# 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:** 2931
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58607 "2018-04-20T14:25:10Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Yang Liwei The first Chinese citizen in space: [Yang Liwei - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Liwei) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58608 "2018-04-20T14:26:15Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58609 "2018-04-20T15:09:00Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po 8. Wong Fei-Hung ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58610 "2018-04-20T15:18:23Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Yang Liwei 8. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po 9. Wong Fei-Hung Housekeeping ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58611 "2018-04-20T15:39:28Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Yang Liwei 8. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po 9. Wong Fei-Hung 10. Chiang Kai-shek ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58612 "2018-04-20T15:43:11Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Yang Liwei 8. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po 9. Wong Fei-Hung 10. Chiang Kai-shek 11. Liu Bei ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58613 "2018-04-20T16:24:12Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Yang Liwei 8. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po 9. Wong Fei-Hung 10. Chiang Kai-shek 11. Liu Bei 12. Confucius ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58614 "2018-04-20T16:28:26Z")
Famous Chinese people, past or present. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Fu Mingxia 3. Yao Ming 4. Mao Zedong 5. Sun Yat-sen 6. Sun Tzu 7. Yang Liwei 8. Dong (“Red Pork”) Po 9. Wong Fei-Hung 10. Chiang Kai-shek 11. Liu Bei 12. Confucius 13. Tsai Lun, purported inventor of paper New: Famous people born in Israel 14. Gene Simmons of KISS ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58615 "2018-04-20T16:51:59Z")
New: Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58616 "2018-04-20T17:07:18Z")
New: Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58617 "2018-04-20T17:16:00Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58618 "2018-04-20T17:29:06Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58619 "2018-04-20T19:04:26Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath Scientist in the field of crystallography and 2009 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Her worked helped elucidate the structure of the ribosome. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58620 "2018-04-20T19:04:50Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58621 "2018-04-20T19:13:37Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol 8. Yitzhak Rabin ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58622 "2018-04-20T19:20:26Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol 8. Yitzhak Rabin 9. Itzhak Perlman Okay, technically he was born in British Palestine a few years before it became Israel. But if Geller, Rabin, Topol, Yonath, and Jesus count then so should Perlman. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58623 "2018-04-20T19:25:56Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol 8. Yitzhak Rabin 9. Itzhak Perlman 10. Benjamin Netanyahu ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58624 "2018-04-20T19:55:38Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol 8. Yitzhak Rabin 9. Itzhak Perlman 10. Benjamin Netanyahu 11. Noam Dar ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58625 "2018-04-20T22:03:00Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol 8. Yitzhak Rabin 9. Itzhak Perlman 10. Benjamin Netanyahu 11. Noam Dar 12. Moshe Dayan One of the first native-born Israeli (“_sabra_”) political leaders ---
**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:** [April 20, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58626 "2018-04-20T22:56:26Z")
Famous people born in Israel 1. Gene Simmons of KISS 2. Gal Gadot 3. Uri Geller 4. Jesus Christ 5. Natalie Portman 6. Ada Yonath 7. Topol 8. Yitzhak Rabin 9. Itzhak Perlman 10. Benjamin Netanyahu 11. Noam Dar 12. Moshe Dayan 13. Bar Refaeli I’ll pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2930) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2932)