Hans Zimmer
Wes Studi
Greg Grunberg
American actor Bob Balaban
I’m afraid that someone mentioned him back on Page One.
Also mentioned on Page One: Michael Learned, who’s done well at the Emmys but has never yet been nominated for an Academy Award. Not yet mentioned: Michael Lerner, who has in fact been nominated for an Academy Award.
Clark Kent of The Daily Planet
Y’know, the fact that Clark lost a fictional fight to Muhammad Ali brings to mind how Ali lost a real-life fight, and the heavyweight championship, to Ken Norton.
Hanna Andersson, the fictional namesake of the children’s clothing company
Well, look, if we’re going to do fictional characters as well as real people, how about someone who was effectively both, by dint of his pro-wrestling persona?
The Million Dollar Man: Ted DiBiase!
Dominic Cooper
Miles Standish
Spencer Reid (yes, he’s a character)
Klan leader and political wannabe David Duke
Cambodian dictator Lon Nol, who also gets the Palindrome Prize.
I think Mark Kram, an award-winning writer, is also a palindrome worth a mention.
Reginald Duke, before he became Elton John
Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego, after he became Ramón Novarro
Well colour me Dave Hartman - like, plum forgot about this.:o So’s, then -
Unfortunately, the long “i” sound at the end of Cy doesn’t do the cha-cha with the consonantal “y” beginning of Young.
So yeah, might as well bypass that non-connection.
It would be cool to avoid names that are normally known to have a middle name, but because the San Marino judges have deemed this borderline, then:
for you.
Fictional people?
::with that annoying body-twisting “wellllllllllllllllllll” with one foot on its toe “still thinking about it”::
Oh alright! (gruffly barked)
That would be Reginald Dwight*.
*Small world - reminding me of an oral presentation back in gr. 5 that a classmate decided to give on Elton John. She was extremely nervous, and called him Reggie Delight, which elicited a chorus of jeers from us understanding kids, as she stormed out of the class, and then became a taunting catchphrase for her.
This thread will become an interesting memory exercise, to avoid repeats.
Otis Skinner - American stage actor form 20’s, 30’s, 40s.
Back when American movie star Robert Taylor was headlining tons of pictures!
On The Tonight Show in a couple of hours: Chris Sullivan, from This Is Us.
Wakanda bad guy Erik Killmonger.