Real dead male
17 questions to go
Not Adolph Hitler or Alfred Hitchcock (but I knew you were going to guess him, Raggedy!)
I thought I had it for sure.
Alexander Hamilton
Entertainment?
Not Alexander Hamilton
Not European
His best-known work was entertainment-related, but he was not an entertainer himself (although his work was entertaining)
15 questions to go
Not a businessman
14 questions to go
A. (Alfred) E. Housman
Novelist?
Not A.E. Housman (although he's one of my favorite poets)
Not a novelist
13 questions to go
Not in broadcasting
AH
Real, dead, non-European male
Not a businessman
Not a novelist
His best-known work was entertainment-related, but he was not an entertainer himself (although his work was entertaining)
12 questions to go
Not a writer
11 questions to go
Well, I assumed he is real because he's dead, however:
Is he real?
Yes, already estab. as real!
Died after 1900
10 questions to go
Is it time for a hint?
Normally,
I'd
Never
Ask,
but it seems like the trail has gone cold.