# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/241 "2010-08-17T14:09:12Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/242 "2010-08-17T14:12:12Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/243 "2010-08-17T14:21:12Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/244 "2010-08-17T14:24:16Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) 8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/245 "2010-08-17T14:26:07Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) 8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor) 9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer) (sorry to bogart the thread, but I thought of the Richards Burton right after posting) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/246 "2010-08-17T14:29:34Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) 8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor) 9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer) 10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress) (sorry to bogart the thread, but I thought of the Vanessa Williams right after posting) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/247 "2010-08-17T14:31:27Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) 8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor) 9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer) 10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress) 11. Anne Hathaway (actress) and Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/248 "2010-08-17T14:32:31Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) 8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor) 9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer) 10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress) 11. Anne Hathaway (actress) and Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) 12. Richard Hatch (fat naked Survivor winner) and Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica actor) (sorry to bogart the thread, but I thought of those Dicks right after posting) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/249 "2010-08-17T14:38:51Z")
Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name: 1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo) 2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop) 4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire) 5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer) 6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman) 7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer) 8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor) 9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer) 10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress) 11. Anne Hathaway (actress) and Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) 12. Richard Hatch (fat naked Survivor winner) and Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica actor) 13. Brian Wilson (Beach Boy) and Brian Wilson (Fox news correspondant)… New catagory: Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/250 "2010-08-17T14:39:26Z")
Beaten to the punch Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/251 "2010-08-17T14:44:14Z")
Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/252 "2010-08-17T14:47:08Z")
Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8) 2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes) 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/253 "2010-08-17T14:48:43Z")
Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8) 2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes) 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/254 "2010-08-17T15:00:41Z")
Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8) 2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes) 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/255 "2010-08-17T15:04:41Z")
Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) 7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/256 "2010-08-17T15:13:41Z")
Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) 7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice) 8. Ancient wonders of the world ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/257 "2010-08-17T15:19:42Z")
Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) 7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice) 8. Ancient wonders of the world 9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6) ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/258 "2010-08-17T15:39:53Z")
Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) 7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice) 8. Ancient wonders of the world 9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6) 10. Wives of Henry VIII ---
**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:** [August 17, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/259 "2010-08-17T16:08:16Z")
Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them 1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) 7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice) 8. Ancient wonders of the world 9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6) 10. Wives of Henry VIII 11. Star Trek movies (11 with a 12th in production) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/260 "2010-08-17T16:13:47Z")
1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8). 2. Planets in our solar system. 3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together) 4. Months of the year (12-ish) 5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum) 6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon) 7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice) 8. Ancient wonders of the world 9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6) 10. Wives of Henry VIII 11. Star Trek movies (11 with a 12th in production) 12. Days of the week [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=14)