August 18, 2025 • 13 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 nine of Who is Who.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
visit LibriVox dot org. Recorded by Sean mc.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Gahey, Sabell Denton and Laurie Ann Walden.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
O p q. Who was Who by Irwin L. Gordon
oh O'Connell. Dan said to have been an Irishman, probably
born in Dublin, raised in Dublin, raised Canaan Dublin, repealed
in Dublin, Dublin in Dublin, died in Dublin. Tradition connects
(00:43):
his name with the early stages of the home Rule
Bill Ambition Ireland south of Ulster Recreation Oratory address Dublin Clubs, Dublin.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Favorite color green, Oh Grady Sweet Rosie, also of Ireland,
long dead but still bragged about orange.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
William ofv also of Ireland. He was the man who
made it a crime to wear the color named after
him on the seventeenth of March see Saint Patrick.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Orpheus Lutus. When a young man, he was given a lute,
practiced in obscurity, and later appeared before large audiences. Made
several successful concert tours, married Eurydice spent a happy honeymoon.
The bride did not wear shoes. She was bitten by
a serpent.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
She died.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Orpheus descended to the abode of old Nick and charmed
him with some Grecian rag time. Nick promised to return
the lady if Orpheus would promise to get out of
the place. Without looking around to see what other respectable
people were there. Orpheus started for the door. He heard
familiar voices and rubbered, died, ended the contract, and for
(02:02):
all the editor has been able to ascertain, Eurydice is
there to this day.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Ostler William a doctor who was knighted for proposing that
all fossils should be ostlerized ambition to murder the men
who got that story into print recreation medicine address Oxford epitaph.
He practiced, but not what he preached.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
A fellow of Venice born in Morocco, went to Venice
and fell in love with one Desdemona, an Italian girl.
They were married. Missus Othello lost one of her favorite
handkerchiefs and was killed by her enraged husband. Shakespeare of England,
a writer, heard of the incident and made some money
out of it.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
P Padarewski ignes Yon, another farewell concert giver who wore
long red hair a soulful expression, insured his fingers and broke.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Pianos Pallace, a Grecian goddess who was metamorphosed into a
raven purge by Poe.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Pan Monstrosity, musical instrument maker, friend of poets. Born half
a man and half a goat, took after the latter,
studied music under the old masters and out fluted. Apollo
was also a sheep fancier, fathered fife and drum, corps, ambition,
a pair of shoes, or a goat's appetite, recreation, hunting
(03:32):
and falling in love. Address Greece clubs, musical.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Pan Peter a little fellow who was a delightful actress.
Believed in fairies and crowded houses in England and the
United States.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Pankhurst Missus a celebrated english woman who terrorized a government,
starved herself, smashed windows, blew up things, and made speeches
for a living girl spent in developing muscle, pluck and theories.
She appeared before the public and declared that the liquor
traffic would be terminated when women voted, spent years of
(04:09):
her life wondering why the men would not give them
the privilege. Never cared for the ministry, although she was
a very good woman. Ambition a woman king votes for
women in the Union. Jack Recreation planning the next publications
from the Cradle to the ballot Windows I have smashed.
Address London, Care of Scotland.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yard Pankhurst, Sylvia, a little Pinkhurst who helps Mamma break things.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Panza Sancho don Quixotes, interlocutor and stable boss.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Paris, son of the King of tire who ran away
with another man's wife named Helen. A city in France
has also been named to do him honor.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Parnell c. S father of the downfall of English ministries.
And Ulster, born of Irish parents, first man to successfully
explode dynamite in Parliament without being executed. Ambition an ulsterless Ireland,
a conservativeless England. Address close to the English Ministry epitaph
(05:16):
the bill's men introduced live after them.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Percival, the longest winded singer who ever stepped on an
opera stage.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Pasteur doctor discoverer, experimented with mad dogs until he came
to the conclusion that they should be shot or chained.
A subway station in Paris has been named after him.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Patrick Saint, a scotchman who drove all the snakes out
of Ireland, with the exception of those in bottles, also
introduced the brogue and the shamrock into the Emerald Isle.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Pat also of Ireland at an early stage, he emigrated
to the United States. There he took up the hard
carrying business, went on the stage and set the world laughing.
He also entered politics, captured the American police force, and
together with his brothers in Parliament, rules Great Britain and
the United States.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Patty Adelina, a singer who said au revoir, but not
goodbye epitaph. Come Grano Sally's.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Pair, the man who names most of the London buses
and keeps the people of England clean for a penny
a week. His business is international, with the exception of
Glasgow and Italy. Editor's note this is not an advertisement.
The editor does not use soap.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Peery. Captain Robert E. Explorer, who said he reached the
North Pole and convinced a few people, was also forced
to write a book and lecture publications. How doctor Cook
almost got ahead of me ambition that a certain man
had not made him get all the way there the
last time. Grave the Cook Incident.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Penn William, a man whose picture appears on all Quaker
oats boxes. An Englishman who left his country, bought Pennsylvania,
built the slow old town of Philadelphia, and hung up
the American Liberty Bell.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Pericles of Athens, political boss, philosopher and general, secured his
reputation through brains, a voice, and a well oiled political machine.
Started the Golden Age of Greece with a loud blast
of the horn of Plenty.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Peter no relation to the following. He introduced the art
of chocolate making into Switzerland and the art of eating
it into America. Ambition more children and people with sweet teeth.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Peter Saint, a fine, old bearded saint who is an
excellent bookkeeper and a detester of roosters. A church in
Rome has taken his name. Ambition a new key recreation,
boiling hinges, address golden Gates.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Pharaoh of Egypt, benefactor of Moses and Joseph, was also
the father of Pharaoh's daughter, built a few pyramids, cigarette factories,
and made a handsome mummy.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Fillip the Second, a king of Spain, who, with an
armada to press his suit endeavored to marry a Queen
of England. Both the suit and the armada were left
in the Bay of Biscay, and the queen an old maid.
Ambition to the inquisition with all englishmen model faint heart
(08:38):
never won fair lady address Spain.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Pinot Edward, discoverer of the only thing which would have
saved your.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Hair, pinkung Lydia of vegetable compound fame made a fortune
out of advertisements, little boxes of pills, and women who
believed what they read.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Piper Peter, famous picker of pickled peppers, also held accounts
against many people, caused considerable worry to his creditors.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Pittman Isaac discovered a method of making political speakers more
careful of what they said. His invention has secured wealthy
husbands for many. A pretty and poor stenographer.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Plutarch, the only man who had more lives than a cat.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Pluto, boss of the underworld until Old Nick got on
the job. Also the manufacturer of a morning beverage.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Pluvius E was the fellow who always made it rain
when you wanted to wear your new hat or go
to a ball game.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Poe ed A, an American poet who specialized in ravens
and cold chills.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Pon Kerry Raymond, a Frenchman who has a splendid opportunity
to get out of this book.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Pollocks Lida's other twins see mother and brother.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Polo Marco f r g s traveler, discoverer and lecturer,
began expeditions from Venice, discovered China, Japan, and the Orient.
Returned to Venice and doctor cooked his neighbors. He is supposed, however,
to have visited the countries, as he produced a pair
of chopsticks, a Chinese laundry and some Japanese lanterns. These
(10:26):
were accepted as proofs by the University of Venice. Ambition
the North.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Pole Pompadour Madam Quiffer, Queen of France, said to have
been a peach, was a great friend of Louis the
fifteenth and helped make the dances at Versailles a success.
Ambition plenty of hair recreation Versailles Address c Louis Clubs Anti.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
Paalbaden. Robert s a warrior who retired from service and
invented soldiers to be shot when the next big war
comes along.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Procrastinator. T h E an extinct man who believed in
the doctrine of tomorrow. He was a thief but was
never convicted. Ancient records state he invariably had an excuse
for present inactivity, but would promise results the following day.
Was a close friend of failure, put off everything except death,
(11:29):
and even did his best to keep him away as
long as possible. Motto, no time like the future, ambition
to accomplish tomorrow what the other fellow is doing to
day recreation always before business address. Nobody knows clubs many progress.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Pilgrim an Englishman who made an extensive journey encumbered with
a large pack. He visited Paris, had some hair breadths
as Gapes was stuck in the mud, but finally returned
and became respectable like all other Englishmen.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Puccini Jacomo, maker of tunes and certain calls, a musician
who did not starve, and who gave the classical name
La fanicu Lea del vest to the plain girl of
the Golden West.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Pullman an American who invented an expensive means of travel.
Pullman is also responsible for the vast fortunes acquired by porters.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Punch husband of Judy, and a great favorite with the children,
even if he did beat his old wife. Let A
hen pecked life, traveled in several European countries and spoke
all the best selling languages. His name has been given
to a serious London.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
Publication, Pythagoras, a Greek who said some people would be
pigs after they were dead.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Qu Editor's note. The editor of paulogizes for the few
cues who have been famous.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Quietus Fluvius of Rome always put his name to everything
when he came around.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Quixote Dawn, famous knight Errant of Spain, made some desperate
conquests for his lady love, and was defeated by a windmill.
In all his defeats, however, he showed to the world
that a laugh cut deeper than a sword, and that
satire would kill where a lance could not penetrate. The
word Quixotic is used to his commemoration
Speaker 2 (13:31):
End of section nine
Section nine of Who is Who.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
visit LibriVox dot org. Recorded by Sean mc.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Gahey, Sabell Denton and Laurie Ann Walden.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
O p q. Who was Who by Irwin L. Gordon
oh O'Connell. Dan said to have been an Irishman, probably
born in Dublin, raised in Dublin, raised Canaan Dublin, repealed
in Dublin, Dublin in Dublin, died in Dublin. Tradition connects
(00:43):
his name with the early stages of the home Rule
Bill Ambition Ireland south of Ulster Recreation Oratory address Dublin Clubs, Dublin.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Favorite color green, Oh Grady Sweet Rosie, also of Ireland,
long dead but still bragged about orange.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
William ofv also of Ireland. He was the man who
made it a crime to wear the color named after
him on the seventeenth of March see Saint Patrick.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Orpheus Lutus. When a young man, he was given a lute,
practiced in obscurity, and later appeared before large audiences. Made
several successful concert tours, married Eurydice spent a happy honeymoon.
The bride did not wear shoes. She was bitten by
a serpent.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
She died.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Orpheus descended to the abode of old Nick and charmed
him with some Grecian rag time. Nick promised to return
the lady if Orpheus would promise to get out of
the place. Without looking around to see what other respectable
people were there. Orpheus started for the door. He heard
familiar voices and rubbered, died, ended the contract, and for
(02:02):
all the editor has been able to ascertain, Eurydice is
there to this day.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Ostler William a doctor who was knighted for proposing that
all fossils should be ostlerized ambition to murder the men
who got that story into print recreation medicine address Oxford epitaph.
He practiced, but not what he preached.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
A fellow of Venice born in Morocco, went to Venice
and fell in love with one Desdemona, an Italian girl.
They were married. Missus Othello lost one of her favorite
handkerchiefs and was killed by her enraged husband. Shakespeare of England,
a writer, heard of the incident and made some money
out of it.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
P Padarewski ignes Yon, another farewell concert giver who wore
long red hair a soulful expression, insured his fingers and broke.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Pianos Pallace, a Grecian goddess who was metamorphosed into a
raven purge by Poe.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Pan Monstrosity, musical instrument maker, friend of poets. Born half
a man and half a goat, took after the latter,
studied music under the old masters and out fluted. Apollo
was also a sheep fancier, fathered fife and drum, corps, ambition,
a pair of shoes, or a goat's appetite, recreation, hunting
(03:32):
and falling in love. Address Greece clubs, musical.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Pan Peter a little fellow who was a delightful actress.
Believed in fairies and crowded houses in England and the
United States.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Pankhurst Missus a celebrated english woman who terrorized a government,
starved herself, smashed windows, blew up things, and made speeches
for a living girl spent in developing muscle, pluck and theories.
She appeared before the public and declared that the liquor
traffic would be terminated when women voted, spent years of
(04:09):
her life wondering why the men would not give them
the privilege. Never cared for the ministry, although she was
a very good woman. Ambition a woman king votes for
women in the Union. Jack Recreation planning the next publications
from the Cradle to the ballot Windows I have smashed.
Address London, Care of Scotland.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yard Pankhurst, Sylvia, a little Pinkhurst who helps Mamma break things.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Panza Sancho don Quixotes, interlocutor and stable boss.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Paris, son of the King of tire who ran away
with another man's wife named Helen. A city in France
has also been named to do him honor.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Parnell c. S father of the downfall of English ministries.
And Ulster, born of Irish parents, first man to successfully
explode dynamite in Parliament without being executed. Ambition an ulsterless Ireland,
a conservativeless England. Address close to the English Ministry epitaph
(05:16):
the bill's men introduced live after them.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Percival, the longest winded singer who ever stepped on an
opera stage.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Pasteur doctor discoverer, experimented with mad dogs until he came
to the conclusion that they should be shot or chained.
A subway station in Paris has been named after him.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Patrick Saint, a scotchman who drove all the snakes out
of Ireland, with the exception of those in bottles, also
introduced the brogue and the shamrock into the Emerald Isle.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Pat also of Ireland at an early stage, he emigrated
to the United States. There he took up the hard
carrying business, went on the stage and set the world laughing.
He also entered politics, captured the American police force, and
together with his brothers in Parliament, rules Great Britain and
the United States.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Patty Adelina, a singer who said au revoir, but not
goodbye epitaph. Come Grano Sally's.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Pair, the man who names most of the London buses
and keeps the people of England clean for a penny
a week. His business is international, with the exception of
Glasgow and Italy. Editor's note this is not an advertisement.
The editor does not use soap.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Peery. Captain Robert E. Explorer, who said he reached the
North Pole and convinced a few people, was also forced
to write a book and lecture publications. How doctor Cook
almost got ahead of me ambition that a certain man
had not made him get all the way there the
last time. Grave the Cook Incident.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Penn William, a man whose picture appears on all Quaker
oats boxes. An Englishman who left his country, bought Pennsylvania,
built the slow old town of Philadelphia, and hung up
the American Liberty Bell.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Pericles of Athens, political boss, philosopher and general, secured his
reputation through brains, a voice, and a well oiled political machine.
Started the Golden Age of Greece with a loud blast
of the horn of Plenty.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Peter no relation to the following. He introduced the art
of chocolate making into Switzerland and the art of eating
it into America. Ambition more children and people with sweet teeth.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Peter Saint, a fine, old bearded saint who is an
excellent bookkeeper and a detester of roosters. A church in
Rome has taken his name. Ambition a new key recreation,
boiling hinges, address golden Gates.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Pharaoh of Egypt, benefactor of Moses and Joseph, was also
the father of Pharaoh's daughter, built a few pyramids, cigarette factories,
and made a handsome mummy.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Fillip the Second, a king of Spain, who, with an
armada to press his suit endeavored to marry a Queen
of England. Both the suit and the armada were left
in the Bay of Biscay, and the queen an old maid.
Ambition to the inquisition with all englishmen model faint heart
(08:38):
never won fair lady address Spain.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Pinot Edward, discoverer of the only thing which would have
saved your.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Hair, pinkung Lydia of vegetable compound fame made a fortune
out of advertisements, little boxes of pills, and women who
believed what they read.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Piper Peter, famous picker of pickled peppers, also held accounts
against many people, caused considerable worry to his creditors.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Pittman Isaac discovered a method of making political speakers more
careful of what they said. His invention has secured wealthy
husbands for many. A pretty and poor stenographer.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Plutarch, the only man who had more lives than a cat.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Pluto, boss of the underworld until Old Nick got on
the job. Also the manufacturer of a morning beverage.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Pluvius E was the fellow who always made it rain
when you wanted to wear your new hat or go
to a ball game.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Poe ed A, an American poet who specialized in ravens
and cold chills.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Pon Kerry Raymond, a Frenchman who has a splendid opportunity
to get out of this book.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Pollocks Lida's other twins see mother and brother.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Polo Marco f r g s traveler, discoverer and lecturer,
began expeditions from Venice, discovered China, Japan, and the Orient.
Returned to Venice and doctor cooked his neighbors. He is supposed, however,
to have visited the countries, as he produced a pair
of chopsticks, a Chinese laundry and some Japanese lanterns. These
(10:26):
were accepted as proofs by the University of Venice. Ambition
the North.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Pole Pompadour Madam Quiffer, Queen of France, said to have
been a peach, was a great friend of Louis the
fifteenth and helped make the dances at Versailles a success.
Ambition plenty of hair recreation Versailles Address c Louis Clubs Anti.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
Paalbaden. Robert s a warrior who retired from service and
invented soldiers to be shot when the next big war
comes along.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Procrastinator. T h E an extinct man who believed in
the doctrine of tomorrow. He was a thief but was
never convicted. Ancient records state he invariably had an excuse
for present inactivity, but would promise results the following day.
Was a close friend of failure, put off everything except death,
(11:29):
and even did his best to keep him away as
long as possible. Motto, no time like the future, ambition
to accomplish tomorrow what the other fellow is doing to
day recreation always before business address. Nobody knows clubs many progress.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
Pilgrim an Englishman who made an extensive journey encumbered with
a large pack. He visited Paris, had some hair breadths
as Gapes was stuck in the mud, but finally returned
and became respectable like all other Englishmen.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Puccini Jacomo, maker of tunes and certain calls, a musician
who did not starve, and who gave the classical name
La fanicu Lea del vest to the plain girl of
the Golden West.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Pullman an American who invented an expensive means of travel.
Pullman is also responsible for the vast fortunes acquired by porters.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Punch husband of Judy, and a great favorite with the children,
even if he did beat his old wife. Let A
hen pecked life, traveled in several European countries and spoke
all the best selling languages. His name has been given
to a serious London.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
Publication, Pythagoras, a Greek who said some people would be
pigs after they were dead.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Qu Editor's note. The editor of paulogizes for the few
cues who have been famous.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Quietus Fluvius of Rome always put his name to everything
when he came around.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Quixote Dawn, famous knight Errant of Spain, made some desperate
conquests for his lady love, and was defeated by a windmill.
In all his defeats, however, he showed to the world
that a laugh cut deeper than a sword, and that
satire would kill where a lance could not penetrate. The
word Quixotic is used to his commemoration
Speaker 2 (13:31):
End of section nine
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