# 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:** 20
**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 13, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/381 "2008-04-13T21:58:44Z")
Shore and Washington, singers Lord, Tracy’s little sis in _The Philadelphia Story_ Interestingly enough, none of the three were actually born Dinah. – Gillian. Anderson excepted. 😃 ---
**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 14, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/382 "2008-04-14T03:11:28Z")
Gillian Wearing …slightly controversial artist Gillian Shephard … British politician Gillian Taylforth … Kathy from Eastenders Dexter ---
**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 14, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/383 "2008-04-14T07:05:15Z")
Manley Gordon Morgan Next: Trixie ---
**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 14, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/384 "2008-04-14T13:53:27Z")
Delight, Madeline Kahn’s very funny showgirl/whore character in _Paper Moon_ Tang, Timmy Turner’s crush in _Fairly OddParents_ Belden, fictional kid detective Jimmy (not James, Jim, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/385 "2008-04-14T17:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Jimmy (not James, Jim, etc.). [/QUOTE] Jimmie Kimmel, current Talk Show Host. Jimmie Carter, former President. Jimmie Durante, All-time Schnoz-master. John B. (James or John, but must have the “B”). ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/386 "2008-04-14T18:25:57Z")
The sloop of that name, from the Beach Boys song Floyd, Buchanan’s treasonous Secretary of War (sent arms south just before the Civil War so that the Confederates could be well-equipped) Anderson, independent candidate for President in 1980 Ronald. ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/387 "2008-04-14T18:39:27Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The sloop of that name, from the Beach Boys song Floyd, Buchanan’s treasonous Secretary of War (sent arms south just before the Civil War so that the Confederates could be well-equipped) Anderson, independent candidate for President in 1980 Ronald. [/QUOTE] You can’t use boats! Can you? Reagan (bad actor, President) McDonald (clown, burger shill) L. Hubbard (writer, cult leader, crazy person) Jerry (no variations allowed) ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/388 "2008-04-14T18:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Jerry (no variations allowed) [/QUOTE] Seinfeld Orbach Springer Nicole ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/389 "2008-04-14T19:15:26Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Seinfeld Orbach Springer Nicole [/QUOTE] Nicole Simpson. Nicole Richie. Nicole Kidman. All self-explanatory. Cruz. ---
**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 14, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/390 "2008-04-14T19:56:20Z")
Bustamente, former lt. gov. of California de la Cruz, fictional character in books of John Ritter no last name, character of _Def Jam Vendetta_ game Bill (no William, Billy, etc.). ---
**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 14, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/391 "2008-04-14T19:58:56Z")
Bryson (travel writer) Clinton (tabloid fodder) O’Reilly (blowhard) Jose ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/392 "2008-04-14T20:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Jose [/QUOTE] José Oquendo, baseball infielder and coach José Cruz, baseball outfielder and coach José de San Martín, hero of Argentine independence struggle Robinson ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/393 "2008-04-14T20:27:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] José Oquendo, baseball infielder and coach José Cruz, baseball outfielder and coach José de San Martín, hero of Argentine independence struggle Robinson [/QUOTE] Robinson Crusoe, Defoe castaway. Robinson Jeffers, American Poet. Robinson Tejada, Pitcher, Texas Rangers. Maximilian, not Max. ---
**Author:** ![Dyslexics\_Untie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@Dyslexics\_Untie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dyslexics_Untie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/394 "2008-04-14T22:04:43Z")
Lena Olin (“Unbearable Lightness of Being”) Ken Olin (“thirtysomething”) Chuck Olin (writer producer of “Is Jerusalem Burning?”) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/395 "2008-04-14T23:12:11Z")
[QUOTE=Dyslexics Untie!] Lena Olin (“Unbearable Lightness of Being”) Ken Olin (“thirtysomething”) Chuck Olin (writer producer of “Is Jerusalem Burning?”) [/QUOTE] Psssst! Check out [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9327154&postcount=1)! And read a bit of the thread. ---
**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 15, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/396 "2008-04-15T03:26:03Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] …Maximilian, not Max. [/QUOTE] Kolbe, Christian martyr Schell, actor Arturo, character in _Sliders_ If the Sloop _John B_ was insufficient, I’ll toss John B. Gordon, Confederate general, into the mix. With “Bill,” above, the first name of every U.S. President has now been covered at least once. Pedro. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/397 "2008-04-15T12:56:33Z")
Pedro Almodovar, director Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador Francine ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/398 "2008-04-15T14:23:38Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] Francine [/QUOTE] Francine du Plessix Gray, Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and literary critic. Francine Maisler, Casting Director, _The Usual Suspects_. Francine Prose, Aptly-named American Novelist, President of PEN. Irving. I, not E. ---
**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 15, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/399 "2008-04-15T17:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Francine du Plessix Gray, Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and literary critic. Francine Maisler, Casting Director, _The Usual Suspects_. Francine Prose, Aptly-named American Novelist, President of PEN. Irving. I, not E. [/QUOTE] Berlin, composer Thalberg, Hollywood bigshot Langmuir, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Henry. _(P.S. We just did “Francine” earlier on this same page)_ ---
**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 15, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/400 "2008-04-15T18:22:23Z")
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