# Another installment of: Who Is/Was That Person? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 23, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341 "2014-03-23T05:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/41 "2014-03-25T03:13:54Z")
I never seem to get in on these in time before they are answered. 1. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Composer of “La Marseillaise” New ones 42. Bobby Baker 43. Susan Stafford 44. Auguste Rene Chouteau 45. Michael Blasse or Blassie [believe I spelled it correctly] 46. Bert Bell ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/42 "2014-03-25T04:06:00Z")
1. Tracy Emin: British contemporary modern artist – works include her bed and a tent with the names of everyone she’d slept with, the latter of which got destroyed in a warehouse fire 2. Susan Stafford – Vanna White’s predecessor on Wheel of Fortune 3. Bert Bell – NFL commissioner before Pete Rozelle (on verification, there was another commissioner between Bell and Rozelle) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/43 "2014-03-25T06:20:52Z")
Here are some more… 1. Lya Graf 2. William Obanheim 3. Ted Shane 4. Mike Roy 5. Brad Anderson ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/44 "2014-03-25T07:06:07Z")
I’m thinking Bobby Baker had some connection with LBJ, though of course, maybe he didn’t. That’s all I’ve got for now. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/45 "2014-03-25T12:42:44Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > “Keep the faith, baby” (“who loves ya?” was Kojak). And Adam Clayton Powell Jr, to be precise. Senior and Junior presided in turn over the flock at Abyssinian Baptist church, which at one time was the largest Protestant congregation in the country. Indeed. Harlem has been represented by only two congressmen since the early 1940’s… Powell and Rangel. Powell kept on getting trouble with the House ethics committee and lost his chairmanship and then his seat, but kept on coming back. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/46 "2014-03-25T13:27:56Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > 1. Michael Blasse or Blassie [believe I spelled it correctly] 1. Buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns as the representative for the Vietnam War–until he was identified and was reburied in his hometown cemetery ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/47 "2014-03-25T13:57:22Z")
Off the top of my head, Bobby Baker was an aide to LBJ who got caught in the men’s room in a compromising position with another gentleman or gentlemen. Adam Clayton Powell was elected to Congress even after being convicted of some felony or other. Billy Sunday was a baseball player turned evangelist. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/48 "2014-03-25T18:36:56Z")
I answered one, but didn’t put one out there: Hollis E. Huntington ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/49 "2014-04-02T06:10:15Z")
Nobody got these! 1. Lya Graf was the small woman plopped onto J. P. Morgan’s lap just as a photographer snapped the shutter, in a famous photo. 2. This was the Officer Obie from “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” 3. Ted Shane created crossword puzzles (including Crazy Crosswords) for Dell. 4. Mike Roy was a chef well-known in the L. A. area. 5. Brad Anderson created the comic strip “Marmaduke.” Another ten: 52. Kermit Schafer 53. Jim Piersall 54. Chester Bowles 55. Edy Williams 56. George Woodbridge 57. Daws Butler 58. Willy Ley 59. Dame May Whitty 60. Oren E. Long 61. Dale Messick ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/50 "2014-04-02T12:04:14Z")
52: Kermit Schaffer - started the “Bloopers” craze for TV and movie mistakes 57: Charles Dawson “Daws” Butler - the voice of many animated characters, most notably, Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/51 "2014-04-02T14:34:57Z")
53 Jim Piersall Major League baseball player, subject of the film “Fear Strikes Out” played by Anthony Perkins. Had very serious behavior problems, at least in the movie. 1. Chester Bowles Creator of comic strip Dick Tracy?? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/52 "2014-04-03T05:28:25Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > […] > 54. Chester Bowles > Creator of comic strip Dick Tracy?? Um, take a quick look at the Wikipedia entries for “Chester Bowles” and “Dick Tracy.” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/53 "2014-04-03T12:52:28Z")
I don’t get the joke. Was it because he was wrong and mistook Chester Bowles for Chester Gould, the guy who did create Dick Tracy? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/54 "2014-04-03T14:27:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I don’t get the joke. Was it because he was wrong and mistook Chester Bowles for Chester Gould, the guy who did create Dick Tracy? > > 😕 YES!!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/55 "2014-04-03T21:39:12Z")
Well, I am glad I was able to make someone laugh today. How about a couple, three women 1. Jill Wine-Volner 2. Jeanette Ranken 3. Mumtaz Dale Messick rings a bell, but I can’t place him or her. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/56 "2014-04-03T21:45:19Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > Well, I am glad I was able to make someone laugh today. > > How about a couple, three women > > 1. Jill Wine-Volner > 2. Jeanette Ranken > 3. Mumtaz > > Dale Messick rings a bell, but I can’t place him or her. #64 was the wife of Shah Jehan, ruler of India, and the Taj Mahal is her tomb. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/57 "2014-04-03T22:45:02Z")
Dale Messick is/was indeed a woman: an artist who created the comic strip Brenda Starr. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/58 "2014-04-04T01:38:39Z")
I confess I did not get the Gould-Bowles hilarity either. Jeannette Ranken (Rankin?): Congresswoman from Montana who “vetoed” US entry in WWI and II, too, I believe. Dame May Whitty: Actress? and is there an “Edna” in there somewhere? I wouldn’t have bothered to offer such a flimsy guess except I was already answering the Rankin one. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/59 "2014-04-04T15:50:31Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I confess I did not get the Gould-Bowles hilarity either. > > Jeannette Ranken (Rankin?): Congresswoman from Montana who “vetoed” US entry in WWI and II, too, I believe. > > Dame May Whitty: Actress? and is there an “Edna” in there somewhere? I wouldn’t have bothered to offer such a flimsy guess except I was already answering the Rankin one. You may be thinking of actress Edna Mae Oliver, who appeared in some old Warner Bros. cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/60 "2014-04-04T17:09:52Z")
Rankin was the 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341.md?page=4)