Which of the following people do you recognise? IV

the people i knew the names of, i wouldn't consider "important", i just knew their names.

Barbra Streisand - that singer with big nose, that's so much in media, even now
Charles Beudaleire - French writer that I always mix up with Beaumarchais
HP Lovercrot - horror writer, wrote about cthulhu (not sure if he made them up)
John Cleese - Brit actor, from Monty Python and Harry Potter
Karl Marx - wrote 'Capitalism'
Luis Bunuel - Spanish movie director
Marchello Mastrioani - Italian actor, saw him recently in La Nuit de Varennes
Miles Davis - jazz player
Modest Mussogorsky - Russian composer
Salvador Dali - painter, my friend's favourite
Steve Martin - an actor and comedian. Hoster Oscars last year and was in Bringind Down the House
Vanessa Williams - singer, first black Miss America
Wayne Gretzky - a Canadian, best hockey player ever, has his own clothing line in Bay

Great survey!!!

You enjoy it much better when you don't know all the people.

You're right--it's good education.

Alexander Mossolov, Barbra Streisand, H. P. Lovecraft, Karl Marx, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Merle Haggard, Salvador Dali, Steve Martin, Vanessa Williams, and Wayne Gretzky.

GACK! I had the answers almost complete and I accidentally closed the browser! I'll do it later...

Barbra Streisand- A very famous and very good singer. Everyone knows her by her big nose.
H.P. Lovecraft- Was one of the foremost fantasy authors. He's deceased now, but his works are still prominent in the fantasy world.
Kris Kristopherson- An actor. he played in Blade and Blade II- as well as others, I bet.
Miles Davis- Considered one of the best trumpet players and jazz musicians ever.
Modest Musorgsky- Was one of the foremost composers of the Romantic era of music. Russian nationality.
Steve Martin- A famous actor that recently came to the spotlight again with "Bringing Down the House". His most famous movie is probably "3 Amigos". Known for his super white hair and for hosting award shows, like the Academy Awards.
Vanessa Williams- And actor, i think.
Wayne Gretzky- Unarguably the best Hockey player ever, and one of the best athletes ever. The athlete with the single most amount of records held to his name.

I got all the easy ones and one- Modest- of the hard ones. Miles and H.P. might be hard ones.

18!

Okay, I'm going to take another crack at this - a little at a time! Starting with the ones which nobody has gotten so far.

Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer of film music.
Edgar Froese is the leader of the pioneering German Electronic group Tangerine Dream.
Edward Heath was a British Prime Minister (in my lifetime!)
Frank Lentini was an Italian fellow with three legs and TWO PENISES!
Morton Subotnick is an American composer and recording artist.
Norman Cook is better known as "Fatboy Slim". He had a hit with "The Rockafeller Skank" about 5 years ago.
Ralf Hutter is the leader of the pioneering German Electronic group Kraftwerk.
Richard H. Kirk was the guitarist in Cabaret Voltaire.
Richard S. Shaver was a science fiction writer.
Robert Rauschenberg is an American Pop artist.
Sax Rohmer was a British author, best known for the character of Dr. Fu Manchu.

Okay, next batch:

Alexander Mossolov was a Soviet composer.
Francis E. Dec was a great American kook.
Harmony Korine is an American filmmaker.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a 18th century French Painter.
Joe Flaherty is a Canadian comic actor, perhaps best known for his character "Count Floyd".
Kathy Burke is an English actress.
Ray Winstone is an English actor.
Rick Wakeman was the keyboard player for "Yes". He also had a fairly successful solo career.

Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker.
William Gibson is a Canadian science fiction writer.
Ewen Bremner is a Scottish actor.
James Randi is a magician and skeptic.
Robert Ito is a Canadian actor, best known for playing Quincy's sidekick.
William Henry Harrison was President of the United States for a month.
Antony van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope.
Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian poet.
Inoshiro Honda made Godzilla movies.
Jasper Johns is an American Pop artist.

Okay, now the easy ones:

Barbra Streisand: American singer and actress.
Steve Martin: American comic actor.
Vanessa Williams: Miss America 1984.
Salvador Dali: Spanish painter.
H. P. Lovecraft: American writer
Kris Kristofferson: Recording artist, actor.
Miles Davis: Genius.
Wayne Gretzky: Canadian hockey player.
John Cleese: Funniest man who ever lived.
Karl Marx: Marx Brother, obsessed with "class struggle".
Merle Haggard: Recording artist.
Benjamin Disraeli: British Prime Minister.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: American author.
Elliott Gould: American actor.
Charles Baudelaire: French poet.
Marcello Mastroianni: Italian actor.
Rae Dawn Chong: Canadian actress (daughter of Tommy).
Tony Orlando: Pop singer.
Arthur Rimbaud: French poet.
John Bonham: Led Zeppelin drummer.
John Entwistle: The Who bassist.
Lars von Trier: Danish filmmaker.
Philip K. Dick: American science fiction writer.
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Bluesman.
Dave Brubeck: Jazz pianist.
Douglas Coupland: Canadian author (Generation X).
Luis Buñuel: Spanish filmmaker.
Syd Barrett: Led early Pink Floyd.
Desmond Morris: British scientist, author, TV personalty.
Gil Scott-Heron: One of the very first rappers.
Le Corbusier: Swiss architect.
Modest Mussorgsky: Russian Composer.

Whew! That's everyone!

How many of them are from Vancouver?

Barbra Streisand
Desmond Morris
Elliott Gould
Joe Flaherty
John Cleese
Karl Marx
Steve Martin
Wayne Gretzky

Barbara Steisand
Benjamin Disraeli
Desmond Morris
Douglas Coupland
Edward Heath
H. P. Lovecraft
John Bonham
John Cleese
Karl Marx
Kathy Burke
Kris Kristofferson
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Miles Davis
Philip K. Dick
Ray Winstone
Salvador Dali
Steve Martin
Vanessa Williams

I thought a British person had created this survey.

Each time I do one of these, I miss an answer that I did know... interesting that the abundance of answers seems to cause me to get lost and miss things.

I was trying to keep in mind our SC Brits and throw you a few...

Did you get Kathy Burke, Ray Winstone, and the two PMs?

Yes, I see you did!

I knew 13 of them, but don't feel like listing them. Thats really not very many for how long the list is.

I just counted, there are 14 from the UK; six musicians, four actors, two PMs and two authors.

Dali, Gibson, Martin, Haggard, Brubeck, Streisand, Davis, Blind Lemon, Orlando, Rae Dawn, Lovecraft, Burke. A couple more are "not sures."

Some of these choices are important to me, personally...i.e. Gil Scott Heron, Kris Kristofferson, Syd Barret.

Arthur Rimbaud - 19th Century French poet and enfant terrible (no relation to the Vietnam veteran popularised by Sylvester Stallone)
Barbara Streisand - Professional actress, singer and strop-thrower with a face like a rucksack full of dented bells
Benjamin Disraeli - 19th British politician and novelist and the only prime minister to be Jewish.
Blind Melon Jefferson - Blues musician of the 1920's (no relation to Deaf Grapefruit Jefferson)
Charles Baudelaire - Another 19th Century French poet.
Desmond Morris - British anthropologist, zoologist and author of "The Naked Ape".
Douglas Coupland - American author of "Generation X"
Edward Heath - British prime minister in the 1970's, accomplished yachtsman and Margaret Thatcher's biggest fan.
Elliott Gould - American, mostly comedic, actor who starred in the original film version of M*A*S*H
Ewen Bremner - Scottish actor who came to fame playing Spud in the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's "Trainspotting".
Frank Lentini - A freak show performance artist with three legs.
H.P Lovercraft - American horror writer and creator of the Cthulu mythos.
Inoshiro Honda - Japanese film director who was behind all the original Gojira (Godzilla) films of the 1950's
John Bonham - Awesome drummer for Led Zeppelin who tragically died after a drinking binge.
John Cleese - Founding member of Monty Python who went on to create and play the best sitcom character of all time.
John Entwistle - Bass player for The Who. He died in a hotel room of a heart attack in June last year. I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news.
Karl Marx - Creator of the Communist Manifesto who sadly failed to win the luxury lounge suite.
Kathy Burke - British character actress. Mostly known for her comedic work with Harry Enfield, she has also established herself as a talented dramatic actress in "Nil By Mouth" and "This Year's Love".
Kris Kristofferson - Country singer turned actor. Starred in Blade with Wesley Snipes.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr - American author of "Slaughter House Five"
Lars Von Trier - Danish director and creator of the Dogme minimalist approach to film making.
Le Corbusier - Swiss Architect
Marcello Mastroianni - Legendary Italian actor, probably most famous for his role in Federico Fellini's "8 1/2"
Miles David - American Jazz musician
Modest Mussorsky - Russian composer of "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Norman Cook - AKA Pizzaman AKA Beats International AKA FreakPower AKA The Might DubKatz AKA Fat Boy Slim.
Philip K Dick - Prolific American science fiction author. Wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", which was later adapted into the film "Blade Runner"
Rae Dawn Chong - American actress and daughter of Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong)
Ralf Hutter - Founder member of Kraftwerk, the pioneers of electronic music.
Ray Winstone - British actor who came to fame in the film "Scum". Probably a bit handy in a pub fight.
Rick Wakeman - British virtuoso keyboardist with 1970's prog-rock group Yes.
Salvador Dali - Spanish surrealist painter
Steve Martin - American comedian, actor and writer.
Syd Barrett - Founding member of British group Pink Floyd, who sadly succumbed to mental illness. He was replaced by David Gilmour.
Tony Orlando - From a British perspective, he's the guy that had that one hit wonder with "Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree". He may be more famous 'back home'.
Vanessa Williams - American singer and actress. Starred with Arnie in ..oh christ .. what was it .. oh yes "Eraser".
Wayne Gretzky - Ice hockey legend
Werner Herzog - German film director who did his own version of Nosferatu with Klaus Kinski
William Gibson - American 'cyberpunk' author. Wrote "Neuromancer"

39. Oh god, I hope I haven't f*cked up like last time.

Barbra Streisand - some stupid hypocrytical annoying chicken
Steve Martin - actor
Marx - 1800's Enlightment era philospher, who advocated an unrealistic pipe dream economic system.
vanesa williams - tennis player
wayne grecky - some ugly looking hocky player from canada
tony orlando - sounds familiar
kathy burkle - sounds familiar

Did you do the 3 previous surveys on this?

No. Those were all Iseult's. When she did the last one, I told her how much I liked them and she suggested I try one. I waited a little while first.

The worst part was fudging up when I tried to post the answers. I had most of it typed, and then I tried to close a pop-up and clicked the wrong x!

I think Iseult's were a little easier maybe. I wasn't trying to be difficult. I probably have more obscure tastes...

How did you decide on who to pick?

Only one.

His name is Zang.

No, really, you've gotta tell me, I don't know. We here in Ontario tend to be very Toronto and sometimes Ontario cenralized, so all we talk about is Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, and Shania Twain.

Absolutely fudging amazing! You did fabulous...there's one little thing though...I put four Canadians in there who are from my home town of Vancouver. You missed Quincy's sidekick Robert Ito, but mis-identified the other three as Americans! Douglas Coupland hung around in the same social group as me back in the eighties, he's about three months older than me. He was born on a Canadian military base in Germany, but grew up in Vancouver. William Gibson was born in the US, but has lived in Vancouver for more than thirty years. He always looks like he's dreading the possibility that someone might come up and speak to him. Rae Dawn Chong (whose father Tommy was born in Edmonton, Alberta and played in sleazy rock 'n' roll bands in Vancouver bars, back in the sixties) was born in Vancouver two weeks before me.

It was more or less random. I just typed the names of people that came to mind. Most of them (but certainly not all) are people I admire. Towards the end, I thought it might be a little too obscure so I added some names that I thought people would know. I put four people from Vancouver. I tried to mix up the nationalities a bit, Iseult always does that.

Icurok really cleaned up! He even got Frank Lentini! I didn't expect anyone to get that one! And if anyone did, I thought it might be mandy!

Douglas Coupland, Rae Dawn Chong, Robert Ito & William Gibson.

Due to the version III, I'm only answering the ones that I can relate the people to, as opposed to recognition

Barbara Streisand - South Park Singer
Dave Brubeck - Musician (I think)
Elliot Gould - Actor
HP Lovecraft - Writer of Cathouli (I know the spelling is WAY off)
John Bonham - Only the drummer of one of the world's greatest bands Led Zeppelin
John Cleese - Damn funny (Monty Python)
Karl Marx - Socialist/Idealist
Miles Davis - Blues Musician
Robert Ito - (not judge Ito from the OJ Simpson case as I thought) upon looking him up on line, I remember him now though.
Salvador Dali - Great surrealist painter (there's a museum in my city )
Vanessa Williams - Singer, though I think an actress, so one of these
Wayne Gretzky - Used to play for the NY Rangers ice hockey team, breaking numerous records

I do the same thing, on every one of these surveys. This one I didn't even see Steve Martin (of course I know him ) and leeuwenhook whom I'm learned about in high school. You and I need the lists to be broken in half.

I missed John Cleese!

I feel bad about only knowing two people

wait! I know John Cleese too!!

kinda funny that we both missed a prominent comedian

I've never heard of any of those people. What did they do?

Douglas Coupland wrote "Generation X". Rae Dawn Chong is an actress, I only ever saw her in "Quest For Fire" (1981), but she's been in lots of stuff since. You may have heard of her dad "Tommy Chong" from "Cheech & Chong". He's from Edmonton, but lived in Vancouver during the sixties. Robert Ito was Quincy's sidekick on the TV show. William Gibson wrote "Neuromancer", which kicked off this new sci-fi thing called "Cyber-punk".

Yeah, I heard of Tommy Chong. I never saw any of the Cheech and Chong, but I see him on That's 70's Show, regularly.

Too many to mention, although my favorite on the list is Wayne Gretzky!

Thanks! I'll admit to a bit of sneaky fence sitting when it came to the Canadians. I opted for he label 'American' rather than say, US or Canadian as in some cases I honestly didn't know. I even had a sneaking suspicion that Steve Martin was Canadian (but only because a lot of the best SNL regulars are). I sort of know who Robert Ito is, but as I've only ever seen Quincy once or twice and didn't pay much attention to the end credits I didn't know his name. I don't even know who played Quincy!! The Frank Lentini one was a complete fluke. Channel 4 commissioned a series of programmes a few months back about disability. The theme was about seeing the people behind the disability. Matt Fraser is an actor and writer who was born with physical deformities as a result of his mother being prescribed thalidomide during the pregnancy. He presented a programme called "Freakshow" in which he travelled to the Coney Island circuses to learn what went on and what life was like for the acts. Because of the physical similarities, he felt more closely drawn to Stanley Berent AKA 'Sealo the Seal Boy' - he even wrote and performed a one play about the man - but Frank Lentini was also mentioned.

Steve Martin did start his television career in Toronto, but he's a Texan. Quincy was played by Jack Klugman who also starred in four Twilight Zone episodes and the TV version of The Odd Couple.

I bet Channel Four didn't mention Frank Lentini's extra penis, did they?

Barbra Streisand, Benjamin Disraeli, Elliott Gould, John Cleese (I love him!), Karl Marx, Kris Kristofferson, Norman Cook, Salvador Dali, Steve Martin. That's it.

I think they did actually, but Channel 4 gets away with a lot because of its remit as an alternative channel.

any Canadian should recognize Gretzky, he's the best hockey player ever!!