# 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:** 1216

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24304 "2014-03-30T02:24:41Z")

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Famous People whose last name ends with “-son” (no repeating the last name)

1. Babe Didrikson
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Bruce Dickinson
5. Jack Nicholson
6. Emma Watson
7. Samuel L. Jackson
8. Scarlett Johansson
9. Lyndon Johnson
10. Charles Bronson

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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:** [March 30, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24305 "2014-03-30T02:40:45Z")

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Famous People whose last name ends with “-son” (no repeating the last name)

1. Babe Didrikson
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Bruce Dickinson
5. Jack Nicholson
6. Emma Watson
7. Samuel L. Jackson
8. Scarlett Johansson
9. Lyndon Johnson
10. Charles Bronson
11. Sam Donaldson

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**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 30, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24306 "2014-03-30T02:44:39Z")

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Famous People whose last name ends with “-son” (no repeating the last name)

1. Babe Didrikson
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Bruce Dickinson
5. Jack Nicholson
6. Emma Watson
7. Samuel L. Jackson
8. Scarlett Johansson
9. Lyndon Johnson
10. Charles Bronson
11. Sam Donaldson
12. Andrew Johnson

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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:** [March 30, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24307 "2014-03-30T03:01:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> 1. Andrew Johnson

Violates the no repeating last name rule.

Famous People whose last name ends with “-son” (no repeating the last name)

1. Babe Didrikson
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Bruce Dickinson
5. Jack Nicholson
6. Emma Watson
7. Samuel L. Jackson
8. Scarlett Johansson
9. Lyndon Johnson
10. Charles Bronson
11. Sam Donaldson
12. Wes Anderson

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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:** [March 30, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24308 "2014-03-30T03:06:24Z")

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Famous People whose last name ends with “-son” (no repeating the last name)

1. Babe Didrikson

2. Woodrow Wilson

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. Bruce Dickinson

5. Jack Nicholson

6. Emma Watson

7. Samuel L. Jackson

8. Scarlett Johansson

9. Lyndon Johnson

10. Charles Bronson

11. Sam Donaldson

12. Wes Anderson

13. Jim Henson  
Next: Famous Scots

14. Sean Connery

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24309 "2014-03-30T03:11:48Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)

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**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 30, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24310 "2014-03-30T03:46:10Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots

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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:** [March 30, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24311 "2014-03-30T04:27:59Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24312 "2014-03-30T06:32:54Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24313 "2014-03-30T10:05:34Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24314 "2014-03-30T13:06:02Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)
7. Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)

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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:** [March 30, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24315 "2014-03-30T13:14:30Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)
7. Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
8. Peter Capaldi

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24316 "2014-03-30T13:22:16Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)
7. Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
8. Peter Capaldi
9. Mark Knopfler

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24317 "2014-03-30T13:46:04Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)
7. Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
8. Peter Capaldi
9. Mark Knopfler
10. That girl who played the lead guy’s sweet Texas wife in _No Country for Old Men_ ::“noteworthy” if not famous. Certainly more famous _for me_ for cocktail-party chatter than…let’s see, 2,4,9, and 10, all of whom I never heard of…:

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24318 "2014-03-30T13:47:55Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)
7. Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
8. Peter Capaldi
9. Mark Knopfler
10. That girl who played the lead guy’s sweet Texas wife in No Country for Old Men
11. Colin Montgomerie (golfer)

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24319 "2014-03-30T13:48:53Z")

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Famous Scots

1. Sean Connery
2. Karen Gillan (whew)
3. Mary, Queen of Scots
4. William Wallace
5. Jackie Stewart
6. Lulu (“To Sir With Love”)
7. Alexander Fleming (Penicillin)
8. Peter Capaldi
9. Mark Knopfler
10. Kelly Macdonald 🙂
11. Colin Montgomerie
12. Sheena Easton

Next: People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

1. Frank McCourt

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24320 "2014-03-30T13:52:20Z")

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:: I’m not saying it’s a _good_ thing I never heard of those guys. ::

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24321 "2014-03-30T13:53:24Z")

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:: Seeves me right for yakking. ::

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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:** [March 30, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24322 "2014-03-30T14:41:59Z")

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Next: People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

1. Frank McCourt
2. Grandma Moses

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24323 "2014-03-30T14:55:51Z")

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

1. Frank McCourt
2. Grandma Moses
3. Bill Walsh

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