# Give me 3 last names **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101 "2008-01-03T04:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/241 "2008-04-02T21:41:59Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Elliot [/QUOTE] Assuming spelling variations are acceptable: Eliot Ness (crimefighter) Elliott Yamin (_American Idol_ contestant) Elliott Roosevelt (war hero, author, son of FDR) Grant ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/242 "2008-04-02T23:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Grant [/QUOTE] Grant Wood, Painter, American Gothic. Grant Shaud, Actor, Murphy Brown. Grant Tinker, Co-Founder MTM Enterprises, former husband of Mary Tyler Moore. Connie. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/243 "2008-04-02T23:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Connie. [/QUOTE] Mack (the baseball manager, the Senator from Florida, or the Congressman from Florida, as you prefer) Boswell (singer, varied between “Connie” and “Connee” during her career) Hawkins (basketball player) While we’re on gender-neutral first names: Meredith. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/244 "2008-04-02T23:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Meredith. [/QUOTE] Burgess Meredith Meredith Baxter Birney Meredith Grey Brett ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/245 "2008-04-02T23:55:33Z")
Favre, as unto a god hearabouts Maverick, an, um, maverick Somers, comedienne Talulah ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/246 "2008-04-03T00:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] Talulah [/QUOTE] I’ll play! Talullah Bankhead, actress Talullah West, protagonist in the book, Talullahland by Lynne Messina Talullah Willis, daughter of Demi Moore (that was hard). I gotta do it: Eleanor ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/247 "2008-04-03T00:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Eleanor [/QUOTE] Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Delegate to Congress. Eleanor Clift, Columnist, Political Commentator. Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady, Civil Rights Activist. Rosalind. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/248 "2008-04-03T02:00:28Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Rosalind. [/QUOTE] Russell Chao (Asian-American actress) Cash (African-American actress) Next: Brittany (difficulty: must be spelled the same way as the region in NW France) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/249 "2008-04-03T05:04:13Z")
Brittany Murphy, actress Brittany Brower, model Brittany Bock, football player Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/250 "2008-04-03T19:48:28Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Andrew. [/QUOTE] Young Cuomo Sullivan Next: Howard ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/251 "2008-04-03T20:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] Young Cuomo Sullivan Next: Howard [/QUOTE] Hughes (business magnate, weirdo) Cosell (sports commentator) Stern (radio shock-jock) Horace (all variations accepted) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/252 "2008-04-03T20:46:30Z")
Greeley, editor Walpole, author Slughorn, wizard 🙂 Crystal ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/253 "2008-04-03T20:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] Crystal [/QUOTE] Crystal Gayle, singer Crystal Bernard, actress Crystal Shanda Lear, perennial of “I swear I knew someone with this name” threads Dwight ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/254 "2008-04-03T21:02:27Z")
Yoakum, country singer Schrute, Dwight K., proprietor of Schrute Farms Eisenhower, former president Amber ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/255 "2008-04-04T02:59:53Z")
Stern–Radio Shock Jock K. Stern–Thought he impregnated Anna Nicole Cosell–Sports commentator of MNF and WWoS fame Dick SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/256 "2008-04-04T03:07:28Z")
Dammit, disregard previous. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/257 "2008-04-04T05:13:10Z")
Nah, I’ll run with it… Nixon, unindicted co-conspirator Clark, _American Bandstand, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve_ host van Dyke, TV funnyman Amber. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/258 "2008-04-04T05:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Amber. [/QUOTE] Tamblyn Valletta Waves (name of porn actress played by Julianne Moore in **Boogie Nights** ) Minerva ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/259 "2008-04-04T13:18:17Z")
McGonagall, shapeshifting instructor at Hogwarts Urecal, _Tugboat Annie_ actress Garrido, noted Spanish dancer Martin. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/260 "2008-04-04T17:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Martin. [/QUOTE] Martin Luther King, Jr., Iconic Preacher Who’s Exactly 40-Years Dead. Martin Scorcese, Iconic Director Who’s Exactly One Oscar. Martin Hyde, Iconic Doper Who’s Exactly 4,844 Posts. Malcolm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101.md?page=14)