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Inspired by the [http://forum.geni.com/topic.php?id=58 famous people] thread in the forum, add your link to a profile page of celebrities here by country of origin. | Inspired by the [http://forum.geni.com/topic.php?id=58 famous people] thread in the forum, add your link to a profile page of celebrities here by country of origin. | ||
| − | Please add a category, title and short description to each celebrity. That will make it easier to re-organise should the list become too long. I suggest to qualify a celebrity, there should be a reference to article in wikipedia. | + | Please add a category, title and short description to each celebrity. That will make it easier to re-organise should the list become too long. I suggest to qualify as a celebrity, there should be a reference to an article in wikipedia. |
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Revision as of 10:07, 27 October 2008
Inspired by the famous people thread in the forum, add your link to a profile page of celebrities here by country of origin. Please add a category, title and short description to each celebrity. That will make it easier to re-organise should the list become too long. I suggest to qualify as a celebrity, there should be a reference to an article in wikipedia.
Categories:
- Art's & Entertainment - Musicians, composers, dancers, writers, painters, sculptors (please add)
- Politics - Presidents, freedom fighters, dictators (please add)
- Academia - Philosophers, scientists, (please add)
- Athlete - Baseball players, soccer players, golfers, runners, swimmers. Any sports celebrity.
- (please add)
(We should keep the categories to a minimum, I'll say max 10 to avoid making it too cumbersome)
Contents
North America
US
- Mark Twain Art's & Entertainment: Author. Real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens. American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer - most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [1]
- George W. Bush Politics: the forty-third and current President of the United States. [2]
Canada
(please add)
Europe
- Charlemagne Politics: aka Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. [3]
UK
- William The Conqueror Politics: William I of England (1027 – 1087), Duke of Normandy from 1035 and King of England from 1066 to his death. [4]
Asia
India
- Mahatma Ghandi Politics(1869 – 1948). A major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.
Africa
South Africa
- Morgan Freeman , aka Nelson Mandela ;-)
