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100 Famous Men List

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Actresses

Actors are the first burst for most players and still hide names you already know. After current stars, move to classic cinema, television, international film, and directors who also act. First and last names are safest.

60 accepted answers in this category.

Adam Sandler

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Hint: Film or television performer

Al Pacino

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Hint: Film or television performer

Amitabh Bachchan

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Hint: Film or television performer

Anthony Hopkins

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Hint: Film or television performer

Ben Affleck

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Hint: Film or television performer

Ben Stiller

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Hint: Film or television performer

Bill Murray

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Hint: Film or television performer

Brad Pitt

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Hint: Film or television performer

Bruce Lee

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Hint: Film or television performer

Chadwick Boseman

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Hint: Film or television performer

Chris Evans

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Hint: Film or television performer

Chris Hemsworth

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Hint: Film or television performer

Christian Bale

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Hint: Film or television performer

Clint Eastwood

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Hint: Film or television performer

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Hint: Film or television performer

Denzel Washington

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Hint: Film or television performer

Dev Patel

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Hint: Film or television performer

Eddie Murphy

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Hint: Film or television performer

Forest Whitaker

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Hint: Film or television performer

Gary Oldman

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Hint: Film or television performer

George Clooney

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Hint: Film or television performer

Harrison Ford

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Hint: Film or television performer

Heath Ledger

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Hint: Film or television performer

Hugh Jackman

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Hint: Film or television performer

Idris Elba

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Hint: Film or television performer

Irrfan Khan

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Hint: Film or television performer

Jack Nicholson

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Hint: Film or television performer

Jackie Chan

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Hint: Film or television performer

Jet Li

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Hint: Film or television performer

Jim Carrey

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Hint: Film or television performer

Joaquin Phoenix

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Hint: Film or television performer

Johnny Depp

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Hint: Film or television performer

Keanu Reeves

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Hint: Film or television performer

Laurence Fishburne

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Hint: Film or television performer

Leonardo DiCaprio

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Hint: Film or television performer

Liam Neeson

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Hint: Film or television performer

Mads Mikkelsen

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Hint: Film or television performer

Mahershala Ali

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Hint: Film or television performer

Marlon Brando

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Hint: Film or television performer

Matt Damon

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Hint: Film or television performer

Michael B. Jordan

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Hint: Film or television performer

Morgan Freeman

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Hint: Film or television performer

Oscar Isaac

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Hint: Film or television performer

Owen Wilson

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Hint: Film or television performer

Pedro Pascal

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Hint: Film or television performer

Rami Malek

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Hint: Film or television performer

Robert De Niro

Aliases: robert niro

Hint: Film or television performer

Robert Downey Jr.

Aliases: robert jr

Hint: Film or television performer

Robin Williams

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Russell Crowe

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Hint: Film or television performer

Ryan Gosling

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Hint: Film or television performer

Ryan Reynolds

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Samuel L. Jackson

Aliases: samuel jackson

Hint: Film or television performer

Seth Rogen

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Shah Rukh Khan

Aliases: shah khan

Hint: Film or television performer

Sidney Poitier

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Hint: Film or television performer

Steve Carell

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Hint: Film or television performer

Tom Cruise

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Hint: Film or television performer

Tom Hanks

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Hint: Film or television performer

Will Smith

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Hint: Film or television performer

Musicians

Music is one of the fastest scoring lanes if you rotate genres instead of staying in one decade. After pop and hip-hop, switch to country, rock, jazz, opera, and composers. Many players forget instrumentalists and classical names even when those answers are easy to type. Use this list after a round to see which genres you skipped.

60 accepted answers in this category.

Andrea Bocelli

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Billy Joel

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Bob Dylan

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Bob Marley

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Bono

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Bruce Springsteen

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Bruno Mars

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Buddy Holly

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Chuck Berry

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

David Bowie

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Drake

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Duke Ellington

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Ed Sheeran

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Elton John

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Elvis Presley

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Eminem

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Frank Sinatra

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Freddie Mercury

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Garth Brooks

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

George Michael

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Harry Styles

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Herbie Hancock

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

James Brown

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Jay-Z

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Jimi Hendrix

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

John Coltrane

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

John Lennon

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Johnny Cash

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Justin Bieber

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Kanye West

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Kendrick Lamar

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Kenny Rogers

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Kurt Cobain

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Lang Lang

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Leonard Cohen

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Lionel Richie

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Little Richard

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Louis Armstrong

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Luciano Pavarotti

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Marvin Gaye

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Michael Jackson

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Mick Jagger

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Miles Davis

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Nat King Cole

Aliases: nat cole

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Neil Young

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Otis Redding

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Paul McCartney

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Paul Simon

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Phil Collins

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Placido Domingo

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Prince

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Ray Charles

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Sam Cooke

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Sam Smith

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Stevie Wonder

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Sting

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

The Weeknd

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Tupac Shakur

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Willie Nelson

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Yo-Yo Ma

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Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Athletes

Sports memory is strong until the first sport dries up. Tennis and soccer come quickly; swimming, gymnastics, track, combat sports, and Olympic history are where scores stall. Scan one sport at a time, then move on. Country teams also help: a national team can unlock several athletes in a row.

59 accepted answers in this category.

Andy Murray

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Ayrton Senna

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Babe Ruth

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Bo Jackson

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Carl Lewis

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Conor McGregor

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Cristiano Ronaldo

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

David Beckham

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Deion Sanders

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Derek Jeter

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Diego Maradona

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Don Bradman

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Floyd Mayweather

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Giannis Antetokounmpo

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Jackie Robinson

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Jerry Rice

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Jesse Owens

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kelly Slater

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kevin Durant

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kobe Bryant

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kylian Mbappe

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Larry Bird

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

LeBron James

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Lewis Hamilton

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Lionel Messi

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Luka Doncic

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Magic Johnson

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Manny Pacquiao

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Max Verstappen

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Michael Johnson

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Michael Jordan

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Michael Phelps

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Michael Schumacher

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Mike Tyson

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

MS Dhoni

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Muhammad Ali

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Neymar

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Novak Djokovic

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Oscar Robertson

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Patrick Mahomes

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Pele

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Peyton Manning

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Rafael Nadal

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Roger Federer

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Sachin Tendulkar

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Shaquille O’Neal

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Shaun White

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Simone Manuel

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Stephen Curry

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Tiger Woods

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Tom Brady

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Tony Hawk

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Usain Bolt

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Virat Kohli

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Wayne Gretzky

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Wilt Chamberlain

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Yao Ming

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Zinedine Zidane

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Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Scientists

Science is the category most players under-use. The names are famous, but they sit in a different mental list from celebrities. Group by field: physics, chemistry, medicine, computing, space, and mathematics. Nobel winners, astronauts, and inventors are especially easy to forget under a 12-minute clock. Practice this page twice if your full-game score stalls in the 40s.

60 accepted answers in this category.

Al-Khwarizmi

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Alan Turing

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Albert Einstein

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Alexander Fleming

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Antoine Lavoisier

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Archimedes

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Aristotle

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Avicenna

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Benjamin Franklin

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Blaise Pascal

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Brian Cox

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Aliases: carl gauss

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Carl Sagan

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Charles Darwin

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Christiaan Huygens

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Claude Shannon

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Copernicus

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Dennis Ritchie

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Dmitri Mendeleev

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Donald Knuth

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Edmund Halley

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Edwin Hubble

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Enrico Fermi

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Erwin Schrodinger

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Euclid

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Francis Crick

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Frederick Banting

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Galileo Galilei

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

George Washington Carver

Aliases: george carver

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Gregor Mendel

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Hippocrates

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Ibn al-Haytham

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Isaac Newton

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

James Clerk Maxwell

Aliases: james maxwell

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

James Watson

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Johannes Kepler

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

John von Neumann

Aliases: john neumann

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Jonas Salk

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Joseph Lister

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Ken Thompson

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Leonhard Euler

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Linus Torvalds

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Louis Pasteur

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Max Planck

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Michael Faraday

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Aliases: neil tyson

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Niels Bohr

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Nikola Tesla

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Norbert Wiener

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Paul Dirac

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Pythagoras

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Rene Descartes

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Richard Feynman

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Robert Koch

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Robert Oppenheimer

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Stephen Hawking

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Thomas Edison

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Tim Berners-Lee

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Vint Cerf

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Werner Heisenberg

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Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Politicians

Political names unlock quickly when you travel country by country. Heads of government, first ladies, diplomats, and campaign leaders all count when they are in the curated list. Players often stay in one country too long. After two or three familiar names, jump to another region instead of forcing a blank.

60 accepted answers in this category.

Abraham Lincoln

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Alexander the Great

Aliases: alexander great

Hint: Political leader or public official

Antonio Guterres

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Augustus

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Ban Ki-moon

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Barack Obama

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Benjamin Netanyahu

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Bill Clinton

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Boris Johnson

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Charles de Gaulle

Aliases: charles gaulle

Hint: Political leader or public official

Che Guevara

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Clement Attlee

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Dalai Lama

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

David Ben-Gurion

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Deng Xiaoping

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Desmond Tutu

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Donald Trump

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Emmanuel Macron

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Fidel Castro

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Aliases: franklin roosevelt

Hint: Political leader or public official

Genghis Khan

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

George W. Bush

Aliases: george bush

Hint: Political leader or public official

George Washington

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Ho Chi Minh

Aliases: ho minh

Hint: Political leader or public official

Jawaharlal Nehru

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Joe Biden

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Hint: Political leader or public official

John F. Kennedy

Aliases: john kennedy

Hint: Political leader or public official

Joseph Stalin

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Julius Caesar

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Justin Trudeau

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Kim Jong Un

Aliases: kim un

Hint: Political leader or public official

King Charles III

Aliases: king iii

Hint: Political leader or public official

Kofi Annan

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Kublai Khan

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Lee Kuan Yew

Aliases: lee yew

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mahatma Gandhi

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Malcolm X

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mao Zedong

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Martin Luther King Jr.

Aliases: martin jr

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mikhail Gorbachev

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Aliases: mustafa ataturk

Hint: Political leader or public official

Napoleon Bonaparte

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Narendra Modi

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Nelson Mandela

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Pierre Trudeau

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Pope Francis

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Pope John Paul II

Aliases: pope ii

Hint: Political leader or public official

Prince Harry

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Prince William

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Rishi Sunak

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Ronald Reagan

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Suleiman the Magnificent

Aliases: suleiman magnificent

Hint: Political leader or public official

Thomas Jefferson

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Tony Blair

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Vladimir Lenin

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Vladimir Putin

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Winston Churchill

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Xi Jinping

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Yitzhak Rabin

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Hint: Political leader or public official

Historical Figures

Historical figures are easy to name in a trivia night and easy to forget in a speed game. Move by era: ancient rulers, medieval queens, revolutions, suffrage, civil rights, and exploration. Many of these names are short and type quickly, so this category is valuable late in a round when you need momentum more than novelty.

59 accepted answers in this category.

Adam Smith

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Andy Warhol

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Attila the Hun

Aliases: attila hun

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Buddha

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

C. S. Lewis

Aliases: c lewis

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Carl Jung

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Charlemagne

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Charles Dickens

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Christopher Columbus

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Claude Monet

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Confucius

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Dante Alighieri

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Ernest Hemingway

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Aliases: f fitzgerald

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Ferdinand Magellan

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Frederic Chopin

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Frida Kahlo

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

George Orwell

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Hannibal

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Homer

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

J. R. R. Tolkien

Aliases: j tolkien

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Jesus Christ

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Johann Sebastian Bach

Aliases: johann bach

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Johannes Gutenberg

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

John Locke

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Karl Marx

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

King Arthur

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

King David

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

King Solomon

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Laozi

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Leo Tolstoy

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Leonardo da Vinci

Aliases: leonardo vinci

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Ludwig van Beethoven

Aliases: ludwig beethoven

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Marco Polo

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Mark Twain

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Martin Luther

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Michelangelo

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Moses

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Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Muhammad

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Pablo Picasso

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Plato

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Aliases: pyotr tchaikovsky

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Rembrandt

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Richard the Lionheart

Aliases: richard lionheart

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Robin Hood

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Saladin

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Salvador Dali

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Sigmund Freud

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Socrates

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Sun Tzu

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Vasco da Gama

Aliases: vasco gama

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Vincent van Gogh

Aliases: vincent gogh

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Voltaire

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

William Shakespeare

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Aliases: wolfgang mozart

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Business Leaders

Business names sit just outside everyday celebrity memory. Start with tech and media founders, then move into fashion, finance, retail, publishing, and beauty. Designers and executives are often accepted even when players assume only entertainers count. If your score plateaus, this list is usually the unused lane.

60 accepted answers in this category.

Amancio Ortega

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Andrew Carnegie

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Aristotle Onassis

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ben Silbermann

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Bernard Arnault

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Bill Gates

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Brian Chesky

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Carlos Slim

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Conrad Hilton

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Daniel Ek

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

David Geffen

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Daymond John

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Drew Houston

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Elon Musk

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Evan Spiegel

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Evan Williams

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

George Soros

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Henry Ford

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Howard Schultz

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

J. P. Morgan

Aliases: j morgan

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Jack Dorsey

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Jack Ma

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Jeff Bezos

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Jensen Huang

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Jerry Yang

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

John D. Rockefeller

Aliases: john rockefeller

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Kevin O’Leary

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Kevin Systrom

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Larry Ellison

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Larry Page

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Marc Andreessen

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Mark Cuban

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Mark Zuckerberg

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Masayoshi Son

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Michael Bloomberg

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Michael Dell

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Mukesh Ambani

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Paul Allen

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Peter Thiel

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Phil Knight

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ratan Tata

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ray Dalio

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ray Kroc

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Reed Hastings

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Richard Branson

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Robert Herjavec

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Rupert Murdoch

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Sam Altman

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Sam Walton

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Satya Nadella

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Sergey Brin

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Steve Jobs

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Steve Wozniak

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Sundar Pichai

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ted Turner

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Tim Cook

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Tony Hsieh

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Travis Kalanick

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Walt Disney

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Warren Buffett

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Activists

Activists overlap with history and politics, which is why players skip them. Think by movement: civil rights, climate, education, labor, suffrage, and human rights. Many of these names also appear in textbooks, so they are easier than they feel during a timed round. Use the aliases if a person is widely known by a shorter form.

57 accepted answers in this category.

Abbie Hoffman

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Ai Weiwei

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Al Gore

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Alexei Navalny

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Andrei Sakharov

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Aung San

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

B. R. Ambedkar

Aliases: b ambedkar

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Bayard Rustin

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Bobby Seale

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Booker T. Washington

Aliases: booker washington

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Cesar Chavez

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Chinua Achebe

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Christopher Hitchens

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Cornel West

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

David Attenborough

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Edward Said

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Edward Snowden

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Elie Wiesel

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Frederick Douglass

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Greta Thunberg

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Harvey Milk

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Hasan Minhaj

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Huey P. Newton

Aliases: huey newton

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Ibram X. Kendi

Aliases: ibram kendi

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

James Baldwin

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Janez Jansa

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Jerry Rubin

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

John Lewis

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

John Oliver

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Jon Stewart

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Jose Rizal

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Joshua Wong

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Julian Assange

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Langston Hughes

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Lech Walesa

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Lenny Bruce

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Liu Xiaobo

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Marcus Garvey

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Medgar Evers

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Muhammad Yunus

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Natan Sharansky

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Noam Chomsky

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Oscar Romero

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Paul Watson

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Ralph Nader

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Steve Biko

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Stokely Carmichael

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Thurgood Marshall

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Tom Hayden

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Trevor Noah

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Vaclav Havel

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Viktor Frankl

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

W. E. B. Du Bois

Aliases: w bois

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Wangari Maathai

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Writers & More

This is the wild-card list: authors, journalists, TV hosts, artists, chefs, designers, and cultural figures who do not sit cleanly in one field. It is also where players pick up late points after music and film dry up. Read it after a lost round, then replay while those clusters are still warm.

58 accepted answers in this category.

Alexander McQueen

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Anthony Bourdain

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Banksy

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Bear Grylls

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Bill Nye

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Bob Ross

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Calvin Klein

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Casey Neistat

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Christian Dior

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Conan O’Brien

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Damien Hirst

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

David Blaine

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

David Chang

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

David Letterman

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Derren Brown

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Dr Disrespect

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Dr. Seuss

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Frank Gehry

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Frank Lloyd Wright

Aliases: frank wright

Hint: Famous public figure

George R. R. Martin

Aliases: george martin

Hint: Famous public figure

Giorgio Armani

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Gordon Ramsay

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Guy Fieri

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Howard Stern

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

I. M. Pei

Aliases: i pei

Hint: Famous public figure

Jacksepticeye

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jacques Cousteau

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jake Paul

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jamie Oliver

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jeff Koons

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jimmy Fallon

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jimmy Kimmel

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Joe Rogan

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Karl Lagerfeld

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Le Corbusier

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Logan Paul

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Marc Jacobs

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Markiplier

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Marques Brownlee

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

MrBeast

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Neil Gaiman

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Ninja

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Norman Foster

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Penn Jillette

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

PewDiePie

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Ralph Lauren

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Roald Dahl

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Stan Lee

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Stephen Colbert

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Stephen King

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Steve Irwin

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Takashi Murakami

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Teller

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

TimTheTatman

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Tom Ford

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Virgil Abloh

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Yves Saint Laurent

Aliases: yves laurent

Hint: Famous public figure

Zaha Hadid

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

How to Use the Answer List

The answer list is best used after you have played at least one round. Read through one category at a time, notice which names you forgot, then play the Name 100 Men Challenge again while those memory paths are still warm. The goal is not to memorize the page in order; it is to build stronger category clusters so you can move faster under the 12-minute timer.

Aliases show common inputs that the game accepts. Some people are widely recognized by a last name, stage name, or shorter variant. First and last names are still the safest strategy, but aliases make the game feel fair when a person is globally known by a simpler form. You can also read the men's rules before starting another full round.

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