# Famous people with names that sound like pseudonyms but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190 "2011-08-26T16:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/221 "2013-08-13T12:52:01Z")
> [@Kiyoshi](#): > > But nope, apparently he really is called Armand Hammer. And according to Wikipedia, he had an ancestor by the same name, who ran the toothpaste company – but it wasn’t named after him, it was just pure coincidence. Not quite. Armie Hammer’s great-grandfather was the oil tycoon Armand Hammer. He did, in fact, serve on the board and own shares of the parent company of Arm & Hammer (presumably the “toothpaste company” that you’re referring to) but he didn’t really run it. [Here](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/182/did-tycoon-armand-hammer-have-anything-to-do-with-arm-hammer-baking-soda)’s Cecil’s column on Armie Hammer’s great grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/222 "2013-08-13T16:34:34Z")
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