Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Famous Turks #4

Alec Issigonis



Date of birth: 18 November 1906
Died: 2 October 1988
Place of Birth: Izmir, Turkey (OK he was from a Greek community, but it still counts!)
Famous for: Inventing the mini!
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2 comments:

  1. Nomad3/23/2010 6:41 pm

    Don't forget Onassis! He grew up right over in the Karatas neighborhood.

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  2. Anonymous9/15/2014 7:29 pm

    You're taking a very fat chance calling Issigonis a Turk my friend (or Onassis, for that matter)!

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