One-Name Historical Figures A-Z

Guess these one-letter historical figures whose names start with each letter of the alphabet.
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A
Notable hun
Attila
B
Siddhārtha Gautama
Buddha
C
Lover of Caesar and Antony
Cleopatra
D
"The Divine Comedy"
Dante
E
Juan Peron's wife
Evita
F
"Great" King of Prussia
Frederick
G
Apache leader
Geronimo
H
Carthaginian general
Hannibal
I
Queen who united Spain
Isabella
J
"Great" Byzantine Emperor
Justinian
K
Khan who conquered China
Kublai
L
Ancient Chinese philosopher
Laozi
M
Founded Islam
Muhammad
N
Fiddled while Rome burned
Nero
O
Founded the Ottoman Empire
Osman
P
3-time World Cup winner
Pelé
Q
Roman rhetorician from Hispania
Quintilian
R
Mad monk of Tsarist Russia
Rasputin
S
Sukarno's successor
Suharto
T
Pharaoh who was dug up in 1922
Tutankhamun
U
Second modern king of Italy
Umberto
V
19th century British monarch
Victoria
W
House of Orange-Nassau founder
William
X
"Great" Persian king
Xerxes
Y
Second Umayyad caliph
Yazid
Z
Ancient Greek paradox enthusiast
Zeno
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4 Comments
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Level 36
Mar 23, 2022
For accuracy, I'm pretty sure that his name was Willem, not William.
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Level 76
Mar 24, 2022
Accepting "Willem" too now
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Level 63
May 10, 2023
Nero didn’t fiddle while Rome burnt
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Level 90
Sep 3, 2024
Can you accept Friedrich for Frederick?