# 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:** 806
### Author:  [@MildlyObsessed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MildlyObsessed)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16102 "2013-04-29T12:34:17Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16103 "2013-04-29T12:42:51Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
10. Jean-Claude Killy
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16104 "2013-04-29T12:43:46Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
10. Victor Hugo
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16105 "2013-04-29T13:03:24Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
10. Victor Hugo
11. Yannick Noah
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16106 "2013-04-29T13:04:56Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
10. Victor Hugo
11. Yannick Noah
12. Jacques Cousteau
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16107 "2013-04-29T13:13:05Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
10. Victor Hugo
11. Yannick Noah
12. Jacques Cousteau
13. Gaston LeRoux
Next up: People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16108 "2013-04-29T13:13:50Z")
Noteworthy French people
1. Marquis de Lafayette
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alain Prost
4. Michel de Montaigne
5. Claude Monet
6. Charles De Gaulle
7. Brigitte Bardot
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Jules Verne
10. Victor Hugo
11. Yannick Noah
12. Jacques Cousteau
13. Édouard, Viscount de Lastours
Next up:
German Inventions and their Inventors (optional: include year)
1. Motorcycle: Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, 1885
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16109 "2013-04-29T13:15:26Z")
Annie! Gotta love ya!
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16110 "2013-04-29T13:23:01Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16111 "2013-04-29T13:27:09Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16112 "2013-04-29T13:32:29Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16113 "2013-04-29T13:32:39Z")
> [@echo7tango](#):
>
> Annie! Gotta love ya!
> People whose names only utilize one vowel:
>
> 1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
> 2. Donny Osmond
And sometimes Y.
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16114 "2013-04-29T13:44:21Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16115 "2013-04-29T13:45:13Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
7. Bono
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16116 "2013-04-29T13:47:00Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
7. Bono
8. [Tim Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timmy_Smith) (I wanted to find an “I”)
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16117 "2013-04-29T13:49:25Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres (E)
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
7. Bono
8. Tim Smith (I wanted to find an “I”)
9. Pat Sajak
No respect for Jean-Claude Killy in the French Category. Post 16100?
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16118 "2013-04-29T13:49:31Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
7. Bono
8. Tim Smith (I wanted to find an “I”)
9. Yoko Ono
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16119 "2013-04-29T13:50:09Z")
nm
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16120 "2013-04-29T13:58:08Z")
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
7. Bono
8. Tim Smith (I wanted to find an “I”)
9. Yoko Ono
10. Zhu Yu (and I wanted to find a “U”)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16121 "2013-04-29T13:59:08Z")
Cool, I was struggling to find a “U”.
People whose names only utilize one vowel:
1. Ellen Degeneres
2. Donny Osmond
3. Alan Alda
4. Adam Ant
5. Cher
6. Jack Black
7. Bono
8. Tim Smith (I wanted to find an “I”)
9. Yoko Ono
10. Zhu Yu (and I wanted to find a “U”)
11. Bart Starr
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