# 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:** 18
**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 10, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/341 "2008-04-10T04:36:08Z")
Niebuhr, “just war” theorist and theologian Gliere, Soviet composer Weege, _Night Court_ creator Harry. ---
**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 10, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/342 "2008-04-10T05:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Niebuhr, “just war” theorist and theologian Gliere, Soviet composer Weege, _Night Court_ creator Harry. [/QUOTE] Reams–Porn Star Hamlin–Actor Houdini–Magician Next: Billie (no changing the spelling) SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/343 "2008-04-10T06:28:42Z")
Holiday…singer The Fish…UK cartoon character Budd…sailor in a book I forget the title of:) Wolfgang ---
**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:** [April 10, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/344 "2008-04-10T06:33:23Z")
Amadeus Mozart, composer Grajonca, impresario bka Bill Graham Puck, chef/restaurateur – Lisa. Only it can’t be spelled Lisa - _find 3 variant spellings._ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/345 "2008-04-10T14:58:03Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Lisa. Only it can’t be spelled Lisa - _find 3 variant spellings._ [/QUOTE] [Leesa Severyn,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620952/) entertainment reporter [Lesa Hudson,](http://www.lesahudson.com/) singer (site contains audio of her performing) [Leasa Maley,](http://www.upb.pitt.edu/faculty.aspx?menu_id=246&id=4332) manager of the Panther Shop at Pitt-Bradford Mary Ann/Mary Anne (must have the “A” in “Ann” or any form thereof capitalized) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/346 "2008-04-10T17:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [Leesa Severyn,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620952/) entertainment reporter [Lesa Hudson,](http://www.lesahudson.com/) singer (site contains audio of her performing) [Leasa Maley,](http://www.upb.pitt.edu/faculty.aspx?menu_id=246&id=4332) manager of the Panther Shop at Pitt-Bradford Mary Ann/Mary Anne (must have the “A” in “Ann” or any form thereof capitalized) [/QUOTE] [Mary Anne Bobinski](http://www.law.ubc.ca/faculty/bobinski/index.html), UBC Dean and Professor - loved the name. [Mary Ann Marsh](http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2004/09/mary_anne_marsh.html), Wheaton College Alumnus - come on, you _know_ you want to find out why she sold her soul to the Devil. [Mary Anne Sadler](http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/SADLIER/IRISH/Sadlier.htm), Irish-American immigrant and author - which of her books have _you_ read? Yes, I used Google; why do you ask? Anne (_with_ the “e” only). ---
**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 10, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/347 "2008-04-10T18:01:29Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Anne (_with_ the “e” only). [/QUOTE] Anne Shirley (of Green Gables) Anne Boleyn Anne Hathaway Lydia ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/348 "2008-04-10T18:08:45Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Lydia [/QUOTE] Lydia Bastianich, Chef, Restauranteur and Cooking Show Host. Lydia Polgreen, _New York Times_ Reporter. Lydia Mackay, Voice of the Homonculus, Sloth on _Fullmetal Alchemist_, Caterina Sforza on _Trinity Blood_. Ralph. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/349 "2008-04-10T20:40:42Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Ralph. [/QUOTE] Ralph Kiner, former baseball player and one of my current **Death Pool** picks Ralph Waldo Emerson, distinguished man of American letters Ralph Branca, pitcher who surrendered the Bobby Thomson homer that inspired the famous “The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!” call Morgan (must include at least one male and at least one female) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/350 "2008-04-10T20:47:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Ralph Kiner, former baseball player and one of my current **Death Pool** picks Ralph Waldo Emerson, distinguished man of American letters Ralph Branca, pitcher who surrendered the Bobby Thomson homer that inspired the famous “The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!” call Morgan (must include at least one male and at least one female) [/QUOTE] Morgan Fairchild, American Actress. Morgan Freeman, American Actor. Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe Foe. Jeremiah. ---
**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 10, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/351 "2008-04-10T23:34:24Z")
Denton Johnson Wright Next: Cara (or Kara) ---
**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 11, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/352 "2008-04-11T00:27:27Z")
Cara Zavaleta, _Road Rules_ castmember Cara Cuomo, Kennedy-Cuomo dynasty nextgen girl Kara Joyce, Olympic swimmer Dwight. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/353 "2008-04-11T00:31:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Cara Zavaleta, _Road Rules_ castmember Cara Cuomo, Kennedy-Cuomo dynasty nextgen girl Kara Joyce, Olympic swimmer Dwight. [/QUOTE] Dwight Yoakim, Country Singer. Dwight Schultz, Actor. Dwight Gooden, Baseball Player. Barry. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/354 "2008-04-11T00:43:34Z")
Wom Zito Manilow Payne ---
**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:** [April 11, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/355 "2008-04-11T00:45:00Z")
Humphries, Aussie comedian (Dame Edna) Diller, media mogul Fitzgerald, stage and screen Irishman – Lee. Must be female. ---
**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 11, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/356 "2008-04-11T05:20:27Z")
Grant Radziwill Meriwether Next (since it was skipped over): Payne ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/357 "2008-04-11T14:05:07Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] Next (since it was skipped over): Payne [/QUOTE] Payne Stewart, golfer [Payne Johnson,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425977/) fringe figure in film industry [Payne Williams,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1853426/) actor with one celluloid credit Virgil (remember, the idea is to find last names, so just saying “that _Aeneid_ guy” doesn’t count) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/358 "2008-04-11T16:57:52Z")
Earp…Wyatts bro Virgil…Roman poet who had another rather long name which I forget Kennedy…a bloke I used to work with 🙂 Wyatt ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/359 "2008-04-12T04:02:28Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Earp…Wyatts bro Virgil…Roman poet who had another rather long name which I forget Kennedy…a bloke I used to work with 🙂 Wyatt [/QUOTE] You forgot Virgil Tracy (puppet) , named after Virgil “Gus” Grissom (astronaut) Wyatt Emory Cooper (married Gloria Vanderbilt) Wyatt Halliwell (character in Charmed) Wyatt Wingfoot (friend of The Human Torch) some other bloke with a hat, too … 😃 Winston ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/360 "2008-04-12T04:12:47Z")
Winston Winston Churchill (former President of Earth) Winston Zeddmore (Professional Ghost Buster) Winston Churchill Hall (guy I went to school with) Now one in honor of my recently departed grandfather: Woody [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101.md?page=19)