# 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:** 1506
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30104 "2014-10-08T18:08:51Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder Wrote all of her life, but became a bestselling author in her 60s. ---
**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 8, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30105 "2014-10-08T18:51:51Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller “Where’s the beef?” ---
**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 8, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30106 "2014-10-08T18:57:05Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30107 "2014-10-08T19:19:05Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul. A mediocre minor league pitcher, until at the age of 33, the Phillies saw that he could hit, gave him a shot as an outfielder, and he batted .360 over the next four years (.398 once), finishing second and third in voting for MVP. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30108 "2014-10-08T19:21:26Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul 8. Colonel Harland Sanders Founded Kentucky Fried Chicken in his 60s. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30109 "2014-10-08T19:51:59Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul 8. Colonel Harland Sanders 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer (hit #1 on the NY Time best seller list with _ **…And Ladies of the Club** _ in her eighties) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30110 "2014-10-08T21:44:04Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul 8. Colonel Harland Sanders 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Susan Boyle ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30111 "2014-10-08T21:48:00Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul 8. Colonel Harland Sanders 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Susan Boyle 11. Ronald Reagan Sure, he was famous for other things long before, but he was first elected to public office at age 55. ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30112 "2014-10-09T00:48:46Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul 8. Colonel Harland Sanders 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Susan Boyle 11. Ronald Reagan 12. Danny Aiello Started acting at age 40. ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30113 "2014-10-09T02:15:26Z")
Professional Late Bloomers: Famous People Who Did Not Become Successful/Famous in their Field Until They Were Middle Aged or Older 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Diana Nyad 4. Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Clara Peller 6. Wilford Brimley 7. Lefty O’Doul 8. Colonel Harland Sanders 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Susan Boyle 11. Ronald Reagan 12. Danny Aiello 13. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Really became famous in his sixties and after. Next category: People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir Yeah, it’s been on my mind. Persons 2-13 should be more famous than me, please. ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30114 "2014-10-09T02:33:12Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30115 "2014-10-09T02:33:37Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30116 "2014-10-09T02:35:03Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert ---
**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:** [October 9, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30117 "2014-10-09T03:06:59Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock ---
**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 9, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30118 "2014-10-09T03:16:06Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock 5. Infovore (I don’t know if I’m more famous than **Elendil’s Heir** (probably not) but it’s happening in a month and it’s on my mind, too) ---
**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 9, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30119 "2014-10-09T03:57:58Z")
You’re both famous!!! People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock 5. Infovore 6. Johnny Depp ---
**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 9, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30120 "2014-10-09T05:27:06Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock 5. Infovore 6. Johnny Depp 7. Sandra Bullock ---
**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 9, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30121 "2014-10-09T10:33:43Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock 5. Infovore 6. Johnny Depp 7. Sandra Bullock 8. Courtney Love Also turning 50 this year: Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue. ---
**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 9, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30122 "2014-10-09T11:23:03Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock 5. Infovore 6. Johnny Depp 7. Sandra Bullock 8. Courtney Love 9. Nicholas Cage ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30123 "2014-10-09T11:27:02Z")
People who turn 50 this year 1. Elendil’s Heir 2. Michelle Obama 3. Stephen Colbert 4. Sandra Bullock 5. Infovore 6. Johnny Depp 7. Sandra Bullock 8. Courtney Love 9. Nicholas Cage 10. G.I. Joe Yo Joe! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1505) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1507)