# Could this possibly be Bill Clinton speaking to Von Neumann in the 50's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683 "2015-04-14T21:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/1 "2015-04-14T21:02:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vLbllFHBQM4/hqdefault.jpg "John Von Neumann Interview") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLbllFHBQM4) As the commenters note the boy does look a bit like young Clinton. He is identified as Bill from Arkansas who says he is interested in the law. Von Neumann died in 1957 when Bill was around 11 so it’s just about possible. Von Neumann, in case you didn’t know, was a legendary mathematician who made major contributions to Physics, Computer Science and Economics. It would be rather epic if that was Bill Clinton speaking to him. I wonder if anyone has asked him. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/2 "2015-04-15T03:02:04Z")
Doesn’t look so much like him to me, particularly the nose and mouth, but people do change as they age. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/3 "2015-04-15T03:37:30Z")
This is Clinton meeting President Kennedy in 1963: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W0uErdlyTUo/hqdefault.jpg "A Future President Meets JFK") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0uErdlyTUo) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/4 "2015-04-15T03:40:24Z")
Clinton was more interested in music than politics until 1962: > **[Bill Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton)** > > William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton became known as a New Democrat, as many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy. He is the husband of Hillary Cli... ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/5 "2015-04-15T03:49:05Z")
[quote=“Wendell\_Wagner, post:3, topic:717683”] This is Clinton meeting President Kennedy in 1963: [/QUOTE] He’s like Forrest Gump! But more seriously, I’m pretty sure that isn’t him in the Von Neumann interview. I see the resemblance to, but googling teenage pics of Clinton, even at a young age he had a big nose than “Bill from Arkansas”. (also, other than one pic from college where he has a beard and shaggy hair, the guy has really stuck tenaciously to that one hair-style.) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/6 "2015-04-15T04:16:45Z")
Bill Clinton was born August 19, 1946. That boy was a lot older than 10 or 11. Doesn’t look like him, either. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-possibly-be-bill-clinton-speaking-to-von-neumann-in-the-50s/717683/7 "2015-04-15T05:46:50Z")
Yeah I am inclined to agree that the boy does look too old.