# Famous people with animal names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555 "2025-05-19T19:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/241 "2025-06-26T19:37:13Z")
[Tyrann Mathieu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrann_Mathieu), a football safety on the NO Saints, has had the nickname the **Honey Badger** since college. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/242 "2025-06-27T09:51:08Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Today I learned that a Loris is an animal in South Asia. Lora, at that, is a snake found in South America, so — how about Lora Lee Michel, from the Golden Age of Hollywood? She was — well, yes, she was the one playing the little-kid version of Jill Young so Terry Moore can play the all-grown-up version in MIGHTY JOE YOUNG; but, to bring this back around, she was also the one playing the little-kid version of Virginia Cunningham so Olivia de Havilland can play the all-grown-up version in THE SNAKE PIT. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/243 "2025-06-27T14:43:05Z")
> **[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Feuchtwanger)** > > Lion Feuchtwanger (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: \[ˈliːɔn ˈfɔʏçtˌvaŋɐ\] ⓘ; 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht. > Feuchtwanger's Judaism and fierce criticism o... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/244 "2025-06-27T16:24:16Z")
“ **Cub** by” Broccoli Similarly, Peter **Coy** ote (again) Thanks to the Katmai bears coverage, I’ve learned that a coy means “Cub of the Year.” I dunno, ask my wife. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/245 "2025-06-27T16:54:45Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “ **Cub** by” Broccoli Also qualifies for the “Famous people with plant names” thread. Not that I’m going to start that thread or want anyone else to do so. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/246 "2025-06-27T17:08:22Z")
Such a wit, you are. 😉😄 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/247 "2025-06-28T10:11:33Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > > “ **Cub** by” Broccoli > > Also qualifies for the “Famous people with plant names” thread. Also qualifying for both: Oscar-winning actress [Viola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(plant))[Davis!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(butterfly)) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/248 "2025-06-28T13:16:10Z")
I bow to the master! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/249 "2025-06-29T11:31:56Z")
Such deference! You’d think I was [Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,](https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303077) or something! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/250 "2025-06-29T11:51:27Z")
[Hamilton Fish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Fish) Governor of New York, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State under Grant. You’ve seen his name if you’ve ever crossed the Hudson river on I84. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/251 "2025-06-29T13:06:19Z")
Orson Bean Orson = French for “bear cub” Bean = Bean ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/252 "2025-06-29T14:19:02Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > [Hamilton Fish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Fish) There was a Fish in the OP. And I did say we need only one of each animal. So one Fish good; two Fish bad. (Red Fish, blue Fish optional.) > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Orson = French for “bear cub” > Bean = Bean Only English animal names. So he only gets into the plant thread which we aren’t doing. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/253 "2025-06-29T14:53:16Z")
You need to be the one who tells him that. He scares me. 🤣🤣 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/254 "2025-06-30T22:37:13Z")
Another entry for the list that is and the list that never was: Oscar winner [Emerald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_emerald) [Fennell,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennel) writer/director/producer of SALTBURN and PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN — whom you maybe recognize as Camilla Parker Bowles, from THE CROWN. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/255 "2025-07-01T20:16:17Z")
If anyone here is a fan of RESIDENT ALIEN, then you can back me up on the fact that Jenna Lamia is terrific at what she does on the show… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/256 "2025-07-02T09:22:59Z")
And, for that matter: Annette Bening did a terrific job of portraying record-breaking swimmer [Diana Nyad.](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naiad) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/257 "2025-07-03T10:22:16Z")
[“Winston Churchill’s chief military assistant during the Second World War”](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay) — who then went on to serve as the first secretary general of NATO — was Pug Ismay. [![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1681194494i/128149968.jpg) ](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1681194494i/128149968.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/258 "2025-07-03T11:01:48Z")
Wolfgang Wolf, a one time manager of Wolfsburg football team ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/259 "2025-07-03T20:22:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bear Grylis Bear Grylls’ given name is actually Edward. So he’s Teddy Bear Grylls. Does that count? j ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/260 "2025-07-03T22:30:08Z")
Edward Bear is the code name of Winnie the Pooh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555.md?page=14)