Some Golfers
David Duval
Ernie Els
Fred Funk
Zoran Zorkic (very obscure golfer)
David Duchovny
Lucy Lu
Ricky Ricardo
Peter Pan
Walter Winchell
Although he doesn’t have a Wiki entry, Quin Queeribus is the subject of a poem I (and thus many others) read as a child.
For “II”, I found Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, but she’s only a household name if a member of your household is a devotee of the dalliances of English monarchs. There’s also Irene Ighodaro, West Africa’s first female doctor.
Chefguy: Are you thinking of Frankie Yankovic? As far as I know, he was never known as “Yankee”.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
From Hockey:
Jaromir Jagr
Zarley Zalapski
Harry Howell
Fedor Fedorov
Mark Messier
Serge Savard
Mike Modano
Scott Stevens
Manny Malhotra
Mario Marois
Bob Beers
Alex Auld
Barry Beck
Tony Twist
Charlie Chaplin
Lindsay Lohan
Mickey Mantle
and from boxing:
Herbie Hide
Michael Moorer
Razor Ruddock
Tony Tubbs
Tony Tucker
These are particularly useful for the Name Game, a drinking game it’s good not to suck at if you find yourself playing it.
Without reading the names already suggested, off the top of my head:
Ansel Adams
Alan Alda
Adam Ant
Alan Arkin
Bobby Brown
Bobby Brady
Betty Boop
Barbara Bush
Brian Boitano
Connie Chung
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chaplin
Chris Cooper
Danny Devito
Donnie Darko
David Duke
Donald Duck
Daffy Duck
Dudley Do-right
Farrah Fawcett
Flavor Flav
Fred Flinstone
Greg Gumble
Greta Garbo
Harry Houdini
Holly Hunter
Herbert Hoover
Hubert Humphrey
Holly Hobby
Jerry Jones (Dalls Cowboys owner)
Jenna Jameson
Jesse James
Jim Jones (That kool-aid guy, right?)
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kringle
Lois Lane
Michael Moore
Micky Mouse
Mighty Mouse
Marty Moose
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Mike Myers (Austin Powers)
Michelle Monaghan
Martin Mull
Michael Mann
Peter Piper
Piper Perabo
Peter Parker
Ricky Ricardo
Rocky Raccoon
Rita Rudner
Sarah Silverman
Steven Segal
Sally Struthers
Tiny Tim
Ted Turner
Tom Thumb
Willy Wonka
William Wallace
For the V’s, if you’re dealing with Adam Sandler fans, he always used to make the love interest a double V name: Veronica Vaughn, Vicky Valencourt, etc…
Barbara Boxer
Bob Barr
Dick Durbin
Tom Tancredo
Vince Vaughn must be wondering why he’s not good enough for you people.
Just thought of him after I posted, as well as Sylvester Stallone. And the Chris Rock special reminded me of Keira Knightley and Rachel Ray.
Jimmy Johnson
Okay, picky, you try and find another alliterative name that begins with U.U.
Unitarian Universalism doesn’t count, because it’s a denomination, not a person.
Roger Rabbit
Bugs Bunny
Porky Pig
Spongebob Squarepants
Larry Linville
Mary Moore (You might know her better with her middle name)
Donald Duck and Daffy Duck
Calvin Coolidge
Jimmy Johnson [football] and Jimmy Johnson [racing]
the “Big Bopper”
Freddy Fender
Dick Dale
Robert Rauschenberg
George Grosz
Vincent VanGogh
Charlie Chaplin
William Wordsworth
Walt Whitman
Hermann Hesse
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Robert Reed [“Brady Bunch” actor]
Samantha Stevens [the “Bewitched” witch]
:smack: I got “Silent” Cal Coolidge but forgot Woodrow Wilson.
If we’re taking liberties with middle names and initials, then we can include:
William Carlos Williams
Wendy O. Williams
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Trawling through the NFL Hall of Fame [so, famous only to us American football fans]:
Bert Bell
Bobby Bell
Bob “Boomer” Brown
Dan Dierdorf
Jimmy Johnson
John Henry Johnson
Larry Little
Mike McCormack
Mike Michalske
Marion Motley
Mike Munchak
Pete Pihos
Thurman Thomas
Willie Wood
For varying values of fame:
Benjamin Button (The Strange Case of Benjamin Button)
Boris Badenov (Bullwinkle & Rocky)
Ginger Grant (Gilligan’s Island)
Gorgeous George (wrestler)
Green Goblin (Spiderman)
Jennifer Jones (Oscar-winning actress)
Marilyn Monroe (film icon)
Marilyn Munster (The Munsters)
Rose Red (fairy-tale)
Some of these aren’t alliterative in that they start with different sounds, but you said letter, so there.
This Royals fan can sink his teeth into a game like this. This year’s team includes:
Brian Bannister
Billy Butler
David DeJesus
Kila Ka’aihue
Mitch Maier
Ramon Ramirez
Yasuhiko Yabuta
and in the all-time roster:
Brian Barber
Brandon Berger
Bob Boone (as player and as manager)
Billy Brewer
Bill Butler
Bill Buckner
Billy Buckner
Chris Codiroli
Craig Chamberlain
Dick Drago
Gary Gaetti
Greg Gagne
Gene Garber
Jason Jacome
Joel Johnston
Mike MacDougal
Mike Macfarlane
Monty Montgomery
Paul Phillips
Rick Reed
Rick Reichardt
Rico Rossy
Steve Scarsone
Scott Service
Steve Shields
Steve Shiflett
Steve Stemle
Scott Sullivan
Willie Wilson
Marvel Comics characters, especially those created in the 1960’s, are very alliterative:
Reed Richards
Susan Storm (maiden name)
Victor Von Doom
Bruce Banner
Peter Parker
Curt Connors
Otto Octavius
Stephen Strange
Scott Summers
Warren Worthington
Matt Murdock
I’m surprised we have so many mentions of Lois Lane, but none of Lex Luthor or Lana Lang.
There’s also Lazarus Long, from Heinlein’s books (and several of his relatives, but they’re not nearly as well-known) for LL
Other than those, the only one that comes to mind is Krazy Kat.