Notables April 2024

Question

If you are interested in people who are famous, notable, noted, significant, important, historic, heroic, or otherwise fascinating, then the Notables Project might be for you! 

The idea behind this post is for anyone who needs help with connecting Notables to the tree to post to this thread and ask for help, or if you want to tell us whom you have successfully connected up, or if you want to join the Notables Project and get a badge. You can join the Notables Project by requesting membership in the  Notables Google Group.  Besides checking out the Notables Project page, don't forget to review the Requirements of Working on Profiles of Notables on WikiTree Page that has updated information. (For ideas on ways to connect unconnected people and branches, see also the Hints and Tips on the Connectors Chat page.)

Notables should fulfill the criteria to have at least one Wikipedia page in any language to qualify as a Notable. But an entry in the country's NATIONAL Who's Who or a NATIONAL Biography is also acceptable as well. 

The Notables team will decide if a Living Notable's Profile can be made Public or not. That means the Living Notable must have at least 3  Wikipedia Pages in different languages. At least two Wikipedia pages in different languages must also include the name of at least one close or nuclear family member (Specifically parents, siblings, spouse or child). If the page should also happen to list grandparents, aunts/uncles and cousins in the "other relatives" list, those would also be helpful.

Deaths in March 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024#March

Answer 1

Please apply template/sticker to Garvin-1528 who served in the US House of Representatives 1845-47

Comments

I have updated him to include his Wikipedia entry, his Wikidata entry, and the Notables Sticker. Thanks.

Answer 2

I'd like to join the Notables group. I also requested to join the Notables Google group (my email starts with "3pol") a couple days ago, but haven't been approved or denied yet.

I've been working on a prominent Colombian family, and recently added the following non-living Notables:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dávila_Pumarejo-2
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/D%C3%A1vila_Ort%C3%ADz-1
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/G%C3%B3mez_D%C3%A1vila-3
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pumarejo_Daza-1
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/L%C3%B3pez_Medina-1
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/L%C3%B3pez_Pumarejo-1
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Pumarejo-1

Comments

Welcome to the Notables Team, Steve!

Answer 3

Chance Perdomo, british actor, has died at age 27. Motorcycle accident.

I don't know if there is a pre-existing profile, but I started one here.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perdomo-61

Answer 4

The "tireless innovator, visionary and charity fundraiser" Jonathan Irwin died last December and his first wife Mikaela Rawlinson also died last month.

Both appear to be on WikiTree, but not married to (or divorced from) each other here.

Jonathan appears to have been an only child and to be still showing as Living Irwin.

Is this the right place to ask that his profile be opened, marked deceased, and made notable?

His Wikipedia profile is marked "has multiple issues", but I'd rather put my efforts into his WikiTree profile first.

Comments

Looks like the profiles were created separately and that's why they're not married up. I've put in a request for access through the project account, so we'll have to wait for a repsonse. Once we determine if the current PM is able to add Notables to the profile, we can then update the date of death and other information. Thanks!

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Thanks a million, Scott.

Answer 5

I've got a few notable-adjacent freespace index pages going that people might be interested in.  They are very much inspired by Notables Project pages.

This Is Your Life - I'm well on the way to comprehensive coverage of every guest on the UK version of the programme.  There are plenty of notables in there that need researching, but obviously with a huge British slant.  There is room on the page for the American version or those of other countries, if someone local wants to widen the scope.

Football Clubs - a page to index famous association footballers (and managers) by club.  I'm hoping that fans of individual clubs will start dedicated freespace pages for those clubs that can be connected back.  So far the only one is my own Newcastle United.  

And similarly Football Managers has lists of all the managers of England, Scotland, Wales and both Irelands, most of whom don't have profiles and aren't connected.  I'm aiming to also include every manager that has won the English and Scottish League and FA Cup competitions.  But plenty of people to work on there already.  If you're into that kind of thing.

Comments

Stephen, based on your suggestions last month, I have been able to add Ian Ogilvy to the list of profiles.

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Thanks!  He just popped up on my This Is Your Life page too!

Answer 6

American-Canadian Comedian Joe Flaherty Has died. He was 82 years old.

Brand New Profile started today https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/O'Flaherty-325

Wikpedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Flaherty

Profile is NOT connected to Global Tree.  

Spouse, children and 2 brothers mentioned on Wikipedia page.

Comments

I worked on this profile and his family and was was surprised to discover that he's half Italian. I brought in the big guns, the "Italy Project", to look into his Italian roots further.

Answer 7

A thought crossed my mind about a possible challenge the Notables Project might run to help boost notable CC7s.  I'm just as guilty as anyone when I have connected a (potential) notable of abandoning them without filling out any more of their family.

So how about a monthly (or weekly?) Scavenger Hunt.  Give a list of profiles for people to add and get people to report back with their completed lists.

For example: build a profile for:

1)  A grandparent of a golfer

2) A cousin of a soldier

3) An aunt of an Emmy-award nominee

4) A great-grandparent of a drummer

5) A parent of an Olympic medal-winner

...and so on.

If people want to have a go at doing the above list and posting here we can see if it takes or not...

Answer 8

Very interested in Notables Project, as I have several contemporary notables in my family tree who meet the Notables criteria. One example is Jonathan Cain (Jonathan Cain - Wikipedia), keyboardist for rock bands Journey and Bad English, and writer of Don't Stop Believin', Open Arms, Faithfully. I also have dozens of historical notables who are well-documented.

Comments

Contrary to the false notion that has been circulating for a while, you do not have to have a Notable person in your family tree to contribute to the Notables Project.

Just ask to join!

Answer 9

Can you please open, for viewing, the living notable Paloma O'Shea (O'Shea_y_Artiñano-1)?

She is a pianist and patron of the arts. Has Wikipedia pages in 7 languages.

Thanks

Comments

Hi Anonymous, I have just sent you a PM (before seeing this post). There is a new process now for requesting management by the Notables Project of a profile, see here.  

For any future Living Notables or living family members of Living Notables, the form to request management can be found on this page.

Answer 10

Can you please open, for viewing, the living notable Ana Botín (Botín-Sanz_de_Sautuola_O'Shea-1)?

She is a Spanish banker. Has Wikipedia pages in 26 languages.

Thanks

Answer 11

Groundbreaking zoologist Anne Innis Dagg of Canada has died at age 91.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/anne-innis-dagg-woman-who-loves-giraffes-dead-1.7161994

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Innis_Dagg

Comments

She may already have a profile I can't see? Her father is Innis-180

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You are correct. Her profile is locked at the moment, but I have put in a request for access.

Living Innis | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Answer 12

Neil Newbon, best known as Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3, and his also Notable father Gary (sports reporter) are both connected to the Tree!

Comments

Nice job, Jessica! I played Baldur's Gate back in the day, and will have to look up Astarion as its been far too many years since I touched that one.

Answer 13

Sculptor Auguste Rodin, whose profile was created in 2009, will show as connected when the system updates.

Comments

Nice work on this one, Greg!

Answer 14

I have a handful of interrelated people that I'd like to propose for Wikitree. They are either Notables (most living), or family members of Notables. All the family relationships are already described in detail in current Wikipedia entries, and all but one of them has a Wikipedia page. Below is the list, with existing wikitree link (if there is one), Wikipedia link, and relationships. The first line for each one is the name, and in bold, the wikitree privacy level I'm proposing. I'm asking permission to create the profiles that don't exist yet so I can then submit the Notables project form for proposing living notables and family members of notables.

Diana McConnel, Duchess of Wellington (open - not living)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McConnel-30 (private with public bio & tree)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Wellesley,_Duchess_of_Wellington (2 languages)
wife of    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wellesley-15

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (living Notable)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wellesley-71 (unlisted, I think this profile is for Charles Wellesley)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wellesley,_9th_Duke_of_Wellington (11 languages)
son of    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wellesley-15
    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McConnel-30
[I sent a private message to the profile manager of Wellesley-15 asking if Charles was
the unlisted son of Wellesley-15, but received no response.]

Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Louise Mansfeld, Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington (living Notable)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Von_Preu%C3%9Fen-19 (unlisted, I think this profile is for her)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Antonia,_Duchess_of_Wellington (8 languages)
wife of    Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington

Beatriz Dávila Rocha (unlisted, living family member of Notable)
no Wikitree profile found
no wikipedia, but mentioned in husband's and sons' wikipedia pages
wife of    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Pumarejo-1
dau of    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dávila_Ordóñez-1
    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rocha_Schloss-1

Alejandro Santo Domingo (living Notable)
no Wikitree profile found
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Santo_Domingo (5 languages)
son of    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Pumarejo-1
    Beatriz Dávila Rocha

Lady Charlotte Anne Wellesley (unlisted, living family member of Notable)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wellesley-18 (unlisted, I think this profile is for her)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Charlotte_Wellesley (1 language)
wife of    Alejandro Santo Domingo
dau of    Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wellesley-71
    Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Louise Mansfeld https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Von_Preu%C3%9Fen-19

Comments

Hi Steve, following on from our Discord chat, I've done TL requests for the four Wellesley profiles. How long that will take will depend on the responses of the existing PM.

In the meantime, Alejandro definitely qualifies to be created as an opened Living Notable and his mother as an unlisted close family member of a Living Notable. Use the Notables Project "Project Management Request Form" found on this page for both profiles once created.

There is an item on the form to add extra information, if you add there for Alejandro, that he is the spouse of Wellesley-18, just to remind me that they need to be linked once the Notables Project has access to her profile.

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Thank you! I'll do that tomorrow morning (it's too late here).

Answer 15

Joseph P. Kennedy II appears to meet all the criteria to be a Living Notable.

His father currently has 11 children on WikiTree, with Joseph appearing as
[private son](1950s - unknown)

His mother, also a Living Notable, currently has only 10 children on WikiTree, and needs to be connected to Joseph.

Comments

Paddy, you are correct that Joseph Kennedy II qualifies to be opened as a Living Notable and must be managed by a Project under WikiTree's privacy policy. He has WP pages in more than 3 languages and (unsurprisingly) nuclear family are mentioned in at least 2 languages.

I have put in a trusted list request for the profile from the Notables Project, so in due course we will hopefully have him opened as a Living Notable and connected to his mother.

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Thanks, Margaret. I noticed that you had recently connected some of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy's other children to their parents.

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Paddy, Joe Kennedy II and son Joe III are finally opened and linked up.

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That's great, Margaret.

Answer 16

Lynne Reid Banks, British author of books such as The L-Shaped Room, has died aged 94.

A profile has been started for her at:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Banks-12480

Answer 17

Rocket Norton, aka Gary Frederick Wanstall, has died.

Profile started here. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wanstall-464

Comments

This profile has been improved but needs to be connected. #Canada

Answer 18

American Japanese SUMO Wrestler Akabono Tano has died. He was 54 years old. 

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/pioneering-us-born-sumo-wrestling-073854198.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Tarō

Comments

He has a profile and is already connected:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowan-2152

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1731607/akebono-is-now-connected

Answer 19

O. J. Simpson passed away of cancer on 10 April 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Simpson-4457

O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

O. J. Simpson - Wikipedia

Comments

See the G2G post here:

• https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1730798/oj-simpson-has-died-at-76

Answer 20

Hello there

I've been busy again.  I made a list of all the UK singles chart Number 1s, so far going up to 1970.  I've found it very interesting and educational.  I'm trying to include performers and writers, but building up the performer lists first.  Inevitably there are a lot of notable American performers on the list.

To deal with the fact that a large number of performers are in bands, I've made a bands index page.  That way you can click straight to the band from the number 1s page (or I guess from another profile page), and from there you can jump to any members of the band that have profiles (at least if they've been hyperlinked yet).  And see which band members still need to be found/connected.  So far it only includes the bands with number 1 singles in the UK up to 1970, but there's no reason not to keep adding.  I hope at some point someone makes an American number 1s index, I imagine the information is out there.

I thought there might be interest in incorporating this band index feature (which is still very tweakable) to make it easier to jump between musicians and bands, by adding a hyperlink direct to the relevant header (so instead of The Beatles you have [[Space:Music_Groups_and_Bands#The_Beatles|The Beatles]]).  We all know who was in the Beatles but do we know the other members of Tommy James and the Shondells, for example?

So far I've basically just been listing band members, but it could be expanded to managers, technicians, connected acts, discographies, band history (though I'm of the opinion a Wikipedia link should suffice for that).  It's a free space, if you like the band you can put what you want in there, or even better make them their own freespace page we can link to.  I'd be surprised if some bands don't already have existing pages.

Anyway, that's all possible future use, for now I'm very happy with how it works with my UK Number 1s index page.  If anyone wants to jump in and lend a hand adding, linking, formatting, tidying or whatever I'll be very appreciative.  I'm sure I've missed a lot of already existing profiles (certainly some unlisted ones).

Comments

FYI: That's a tremendous amount of work.  I think your #1 UK Singles List , if sourced, might fit into the Music Projects (subproject).

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Notables_Entertainment_Project

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I may stop at the 1980s, or I may roll on, as long as I find it interesting it doesn't feel like work.

Once I've put all the performers in then I'll put all the writers in, and once I've put all the writers in then I'll try and find all the existing profiles.  Then put the links in from the open profiles to bands, if they're in bands, and/or the index page.  Living notables and locked profiles are out of my reach, it's up to the PMs and the project if they want to link them up.

Then I can start picking people to connect and profile (although I'm hoping other people might be interested in doing that already).  Maybe we can get a few more "completed" bands.  The bands page can probably be improved a million ways too, there's 121 on there now in chronological order, they should probably be alphabetized.  Now they all have Wikipedia links, at least, and a note of where the band came from.

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I've started adding Youtube links so you can listen to any of the songs with one click.  Well, 1952-1956 so far... I'll get there.