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Can you guess the claim to fame of these seemingly random and unknown persons ?
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Last updated: August 1, 2021
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1. Mary Ann Nichols (1845 - 1888)
Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria
First victim of Jack the Ripper
Mistress of Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli
First woman to climb Ben Nevis
2. David Howell Evans (1961 - )
Guitarist with U2
Member of Welsh Parliament for Swansea East
Inventor of the Air Fryer
One of the team of architects that designed the Burj Khalifa Hotel
3. Glen William Bell Jr. (1923 - 2010)
Great - Grandson of Alexander Graham Bell
Mayor of Gibson County, Tennessee
Founder of Taco Bell restaurant chain
Chief Imagineer at Disneyland, Paris
4. Fabian Picardo (1972 - )
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
CEO of Santander Bank
Police Commisioner in charge during Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris, France
Belgian serial killer now serving 50 years in a Brussels prison
5. Susan Diane Wojcicki (1968 - )
Deputy Mayor of Esbjerg, Denmark
Chief designer at Ikea
Grand-daughter of Lech Walesa
CEO of Youtube
6. Albert Mussey Johnson (1872 - 1948)
Grandfather of Boris Johnson (PM of UK)
Eccentric Millionaire that built Scotty's Castle in Death Valley
Brother of Amy Johnson (aviator)
Last person to die of Smallpox
7. Alfred Lennon (1912 -1976)
Chef credited with the invention of the Deep Fried Mars Bar
Co-Founder of Mad magazine
Voice coach to William Shatner
Father of Beatle, John Lennon
8. Howard Spencer (1875 - 1940)
Captain of Aston Villa FC. a.k.a. "Prince of Fullbacks"
Great Uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales
Hero of the Fall of Togo during World War 1
Personal assistant of King George V
9. Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (1945 - 2009)
First housemate to be evicted from the first UK version of "Big Brother"
First baby born after the end of World War 2
Half of British '60s pop duo, Peter and Gordon
British Ambassador to Lesotho
10. Fujio Masuoka (1943 - )
Thought to be the head of the Yakuza in the city of Osaka
Inventor of Flash memory
Coach of the Japanese national baseball team
Last civilian to be born on Iwo Jima island
11. Thomas Barnaby (1841 - 1907)
Micmac chief of the Eel Ground First Nation of New Brunswick
Former owner of the largest circus in France
American Ambassador to Mexico
Credited with the creation of Baked Alaska
12. Grant Wood (1891 - 1942)
First New Zealander to be killed in World War 2
Father of actress Natalie Wood
US artist known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest
First coach to boxer Sugar Ray Robinson
13. Barry Eugene Carter (1944 - 2003)
Uncle of US politician Jimmy Carter
Real name of soul singer Barry White
Inventor of the car airbag
CEO of Swift Transportation Inc.
14. Ernest Michael McSorley (1912 - 1975)
Member of the team that mapped the Mammoth Cave system
Mayor of Stirling, Scotland
Organiser of the Woodstock Music Festival
Captain of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald that sank in Lake Superior
15. Rachel Johnson (1923 - 2016)
Last native of St.Kilda island, Scotland
Mother of Boris Johnson (UK Prime Minister)
Co- founder of Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals
Olympic Gold medal winner in Helsinki 1952
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