See the remark about them being English animal names.
Ah. Translated in the wrong direction.
But does that mean we can count Olympic gold medalist — and member of the Magnificent Seven — Amy Chow?
I thought of Chow earlier, but the dog breed is actually called Chow Chow. They could have put a third Chow in there and then we’d all be dancing. 
I had the same thought and the same doubt — but I talked myself back into it after looking at the Wiki entry, which of course starts referring to them the way that you or I might: “One Chinese ruler was said to own 5,000 Chows. The Chinese also used Chows to pull dog sleds through swampy terrain, and this was remarked upon by Marco Polo.”
I’m just saying, if we ran into someone who excitedly tells us they just adopted a Chow from the animal shelter, we wouldn’t give them a confused look, is all.
100% correct, you are.
Chow Yun-Fat
(I wonder if he has a purple tongue!)
Maybe not famous enough but there was a basketball player for Austin Peay (pronounced “pee”) named Fly Williams (James). Apparently he was the star on the team and went to the ABA.
How I know of him… There was a story about a chant the fans came up with. “The Fly is open, let’s go Peay”. Apparently, they still say “Let’s go Peay” at their games.
At that: Dopers being what we are, one name that keeps popping up on the SDMB is that of award-winning mathematician Jacques Tits.
Hard to follow that. I don’t think I’ve seen James Whale mentioned. He’s the director of Frankenstein and other classic horror flicks of the 1930s.
Post #99.
You reminded me of science fiction writer Michael Moorcock.
Your name reminds me that Gold Glove fielder Starling Marte, who has more stolen bases than any other active player in Major League Baseball, also has more triples than any other active player in Major League Baseball.
Thought I had the Sure Fire Thread Winner here, instead, it’s Have-A-Horselaugh-On-burpo Time;
- Baltimore has a Paca Street; named for one of the country’s Founding Fathers and a big deal in early Maryland politics.,
- My whole life there has been a car dealer in the Free State named Al Paca (or so I thought). I assumed he was a descendant of the FF Paca and his parents were geniuses giving him a name with such commercial appeal.,
- I was gonna have a double whammy: an alpaca is a draft animal and a paca is some kind of rodent.,
- The gentleman’s name is Al Packer.,
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That (a) is still a valiant effort to make a first name and last name work, and (b) brings to mind Jack Russell.
He looks like he might actually be able to pull a live rat out of a hole in the ground with his teeth. 
Something similar worked for Ozzy.
Thanks for the encouraging words re: Mr. Packer.
Also the name of a BBC radio presenter and frequent Death Pool pick.
Would these count?
Eddie Fisher (singer, father of Carrie Fisher)
Tom Carper (former governor of and Senator from Delaware)
Not to mention Joseph Robinette Biden and his son and grandson.
Fisher is an animal, so that counts. Carper and Robinette are out.
But do we get to count Pom Klementieff, who as we speak is yet again appearing on screens across the country in the latest MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movie?
I suppose so. I assume you mean Pom = Pomeranian dog, right?