History may have forgotten them, but we haven’t.

Thanks to the internet and some high school classes, there have been historical people and their accomplishments that have stood the test of time. However, most of the time there are amazing individuals who slip through the cracks and are forgotten forever….until now! This week join Tuong La and Wikipedia Wizards Sarah Finn, Catherine Ballachey, and Axandre Lemours who put their Googling skills to the test as they research and rank Top 5 Interesting People You’ve Never Heard About.

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Ground Rules

• No fictional people

• They can be alive or dead
• It’s people who the most part have never heard about
• If they are sort of known it’s okay, they just have to be mostly unknown for the greater public
• If a person nominated is known to the entire group, barring research for this podcast, then the table can reject the nomination and that person can nominate again

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered  lists.

Group Top 5

5. Michael Malloy (“Iron Mike”)

4. Mary Anning (“Lightning Paleontologist”)

3. Haing S. Ngor (“Cambodian Doctor and Movie Star”)

2. Ching Shih (“Pirate Queen”)

1.Rose Valland (“Undercover Art Saviour – Fuck Nazis”)

Tuong’s List

• Ching Shih (“Pirate Queen”)
• Michael Malloy (“Iron Mike”)
• Peter Freuchen (“Frozen Poop Dagger/Danish Explorer”)
• James Harrison (“Man with the Golden Arm”)
• Billy Mitchell (“World’s Best Donkey Player Cheater”) -Known very in the video game world therefore doesn’t count
• Bernie Taupin (“Elton John’s Lyricist”) – Rocketman came out this year which featured Bernie which negated the nomination
• Percy Lavon Julian (“African American Chemist inducted into National Academy of Sciences”

Sarah’s List

• Haing S. Ngor (“Cambodian Doctor and Movie Star”)
•  Mary Anning (“Lightning Paleontologist”)
• Dorthia Dix (“Mental Health Advocate”)
• Michelle Hensley (“Ten Thousand Things Theatre Founder”)
• Janelle Pewapsconias (“Indigenous Board Game of Life Creator”)
  

Catherine’s List

• Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger (“Vincent’s Sister in Law”)
• Rose Valland (“Undercover Art Saviour – Fuck Nazis”)
• Claudette Colvin (“OG Rosa Parks”)

• Mahapajapati Gotami – (“Budha’s Aunt, First Buddhist Female Nun”)

• Sylvia Beach – (“Owner of Shakespeare and Co.”)

Ax’s List (Note: Ax kind of forgot the part of “people you’ve never heard about” so..ya)

• Niki Lauda (“F1 Entrapreneur who cheated death”)
• Christopher Lee (“Saruman, Dooku, Singer, Knight, Metal Opera Singer”)
• Katherine Johnson (“NASA Mathmetician”)
• Hannibal Barca (“Guy who almost conquered Roman Empire”)
• Terry Fox (“Yup that Terry Fox”)
• Alexander the Great (“Yup that Alexander the Great..god damnit Ax read the episode description”)