Historical Figures A-Z

Name the famous figures throughout history. A-Z

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Hint	Dates	Answer
A) Macedon king considered one of the worlds greatest military commanders	356-323 BC	Alexander the Great
B) Founding father who invented the bifocals, experimented with electricity, and served as the French ambassador	1706-1790	Benjamin Franklin
C) Mighty Frankish king crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas in 800	748-814	Charlemagne
D) Famous for his defense of the Alamo during the Texas revolution	1786-1836	Davy Crockett
E) Anglo Saxon king of England who constructed Westminster Abbey	1003-1066	Edward
F) Portuguese navigator whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe	1480-1521	Ferdinand Magellan
G) Renaissance astronomer who discovered Jupiters moons	1564-1642	Galileo
H) Carthaginian general who crossed the frigid Alps to surprise the Romans from the north	247-181 BC	Hannibal
I) English physicist who discovered the laws of motion	1642-1727	Isaac Newton
J) Actor and Southern sympathizer who assassinated president Lincoln and evaded capture for 12 days	1838-1865	John Wilkes Booth
K) Grandson of Genghis Khan who had his residence at Xanadu and worked with Marco Polo	1215-1294	Kublai Khan
L) Spartan king whose tiny army held back the mighty Persian force at Thermopylae	540-480 BC	Leonidas
M) He famously revolted against the Catholic church and started the Protestant Reformation	1483-1546	Martin Luther

Hint	Dates	Answer
N) French general who was exiled twice	1769-1821	Napoleon
O) Along with his brother Wilbur, they flew the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903	1871-1948	Orville Wright
P) Famous artist who invented cubism	1881-1973	Pablo Picasso
Q) First emperor of China whose terracotta warrior army was discovered near Xian	259-210 BC	Qin Shi Huang
R) English king known for his bravery, he co-led the Third Crusade	1157-1199	Richard the Lionheart
S) Pioneer who invented the famous code and the telegraph, revolutionizing communication	1791-1872	Samuel Morse
T) Pharaoh who ruled at 9 years old, his tomb lay undiscovered for over 3000 years until 1922	1342-1323 BC	Tutankhamun
U) Civil War general and later president of the US, his forces were surrendered to at Appomattox	1822-1885	Ulysses Grant
V) Dutch impressionist artist whose famous works include Starry Night and Sunflowers	1853-1890	Vincent Van Gogh
W) Norman king who defeated Harold Godwinson to become king of England	1028-1087	William the Conqueror
X) Persian king who defeated Leonidas and the Spartans at Thermopylae	519-465 BC	Xerxes
Y) Yankee legend whose famous quotes have been immortalized in history	1925-2015	Yogi Berra
Z) 12th president who served for 1 year before his death	1784-1850	Zachary Taylor

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