August 18, 2025 • 12 mins
Dive into a witty and captivating collection of short biographies featuring notable figures from 5000 BC to 1914. Edited by S. McGaughey, this unique work offers a humorous twist on history, reminding us that only those with verifiable evidence of their passing are included in Who Was Who. The editor humorously declares that press releases and paid entries are strictly forbidden, ensuring a delightful and authentic reading experience. Revel in the engaging narratives brought to life by our talented readers Sean McGaughey (Sections 1-12), Jim Mowatt (Sections 1-4), Alan Davis Drake (Sections 1-2), Laurie Anne Walden (Sections 3-12), and Sibella Denton (Sections 5-12).
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Section five. Who Was Who? By Irwin L. Gordon, F
and G.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
visit LibriVox dot Org. Recording by Sybella Denton, Sean.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Mc gahey, and Laurie Ann Walden.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
F Fagin, the Hebrew benefactor of Oliver Twist, whose name
did not fit his religion.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Fahrenheit inventure of an instrument which enables a person to
ascertain whether the weather is warm or cold.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Failure t h e. A failure, supposed to have idled
away his younger days, believed to have dissipated, said not
to have applied himself to school or business, found fault
with life and everybody, but was never wrong himself unpopular,
a great blamer, a lover of revolvers, rivers and the
(01:04):
poor house, frequently seen in the underworld, ambition the other
fellow recreation too much, address all large cities, clubs, none epitaph.
Here lies a man who never really tried.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Follieris armand occupied a prominent position in the French government
for seven years. One of the most distinguished of the
vast collection of ex presidents now scattered over the world.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Falstop a celebrated drum fashion dame, heartbreaker, bank account ruiner,
and patron saint of French shopkeepers. She went about the
large stores, changing the cut of ladies clothes and the
shape of their hats. Created some awful looking things. Fashion
made the poor men work very hard to keep up
(01:58):
to her publications. Editor of All Ladies Magazines Address Paris,
London and New York City. Epitaph would that she had one.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Fast chemist Traveler, a gay old man who fell in
love during his second young manhood, traveled in a warm
country and sang his way to fame.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Fox Guy, a man who attempted to make an impression
in Parliament without introducing home rule or suffrage bills.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Finn Huck a bosom friend of Thomas Sawyer see Tom Fitzsimmons.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Robert, an obsolete fighter who wishes he could rub the
black spot from the ring.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Fletcher, the inventor of chewing.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Floridorra, an American chorus girl who was some popular with
the men. She appeared in all large cities with the
best looking chorus that ever wore tights. Flora Dora created
such a sensation that every living actress of note is
willing to be classified as a former member of her company.
Had a miserable cigar named after her ambition Revival Grave,
(03:09):
New York City epitaph. There were not many like Flora.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Fog phineas the man Jules Verne sent around the world
in sixty days for a big sale.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Fool a, a spendthrift lover, fell in love with an
unintelligent woman, and one who never could understand followed his
natural bents even as you and I wasted several years,
wept profusely and unknown recreation vampires epitaph. He was not
the only one.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Franklin Benjamin one of the few Americans endowed with brains.
He discovered that lightning was composed of electricity, that politics
paid better than printing, and that the French Court was
more lively than the Continental Congress.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Friars Path, patriot of the motion picture fanatics.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Friend a the scarcest thing on earth, A rare visitor,
but he came around a few times in a lifetime.
F was glad to know of your success, pitied you
in your failures, and shook you by the hand when
you were down and out. Never borrowed money, but he
frequently lent it. Was a wise counselor very popular. His
(04:23):
name was frequently given the baby c mischief ambition, the
other fellow's welfare, recreation at the other fellow's house, address
the other fellow's house, or his own clubs.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
All Fritchie Barbara, a Southern target, sprang into poetry as
the only woman in the history of mankind who admitted
her old age.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Fulton Robert Inventor, another brainy American who made a fortune
for the Cunard and White Star lines. G. Gabriel, a trumpeter,
entered history at an early date as the agent for
the Garden of Eden, compelled the Adam family to move.
(05:08):
Historians claim he will again be in Who's Who when
Saint Peter see him makes the inventory ambition, larger lungs,
recreation aviation.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Gainsborough t r. A a versatile English hat and portrait manufacturer.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Galileo inventor Stargazer, proved himself an imbecile by declaring the
world revolved when everybody knew it was. Stationary manufactured the
first spyglass, an instrument which has since been used in
theaters and for various other purposes. Also discovered that clocks
were equipped with pendulums.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Gangster t H G, a politician known as a progressive
when out of office.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Garden Mary, a clever actress who succeeded on the oppert stage.
Legend has it that Mary possessed a fine voice as
a child. This was expensively cultivated in Europe. Was later
exposed before English and American congregations and her Sappho Salome
Tias Carmen costumes packed the houses, ambition, less wealth and
(06:18):
more throat. She also wants a husband with a soul,
recreation being presented with opera houses and suppers residents principally
Atlantic liners. Editor's note, this is not an advertisement.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Garibaldi g the George Washington of Italy without the tea party.
He espoused the cause of Victor Emmanuel see Victor and
successfully bismarked the Italian States, swept in every town in
his country, ran second to Victor Emmanuel in the number
of statues erected to his appearance, and for three years
held the championship for eating spaghetti.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Gerrick an old English matinee idol.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Rattling r J.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
He was considered a big gun gall dying a brave
soldier who posed for his statue when mortally wounded.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
George the First King of England sixteen sixty to seventeen
twenty seven permitted the Whigs in general and one Wall
Poll in particular to run England.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
George the Second King of England sixteen eighty three to
seventeen sixty held a few wars.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
George three, King of England seventeen thirty six to eighteen
twenty lived during the reign of William Pitt and believed
in taxing tea.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
George the fourth husband of Queen Mary seafront pages of
our contemporary Who's Who.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Lloyd George Dave, a well known cigar English politician, entered
politics via a newspaper clever speeches and votes. Was a
modest member of the House of Commons, seldom speaking more
than five times on any bill. Kept climbing until he
became Under Secretary of Something Order Keeper of the Board
of Trade, and finally occupied a prominent position in the exchequer.
(08:11):
Assisted the premier to grasp the Irish home rule Millstone
and hung on without a gurgle ambition, a dynamite proof house,
a tax on air recreation. C Asquith address front row
House of Commons Clubs.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Anti conservative Gibson Charles Dana, American artist who pleased the
old inhabitants before the market was so wet.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Gillette, manufacturer of a well known Christmas present which cuts
barbers out of their tips and is deucidly annoying to clean.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Girl the chorus Um Gladiator Dying.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Another brave artist's model.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Gladstone w E, a grand old man who twice premiered England,
chopped trees and failed to make accurate measurements with the
Irish home rule.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Glynn E, an old maid authoress who knew things, wrote
a book which everybody tells the rector they have not read,
and then re reads it when the doors are locked.
In the United States, a law has been passed compelling
the booksellers to include a bottle of disinfectant whenever a
g book is sold. Ambition a publisher who is not
afraid of the police recreation reading her own books. Address
(09:25):
probably Paris clubs always blackballed.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Goat t h E the one who purchased this book.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Godiva, lady horsewoman whose costume rivaled many exhibited at the
Paris horse Show. Many said her habit was out of sight.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Gerta, a Dutchman who succeeded in making a few German
words rhyme.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Goliath ancient heavyweight champion who was knocked out in one
round by a lightweight defeat attributed to overconfidence. Friends said,
nothing like that entered his head.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Goodwin Nathaniel, an American who was opposed to Mormonism but
who adopted it on a progressive and newspaper scale.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Goose Mother, a fine old lady who was loved by all,
but who told some awful untruths to the innocent.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Gordon I, l editor of Who Was Who, probably the
greatest writer who ever lived, spent early childhood in infancy
at the age of fourteen, began shaving and wearing long trousers.
At twenty one, Gordon was considered of age, began writing
while a child. Penmanship so poor he took to the typewriter,
(10:38):
wrote Who Was Who, with hope some one would purchase it.
Some one did ambition. He considers this personal and will
not be quoted. Recreation looking for publishers address Paris when
financially able, other times in one of those confounded newspaper offices.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Gorky M A resident of Russia who became unpopular with
the government and moved. He endeavored to make a lecture
tour of the United States, accompanied by another man's wife.
Learned that this was not the usual custom in America.
His managers and hotel proprietors requested him to continue his
(11:18):
travels ambition a tzarless Russia, less fussy people, publications, much
on patriotic literature.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Gray the man who wrote a clever cemetery poem, the
first line of which is remembered by everybody.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Great Peter, the shipbuilder and the only ruler of Russia
who never was bombarded, was also unique in the fact
that he worked. Historians claim this was due to his
poor salary.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Grote, John, proprietor of a celebrated house located some distance
from Land's End.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Guillotine Doctor, a French inventor of a popular method of decapitation,
who had such confidence in his invention that he was
the first to give it a practical demonstration.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Gulliver, a Munchausen doctor, cook peerie traveler who never submitted
his proofs, but who found a credulous publisher and a
gullible public never lectured.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
End of section five f and g
Section five. Who Was Who? By Irwin L. Gordon, F
and G.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
visit LibriVox dot Org. Recording by Sybella Denton, Sean.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Mc gahey, and Laurie Ann Walden.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
F Fagin, the Hebrew benefactor of Oliver Twist, whose name
did not fit his religion.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Fahrenheit inventure of an instrument which enables a person to
ascertain whether the weather is warm or cold.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Failure t h e. A failure, supposed to have idled
away his younger days, believed to have dissipated, said not
to have applied himself to school or business, found fault
with life and everybody, but was never wrong himself unpopular,
a great blamer, a lover of revolvers, rivers and the
(01:04):
poor house, frequently seen in the underworld, ambition the other
fellow recreation too much, address all large cities, clubs, none epitaph.
Here lies a man who never really tried.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Follieris armand occupied a prominent position in the French government
for seven years. One of the most distinguished of the
vast collection of ex presidents now scattered over the world.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Falstop a celebrated drum fashion dame, heartbreaker, bank account ruiner,
and patron saint of French shopkeepers. She went about the
large stores, changing the cut of ladies clothes and the
shape of their hats. Created some awful looking things. Fashion
made the poor men work very hard to keep up
(01:58):
to her publications. Editor of All Ladies Magazines Address Paris,
London and New York City. Epitaph would that she had one.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Fast chemist Traveler, a gay old man who fell in
love during his second young manhood, traveled in a warm
country and sang his way to fame.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Fox Guy, a man who attempted to make an impression
in Parliament without introducing home rule or suffrage bills.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Finn Huck a bosom friend of Thomas Sawyer see Tom Fitzsimmons.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Robert, an obsolete fighter who wishes he could rub the
black spot from the ring.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Fletcher, the inventor of chewing.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Floridorra, an American chorus girl who was some popular with
the men. She appeared in all large cities with the
best looking chorus that ever wore tights. Flora Dora created
such a sensation that every living actress of note is
willing to be classified as a former member of her company.
Had a miserable cigar named after her ambition Revival Grave,
(03:09):
New York City epitaph. There were not many like Flora.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Fog phineas the man Jules Verne sent around the world
in sixty days for a big sale.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Fool a, a spendthrift lover, fell in love with an
unintelligent woman, and one who never could understand followed his
natural bents even as you and I wasted several years,
wept profusely and unknown recreation vampires epitaph. He was not
the only one.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Franklin Benjamin one of the few Americans endowed with brains.
He discovered that lightning was composed of electricity, that politics
paid better than printing, and that the French Court was
more lively than the Continental Congress.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Friars Path, patriot of the motion picture fanatics.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Friend a the scarcest thing on earth, A rare visitor,
but he came around a few times in a lifetime.
F was glad to know of your success, pitied you
in your failures, and shook you by the hand when
you were down and out. Never borrowed money, but he
frequently lent it. Was a wise counselor very popular. His
(04:23):
name was frequently given the baby c mischief ambition, the
other fellow's welfare, recreation at the other fellow's house, address
the other fellow's house, or his own clubs.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
All Fritchie Barbara, a Southern target, sprang into poetry as
the only woman in the history of mankind who admitted
her old age.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Fulton Robert Inventor, another brainy American who made a fortune
for the Cunard and White Star lines. G. Gabriel, a trumpeter,
entered history at an early date as the agent for
the Garden of Eden, compelled the Adam family to move.
(05:08):
Historians claim he will again be in Who's Who when
Saint Peter see him makes the inventory ambition, larger lungs,
recreation aviation.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Gainsborough t r. A a versatile English hat and portrait manufacturer.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Galileo inventor Stargazer, proved himself an imbecile by declaring the
world revolved when everybody knew it was. Stationary manufactured the
first spyglass, an instrument which has since been used in
theaters and for various other purposes. Also discovered that clocks
were equipped with pendulums.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Gangster t H G, a politician known as a progressive
when out of office.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Garden Mary, a clever actress who succeeded on the oppert stage.
Legend has it that Mary possessed a fine voice as
a child. This was expensively cultivated in Europe. Was later
exposed before English and American congregations and her Sappho Salome
Tias Carmen costumes packed the houses, ambition, less wealth and
(06:18):
more throat. She also wants a husband with a soul,
recreation being presented with opera houses and suppers residents principally
Atlantic liners. Editor's note, this is not an advertisement.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Garibaldi g the George Washington of Italy without the tea party.
He espoused the cause of Victor Emmanuel see Victor and
successfully bismarked the Italian States, swept in every town in
his country, ran second to Victor Emmanuel in the number
of statues erected to his appearance, and for three years
held the championship for eating spaghetti.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Gerrick an old English matinee idol.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Rattling r J.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
He was considered a big gun gall dying a brave
soldier who posed for his statue when mortally wounded.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
George the First King of England sixteen sixty to seventeen
twenty seven permitted the Whigs in general and one Wall
Poll in particular to run England.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
George the Second King of England sixteen eighty three to
seventeen sixty held a few wars.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
George three, King of England seventeen thirty six to eighteen
twenty lived during the reign of William Pitt and believed
in taxing tea.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
George the fourth husband of Queen Mary seafront pages of
our contemporary Who's Who.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Lloyd George Dave, a well known cigar English politician, entered
politics via a newspaper clever speeches and votes. Was a
modest member of the House of Commons, seldom speaking more
than five times on any bill. Kept climbing until he
became Under Secretary of Something Order Keeper of the Board
of Trade, and finally occupied a prominent position in the exchequer.
(08:11):
Assisted the premier to grasp the Irish home rule Millstone
and hung on without a gurgle ambition, a dynamite proof house,
a tax on air recreation. C Asquith address front row
House of Commons Clubs.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Anti conservative Gibson Charles Dana, American artist who pleased the
old inhabitants before the market was so wet.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Gillette, manufacturer of a well known Christmas present which cuts
barbers out of their tips and is deucidly annoying to clean.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Girl the chorus Um Gladiator Dying.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Another brave artist's model.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Gladstone w E, a grand old man who twice premiered England,
chopped trees and failed to make accurate measurements with the
Irish home rule.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Glynn E, an old maid authoress who knew things, wrote
a book which everybody tells the rector they have not read,
and then re reads it when the doors are locked.
In the United States, a law has been passed compelling
the booksellers to include a bottle of disinfectant whenever a
g book is sold. Ambition a publisher who is not
afraid of the police recreation reading her own books. Address
(09:25):
probably Paris clubs always blackballed.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Goat t h E the one who purchased this book.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Godiva, lady horsewoman whose costume rivaled many exhibited at the
Paris horse Show. Many said her habit was out of sight.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Gerta, a Dutchman who succeeded in making a few German
words rhyme.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Goliath ancient heavyweight champion who was knocked out in one
round by a lightweight defeat attributed to overconfidence. Friends said,
nothing like that entered his head.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Goodwin Nathaniel, an American who was opposed to Mormonism but
who adopted it on a progressive and newspaper scale.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Goose Mother, a fine old lady who was loved by all,
but who told some awful untruths to the innocent.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Gordon I, l editor of Who Was Who, probably the
greatest writer who ever lived, spent early childhood in infancy
at the age of fourteen, began shaving and wearing long trousers.
At twenty one, Gordon was considered of age, began writing
while a child. Penmanship so poor he took to the typewriter,
(10:38):
wrote Who Was Who, with hope some one would purchase it.
Some one did ambition. He considers this personal and will
not be quoted. Recreation looking for publishers address Paris when
financially able, other times in one of those confounded newspaper offices.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Gorky M A resident of Russia who became unpopular with
the government and moved. He endeavored to make a lecture
tour of the United States, accompanied by another man's wife.
Learned that this was not the usual custom in America.
His managers and hotel proprietors requested him to continue his
(11:18):
travels ambition a tzarless Russia, less fussy people, publications, much
on patriotic literature.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Gray the man who wrote a clever cemetery poem, the
first line of which is remembered by everybody.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Great Peter, the shipbuilder and the only ruler of Russia
who never was bombarded, was also unique in the fact
that he worked. Historians claim this was due to his
poor salary.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Grote, John, proprietor of a celebrated house located some distance
from Land's End.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Guillotine Doctor, a French inventor of a popular method of decapitation,
who had such confidence in his invention that he was
the first to give it a practical demonstration.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Gulliver, a Munchausen doctor, cook peerie traveler who never submitted
his proofs, but who found a credulous publisher and a
gullible public never lectured.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
End of section five f and g
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