Do you know a young person?

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

Do you know a young person?

Ask them what famous people they've heard of from before 1950 and let me know.

For example: Einstein? Marie Curie? Cleopatra? Donatello? da Vinci? Isaac Newton? Queen Victoria? Elizabeth I? Henry VIII? William Tell? Robin Hood?

Ask them, and let me know ...

(PS: Boosts would be welcome to get this outside my bubble ... TIA)

[shapr@recurse.social]

@ColinTheMathmo what counts as young?

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@ColinTheMathmo A couple younger folk had heard of Jelly Roll Morton--I was rather surprised

[flippac@types.pl]

@ColinTheMathmo Do they have to have died before 1950, or just been famous before then?

[flippac@types.pl]

@ColinTheMathmo I guess Einstein answers that one in favour of "been famous before then", I guess "died before, famous later" counts too

[humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world]

@ColinTheMathmo There is a statue of queen Victoria in Sydney Australia sent from Ireland after we booted her inbred family out. Why Sydney? Because if we couldn't find anywhere further to send it

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

@shapr Under the age of 73½ ...

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

@TrueNorthSpice

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

@flippac Yes to both. I'm just not looking for "Modern Day Celebs".

Going with music:

* Bach ... definitely
* Scott Joplin ... yes
* Alexis Ffrench ... not really what I'm looking for.

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

Other potential answers:

Raphael, Archimedes, Pythagoras, Joan of Arc, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Pocahontas ...

I can guess, but I'd like to know what answers younger people come up with.

Who have they heard of?

Florence Nightingale?

Alan Turing?

Clara Schumann?

[scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz]

@ColinTheMathmo I am pretty sure my six year old hasn't heard of most of these people... yet

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@ColinTheMathmo

What's wrong with choosing him? He invented jazz.

[orrickle@sfba.social]

@ColinTheMathmo as long as they don’t ask me about famous
Musicians after 2000

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@orrickle

lol. Same.

@ColinTheMathmo

[joopdelfijn@mstdn.social]

@ColinTheMathmo I might ask my children, they were born after 2000. Will take some time. BTW, I'm from the Netherlands.

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

@TrueNorthSpice Nothing! I'm just shocked that a youngster would know them.

Also impressed and pleased.

[orrickle@sfba.social]

@ColinTheMathmo my 8 yo grand kid Babe Ruth

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

@Scmbradley Has your six-year-old heard of *any* "old famous" people?

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@ColinTheMathmo
yeah, I felt the same.

(sorry, the 'weary' emoji threw me 'off'...I misunderstood your reaction. Thanks for clarifying)

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

Michelangelo?
Rodin?
Turner?
Ramanujan?