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People in History A-Z

Given clues, name the historical figure. Ordered alphabetically
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Last updated: September 23, 2025
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Letter
Person
A) Famous aviator who notoriously disappeared
over the Pacific
Amelia Earhart
A) The Fuhrer of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
B) Notorious American general who defected to
the British side
Benedict Arnold
B) His trade to the Yankees in 1920 was considered
the trade of the century
Babe Ruth
C) Explorer who documented animal species
for his theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
C) Famous Egyptian pharaoh during the Ptolemaic period
Cleopatra
D) Italian poet who wrote of the 7 circles of Hell in Inferno
Dante
D) Aka "Ike" he was a WW2 general and president
Dwight Eisenhower
E) Anglo Saxon king of England, the last of the House of Wessex
Edward the Confessor
E) Tudor queen of England who brought in the Golden Age to
her people
Elizabeth I
F) Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan empire of
Peru
Francisco Pizarro
F) Portuguese explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the
globe
Ferdinand Magellan
G) Spiritual leader of Indias campaign for independence
Gandhi
G) Famous Italian astronomer who discovered the phases
of Venus
Galileo Galilei
H) Roman emperor who constructed a wall in northern England
Hadrian
H) Greek author who wrote the Odyssey and Iliad
Homer
I) Egyptian architect who designed the first step pyramid
Imhotep
I) Grand Prince and Tsar of Moscow, known for inducing fear
into his enemies
Ivan the Terrible
J) Famous actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
J) He was crucified, died and rose again, according to Christian
teachings
Jesus
K) Egyptian architect of the Great Sphinx
Khafra
K) Israeli monarch and son of David who united Judah and Israel
King Solomon
L) Famous Renaissance painter of the Mona Lisa
Leonardo DaVinci
L) German composer whos famous works included Symphony #5
Ludwig Van Beethoven
M) Italian Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
M) Medieval Scottish king portrayed in Shakespeares play
MacBeth
Letter
Person
N) French emperor who met his defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and exiled
Napoleon
N) Astronaut who was the first American to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
O) One of the Wright brothers who invented the flying airplane
Orville
O) Irish poet and playwright, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
P) Student of Socrates, he is considered one of the greatest Greek
philosophers
Plato
P) Famous Spanish artist, known for his cubism paintings
Pablo Picasso
Q) Aztec god of the Sun, Wind and Knowledge
Quetzalcoatl
Q) Chinese emperor who was buried with terracotta warriors
to protect him in the afterlife
Qin Shi Huang
R) Actor and later US president during the 1980s
Ronald Reagan
R) Medieval king of England who led the Third Crusade
Richard I
S) One of the most famous Greek philosophers, teacher of Plato and
others
Socrates
S) Austrian neurologist and controversial founder of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
T) Inventor of the phonograph and rival to Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
T) US president and author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
U) Civil War general and later president
Ulysses Grant
U) Pope who convened the Council of Clermont and ignited
the Crusades
Urban
V) Dutch impressionist who famously cut part of his ear off
Vincent Van Gogh
V) Russian ruler who led the Soviet Union until his death in 1924
Vladimir Lenin
W) Norman ruler who was victorious at the battle of Hastings
William
W) Wild West lawman who, along with his brothers, fought the
Clanton gang at Tombstone, AZ
Wyatt Earp
X) This Persian king faced a small but fierce Greek army at Thermopylae
Xerxes
X) Ancient Greek philosopher and poet who critiqued Homers works
Xenophanes
Y) Legendary Yankees catcher known for his catchphrases
Yogi Berra
Y) Chinese mathematician during the Song dynasty who invented the
magic circle theory
Yang Hui
Z) 12th US president who served from 1849-1850
Zachary Taylor
Z) Iranian religious leader who founded Zoroastrianism
Zarathustra
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