Name that Historical Figure #2

I just thought he looked like a grumpy pitbull to me

I tried Miss Of Arc, disappointed that didn't work.

So did Tolstoy.

I agree that both her maiden name and her married name should be accepted, but the "official" part is wrong. According to French naming rules of the time, she took the name "Curie" upon marrying her husband. Her official documentation would have said "Marie Curie, née Sklodoswka" (probably without the bar through the L). And, while she was born Polish, she also took up French citizenship, so she was both French and Polish for most of her life. That doesn't make her any less Polish - or any less French. First and foremost, she was a groundbreaking scientist - and science has no nationality!

I completely agree. Whereas "Caesar" was a title that turned into a name, "Kaiser" has always remained a title, which in fact is derived from "Caesar". Accepting "Kaiser" is akin to accepting "Roi" for Louis XIV, or "President" for Wilson.

Yes, she's Maria Skłodowska - Curie!

I've been to Poland a few times. It's a great country, with a lot to see, and, in my opinion, a wonderful under-appreciated cuisine. Very nice people, too. But man, how much better it would be without the constant, tiresome nationalism of some of its citizens!

The fact is that women have been oppressed throughout history, often generally not even being considered for anything important. Women often shared these views along with men. Therefore, before recent history, females as individuals commonly have less importance, as they have committed fewer influential acts. If this had been a history quiz without only modern history, there'd be no women at all. If you don't like it, maybe go make one yourself. No offense, by the way, just sharing my opinion.

Me too lol

Anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of the cultural icons of the 1920's knows who Valentino and Jolson are. Elvis is no less appropriate to this quiz than Beethoven.

He'll be remembered shorter than, say, the Beatles, or Bob Dylan, probably, but more than many other important artists, just based off of his influence to modern music.

Hard to predict what history remembers, and what it forgets! We live in a period with unprecedented means of recording and record-keeping, and it may well be that, as long as ours civilisations don't collapse, comparatively minor figures will live on in memory a lot longer than more ancient figures that might have deserved it more (as far as such a thing as "merit" as any objective meaning). It's a really interesting question - one I fear we won't live to know the answer to!

Why? That was not his family (surname). This site doesn't usually accept just first names (as we call them in English).