# 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:** 2
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/21 "2025-05-19T19:43:13Z")
Samantha Bee Terre, Maggie, Suzzy Roche Barbara Boxer ---
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Nm. I see in the Op ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/23 "2025-05-19T19:46:09Z")
Newt Gingrich ---
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Ray Romano ---
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Butterfly McQueen ---
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Jackson Pollock ---
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There’s a famous British actor named Trevor **Peacock** (I assume he’s famous as I’ve heard of him and I live in the US), who also had sons who are actors but I won’t name them lest I break the rules. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/28 "2025-05-19T20:16:36Z")
How about Paul Rudd? ---
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Adam Ant ---
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Bat Masterson ---
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge ---
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Peter **Coyote** (stage name) is famously the narrator on many documentaries, including Ken Burns’ stuff. ---
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Emmy winner Sarah Snook ---
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> **[L'Wren Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Wren_Scott)** > > Laura "Luann" Bambrough (April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014), known professionally as L'Wren Scott, was an American model, fashion designer, and stylist. > Scott started her career as a model in Paris before moving to California and styling movie stars such as Madonna and Julia Roberts. In 2006, she launched the first of her fashion collections, characterised by sumptuous femininity combined with unconventional touches, aimed at establishing a well-defined silhouette. She issued regular tips on eti... ---
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Edward **Gibbon** (author of _The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_) Candace **Blackbird** (scored over 1000 points for the University of Nebraska’s women’s basketball team) **Martin** Short (comic actor) Omar **Bongo** (second president of Gabon) Brian **Cardinal** (star basketball player at Purdue who went on to an NBA career) ---
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Taylor Swift ---
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I’m curious why Theodore Sturgeon is listed in the OP under “Nicknames, Pen Names, Stage Names” rather than “Family Names”? It wasn’t his birth name but wasn’t a pen name either – according to Wikipedia it was legally changed at age 11 when his mother remarried. ---
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Mink Stole — (actress in John Waters movies) ---
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> [@dtilque](#): > > **Wolf** Blitzer (journalist) Does the compound name “Wolfgang” count? It’s a common first name in Germanic cultures and has always amused me, since it’s so suggestive of “wolf pack”. There’s: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Puck (famous Austrian chef) Wolfgang Petersen (German director who directed the famous _Das Boot_) Wolfgang Pauli (Austrian theoretical physicist; the Pauli exclusion principle was named after him) ---
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Hall Of Fame baseball player Rabbit Maranville (Often given as the answer to the question, _hey, who’s the worst player in the Hall Of Fame?_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555.md?page=3)