# Celebrities with other remarkable achievements **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863 "2011-07-30T21:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863/81 "2011-08-05T03:38:33Z")
Brian May, Queen guitarist, earned a PhD in astrophysics and is now Chancelor of Liverpool John Moores University(24 thousand students). Coauthor of Bang: The Entire History of the Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863/82 "2011-08-05T03:57:47Z")
> [@I\_Know\_Nothing](#): > > Brian May, Queen guitarist, earned a PhD in astrophysics and is now Chancelor of Liverpool John Moores University(24 thousand students). Coauthor of Bang: The Entire History of the Universe. Brian Cox, keyboardist for the synth-pop band D:REAM went on to become a physicist who was also known for reading threads before posting. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863/83 "2011-08-05T05:25:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I’ve seen many of her films and Shirley Temple is white. Bill Robinson is black. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCFYpWDmfM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCFYpWDmfM) > > Happy to clear that up. > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I think Biggirl was just saying I would PREFER that Shirley Temple was black, and yes, I WOULD prefer that, but that has nothing to do with Bill Robinson! Bill “Mr Bo Jangles” Robinson held the world record for the 100 yard sprint. That is, [the 100 yard _backward_ sprint](http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/backwards-running.html), for 47 years. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863/84 "2011-08-05T13:58:30Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I’ve seen many of her films and Shirley Temple is white. Bill Robinson is black. Not black like Barry White, no white like Frank Black is. A prize of an invisible box of nothing for anyone who knows where that comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863/85 "2011-08-07T19:19:00Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Not black like Barry White, no white like Frank Black is. > > A prize of an invisible box of nothing for anyone who knows where that comes from. That song. By that band. From way back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863/86 "2011-08-07T20:43:54Z")
musician and comedic members of Riders in the Sky Paul Chrisman (Woody Paul) PhD in Physics Frederick LaBour (Too Slim) Masters in Wildlife Management Douglas B. Green (Ranger Doug) Masters in Literature and is a music historian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-other-remarkable-achievements/590863.md?page=4)