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The Trivial 100

We give you a list of 100 names. No more, no less. It would be unwise to assume anything. These names could be real, fictional, or noms de whatever. They could come from any field, any walk of life. Briefly identify each one.
  1. Androcles
  2. Edson Arantes de Nascimento
  3. David Rice Atchison
  4. George Bailey
  5. Currer Bell
  6. Roy G. Biv
  7. Richard Blaine
  8. Clarence J. Boddicker
  9. Vinko Bogataj
  10. William H. Bonney
  11. Stimpson Cat
  12. Charlotte A. Cavatica
  13. Joseph Chill
  14. D.B. Cooper
  15. Marion Crane
  16. Calvert DeForrest
  17. Teresa Draco
  18. Jor-El
  19. Pablo Escobar
  20. John Facenda
  21. Lady Elaine Fairchild
  22. Sidd Finch
  23. Larry Fine
  24. Rufus T. Firefly
  25. Sam Flagg
  26. Roosevelt Franklin
  27. Yuri A. Gagarin
  28. Antonio Gaudi
  29. Ed Gein
  30. Theodor Geisel
  31. Pete Gray
  32. Jonas Grumby
  33. Gus Hall
  34. Anne Hathaway
  35. Thor Heyerdahl
  36. Nina Hirschfeld
  37. Link Hogthrob
  38. Forsyth P. Jones
  39. Henry Jones, Jr.
  40. Roger Kaputnik
  41. Bela Karolyi
  42. Reuben Kincaid
  43. Clubber Lang
  44. Malcolm Little
  45. Sacheen Littlefeather
  46. Lisa Loopner
  47. Eugene T. Maleska
  48. Jacob Marley
  49. Lucille McGillicuddy
  50. John Merrick
  51. Willie Mosconi
  52. Merkin Muffley
  53. James Naismith
  54. Alice Nelson
  55. Dr. Winston O'Boogie
  56. Eel O'Brian
  57. Virginia O'Hanlon
  58. Clara Peller
  59. Richard Penniman
  60. Alfred Pennyworth
  61. Wally Pipp
  62. Pam Postema
  63. F. Gary Powers
  64. Otto Princip
  65. Melvin Purvis
  66. Joe Raposo
  67. Harry Reams
  68. Manfred von Richthofen
  69. Fala Roosevelt
  70. Margaret Sanger
  71. Earl Scheib
  72. Joe Shlabotnik
  73. John Sirica
  74. Orville Snorkel
  75. Cy Sperling
  76. Carl Stalling
  77. John Steed
  78. Harry M. Stevens
  79. Joseph Stivic
  80. John David Stutts
  81. Dimitrios Synodinos AKA James Snyder
  82. Becky Thatcher
  83. T.T. Thing
  84. J.D. Tippit
  85. Alan Turing
  86. James Ussher
  87. Charles Van Doren
  88. Don Diego de Vega
  89. Jason Voorhees
  90. Tom Vu
  91. John Watson
  92. Thomas Augustus Watson
  93. Snidely Whiplash
  94. George Willig
  95. Barry Wom
  96. Charles Xavier
  97. Max Yasgur
  98. Grigory Yefimowich
  99. Abraham Zapruder
  100. Larry Zybysko