# Famous people with constant name-lengths **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251 "2021-02-05T08:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251/41 "2022-07-29T23:46:01Z")
A few I just discovered while poking around on Wikipedia: 4-4-4: [Jack Liam Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(English_footballer)), English footballer 5-5-5: [Aaron LaRae Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Jones_(running_back)), NFL running back with the Green Bay Packers 6-6-6-6: [Robert Joseph Tonyan, Junior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tonyan), NFL tight end with the Green Bay Packers ---
**Author:** ![DoubleG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DoubleG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleG)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251/42 "2022-08-01T03:17:37Z")
Joseph Wilbur Adcock, Major League Baseball James Elroy Risch. US Senator from Idaho Walter Emmons Alston, MLB Hall of Fame Louis Clark Brock, MLB Hall of Fame Nestor George Chylak, Junior, MLB Hall of Fame Earle Bryan Combs, MLB Hall of Fame Joseph Edward Cronin, MLB Hall of Fame Joseph Lowell Gordon, MLB Hall of Fame Dorrel Norman Elvert “Whitey” Herzog, MLB Hall of Fame William Ambrose Hulbert, MLB Hall of Fame Larry Wayne (Chipper) Jones, MLB Hall of Fame Anthony Michael Lazzeri, MLB Hall of Fame Joseph Michael Medwick, MLB Hall of Fame Marvin Julian Miller, MLB Hall of Fame Wesley Branch Rickey, MLB Hall of Fame Charles Herbert (Red) Ruffing, MLB Hall of Fame George Harold Sisler, MLB Hall of Fame Donald Howard Sutton, MLB Hall of Fame Lloyd James Waner, MLB Hall of Fame Ernest Judson Wilson, MLB of Fame ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251/43 "2022-08-01T03:34:53Z")
Lemme guess: you downloaded a list of members of the HoF and ran a quick Perl program against them. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251/44 "2022-08-01T03:50:16Z")
So when they call it a Hall of Fame, I guess it must be the hall that is famous? ---
**Author:** ![DoubleG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DoubleG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleG)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251/45 "2022-08-01T04:02:27Z")
That would be too easy. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251/46 "2022-08-01T04:14:17Z")
OK, you get credit for doing it the hard way. BTW, one of those: > [@DoubleG](#): > > Dorrel Norman Elvert “Whitey” Herzog is a 6-6-6-6-6 if you count the nickname. That’s pretty impressive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-constant-name-lengths/932251.md?page=2)