Notable Dead People A-Z

Guess the notable dead people that have a last name beginning with a respective letter of the alphabet.

Q and U are taken out due to the lack of surnames beginning with them

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Last updated: January 19, 2023

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Letter	Hint	Answer
A	Soviet Science-Fiction writer and author of I, Robot	Isaac Asimov
B	A South American nation and a South American currency are named after this freedom fighter	Simon Bolivar
C	British prime minister who said, "Never, never, never give up	Winston Churchill
D	Serial killer cannibal that is sometimes known as the Milwaukee Monster	Jeffrey Dahmer
E	Made many developments in physics, born in Germany	Albert Einstein
F	Jewish girl from Amsterdam, famous for her diary	Anne Frank
G	Indian revolutionary, first name means, "Great-soul," in Sanskrit	Mahatma Gandhi
H	One of the founding fathers of the United States, the subject of a musical play	Alexander Hamilton
I	Founder of North Korea	Kim Il-sung
J	Pop star famous for his red jacket, singular glove, and the Moonwalk	Michael Jackson
K	Inventor of what is commonly known as the AK-47 rifle	Mikhail Kalashnikov
L	Played Count Dracula in the 1931 classic, Dracula	Bela Lugosi
M	Scottish trickster known for his ploy to draw investors to a fictional Central American country called Poyais	Gregor Macgregor
N	English physicist who discovered the laws of gravity when an apple supposedly dropped onto his head	Isaac Newton
O	JFK's assassin	Lee Harvey Oswald
P	Ancient Greek philosopher who's teacher was Socrates and student was Aristotle	Plato
R	Inventor of a popular candy with chocolate and peanut butter	Harry Burnett Reese
S	Served as a captain of many vessels, including the RMS Titanic	Edward Smith
T	U.S. president who was born in Cleveland and the successor of Theodore Roosevelt	William Howard Taft
V	Dutch painter who cut his ear off	Vincent Van Gogh
W	A comedian and actor who played in movies such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumangi, and the Night at the Museum trilogy	Robin Williams
X	Catholic missionary who co-founded the Society of Jesus, known to magically heal the dead or the severely injured	St. Francis Xavier
Y	Welsh merchant and philanthropist who is the namesake of an Ivy League university	Elihu Yale
Z	Inventor of the auxiliary language, Esperanto, lived in Warsaw	Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof

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