Anybody want to play 20 questions?

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661
  1. yes, All ‘representations’ of this man have been Caucasion

Oops, there is another hint:smack:

662

Another hint, I might also say that this character might have been in some sort of literature, either fiction or poems or songs or something similar, but he is not famous for being in it. Wiki mentions a song that I have never heard of.

I guarantee that every educated American has heard of this character.

663

Nowhere did we establish this is a literary character, from what I can tell.

NOT A GUESS: Thinking Santa Claus or some such, Uncle Sam, etc.

664

That is exactly what I was alluding to in my first hint.

665

Is this character known as an antagonist of American Indians?

666
  1. No
667

Is this a character commonly associated with tall tales?

668
  1. No
669

Is this character regarded as a personification of another thing (e.g., a nation, liberty, love, justice, etc.)

670
  1. Yes
671

Is it Uncle Sam?

672

Ding Ding Ding Ding, Very good, Uncle Sam it is.

When I first read post 663, i don’t think you had “Uncle Sam” listed, and then i saw it in the post. Did your edit include Uncle Sam?

I thought the fictional character might steer you down the wrong path of literature, I was expecting EH to guess “Ishmael” for a second.

673

yes

674

I’m thinking of a famous American.

Go!

675
  1. Male?
  2. Alive now?
676
  1. Male?
  2. Living?

edit: Great minds think alike.

677
  1. Yes
  2. No
678
  1. Is this guy more noted for his place in history, rather than entertainment, athletics, arts, literature etc.
679
  1. No
680

Is he fictional?
If not, did he die before 1900?