# Dead Celebrity Soul Mate Finder! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600 "2005-04-04T01:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/1 "2005-04-04T01:24:21Z")
[DCSMF](http://www.biography.com/soulmate/) My dead match is **James Baldwin** who is not a brother to the infamous Baldwin Brothers. He seems more interesting by far. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/2 "2005-04-04T01:35:23Z")
I had three candidates. The two I recognized were **Agatha Cristie** and **Diane Fossey**. Thank God I’m already married. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/3 "2005-04-04T01:40:43Z")
I guess we have to share Baldwin, Shirley. My other two choices were van Gogh and E.A. Poe.(represses a shudder at those two) ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/4 "2005-04-04T01:45:29Z")
Ha ha, that James Baldwin gets around! But he rejected me ☹ Then Pancho Villa rejected me! ☹ I’m not going to try any more. These dead guys are rough on my ego. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/5 "2005-04-04T01:55:51Z")
I had a choice of James Baldwin, Edgar Allan Poe, or Vincent van Gogh. Such a difficult choice, but I went for van Gogh. He did not reject me. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/6 "2005-04-04T02:22:26Z")
:dubious: All riiiiiiiiiiiight, call me a cynic, but the three that I got were James Baldwin, Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Allan Poe. I’m starting to think this is all a leetle bit suspicious… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/7 "2005-04-04T02:26:21Z")
I got James Baldwin, Edgar Allan Poe and Ludwig van Beethoven. Silence is _sexy_ … Being able to hear my own compositions is _sexier_. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/8 "2005-04-04T02:28:00Z")
My dead celebrity soulmate match was Genghis Khan. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/9 "2005-04-04T02:43:06Z")
I got Frida, Mata Hari, and Lucrezia Borgia. Out of those three, I gotta go with Mata Hari. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/10 "2005-04-04T02:44:07Z")
I dunno, I’m not sure that I would consider Socrates a celebrity, but he’s my match. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/11 "2005-04-04T02:45:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I guess we have to share Baldwin, Shirley. My other two choices were van Gogh and E.A. Poe.(represses a shudder at those two) Same batch I had for men. Women I got Lucretia Borgia, Agatha Christie, and Cleopatra. Odd batch, that. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/12 "2005-04-04T02:47:21Z")
FTR, Baldwin, Borgia, and Christie all accepted me, I didn’t try the others, since I only clicked to find out who they were. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/13 "2005-04-04T03:02:28Z")
Nice. I just made a love connection with Mata Hari. Well, it was her, Amelia Earhart, or Frida. That’s a tough choice. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/14 "2005-04-04T03:21:58Z")
Oh man, I got Frida Kahlo. I’ve got to tell my friend this; he and I had many in-jokes about her and Diego Rivera in high school Spanish class. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/15 "2005-04-04T03:23:49Z")
I had Dian Fossey, Lucrezia Borza, and Agatha Christie. I went for Lucrezia. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/16 "2005-04-04T04:25:02Z")
Mata Hari Annie Oakly Lucretia Borgia I’ll go with the all-american girl. Little Sure-shot ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/17 "2005-04-04T04:25:56Z")
I got Billy The Kid, Some African American writer, and Poncho Villa. Billy and I made a love connection. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/18 "2005-04-04T04:34:14Z")
I got Frida Kahlo, Mata Hari, and Cleopatra ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/19 "2005-04-04T05:12:43Z")
Frida Kahlo, Agatha Christie, and Lucrezia Borgia. According to the profile, I think I’ve dated Ms. Borgia. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600/20 "2005-04-04T05:32:43Z")
James Baldwin (civil writer), Vincent Van Gogh, and Edgar Allen Poe for me. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrity-soul-mate-finder/297600.md?page=2)