moon River

Esther Williams
swimmer; actress

//Williams//

Roger Williams (1974-)

Welsh playwright

Roger Williams
17th c. American settler,
religious leader, writerʻ
one of the founders of Rhode Island

Robin Williams, (1951-)

American actor

www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/robin_williams/filmography.html

Christopher Robin Milne who 'starred' in the Winnie the Pooh stories written by his father, A A Milne.
As an adult, Christopher Robin (now just calling himself Christopher Milne wrote recollections of his childhood in such books as The Enchanted Places.

Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer

Matthew Christopher
author of childrenʻs and YA sports fictions

Matthew Arnold (1822-88) - british poet and critic

Enoch Arnold Bennett, 27 May 1867 - 27 Mar 1931

English writer

John Enoch Powell (1912-98)

British politician and classics scholar. Remembered for his warnings against mass immigration.

John Wesley "Boog" Powell
Star 1st baseman, Baltimore Orioles, 1960s--70s

Wesley Snipes , American actor

John Wesley - died 1791
British theologian, jointly responsible for the establishment of the Methodist church

Charles Wesley,

hymn composer, brother of John Wesley

Tina Charles born 1954, English disco singer, best known for 'I love to love'

Tina Turner , American singer

Frederick Jackson Turner
U. S. historian, formulator of "The Turner Thesis" on
the U. S. frontier.

Shirley Jackson- American author of such Gothic works as We Have Always Lived in the Castle - weird but utterly brilliant

Michael Jackson,

late American pop singer,song composer

James Michael Curley
Massachusetts poltician,1910s--1940s; was governor and later Mayor of Boston; formed an unlikely alliance in 1952 with fellow delegates: Rep. John F. Kennedy and future governor Paul Dever to derail the presidential campaign of the Stateʻs popular presidential candidate Estes Kefauver (D TN) and
turn the convention toward
Adlai Stevenson (D, IL)
The protagonist of Edwin OConnorʻs The Last Hurrrah is believed to be based on Curley. A popular biography of him was The Purple Shamrock by Joseph Dinneen

Michael Ondaatje, 1943-

Canadian writer

Michael Kupperman
author; illustrator;
illustrated some of Lemony Snicket

Michael York, (1942-)

British actor

"Isaac of York"
minor character in Walter Scottʻs "Ivanhoe"; father of one of the heroines, "Rebecca".

Isaac Hayes . (1942-2008)

Birth Name: Isaac Lee Hayes,Jr

American singer-songwriter,actor,producer

Isaac, Hebrew patriarch
in Biblical book of Genesis,
2nd milennium B. C.; son of Abraham; father of Jacob;
brother of Ishmael.

Sir Isaac Newton, (1643-1727)

late British matematician,professor,writer, Member of Parliament,England

A. Edward Newton
author of books about books, etc., including The Amenities of Book Collecting and Kindred Affections

Robert Newton (1905 – 1956), English stage and film actor.
Best remembered for portraying Long John Silver in the Walt Disney version of Treasure Island.

Robert Pershing "Bobby" Doerr b. 1918

Hall of Fame 2nd baseman, Boston Red Sox, 1937--1944; 1946--1951.
Had a .409 batting average in the 1946 World Series; had 120 RBI s in 1950.

John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (1860 – 1948), an officer in the U S Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.

Joseph Stalin, late Russian dictator