# Your degrees of separation from a historical figure

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-degrees-of-separation-from-a-historical-figure/604115>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-degrees-of-separation-from-a-historical-figure/604115 "2011-11-26T03:30:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-degrees-of-separation-from-a-historical-figure/604115/61 "2012-02-02T16:19:19Z")

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> [@colonial](#):
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> No degrees of separation: I am Napoleon Bonaparte.

No argument, but I daresay you are neither Spartacus nor Brian.

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**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-degrees-of-separation-from-a-historical-figure/604115/62 "2012-02-02T17:08:06Z")

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> If he was still aboard the Olympia in 1921, he might’ve been there when the ship brought the Unknown Soldier back from France.

Interesting - I didn’t know that. I’ll ask my friend the next time I talk to him.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-degrees-of-separation-from-a-historical-figure/604115/63 "2012-02-02T18:52:35Z")

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> [@Daylate](#):
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> Interesting - I didn’t know that. I’ll ask my friend the next time I talk to him.

For more info: [USS Olympia (C-6) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)#World_War_I)

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