Guess who is this?

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  1. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Okay, another clue.
    He had a friend called Brown, also an aviator.
     
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  3. justwonderingjoe Gosh,the weather is nice today Registered Senior Member

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    I win! Sir John Alcock.
     
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  5. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Yup, my great uncle (or something like that).
    I'm intrigued now.. did you get it from the photo or the clues?
    (I wouldn't have recognised him from a photo, I'm from the side of the family that altered the spelling of the surname and didn't acknowledge the family relationship

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  7. justwonderingjoe Gosh,the weather is nice today Registered Senior Member

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    The clue about mentioning him in a post gave it away. Remember a long time ago when we were playing that genie game?

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  8. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Oh good grief.
    I know I'd said I'd mentioned him in a post, but I thought it was a longer time ago than that.
     
  9. justwonderingjoe Gosh,the weather is nice today Registered Senior Member

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    Post another picture Oli, I don't want to pick one.. ok?
     
  10. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Clues: he was friends with a reinvented crow and he married a Bohemian's wife.
     
  11. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Daniella Ayala Mendoza

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  12. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Never heard of him/ her!
    So nope.
     
  13. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Ok then. Walter Gropius.
    Cheating is allowed, right ?
     
  14. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    You cheated?
    How?
    And yes, it's Walter.

    I'll let you off for cheating if you can explain the clues.
     
  15. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    -Ok, he married Alma Mahler who was the widow of Gustav Mahler. Gustav Mahler was Bohemian-born.
    -Walter was friends with Charles-Edouard Jeanneret that adopted Le Corbusier, an altered form of his maternal grandfather's name, "Lecorbésier", as a pseudonym, reflecting his belief that anyone could reinvent himself.
    -Some architectural historians claim that this pseudonym translates as "the Crow-like one."
    Also, his friends gave him the nickname "Corbu", which referred to the word corbeau (raven) and his raven-like features.

    Did I pass ?

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  16. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Damn! Spot on.
    How did you cheat?
     
  17. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    I will tell you in private. We will rule this thread

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  18. justwonderingjoe Gosh,the weather is nice today Registered Senior Member

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    Play fair!
     
  19. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Google is allowed though right ? If so, I don't see why my method wouldn't be allowed.. hum.. ok, I do

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  20. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    I only use Google to check a guess.
    And then only if I'm fairly sure...
     
  21. justwonderingjoe Gosh,the weather is nice today Registered Senior Member

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    Google allowed... but are you tracking the photo? uummm??
     
  22. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    I only cheated on the last one. Nevertheless, I'm going to withdraw from the competition since I probably cannot control myself using 'it' now

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  23. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    No right-clicking!
    (It doesn't say who he is, but the url could lead to cheating).
    And possibly too easy, since it's a still from one of his films. Oops, just told you he's an actor...
     

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