# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 298
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5944 "2021-05-17T22:48:04Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5945 "2021-05-17T22:58:09Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon “…nearly branded/ a Communist 'cause i’m left-handed/ that’s the hand to use / well, never mind…” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5946 "2021-05-18T00:32:11Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Curie ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5947 "2021-05-18T00:38:52Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Cur 8. Paul McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5948 "2021-05-18T00:54:28Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Curie 8. Paul McCartney 9. Jim Abbott For those not in the know, Jim Abbott was a major league baseball pitcher. He had to be left-handed, because he was born without a right hand. ---
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**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Curie 8. Paul McCartney 9. Jim Abbott 10. Phil Collins ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5950 "2021-05-18T03:29:36Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Curie 8. Paul McCartney 9. Jim Abbott 10. Phil Collins 11. Babe Ruth ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5951 "2021-05-18T05:05:33Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Curie 8. Paul McCartney 9. Jim Abbott 10. Phil Collins 11. Babe Ruth 12. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5952 "2021-05-18T08:55:19Z")
**Famous Left-handed People** 1. Barack Obama 2. Lefty Grove 3. Sandy Koufax 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Bill Gates 6. Paul Simon 7. Marie Curie 8. Paul McCartney 9. Jim Abbott 10. Phil Collins 11. Babe Ruth 12. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 13. Napoleon Bonaparte Pass ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5953 "2021-05-18T14:16:46Z")
**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot Yes, all three of the major U.S. presidential candidates in 1992 were southpaws! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5957 "2021-05-18T14:39:21Z")
**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5958 "2021-05-18T14:41:16Z")
**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) 8. Oprah Winfrey ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) 8. Oprah Winfrey 9. Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5962 "2021-05-18T15:34:03Z")
**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) 8. Oprah Winfrey 9. Bill Clinton 10. Marvelous Marvin Hagler ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) 8. Oprah Winfrey 9. Bill Clinton 10. Marvelous Marvin Hagler 11. Winston Churchill [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=299)