Historical figures some may not have heard of.

[Gough]

Lonnie Donegan. Hipper than Elvis, George Harrison said there would be no Beatles without him, and Springsteen name checks him in his biography.

 

[The_Reaper]

For a guy who sparked off a civil war leading to possibly over 20 million deaths, Hong Xiuquan isn't particularly well known.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Lonnie Donegan. Hipper than Elvis, George Harrison said there would be no Beatles without him, and Springsteen name checks him in his biography.

I only know him from one song and that's Pick a Bale of Cotton.

 

[FredLeDeux]

For a guy who sparked off a civil war leading to possibly over 20 million deaths, Hong Xiuquan isn't particularly well known.

Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE met him, and wrote about him in Flashman and the Dragon.
He described him as a "raving, dangerous, dreadful madman, and one of the most diabolical powers ever loosed on a suffering world."

 

[FredLeDeux]

I only know him from one song and that's Pick a Bale of Cotton.

My two younger brothers used to sing "My Old Man's a Dustman" at the tops of their voices, and thought it very funny.
Dad...less so.