# Famous people with silly names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-silly-names/501088>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-silly-names/501088 "2009-06-26T17:23:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-silly-names/501088/81 "2009-07-27T01:26:56Z")

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> [@cuauhtemoc](#):
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> Or the inventor of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot.

Blessed Almondbread

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-silly-names/501088/82 "2009-07-27T01:31:28Z")

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> [@devilsknew](#):
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> I’ve always been baffled by [CCH Pounder’s](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001634/) unusual name. Is it a standard of weight or currency… a menu item? But I just found out that it is simply an abbreviation for Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder.
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> Why not just Carol Pounder?

Because it sounds like someone playing Christmas songs way too loud on the piano?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-silly-names/501088/83 "2009-07-27T02:21:19Z")

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I saw a book by someone named Jane Ockershausen Smith. Not famous, but it makes you wonder.

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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-silly-names/501088/84 "2009-07-27T07:09:40Z")

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> [@cuauhtemoc](#):
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> Or the inventor of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot.

aka; Benedict Marzipan.

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