* 1412 – Joan of Arc, French military figure and Roman Catholic Saint ( legendary date ) ( d. 1431 )

Pope Joan was a legendary female Pope who allegedly reigned for a few years some time during the Middle Ages.

In Protestant post-reformation countries, Tarot cards in particular used images of the legendary Pope Joan, linking in to the mythology of how Joan, disguised as a man, was elected to the papacy and was only supposedly discovered to be a woman when she gave birth.

In those 11 years, Martin and his panel of pals successfully ridiculed and made fun of these legendary stars in this order: Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, Ed McMahon, William Conrad, Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Barry Goldwater, Johnny Carson, Wilt Chamberlain, Hubert Humphrey, Carroll O ' Connor, Monty Hall, Jack Klugman & Tony Randall, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Leo Durocher, Truman Capote, Don Rickles, Ralph Nader, Jack Benny, Redd Foxx, Bobby Riggs, George Washington, Dan Rowan & Dick Martin, Hank Aaron, Joe Namath, Bob Hope, Telly Savalas, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis Jr, Michael Landon, Evel Knievel, Valerie Harper, Muhammad Ali, Dean Martin, Dennis Weaver, Joe Garagiola, Danny Thomas, Angie Dickinson, Gabe Kaplan, Ted Knight, Peter Marshall, Dan Haggerty, Frank Sinatra, Jack Klugman, Jimmy Stewart, George Burns, Betty White, Suzanne Somers, Joan Collins, and Mr T. For nearly a decade, Martin had recorded as many as four albums a year for Reprise Records.

While a teenager living in Belmont, Joan Baez gave her first concert at the legendary Club 47 in Cambridge.

Joan Didion compared president Ronald Reagan to the legendary king in her critical essay " In the Realm of the Fisher King ," published in 1989.

* Pope Joan ( legendary, fictional ; legends about her may have stemmed from stories about the Pornocracy )

Claims that there was a female pope, including the legendary Pope Joan, are generally considered fictitious.

Perhaps the most famous performance during this period was that by Joan Baez during the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.

This document is generally thought to have been enormously influential on the folk & blues revival of the ' 50s and ' 60s, and brought the works of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt, Dick Justice and many others to the attention of musicians such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, and featured such legendary acts as The Carter Family and Clarence Ashley.

By 1989, Jones & Joan had gained a large following, finishing only second to WPRO's legendary Salty Brine.

It is a lonely, rather desolate region, but full of legendary and historic associations.

* Georgia on My Mind is a novelette by Charles Sheffield which involves two major themes: being widowed and the quest for a legendary Babbage computer.

He is a character in Greek mythology and is mentioned in Homer's Iliad, and receives full treatment in Roman mythology as the legendary founder of what would become Ancient Rome, most extensively in Virgil's Aeneid.

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the character of Alberto Mallich ( founder of the Unseen University and later Death's manservant Albert ) is a sly nod to Albertus Magnus in his more legendary and esoteric guise.

Bowra's ability to single out important information is legendary and it is demonstrated in an anecdote about his days at Oxford.

In this story, Romulus Augustus marries Igraine, and King Arthur is their son, and the sword of Julius Caesar becomes the legendary Excalibur in Britain.

Atlantis ( in Greek,, " island of Atlas ") is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC.

* The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax ( after the legendary Greek hero ), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The name is also given to certain legendary races described by ancient naturalists and

Boulder, Colorado is legendary with bouldering opportunities and fierce clean climbing ethic, particularly in the Crown Rocks area featuring notable first bouldering ascents by John Gill, Chuck Pratt and Pat Ament.

The Chupacabra or Chupacabras (, from chupar " to suck " and cabra " goat ", literally " goat sucker ") is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas.

This is a specific epoch in a fictional timeline created by Howard for many of the low fantasy tales of his artificial legendary.

Yu the Great, one of China's legendary founders, is mostly known for his control of the flood.

Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur.

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures.

The " Heshang Gong Version " is named after the legendary Heshang Gong ( " Riverside Sage ") who supposedly lived during the reign ( 202-157 BC ) of Emperor Wen of Han.

An obvious place to look for documentation is in the Estonian city of Tallinn, the site of the legendary battle.

But the title of the most legendary dacoit is held by Daku Man Singh.

Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain.

This account now is thought by some historians to be mostly legendary, although essentially the underlying story of a rebelling mercenary force may be accurate, and the date for the founding of the kingdom of Kent is thought to be approximately the middle of the fifth-century, in agreement with the legend.

Overall, the characters of The Addams Family were wealthy eccentrics with a gothic look who generally stayed at home, while the Munsters were a blue-collar and generally outgoing family of legendary monsters.

Huang ( 皇 ) was the title generally used for divine entities and legendary / deified rulers, and Di ( 帝 ) was used for feudal rulers of vassals who were themselves rulers of their own principalities.

Initially inscribed with the words " World Professional Football Championship " and generally referred to as the world championship trophy, it was officially renamed in 1970 in memory of legendary Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi after his sudden death from cancer and to commemorate his victories in the first two Super Bowls.

Tribes and peoples generally have a longer continuous history than their countries ; tribal names often imply a descent from a single ancestor, such as Rus as the legendary ancestor of the Russians.

The details of the Mahavamsa account cannot readily be verified ; while it is generally regarded by Western scholars as having been embellished with legendary events ( such as the hiding of Buddhaghosa's text by the gods ), in the absence of contradictory evidence it is assumed to be generally accurate.

Gauchos ' use of the famous " facón " ( large knife generally tucked into the rear of the gaucho sash ) is legendary, often associated with considerable bloodletting.

Modern Chinese chronology has generally accepted Martini's dates, except that it usually places the reign of Huangdi in 2698 BC ( see next paragraph ) and omits Huangdi's predecessors Fuxi and Shennong, who are considered " too legendary to include.

As is typical of similar legendary creatures throughout Central Asia, Russia, Pakistan and the Caucasus, the Almas is generally considered to be more akin to " wild people " in appearance and habits than to apes ( in contrast to the Yeti of the Himalayas ).

He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr .. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77 % of the time with the Conservative Coalition on domestic issues.

Philologists have generally held the legendary sagas in less esteem, in terms of their literary value, than the Icelanders ' sagas.

Senna, who was in his first Formula One street race in his rookie season in the generally uncompetitive Toleman, was showing the wet weather skills that would become legendary, had started the race thirteenth.

Writer Andrew Lamb noted that Reed's " nimble dancing, characterful light-baritone singing, and the business he was able to introduce into encores and elsewhere within the generally rigid D ' Oyly Carte constraints, soon helped to establish his own loyal following, and the personal rapport he enjoyed with his fans grew to legendary status.

) After engaging in a memorable feud against legendary rulebreaker Dick the Bruiser, Calhoun then generally traveled from territory to territory, never staying in one region for too long so as to maintain his status as a celebrated babyface enforcer.

It has similarities to many different legendary creatures, but is generally equated with the vampire of the folklore of the neighbouring Slavic countries.

Lee Oskar who has been described as " a virtuoso ," " the harmonica whiz " " a war hero ," " legendary ," " musical wizardry ," and as " generally regarded to be among the best rock-blues-soul harmonica players.

Aside from legendary founder Sundiata, Kankan Musa I is generally regarded as the most successful of the Malian emperors, and Maghan inherited the empire at the height of its glory.

Nonetheless, people generally admired his love of peace, his promotion of learning and care of people's well being ; traditionally, his era was called a " miniature of Yao and Shun ", referring to the legendary ancient sage kings.