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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
  8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor)
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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
  8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor)
  9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer)
    (sorry to bogart the thread, but I thought of the Richards Burton right after posting)
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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
  8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor)
  9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer)
  10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress)

(sorry to bogart the thread, but I thought of the Vanessa Williams right after posting)

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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
  8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor)
  9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer)
  10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress)
  11. Anne Hathaway (actress) and Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife)
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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
  8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor)
  9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer)
  10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress)
  11. Anne Hathaway (actress) and Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife)
  12. Richard Hatch (fat naked Survivor winner) and Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica actor)

(sorry to bogart the thread, but I thought of those Dicks right after posting)

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Pairs of famous people who are not (closely) related but share the same first and last name:

  1. Paul Simon (Senator from Illinois) and Paul Simon (singer with Garfunkel and solo)
  2. Jerry Lewis & Jerry Lee Lewis
  3. Alex Gonzalez (a major league shortstop) and Alex Gonzalez (another major league shortstop)
  4. Steve Davis (snooker player) and Steve Davis (cricket umpire)
  5. Bob Welch (baseball pitcher) and Bob Welch (singer)
  6. William “Willie” Mays (baseball player) and William “Billy” Mays (dead TV pitchman)
  7. Michael Young (baseball player) and Michael Young (Lebanese libertarian writer)
  8. James “Jim” Morrison (dead rock star) and James Morrison (actor)
  9. Richard Burton (actor) and Richard Burton (explorer)
  10. Vanessa L. Williams (actress) and Vanessa A. Williams (another actress)
  11. Anne Hathaway (actress) and Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife)
  12. Richard Hatch (fat naked Survivor winner) and Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica actor)
  13. Brian Wilson (Beach Boy) and Brian Wilson (Fox news correspondant)…

New catagory: Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
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Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes)
251

Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
252

Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8)
  2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes)
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
253

Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8)
  2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes)
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
254

Catagories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8)
  2. Planets in our solar system (8 or 9, it changes)
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
255

Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
  7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice)
256

Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
  7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice)
  8. Ancient wonders of the world
257

Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
  7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice)
  8. Ancient wonders of the world
  9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6)
258

Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
  7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice)
  8. Ancient wonders of the world
  9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6)
  10. Wives of Henry VIII
259

Categories that can’t be used in this game because they don’t have 13 items in them

  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
  7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice)
  8. Ancient wonders of the world
  9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6)
  10. Wives of Henry VIII
  11. Star Trek movies (11 with a 12th in production)
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  1. Dead Saturday Night Live actors (only 8).
  2. Planets in our solar system.
  3. Continents of Earth (seven by my count, although some consider Europe and Asia Eurasia and others lump the Americas together)
  4. Months of the year (12-ish)
  5. Public forums on the SDMB (12 - there’s a secret 13th moderator forum)
  6. Big 10 Conference Universities (There are currently 11, expanding to 12 soon)
  7. Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (despite the jokes, only seven different men, with Richard Burton marrying her twice)
  8. Ancient wonders of the world
  9. Episodes of Police Squad (only 6)
  10. Wives of Henry VIII
  11. Star Trek movies (11 with a 12th in production)
  12. Days of the week