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Burned as a heretic she became a martyr, folk hero, and eventually a saint. She is now one of the patron saints of France. John the Blind – Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is considered a national hero in Luxembourg, partly because of his sacrifice at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Khalid ibn al-Walid - A 7th-century Arab military ...
Kelly, the fourth son and seventh child of Irish-born woolbroker Thomas Hussey Kelly and his wife Mary Anne, née Dick, was born in 1881 at 47 Phillip Street, Sydney. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School , then went with his family to England and was educated at Eton College , where he stroked the school eight to victory in the Ladies ...
A pink bunny rabbit who lives in the town of Funny Animalville. One day he decides to emulate his hero Captain Marvel and speaks the magic word "Shazam!". Surprisingly, the magic word transforms Hoppy into Captain Marvel Bunny. Hops Hare Fix und Foxi: A hare who forms a duo with Stops the hedgehog. [14] Jack and Jill Rabbits Funny Bunnies: Jack ...
A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in Dublin city, Kelly moved to England in his late teens and by his early 20s had become involved in the folk music revival there.
Aloysius Anthony Kelly, [1] popularly known as Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly (May 11, 1893 [2] [3] [4] [some accounts say 1885] [5] – October 11, 1952 [1] [6]), was a pole sitter who achieved fame in the 1920s and 1930s, sitting for days at a time on elevated perches throughout the United States.
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Andrew George Scott (5 July 1842 – 20 January 1880), also known as Captain Moonlite, [1] though also referred to as Alexander Charles Scott and Captain Moonlight, [2] was an Irish-born New Zealand immigrant to the Colony of Victoria, a bushranger there and in the Colony of New South Wales, and an eventual and current day Australian folk figure.