Huh… Well waddyaknow…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_First_World_War_Victoria_Cross_recipients
My surname is really unusual too, so I’ll be asking Grandma about him.
Apparently I am a Destroyer Escort in the US Navy. Link
My first name is a Saint, some old greek guy or a county.
Wahay - much cooler than I expected, I have a really uncommon surname…
Grim
I like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Northcote_Parkinson]mine**. It’s the page of a guy who came up with Parkinson’s Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Story of my life. Doper name gets me nothing, for the record.
This is as interesting as it gets
For the most part, all the other entries involve either a couple of actors, a golfer, a noted sport labor leader, or German politicians.
And to resurect the dead we have friendless boob…in which I find my grandmother (her name actually was Virginia Egnor…weird) was some kind of burlesque hotty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar (say it ain’t so Nana!) and that i come for a long line of Elfin Gnomes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beren
Lutheran theologians and anti-Nazi resitance fighters. Props to anyone who can come up with my lat name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_McGowan_(DD-678)
How cool is it to be named after a ship?
This article cites my aunt as a source. I found it when I searched for my last name.
Wow. Gotta admit that I wasn’t really expecting something quite so interesting!
From what my grandfather had said, I deduce that Zuo Zongtang might be my direct ancestor.
And also, there’s a Ancient History Book too! Not suprisingly, as in ancient China, the surname ‘Zuo’ was reserved for historians.
Board name links up to an article about Aphrodite, which I expected.
A real name search doesn’t get any results, but the list of relevant articles includes a list of banjo players, a porn star bio, the X-Files season 6, and Stranger in a Strange Land. :dubious: