# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **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:** 1208
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24144 "2014-03-27T16:54:44Z")
Legendary/Fictional Characters With One Human Parent and One God/Goddess Parent 1. Aeneas (human father Anchises and goddess mother Venus) 2. Percy Jackson (human mother Sally Jackson and god father Poseidon) 3. Hercules (human mother Alcmene and god father Zeus) 4. Polux (human mother Leda, and god father Zeus) 5. Jesus Christ (human mother Mary of Nazareth, and god father God) 6. Wonder Woman (human mother Hippolyte, and god father Zeus) 7. The Nephilim (an antediluvian race created by humans mating with demons) 8. Theseus (human mother Aethra and god father Poseidon) 9. Achilles (son of Peleus and Thetis) Rare case of a semi-divine with a human father. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24145 "2014-03-27T17:03:11Z")
Legendary/Fictional Characters With One Human Parent and One God/Goddess Parent 1. Aeneas (human father Anchises and goddess mother Venus) 2. Percy Jackson (human mother Sally Jackson and god father Poseidon) 3. Hercules (human mother Alcmene and god father Zeus) 4. Polux (human mother Leda, and god father Zeus) 5. Jesus Christ (human mother Mary of Nazareth, and god father God) 6. Wonder Woman (human mother Hippolyte, and god father Zeus) 7. The Nephilim (an antediluvian race created by humans mating with demons) 8. Theseus (human mother Aethra and god father Poseidon) 9. Achilles (son of Peleus and Thetis) 10. Michael Corleone (Son of Vito Corleone (THE Godfather) and Carmela Corleone) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24146 "2014-03-27T17:05:20Z")
Legendary/Fictional Characters With One Human Parent and One God/Goddess Parent 1. Aeneas (human father Anchises and goddess mother Venus) 2. Percy Jackson (human mother Sally Jackson and god father Poseidon) 3. Hercules (human mother Alcmene and god father Zeus) 4. Polux (human mother Leda, and god father Zeus) 5. Jesus Christ (human mother Mary of Nazareth, and god father God) 6. Wonder Woman (human mother Hippolyte, and god father Zeus) 7. The Nephilim (an antediluvian race created by humans mating with demons) 8. Theseus (human mother Aethra and god father Poseidon) 9. Achilles (son of Peleus and Thetis) 10. Michael Corleone (Son of Vito Corleone (THE Godfather) and Carmela Corleone) 11. Hope (daughter of Dahak and Gabrielle, from _Xena: Warrior Princess_) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24147 "2014-03-27T18:49:43Z")
Legendary/Fictional Characters With One Human Parent and One God/Goddess Parent 1. Aeneas (human father Anchises and goddess mother Venus) 2. Percy Jackson (human mother Sally Jackson and god father Poseidon) 3. Hercules (human mother Alcmene and god father Zeus) 4. Polux (human mother Leda, and god father Zeus) 5. Jesus Christ (human mother Mary of Nazareth, and god father God) 6. Wonder Woman (human mother Hippolyte, and god father Zeus) 7. The Nephilim (an antediluvian race created by humans mating with demons) 8. Theseus (human mother Aethra and god father Poseidon) 9. Achilles (son of Peleus and Thetis) 10. Michael Corleone (Son of Vito Corleone (THE Godfather) and Carmela Corleone) 11. Hope (daughter of Dahak and Gabrielle, from Xena: Warrior Princess) 12. Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Ninsun ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24148 "2014-03-27T19:46:22Z")
Legendary/Fictional Characters With One Human Parent and One God/Goddess Parent 1. Aeneas (human father Anchises and goddess mother Venus) 2. Percy Jackson (human mother Sally Jackson and god father Poseidon) 3. Hercules (human mother Alcmene and god father Zeus) 4. Polux (human mother Leda, and god father Zeus) 5. Jesus Christ (human mother Mary of Nazareth, and god father God) 6. Wonder Woman (human mother Hippolyte, and god father Zeus) 7. The Nephilim (an antediluvian race created by humans mating with demons) 8. Theseus (human mother Aethra and god father Poseidon) 9. Achilles (son of Peleus and Thetis) 10. Michael Corleone (Son of Vito Corleone (THE Godfather) and Carmela Corleone) 11. Hope (daughter of Dahak and Gabrielle, from Xena: Warrior Princess) 12. Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Ninsun 13. Cúchulainn, son of Lug and a woman whose name escapes me New topic: People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24149 "2014-03-27T19:51:25Z")
New topic: People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24150 "2014-03-27T20:03:45Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. ) Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24151 "2014-03-27T21:00:37Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24152 "2014-03-27T21:14:32Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24153 "2014-03-27T21:38:21Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24154 "2014-03-27T21:57:12Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. [Tim Cole](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/convict-exonerated-after-death_n_1272061.html) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24155 "2014-03-27T22:00:39Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. Tim Cole 8. Charles Darwin ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24156 "2014-03-27T23:58:22Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. Tim Cole 8. Charles Darwin 9. Leon Trotsky Trotsky preached a counter-revolution in the USSR and predicted that the corrupt bureaucracy would lead to the return of capitalism to Russia ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24157 "2014-03-28T02:04:49Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. Tim Cole 8. Charles Darwin 9. Leon Trotsky 10. Alfred Wegener ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24158 "2014-03-28T04:07:11Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. Tim Cole 8. Charles Darwin 9. Leon Trotsky 10. Alfred Wegener 11. John Adams Among other prescient writings, he predicted that if slavery were not abolished at the beginning of the American nation it would ultimately result in a civil war. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24159 "2014-03-28T04:13:16Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Legendary/Fictional Characters With One Human Parent and One God/Goddess Parent > > …13) Cúchulainn, son of Lug and a woman whose name escapes me Deichtine. There’s this crazy thing the kids are calling Wikipedia: [Cú Chulainn - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BAchulainn) People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. Tim Cole 8. Charles Darwin 9. Leon Trotsky 10. Alfred Wegener 11. John Adams 12. Joan of Arc ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24160 "2014-03-28T05:12:29Z")
People vindicated by history and/or popular opinion after death 1. Alan Turing 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Galileo 4. Tesla 5. Jesus Christ 6. General Billy Mitchell 7. Tim Cole 8. Charles Darwin 9. Leon Trotsky 10. Alfred Wegener 11. John Adams 12. Joan of Arc 13. Giordano Bruno I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24161 "2014-03-28T05:56:19Z")
I’ll start one. Biblical movies. 1. The Ten Commandments ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24162 "2014-03-28T06:20:38Z")
Biblical movies. 1. The Ten Commandments 2. [Wholly Moses!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081751/) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24163 "2014-03-28T06:22:15Z")
Biblical movies. 1. The Ten Commandments 2. [Wholly Moses!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081751/) 3. The Robe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1209)