# Characters Named After The Calendar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597 "2007-08-14T19:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/1 "2007-08-14T19:48:19Z")
Wednesday Addams. Thursday Next, from Jasper Fforde’s novels. April May June, from an episode of _Married With Children._ (Aunt) May Parker, from _Spider-Man._ May Day, from the Bond flick _A View To A Kill._ January Moore, from Brian K. Vaughan’s _Ex Machina_ comics. Friday, from Robinson Crusoe. King Friday, from _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood._ Joe Friday from _Dragnet._ Prince Tuesday from _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood._ Who else? Any more “month” names? Not counting any characters named Octavius or Augustus; that’s cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/2 "2007-08-14T19:52:09Z")
January Wayne, the protagonist of Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is Not Enough” The daughter of surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead was named Tuesday Whitehead. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/3 "2007-08-14T20:24:28Z")
I know, silly high school stuff, but the female lead character in _Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones_ is named July. They changed it in the movie to Julie, but in the book she said she was named for the month. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/4 "2007-08-14T20:24:53Z")
April, May, and June were the names of Daisy Duck’s nieces … not very popular or successful, but trying to set up a female counter to Huey, Dewey, and Louie. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/5 "2007-08-14T20:45:49Z")
[Dr. Cal Meacham](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/)? Never mind… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/6 "2007-08-14T20:52:19Z")
Friday Jones, in Robert Heinlein’s novel Friday. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/7 "2007-08-14T20:53:26Z")
Wasn’t there a movie called _His Girl Friday_? I suppose Hi Flagston’s neighbor “Thirsty” Thurston isn’t close enough. In the early part pf _Gypsy_, the sister act was Baby June and Baby Louise. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/8 "2007-08-14T20:59:24Z")
Not a character but surely author Julian Gregory belongs in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/9 "2007-08-14T21:00:46Z")
Mr. Wednesday from Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/10 "2007-08-14T21:01:55Z")
Herb Edelman played a character named Joey January in an episode of “Charlie’s Angels.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/11 "2007-08-14T21:03:48Z")
_July Johnson_ in Return To Lonesome Dove ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/12 "2007-08-14T21:05:45Z")
[QUOTE=thirdwarning] I know, silly high school stuff, but the female lead character in _Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones_ is named July. They changed it in the movie to Julie, but in the book she said she was named for the month. [/QUOTE] There was also a July in the book version of Annie, for basically the same reason if I recall correctly. But then it’s been over 20 years ago so I may be remembering the details wrong. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/13 "2007-08-14T21:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] _July Johnson_ in Return To Lonesome Dove [/QUOTE] Not to mention **Lonesome Dove**. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/14 "2007-08-14T21:10:26Z")
The Britcom **May to December** featured a main character named Alec Calendar. “The Off-Beats”, a series of cartoon shorts that appeared from time to time on Nickelodeon, had a character named August, with a dog named September. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/15 "2007-08-14T21:10:55Z")
If you count seasons, Summer Moore, daughter of Les & Lisa in Funky Winklebeam. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/16 "2007-08-14T21:12:14Z")
June Cleaver The March Family in Little Women May Wellend or Weiland (Oh, come on Self. It’s a classic book that was made into a movie with Winona Rider and Michelle Pfeiffer, as the Countess Olenska. May’s fiance’ was Archer and there was an eccentric, fat aunt. This is ridiculous…why can’t I come up with the title of this book?) Is is The Age of Innocence? The March Hare The January Man I know, those last two shouldn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/17 "2007-08-14T21:19:34Z")
Guy Montag from _Fahrenheit 451_ ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/18 "2007-08-14T21:23:38Z")
The [crew of the _Sol Bianca_](http://www.peteandkellie.com/images/anime/solbi.jpg), in the [anime of the same name](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102953/), are **Janny** , **Feb** , **April** , **May** , and **June**. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/19 "2007-08-14T21:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Guy Montag from _Fahrenheit 451_ [/QUOTE] Author Susan Sontag ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597/20 "2007-08-14T21:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] Wasn’t there a movie called _His Girl Friday_? [/QUOTE] Yes, but that wasn’t the title character’s name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-named-after-the-calendar/415597.md?page=2)