# 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:** 2451
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49006 "2017-01-16T12:44:26Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49007 "2017-01-16T12:50:04Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49008 "2017-01-16T12:54:39Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49009 "2017-01-16T13:43:30Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49010 "2017-01-16T13:58:00Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard(married name: Nelson) 😃 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49011 "2017-01-16T15:42:05Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard 9. Ian Irvine Australian writer and scientist. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49012 "2017-01-16T15:53:36Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard 9. Ian Irvine 10. Joe Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49013 "2017-01-16T16:07:53Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard 9. Ian Irvine 10. Joe Jackson 11. Keira Knightley ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49014 "2017-01-16T16:08:30Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard 9. Ian Irvine 10. Joe Jackson 11. Keira Knightley 12. Larry Linville ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49015 "2017-01-16T16:21:02Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard 9. Ian Irvine 10. Joe Jackson 11. Keira Knightley 12. Larry Linville 13. Mickey Mantle Next: Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 14. Roger Bannister, neurologist ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49016 "2017-01-16T16:21:18Z")
Well-known folks with first and last names starting with same letter (A-M) 1. Alan Alda 2. Barbara Billingsley 3. Coco Chanel 4. Daveed Diggs 5. Edith Evans 6. Frank Fontaine 7. Gloria Grahame 8. Harriet Hilliard 9. Ian Irvine 10. Joe Jackson 11. Keira Knightley 12. Larry Linville 13. Michael Myers … NEW: Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49017 "2017-01-16T16:46:35Z")
Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49018 "2017-01-16T16:51:53Z")
_Looks like we have two lists going simultaneously …_ **Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields** 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice **Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters** (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49019 "2017-01-16T17:51:44Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49020 "2017-01-16T17:59:46Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota 4. Bill Bradley, Senator Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) 4. Beatrice, NE (Much Ado About Nothing) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49021 "2017-01-16T18:42:48Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota 4. Bill Bradley, Senator 5. Jim Lonborg- Cy Young winning pitcher turned orthodontist Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) 4. Beatrice, NE (Much Ado About Nothing) 5. Helena, MT (Midsummer Night’s Dream) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49022 "2017-01-16T19:53:56Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota 4. Bill Bradley, Senator 5. Jim Lonborg- Cy Young winning pitcher turned orthodontist 6. Ted Williams - Pilot Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) 4. Beatrice, NE (Much Ado About Nothing) 5. Helena, MT (Midsummer Night’s Dream) 6. Joseph, UT (Taming of the Shrew) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49023 "2017-01-16T20:12:39Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota 4. Bill Bradley, Senator 5. Jim Lonborg- Cy Young winning pitcher turned orthodontist 6. Ted Williams - Pilot 7. Byron White - College football player, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) 4. Beatrice, NE (Much Ado About Nothing) 5. Helena, MT (Midsummer Night’s Dream) 6. Joseph, UT (Taming of the Shrew) 7. Othello, WA (Othello) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49024 "2017-01-16T20:28:17Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota 4. Bill Bradley, Senator 5. Jim Lonborg- Cy Young winning pitcher turned orthodontist 6. Ted Williams - Pilot 7. Byron White - College football player, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 8. Merlin Oleson, actor Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) 4. Beatrice, NE (Much Ado About Nothing) 5. Helena, MT (Midsummer Night’s Dream) 6. Joseph, UT (Taming of the Shrew) 7. Othello, WA (Othello) 8. Titus, AL (Titus Andronicus) it’s tiny admittedly, but it’s the closest post office to where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49025 "2017-01-16T20:38:26Z")
Famous athletes who had interesting careers in other fields 1. Roger Bannister, neurologist 2. Alan Page, state supreme court justice 3. Jesse Ventura, Navy UDT (played sports while in service), pro wrestler, actor, governor of Minnesota 4. Bill Bradley, Senator 5. Jim Lonborg- Cy Young winning pitcher turned orthodontist 6. Ted Williams - Pilot 7. Byron White - College football player, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 8. Merlin Oleson, actor 9. Jack Kemp, Buffalo Bills captain and AFL MVP winner, Congressman, HUD Secretary, ran for VP in 1994 Cities and towns with names shared with Shakespearean characters (names like “St. Romeo”, “Julietville”, “Port Hamlet”, etc. are fair game): 1. Orlando, FL (As You Like It) 2. Henry, IL (Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI Parts 1-3; Henry VIII 3. Albany, NY (Duke of Albany, King Lear) 4. Beatrice, NE (Much Ado About Nothing) 5. Helena, MT (Midsummer Night’s Dream) 6. Joseph, UT (Taming of the Shrew) 7. Othello, WA (Othello) 8. Titus, AL (Titus Andronicus) 9. Cornwall, Ontario (Duke of Cornwall, King Lear) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2450) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2452)