A to Z of Historical names.

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Noel Coward

 

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Oliver Twist

 

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Peter Townsend

 

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Queen Victoria

 

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Redgrave Michael

 

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Sinbad the Sailor

 

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President Truman

 

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U Thant

 

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Vlad the Impaler

 

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Walesa Lech

 

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So as not to repeat myself eXactly:

Xerxes I

 

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Joseph Trumpledor

 

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Joseph Trumpledor

WhY has the poor fellow got himself out of sequence?
Yves St Laurent

 

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I did mean to write Yoseph as in the Hebrew.................or Yusuf as in Arabic ,but without paying attention my brain selected the English version ie Joseph , see here
Yosef (also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄) is a male Hebrew name יוֹסֵף , from Hebrew יה-וה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif meaning "YHWH will increase/add".
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Yosef.
Origin
Variant form(s) Yossef
Short form(s) Yossi, Yosi
See also Joseph, Yusuf
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Yosef - Wikipedia

But of course, @ Robbity, you are right.

 

[Robbity]

I did mean to write Yoseph as in the Hebrew.................

I was so intrigued by his surname, I never thought of the alternative spelling!

 

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Zoroaster

 

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Archie Bunker [ if that qualifies]

 

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Barbara Cartland

 

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Charlie Chaplan

 

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