[Cyropaedia]

According to some historians, it was either Francis Bacon, Marlowe, or Edward DeVere.

I think the tide has turned and there are more historians who now believe there actually was a Shakespeare.

[patriciaruth]

Clemenza’s post led me to Google the Earl of Oxford, and I must say they do lay out a convincing case for the fellow.

I was disappointed when I found out who Deep Throat was, but this particular revelation is more interesting.

Rather like getting the real names of Mark Twain, Lewis B. Carroll, and Cary Grant to name a few fictious names that have been used in the past.