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Kaption

Think I had I on the last list.

Well, nowI can add Laura Ingals- my former mother-in-law was a distant relatives of the Wilders.

Carrie Ann Inaba- she seems like a fun person to join in a glass of wine.

ruthbru

Janis Joplin- fun to listen to her jam, no I wouldn't try to keep up with her in the drinking department

Jacqueline Kennedy-classy, classy lady, would love to talk the real person, not the public image

Joan Biaz-another class act

Joan of Arc-interesting to here her story from the inside

Kaption

Ruth, did you ever read Mark Twain's book on Joan of Arc? It's very good. He said it was the book he was most proud of.

ruthbru

No, I will check it out though, thanks! (I have The Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume I sitting right here, but since it is a large book, 679 pages long, I have not gotten up the nerve to start it!)

Kaption

I know. My son recommended the Twain's autobiography, but haven't tried it yet

Kaption

I'll get us back on track: K

Frida Kahlo- some of her work was on display here for a while. Fascinating life.

Any of the Kaufman family- local philanthropists in our city.

Andy Kaufman- a TOTALLY different Kaufman- to see if he was sane and/ or a genius.

Helen Keller-wow!

badger

Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln - fascinating "power couple" as would be

Charles and Anne Morrow Lindberg

Fighting Bob LaFollett - would love to have a beer and talk progressive politics

Pat Lucey - former WI Gov, I voted for him as VP in my first election back in 1980

Jack London, CS Lewis, Ursula K. LeGuin, Madeline L'Engle - literary types with adventurous minds

Paul Lynde - hilarious on Hollywood Squares

ruthbru

Margaret Mead-wouldn't that be something!

Mary Tyler Moore- I have always admired and enjoyed her

Shirley MacLain-kind of crazy, plus it would be interesting to talk to her about her belief in reincarnation

Marilyn Monroe-I see her as a rather sad, lonely figure, like to know more about the real lady

Michelle Obama-class act, I suppose she'd make me eat something healthy and exercise before we could visit!

badger

Florence Nightingale - tea with a hero

Nehru, Netanyahu - Prime politicians

Sir Isaac Newton - maybe a picnic under an apple tree

Thomas Nast - love his editorial cartoons

Queen Noor, Nefertiti - who wouldn't want to have tea with a Queen?

Kaption

The Obamas- fascinating

Sandra Day O'Connor-to gain insights on her journey

Jesse Owens- just to meet someone who was part of history

Oprah- I'd like to just follow her around for a day to see how she accomplishes what she does

ruthbru

Dolly Parton-fun, funny, seems down to earth and authentic (despite the wigs & plastic surgery)

Nancy Pelosi- smart, strong

Frances Perkins-first women in a president's cabinet, Secretary of Labor for FDR

Prince

Kaption

I had Q the last time we did this. Add a couple new ones

Roxanne Quimby-co-founder of Burt's Bees.

This one caught my attention: Joan Quigley: President Reagan's astrologer. Hmm...

Pheasantduster

Betsy Ross - we could discuss 'sewing' techniques

Ann Romney - interesting (private and political) life coping with MS

badger

Carl Sagan - we'd have billions & billions of things to talk about

Antonin Scalia - Let's discuss the Citizens United decision over a glass of wine

Margaret Sanger - what would she think of Planned Parenthood today?

Deborah Sampson - an ancestor who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War

Elizabeth Stone - the founding mother of Fort Collins CO (Ruth you will like this link)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hickok_Robbins_Stone

ruthbru

Quite the woman! My sister used to live in Fort Collins so I will send her the link. Mother Theresa, Theodore Roosevelt, the Trumans

badger

Indeed! Edited her to say founding mother of FC. Lived there myself once upon a time.

Mo Udall - he was a little before my time but a politician I would have liked & voted for.

Pheasantduster

Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) - oh, what we could discuss!
Vivian Vance ( Ethel of "I Love Lucy") - we wou;dhave so many laughs!

badger

Oprah Winfrey - just love her, let's "do" Chicago girlfriend

Betty White - what a hoot! Think she drinks?

Louden Wainwright III - funny musician, he'd be be a fun friend

Walt Whitman - beautiful poetry & writing, I'd like to walk a while with him

Andy Warhol - he'd be interesting but probably twisted

badger

OK X is hard, so I consulted my Webster's Dictionary and found these interesting-sounding people:

Xanthippe - wife of Socrates

St. Francis Xavier - Spanish Jesuit missionary

Xerxes - king of Persia

Pheasantduster

Loretta Young, beautiful actress flowing through that door!

Trisha Yearwood, I do like a country song.

Mominator

Yes, St. Francis Xavier - very well known saint. I know many people with Francis Xavier as their middle "name."

Yo-Yo Ma - amazing cellist who was just a few years ahead of my husband and I at New England Conservat

Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani schoolgirl who won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Chuck Yeager - first to break the sound barrier

Boris Yeltsin - first post-Gorbachev president of Russia

Yoda - I always think of him as an interplanetary Mahatma Gandi

badger

Mominator, thumbs up to Yoda!

Zyzzybalubah - an alien whose name was the secret word of the day on an episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse.

Flo Ziegfeld - would enjoy brandy & a cigar with the master showman

New topic: first names (M or F)

Alice, Audrey, Ann, Anne, Anna, Alan

Mominator

Barbara, Bernice, Bethany

Benjamin, Bradley, Brian

nicknames: Betty, Bill, Bob

badger

Claire, Clara, Clarice, Clarissa, Connie, Cora, Caitlyn, Cathy, Cindy

Chuck, Charles, Curt, Curtis, Carl, Carlos, Connor, Caleb, Chris

Mominator

Debra, Deliah, Diane, Doris, Dorothy, Dympna

Daniel, David, Declan, Dmitri, Donald, Douglas

Edited to add:

Since we're at the top of the page: New topic: first names (M or F)

OncoWarrior

Edith, Elsa, Emily, Eudora, Elizabeth, Ellen, Eugenia

Edward, Elmer, Edgar, Elbert, Errol, Ernest, Eugene

ruthbru

Emma, Eleanor, Edith, Ethel, Ester, Emily, Edward, Eliot, Ethan, Eduardo, Emilio, Ella, Eloise, Ebeneezer, Evelyn, Edgar

OncoWarrior

Fanny, Frances, Faye, Florence, Flora

Frank, Francis, Frederick, Ferdinand

ruthbru

Gigi, George, Georgia, Gwen, Giles, Garrett, Gail, Gayle, Gene, Greg, Gary

Kaption

Hattie, Heidi, Harold, Hugh, Heather.