Can you name this person?

**AlanL** · 05-01-2011, 05:07 PM

How about this man?

**GDCarrington** · 05-01-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by AlanL

How about this man?

Samuel Clemens?

**AlanL** · 05-01-2011, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by GDCarrington

Samuel Clemens?

aka Mark Twain... that is incorrect. Keep trying.

**dpm802** · 05-01-2011, 05:13 PM

John Wilkes Booth

**AlanL** · 05-01-2011, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by dpm802

John Wilkes Booth

That is correct. Assassin of A. Lincoln.

**dpm802** · 05-01-2011, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by AlanL

That is correct. Assassin of A. Lincoln.

Here is another person who is linked with an assassination.

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**dpm802** · 05-02-2011, 06:33 PM

No guesses yet?

This person might be considered "collateral damage" ... his death was overshadowed by the assasination of a much more famous person.

**dpm802** · 05-02-2011, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by dpm802

No guesses yet?

This person might be considered "collateral damage" ... his death was overshadowed by the assasination of a much more famous person.

He died on a Friday. He was in uniform and on duty at the time.

**pz93c** · 05-03-2011, 01:32 AM

In Dallas?

**AlanL** · 05-03-2011, 08:07 AM

Officer J. D. Tippit

**dpm802** · 05-03-2011, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by AlanL

Officer J. D. Tippit

You got it!

**AlanL** · 05-03-2011, 08:35 AM

Everyone knows her first name, even though she herself did nothing famous. Just asking for her first name.

**babafats** · 05-03-2011, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by AlanL

Everyone knows her first name, even though she herself did nothing famous.

Is that Anastasia Romanova?

**AlanL** · 05-03-2011, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by babafats

Is that Anastasia Romanova?

No. I could tell you her surname and you still might not recognize it. But her first name is a household word. So, I'm just asking for her first name.

**dpm802** · 05-03-2011, 09:03 AM

Ruth Cleveland?

(Daughter of Grover Cleveland, and namesake of the Baby Ruth candy bar.)

**AlanL** · 05-03-2011, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by dpm802

Ruth Cleveland?

(Daughter of Grover Cleveland, and namesake of the Baby Ruth candy bar.)

Good guess, but not right.
This girl's family name is more (i.e., totally) obscure.

**AlanL** · 05-03-2011, 12:51 PM

Hints:

She was born in Austria in 1889 (no, she is not Hitler).
Her father was involved in new technologies of the time.

**David in Boston** · 05-03-2011, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by AlanL

Hints:

She was born in Austria in 1889 (no, she is not Hitler).
Her father was involved in new technologies of the time.

Mercedes Benz

**dpm802** · 05-03-2011, 01:12 PM

Mercedes Jellinek

**AlanL** · 05-03-2011, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by dpm802

Mercedes Jellinek

You got it!
Mercédès Jellinek, whose father Emil partnered with Karl Benz. Emil named his team and interest after his daughter. So the Mercedes name became world-known.