# 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:** 1503
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30044 "2014-10-06T21:48:17Z")
A Famous Person Whose First Name is a US President’s Last Name (BESIDES Washington Irving) 1. Truman Capote 2. Ford Madox Ford 3. Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier 4. Jefferson Davis 5. Taylor Swift 6. Tyler Kennedy (pro Hockey Player) 7. McKinley Kantor (Historian, author of “Andersonville”) 8. Lincoln Kennedy (former NFL offensive tackle) 9. Jackson Browne 10. Grant Hill ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30045 "2014-10-06T21:52:34Z")
A Famous Person Whose First Name is a US President’s Last Name (BESIDES Washington Irving) 1. Truman Capote 2. Ford Madox Ford 3. Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier 4. Jefferson Davis 5. Taylor Swift 6. Tyler Kennedy (pro Hockey Player) 7. McKinley Kantor (Historian, author of “Andersonville”) 8. Lincoln Kennedy (former NFL offensive tackle) 9. Jackson Browne 10. Grant Hill 11. Harrison Ford ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30046 "2014-10-06T22:21:54Z")
A Famous Person Whose First Name is a US President’s Last Name (BESIDES Washington Irving) 1. Truman Capote 2. Ford Madox Ford 3. Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier 4. Jefferson Davis 5. Taylor Swift 6. Tyler Kennedy (pro Hockey Player) 7. McKinley Kantor (Historian, author of “Andersonville”) 8. Lincoln Kennedy (former NFL offensive tackle) 9. Jackson Browne 10. Grant Hill 11. Harrison Ford 12. Wilson Pickett ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30047 "2014-10-06T22:34:17Z")
New Topic: A Famous Person Whose First Name is a US President’s Last Name (BESIDES Washington Irving) 1. Truman Capote 2. Ford Madox Ford 3. Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier 4. Jefferson Davis 5. Taylor Swift 6. Tyler Kennedypro Hockey Player) 7. McKinley Kantor (Historian, author of “Andersonville”) 8. Lincoln Kennedy (former NFL offensive tackle) 9. Jackson Browne 10. Grant Hill 11. Harrison Ford 12. Wilson Pickett 13. Madison Bumgarner, ace pitcher, pitching at this moment for the Giants. Next Famous peson whosle first name ends with his last name intial: 14. Jac_ **K K** _ennedy ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30048 "2014-10-06T22:42:35Z")
Next Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker ---
**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:** [October 6, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30049 "2014-10-06T22:49:54Z")
Next Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30050 "2014-10-07T00:32:05Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30051 "2014-10-07T00:32:41Z")
Next Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30052 "2014-10-07T01:06:21Z")
Next Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30053 "2014-10-07T02:42:11Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > New Topic: A Famous Person Whose First Name is a US President’s Last Name (BESIDES Washington Irving) > > …7. McKinley Kantor (Historian, author of “Andersonville”) Bzzt. His first name was spelled “MacKinlay.” I’ll substitute: 1. Washington Roebling (finished the Brooklyn Bridge after the death of his father John) In play: Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30054 "2014-10-07T02:47:12Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. William McKinley ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30055 "2014-10-07T02:54:36Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. William McKinley 9. PauL Lynde ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30056 "2014-10-07T03:13:49Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. William McKinley 9. PauL Lynde 10. Fred Durst ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30057 "2014-10-07T03:57:18Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. William McKinley 9. PauL Lynde 10. Fred Durst 11. Richard Dawkins ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30058 "2014-10-07T04:04:12Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. William McKinley 9. PauL Lynde 10. Fred Durst 11. Richard Dawkins 12. Michael Landon ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30059 "2014-10-07T04:17:47Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his last name initial: 1. JacK Kennedy 2. BoB Barker 3. DaviD Duchovny 4. Cheryl Ladd 5. Steve Earle 6. JefF Foxworthy 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. William McKinley 9. PauL Lynde 10. Fred Durst 11. Richard Dawkins 12. Michael Landon 13. James Sherman - along with Kennedy, Wilson, and McKinley, completes the list of Presidents and VPs that fit this category. Next: Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta Sherman ends with N, and Norm begins with N. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30060 "2014-10-07T04:22:17Z")
Next: Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier (I think I sprained a lobe trying to parse that while tired, but I think I got it right…) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30061 "2014-10-07T04:37:22Z")
You did get it right. Hopefully your lobe heals quickly. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30062 "2014-10-07T11:17:12Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30063 "2014-10-07T11:32:32Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby (never heard of 1 thu 3 so thought I would throw in a Brit to confound the rest of you! Also a first name having to begin with a Y may cause some problems!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1502) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1504)