# 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:** 1312

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26224 "2014-05-29T21:25:44Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26225 "2014-05-29T21:35:47Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26226 "2014-05-29T21:48:10Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
9. Joe Pantoliano

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 29, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26227 "2014-05-29T21:48:46Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
9. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Probably the only celebrity whose name is eleven syllables long.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26228 "2014-05-29T21:53:51Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
9. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
10. Kim Kardashian

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26229 "2014-05-29T21:55:51Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
9. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
10. George Stephanapolous
11. Kim Kardashian

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26230 "2014-05-29T22:03:42Z")

</div>

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
9. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
10. George Stephanapolous
11. Kim Kardashian
12. John D. Rockefeller

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26231 "2014-05-29T22:34:20Z")

</div>

Since you cats froze me out …

Famous people whose last names have 10 or more letters and 4 or more syllables

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Nicolaus Copernicus
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. Orville Redenbacher
6. Petro Poroshenko
7. Mikhail Baryshnikov
8. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
9. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
10. George Stephanapolous
11. Kim Kardashian
12. John D. Rockefeller
13. Joe Pantoliano

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26232 "2014-05-29T22:35:27Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 29, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26233 "2014-05-29T22:51:57Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 29, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26234 "2014-05-29T23:26:09Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26235 "2014-05-29T23:28:49Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 29, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26236 "2014-05-29T23:37:49Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26237 "2014-05-29T23:40:31Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore
7. Hayao Miyazaki

_While he’s obviously more famous for his films, he’s been doing manga since the sixties and it, not anime, was his original dream/goal._

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26238 "2014-05-30T00:04:01Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore
7. Hayao Miyazaki
8. Roy Thomas

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26239 "2014-05-30T00:52:25Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore
7. Hayao Miyazaki
8. Roy Thomas
9. Matt Groening

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26240 "2014-05-30T01:02:27Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> U.S. military personnel worthy of being remembered this Memorial Day weekend  
> 5. Robert Feller, “Bullet Bob”

> [@astorian](#):
>
> Nitpick: Bob Feller was “Rapid Robert”

Nitpick back at you - Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed “The Heater from Van Meter”, “Bullet Bob”, and “Rapid Robert”… (Per wikipedia)

You think I’d give my War Hero a wrong nickname? :dubious:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 30, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26241 "2014-05-30T01:06:10Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore
7. Hayao Miyazaki
8. Roy Thomas
9. Matt Groening
10. Neil Gaiman

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 30, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26242 "2014-05-30T01:53:30Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore
7. Hayao Miyazaki
8. Roy Thomas
9. Matt Groening
10. Neil Gaiman
11. Jerry Siegel

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26243 "2014-05-30T03:35:23Z")

</div>

Famous Comic Book Creators (Writers or Artists)

1. Jack Kirby
2. Chris Claremont
3. Bob Kane
4. Stan Lee
5. Carmen Infantino
6. Alan Moore
7. Hayao Miyazaki
8. Roy Thomas
9. Matt Groening
10. Neil Gaiman
11. Jerry Siegel
12. Bill Finger

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1311)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1313)
