Name That Historical Person

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I IDed someone as the Duke of Wellington wrongly many pages ago, but either nobody gave the right ID or someone did and I didn't catch it.

What is the answer.

Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin

 

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[Aardvark154]

Czar Nicholas

Nope (at least I can tell you that) I believe it rather is John Phillp Sousa.

 

[prestokeys]

Arthur Conan Doyle

No it is not. You have to be a science geek to know this guy.

 

[Aardvark154]

Lord Rutherford?

 

[prestokeys]

Lord Rutherford?

Yes, Ernest Rutherford. The father of nuclear physics.

 

[Insidious Von]

Cool, my next guess was Hermann Helmholtz

 

[Insidious Von]

 

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[Butchers Dog]

Brezhnev

 

[Aardvark154]

Anne Frank

 

[Aardvark154]

Rudyard Kipling?

 

[prestokeys]

Rudyard Kipling?

No. I think this one needs a pictured hint. Here's the first hint:

 

[nondescriptive]

No. I think this one needs a pictured hint. Here's the first hint:

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James Naismith

 

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Anne Frank

 

[Aardvark154]

James Naismith

Nice little nightclub/bar named for him in Springfield, Massachusetts

 

[shack]

I see others had got this already - anyone tell me how to delete a post, once you've posted it?

You've never needed to delete a post in 7 years?

There is a delete option when you click edit.

 

[prestokeys]

James Naismith

Good. You got it with the basket and without the ball.