# 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:** 6
**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 20, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/101 "2025-05-20T16:40:40Z")
You know, I grew up watching pro-football-player-turned-pro-wrestler **Wahoo McDaniel** ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/102 "2025-05-20T16:55:05Z")
Alvah Curtis **Roebuck** , co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Edmund **Muskie** , American statesman (as an animal, muskie is an informal term for a muskellunge) ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/103 "2025-05-20T17:03:37Z")
Sir William **Gull** is a name that tends to pop up whenever Jack The Ripper gets mentioned… ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/104 "2025-05-20T17:50:59Z")
**Flea** , bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/105 "2025-05-20T18:21:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He’s not real, but his name is famous: John **Doe** [There’s a real musician who performs under that name.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe_(musician)) ETA: looking at that article, I’m sure I noticed the name in the end credits of _Great Balls of Fire_ or maybe _Road House_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/106 "2025-05-20T19:20:36Z")
Marlin doesn’t appear to have been mentioned yet. In keeping with the overall animal theme, I’ll put forward Marlin Perkins as an exemplar. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/107 "2025-05-20T20:18:05Z")
**Lynx** and **Lamb** Gaede made up the neo-Nazi pop duo _Prussian Blue_ when they were small kids. They have since renounced some of their rascist ideology, but not all. ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/108 "2025-05-20T22:21:43Z")
[Pat Roach!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jW1CeAVPhVg&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD) ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/109 "2025-05-20T22:47:13Z")
Priscilla Pointer (actress, died recently, Amy Irving’s mother) ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/110 "2025-05-20T23:05:54Z")
Courteney Cox (actress, no elaboration needed) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/111 "2025-05-20T23:36:01Z")
Model and actress Jean Shrimpton. ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/112 "2025-05-20T23:42:27Z")
Rhea Perlman ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/113 "2025-05-20T23:58:13Z")
Bob white. Though largely unknown now he was well known as a test pilot and aviation pioneer. The first man to fly Mach 4, 5 and 6. He took an airplane high enough to be considered an astronaut. > **[Robert Michael White - National Aviation Hall of Fame](https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/robert-michael-white/)** > > In July 1962, White was at the controls of the sleek rocket powered X-15, the fastest aircraft ever built. At 59 miles above the earth, there was no sensation of speed but a distinct feeling of altitude. The sky was almost black, and White saw the... > **[Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service](https://www.fws.gov/species/northern-bobwhite-colinus-virginianus)** ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/114 "2025-05-21T00:09:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Manfred Mann > > (A human is an animal, right?) Hey, that opens up a whole _bunch_ of possibilities: Julia Child! Alan Ladd! Everyone else from Captain Kidd on down! (Shucks, I guess Henny Youngman can qualify even before we get to the surname…) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/115 "2025-05-21T00:47:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Bruce Boa: be it THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK or OCTOPUSSY, he’s the guy who wants a Waldorf Salad, dammit. Indeed. Bruce Boa is Harry Hamilton, the obnoxious American who demands a Waldorf salad in the final Fawlty Towers episode of the same name. Also, that same episode has Norman Bird as Mr. Arrad. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/116 "2025-05-21T00:56:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > > Bruce Boa: be it THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK or OCTOPUSSY, he’s the guy who wants a Waldorf Salad, dammit. > > Indeed. Bruce Boa is Harry Hamilton, the obnoxious American who demands a Waldorf salad in the final Fawlty Towers episode of the same name. Also, that same episode has Norman Bird as Mr. Arrad. Son, all I’ve ever asked of my Marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/117 "2025-05-21T01:04:44Z")
Ant Anstead ---
**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 21, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/118 "2025-05-21T10:18:15Z")
Lyle Talbot ---
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> [@mixdenny](#): > > Ant Anstead Ant is a nickname for anyone named Anthony or Antonio. That makes Anthony Quayle worth a lot in this game. ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555/120 "2025-05-21T15:50:09Z")
In OUR MAN FLINT, Gila Golan played, uh, _Gila,_ the femme fatale who’ll maybe swindle our hero or maybe succumb to his manly charms, who can say? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555.md?page=7)