# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/41 "2011-08-26T20:42:38Z")
[Alastair Crooke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Crooke) has always sounded to me like some annoying person’s made-up blog name. Also, [Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Siddig) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/42 "2011-08-26T20:45:34Z")
“And **Dick Trickle** finished 23rd.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/43 "2011-08-26T20:47:47Z")
Space, the Canadian science fiction and fantasy TV channel has (or had - I think she’s still there, but she’s not listed on their site - I’m sure I’ve seen her recently, though) an entertainment reporter named Natasha Eloi (not sure of the spelling), which I always thought was the absolute best name for someone on a science fiction channel. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/44 "2011-08-26T21:11:54Z")
Clinton “Clint” Eastwood, Jr. Clint Eastwood sounds totally made for TV, like Rock Hudson or Dash Riprock. Not a birth name, but Elmore Rual “Rip” Torn, Jr. was given that nickname by his dad, Rip, Sr., and is far from the only Rip Torn in his family. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/45 "2011-08-26T21:19:58Z")
Frank Zappa’s another name that sounds made up but is real. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/46 "2011-08-26T21:53:52Z")
There’s Mick Rock, the photographer best known for his photographs of '70s glam and punk rock stars. I remember reading an interview with him where he said he’d had people encourage him to go into performing himself just because his name was so perfect for a '70s rock star, but it’s pretty good for a '70s rock photographer too. ---
**Author:** ![Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/47 "2011-08-27T04:29:11Z")
[Storm Large](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Large) ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/48 "2011-08-27T04:38:54Z")
Disney story man and artist, [T. Hee](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373429/) ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/49 "2011-08-27T04:57:24Z")
David Cullen Rockola, who was making “Rock-Ola” juke boxes long before Rock and Roll was invented. I had a friend once who would not believe that Duran Duran’s lead singer Simon Le Bon was using his real name. I was a little surprised when I found out, even though I knew “Le Bon” was a real name (it’s used in Murders in the Rue Morgue). ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/50 "2011-08-27T05:07:58Z")
RuPaul ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/51 "2011-08-27T05:11:56Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Natasha Eloi (not sure of the spelling) [Whoop, I got the spelling right.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Eloi) (And, if you don’t know why that’s such an awesome name for a scifi nerd, get out of my house. … No, really, look [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi) and learn.) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/52 "2011-08-27T07:08:37Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > Disney story man and artist, [T. Hee](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373429/) That reminds me of another Disney animator: Ub Iwerks (although he did simplify the spelling from the original Ubbe Iwwerks). ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/53 "2011-08-27T13:10:22Z")
David Bowie’s real name (David Jones) sounds more like a pseudonym than the pseudonym that he actually uses. His son, originally best known as [Zowie Bowie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zowie_Bowie), now goes by Duncan Jones. I think they can both reasonably be considered his ‘real’ name. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/54 "2011-08-27T13:35:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Also, [Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Siddig) But that doesn’t sound like a pseudonym. It just sounds like an ordinary Arabic name. And he does actually use a pseudonym. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/55 "2011-08-27T14:19:27Z")
One of the TV meteorologists in Chicago (apparently now in NYC) was Amy Freeze. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/56 "2011-08-27T14:44:31Z")
Coulda knocked me over with a feather when I heard that Lucy Lawless came into her name honestly ( not born with it, but married a man with the last name of Lawless.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/57 "2011-08-27T14:52:27Z")
British politician [Jack Straw](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Straw). An over-the-top Olde English name even without the revolutionary allusion. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/58 "2011-08-27T15:21:22Z")
A baseball pitcher named [Rollie Fingers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Fingers)? Yeah, right. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/59 "2011-08-27T15:48:33Z")
[“Rider Strong”](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835045/) REALLY sounds to me like a porn star pseudonym… ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190/60 "2011-08-27T17:05:07Z")
The Marx brothers and the Lennon sisters (my dad has an LP). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-names-that-sound-like-pseudonyms-but-arent/594190.md?page=4)