Historical Character Elimination: Sign-ups

[Save_Ferris]

22 minutes is the shortest time period for a bump I've ever seen.

Stop acting like it's my fault, we just don't have enough people. Would a fictional character elimination work better?

 

[JohannaK]

Oh, I just did it because someone demanded it

 

[KaiserElectric]

What if we could submit two characters instead of one?

 

[NickyJ]

That sounds like it would work.

 

[Save_Ferris]

Sure, why not.

 

[NickyJ]

Number 2:

Queen Victoria
Lived: 1837-1901

 

[JohannaK]

René Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967)

 

[W|M]

Juscelino Kubitschek (Lived: September 12, 1902 – August 22, 1976, In office: January 31, 1956 – January 31, 1961), President of Brazil who founded the current capital of Brasília, and is widely regarded as the father of modern Brazil.

 

[hoplitejoe]

Nikola Tesla
Lived: 1856-1943
Accomplishments: Invented electricity.

 

[JohannaK]

Well, he invented Alternate Current.

 

[KaiserElectric]

Otto von Bismarck
Lived:(1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898)
Achievements:
Unifier of Germany
Master Diplomat
Champion of awesome hats.

You can see the theme I'm going for here.

 

[Mad Man]

Michael Jackson

Lived:( August 29 1958-June 25 2009
Achievements:

Spoiler :

26 American Music Awards
40 Billboard Awards
7 BRIT Awards
1 MOBO Award
18 Grammies
23 Guinness Book of World Records
13 MTV Awards
10 Soul Train Awards
14 NAACP Image Awards
56 RIAA Awards
4 American Video Awards
13 Worlds Music Awards
2 Brazilian TVZ Video Awards
4 Canadian Black Music Awards
first celebrity to have two stars in the same category on the Hollywood walk of fame
2 acquittals

 

[Omega124]

Name: Cnut The Great
DOB: c. 985
DOD: 11/22/1035
Accomplishments: King of Denmark, Norway, England, and sections of Sweden

 

[Mad Man]

lol kunt the great.

 

[trexeric]

Leif Ericson
DoB: c. 970 - c. 980
DoD: Last mention in 1019, unknown death date.
Accomplishments: Discovery of North America, Founding of Vinland, Helped Convert Vikings to Christianity, Chieftain of Greenland

 

[Optical]

Second character:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu

Spoiler :

Born: c. 973 AD
Died: either c. 1014 or c. 1025
Accomplishments: Author of The Tale of Genji, often cited as the world's first novel; imperial lady-in-waiting in Japan during the Heian period.

 

[Sparthage]

Robert E. Lee
Lived: Jan. 19, 1807 - Oct. 12, 1870
Accomplishments: Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War, offered command of the Union Army in the same war, one of most beloved historical figures in the South

 

[JohannaK]

 

[SamSniped]

General George S. Patton Jr.

Born November 11, 1885
Died December 21, 1945
Accomplishments- See here.

 

[JohannaK]