# Celebrities/VIPs/Luminaries whose names phonetically join in the middle **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 16, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912 "2018-02-16T03:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
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One cheating macguffin allowed: Barb Bain, from “Mission: Impossible” and “Space: 1999”. (She’s supposed to go by Barbara, not Barb). (Cool! Both shows she’s in have colons!) ---
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Jim Madison Jim Monroe William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Jack Kennedy ---
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^ ^ ^ Hot doggin! probably my best so far: Ted Danson ---
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Bruce Springsteen Grace Slick Eric Clapton ---
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^ ^ ^ Again I’m gettin’ schooled! Gotta bring my A game now… Florenz Ziegfield:o (of the Follies) ---
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Jacques Cousteau ---
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Near as I can figure, the only US Presidents that qualify are William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, and the only First Lady is Eleanor Roosevelt. Unless we’re counting nicknames, which qualifies Jack Kennedy. ---
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Veeps: Elbridge Gerry Theodore Roosevelt James Sherman ---
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Anna Maria Alberghetti ---
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George Jones ---
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former Toronto Maple Leaf Bob Baun. ---
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Pete Townsend Charles Stuart ---
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Jeff Fahey - _Scarface, The Lawnmower Man_ ---
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Pitts Sanborn - Boston Globe music critic back in early 1900s.😃 ---
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Kirk Cameron ---
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Brad Davis - _Midnight Express_ ---
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Charles Schulz ---
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> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Charles Schulz Hate to sound like Mr. Nitpicky-Pants, but the “z” sound at the end of Chuck doesn’t _quite_ match with the “sh” beginning of Schultz. Giorgos Seferis - Turkish poet and ambassador ---
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David Duchovny, David Duke, and any “David” whose late name begins with “D.” Donald Duck, Donald Dunn and any “Donald” whose last name begins with “D.” Frank Capra Ginger Rogers ---
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I thought about the not-so-bad:rolleyes: guitarist Andres Segovia, but realised that the “s” at the end of Andres isn’t pronounced.☹ Colm Meaney [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-vips-luminaries-whose-names-phonetically-join-in-the-middle/808912.md?page=3)