Audrey Hepburn, while born in Belgium, was a British citizen. Her father was British; her mother was Dutch, not Belgian.
Close enough for Bakers Dozen.
Internationally famous Belgians.
- Jacky Ickx, racing driver
- Hercule Poirot, detective
- Audrey Hepburn, actress
- Jean-Claude “The Muscles from Brussels” Van Damme, actor/martial artist
- Maurice Vermersch, wafflemaker
- Flory Van Donck - Pro golfer, won about 50 tournaments in Europe after WWII
- NBA superstar Tony Parker, born in Belgium.
- Rene Magritte, surrealist artist
- Georges Simenon, author
- Empress Carlota of Mexico
- Peter Paul Rubens, painter
- Godfrey of Bouillon – Crusader and first King of Jerusalem
Internationally famous Belgians.
- Jacky Ickx, racing driver
- Hercule Poirot, detective
- Audrey Hepburn, actress
- Jean-Claude “The Muscles from Brussels” Van Damme, actor/martial artist
- Maurice Vermersch, wafflemaker
- Flory Van Donck - Pro golfer, won about 50 tournaments in Europe after WWII
- NBA superstar Tony Parker, born in Belgium.
- Rene Magritte, surrealist artist
- Georges Simenon, author
- Empress Carlota of Mexico
- Peter Paul Rubens, painter
- Godfrey of Bouillon – Crusader and first King of Jerusalem
- Wouter de Backer AKA “Gotye,” huge Grammy-winning pop star.
Next: National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Saki - Japan
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
- Scotch whisky - Scotland
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
- Scotch whisky - Scotland
- Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
- Scotch whisky - Scotland
- Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
- Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
- Scotch whisky - Scotland
- Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
- Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
- Madeira - fortified wine, Spain
A favorite beverage of George Washington.
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
- Scotch whisky - Scotland
- Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
- Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
- Madeira - fortified wine, Spain
- Tapuy - Philippine rice wine
National/regional alcoholic beverages
- Bourbon (Bourbon County/Kentucky, USA)
- Sotol - liquor made from a plant in the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, west Texas)
- Mauby - made in the Virgin Islands from mauby bark, either fermented or not
- Ouzo - Greece
- Tequila - Mexico
- Sake - Japan
- Kumis - fermented horse milk, the national drink of Mongolia
- Scotch whisky - Scotland
- Palm Wine - Nigeria, highly intoxicating after fermenting only a few hours.
- Grain Alcohol - Many Places, Including Appalachia
- Madeira - fortified wine, Spain
- Tapuy - Philippine rice wine
- Akvavit - Sweden
I’ll pass
New topic: Casting Against Type (“Good Guys” Playing Bad Guys, Comedians doing Heavy Roles, etc.)
- Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
New topic: Casting Against Type (“Good Guys” Playing Bad Guys, Comedians doing Heavy Roles, etc.)
- Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
- Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
Robin played a “bad” guy in *Insomnia *but his performance One Hour Photo was fucking disturbing.
Casting Against Type (“Good Guys” Playing Bad Guys, Comedians doing Heavy Roles, etc.)
- Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
- Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
- Robert de Niro, in Star Dust, Mad Dog & Glory, or Rocky & Bullwinkle, trying to be funny (and failing)
- Henry Fonda, as cold-blooded killer Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
- Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
- Robert de Niro, in Star Dust, Mad Dog & Glory, or Rocky & Bullwinkle, trying to be funny (and failing)
- James Cagney as song and dance man George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy
Many told me that De Niro was funny in Analyze This, but I didn’t see the comedy either.