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[[File:redbeard_2369.jpg|link=Scooby Doo|frame|Go ahead -- <ref>[[Once an Episode|Old]] [[Dramatic Unmask|Man]] [[Scooby |
[[File:redbeard_2369.jpg|link=Scooby Doo|frame|Go ahead -- <ref>[[Once an Episode|Old]] [[Dramatic Unmask|Man]] [[Scooby-Doo Hoax|Jenkins?]]</ref>]] |
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Probably as a result of infamous sailors like Blackbeard and Barbarossa, it's popular to give pirate or nautical characters names that reference their [[Seadog Beard|facial hair]] -- and not just sailors, either. |
Probably as a result of infamous sailors like Blackbeard and Barbarossa, it's popular to give pirate or nautical characters names that reference their [[Seadog Beard|facial hair]] -- and not just sailors, either. |
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* The aforementioned Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach. |
* The aforementioned Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach. |
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* The Turkish privateer Oruc Reis, who went by the nickname Barbarossa or Redbeard. |
* The Turkish privateer Oruc Reis, who went by the nickname Barbarossa or Redbeard. |
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* Many notable Vikings had colourful nicknames, among them [ |
* Many notable Vikings had colourful nicknames, among them [[wikipedia:Sweyn Forkbeard|Sweyn Forkbeard]]. |
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* The emperor Nero's family name was [ |
* The emperor Nero's family name was [[wikipedia:Ahenobarbus|Ahenobarbus]] (Bronzebeard). |
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063888/ Cookiebeard!] |
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063888/ Cookiebeard!] |
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* The Holy Roman Emperor named Friedrich Barbarossa, who worked hard to live up to his reputation (until he died of a heart attack in Turkey by falling in an ice-cold river at the beginning of the Third Crusade...) [[Those Wacky Nazis]] named their invasion of Russia after him. |
* The Holy Roman Emperor named Friedrich Barbarossa, who worked hard to live up to his reputation (until he died of a heart attack in Turkey by falling in an ice-cold river at the beginning of the Third Crusade...) [[Those Wacky Nazis]] named their invasion of Russia after him. |
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[[Category:Captain Color Beard]] |
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