# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1041

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20804 "2013-11-14T16:01:03Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20805 "2013-11-14T16:03:00Z")

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New! Today is the Feast of St. Philip the Apostle.  
Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Phillip Phillips

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20806 "2013-11-14T16:05:33Z")

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New! Today is the Feast of St. Philip the Apostle.  
Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillip
4. Phil Coulson

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20807 "2013-11-14T16:05:39Z")

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never mind

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20808 "2013-11-14T16:06:47Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson
5. Phil Simms

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20809 "2013-11-14T16:12:15Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins

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**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:** [November 14, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20810 "2013-11-14T16:22:09Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead

The gifted actor who portrayed TV’s Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20811 "2013-11-14T16:26:11Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead
8. Philip Pirrip (a/k/a “Pip” from **Great Expectations**.)

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20812 "2013-11-14T16:35:21Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson (“Wait, his first name is Agent.”)
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead
8. Philip Pirrip (a/k/a “Pip” from Great Expectations.)
9. Phil Hartman

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20813 "2013-11-14T16:45:48Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson (“Wait, his first name is Agent.”)
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead
8. Philip Pirrip (a/k/a “Pip” from Great Expectations.)
9. Phil Hartman
10. Phil Dunphy (“Modern Family”)

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20814 "2013-11-14T17:03:06Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson (“Wait, his first name is Agent.”)
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead
8. Philip Pirrip (a/k/a “Pip” from Great Expectations.)
9. Phil Hartman
10. Phil Dunphy (“Modern Family”)
11. Phil Esposito (Hockey hall of famer)

Prof. Pepperwinkle, I had no idea where your username came from. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20815 "2013-11-14T17:05:05Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson (“Wait, his first name is Agent.”)
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead
8. Philip Pirrip (a/k/a “Pip” from Great Expectations.)
9. Phil Hartman
10. Phil Dunphy (“Modern Family”)
11. Phil Esposito (Hockey hall of famer)
12. Ryan Philippe

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**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:** [November 14, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20816 "2013-11-14T17:18:38Z")

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Name 13 Other Famous Phils (or Philip or Phillip or Phillippe, &c.)

1. Philip of Macedon
2. Philip K. Dick
3. Phillip Phillips
4. Phil Coulson (“Wait, his first name is Agent.”)
5. Phil Simms
6. Phil Collins
7. Phil Tead
8. Philip Pirrip (a/k/a “Pip” from Great Expectations.)
9. Phil Hartman
10. Phil Dunphy (“Modern Family”)
11. Phil Esposito (Hockey hall of famer)
12. Ryan Philippe
13. Phil Niekro (pitcher for the Atlanta Braves)

New Topic:

People known by three names.

1. Johann Sebastian Bach

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20817 "2013-11-14T17:19:36Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20818 "2013-11-14T17:35:04Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper
3. Sarah Michelle Geller

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**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:** [November 14, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20819 "2013-11-14T17:37:52Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper
3. Sarah Michelle Geller
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20820 "2013-11-14T17:41:13Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper
3. Sarah Michelle Geller
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. Tommy Lee Jones

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**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:** [November 14, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20821 "2013-11-14T17:42:47Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper
3. Sarah Michelle Geller
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. Tommy Lee Jones
6. Lee Harvey Oswald

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20822 "2013-11-14T17:47:13Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper
3. Sarah Michelle Geller
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. Tommy Lee Jones
6. Lee Harvey Oswald
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I guess so people wouldn’t confuse him with all the other Wolfgang Mozarts.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20823 "2013-11-14T17:52:28Z")

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People Known by Three Names

1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. James Fenimore Cooper
3. Sarah Michelle Geller
4. Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. Tommy Lee Jones
6. Lee Harvey Oswald
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
8. George Dubya Bush

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