# Give me 3 last names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101>\
**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:** 26

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**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 30, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/501 "2008-04-30T05:02:21Z")

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Andreas, Archer Daniels Midland honcho  
Crompton, black educator  
Leik, NASCAR driver

Ignatius.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/502 "2008-04-30T20:54:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Ignatius.  
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Ignatius Donnelly, [Populist politician and all-around crank](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_Donnelly)  
Ignatius Cockshutt, [Canadian businessman and perennial candidate for “I swear there was someone with this name” threads](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_Cockshutt)  
Ignatius C. Wang, [Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_C._Wang)

A.J. (must be known by those initials, as opposed to just having them)

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**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:** [May 1, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/503 "2008-05-01T03:53:18Z")

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NOTE FROM THE OP:

Pardon the hijack but,

This is probably the only 500-post thread I will ever start. Not that I had a lot to do with it! Thanks, guys, you made my day!

Carry on…

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**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:** [May 1, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/504 "2008-05-01T05:38:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
A.J. (must be known by those initials, as opposed to just having them)  
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Foyt  
Jacobs  
Liebling

Next: Claudia

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/505 "2008-05-01T08:43:09Z")

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Schiffer…hawt chick  
Cardinale… hawt chick (well she was)  
Russell…singer, also hawt  
Sophia

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**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:** [May 1, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/506 "2008-05-01T14:01:22Z")

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Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower  
Coppola, American actress/director  
Loren, Italian superstar

Penelope.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/507 "2008-05-01T16:24:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Penelope.  
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Penelope Pitstop, Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Character.  
Penélope Cruz, Spanish Actress, Former Dancer.  
Penelope Spheeris, Director of Wayne’s World, Costas-Gavras Counsin.

Phoebe.

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**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:** [May 1, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/508 "2008-05-01T18:10:54Z")

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Buffay, _Friends_ massage artist/bad musician/ditz played by Lisa Kudrow  
Cates, ultrahawt young actress now married to Kevin Kline  
Snow, early railroad PR character

Chandler.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/509 "2008-05-01T21:08:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Chandler.  
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Chandler Bing, _Friends_ character whose buddies didn’t know what he did for a living  
Chandler Kinchla, Blues Traveler guitarist  
Chandler Jones, [Syracuse University football prospect](http://syracuse.scout.com/a.z?s=185&p=2&c=683689&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fsyracuse.scout.com%2f2%2f683689.html)

Tricia

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/510 "2008-05-01T21:41:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Tricia  
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Tricia Nixon Cox, Tricky Dick’s Daughter.  
Tricia Helfer, Actress, Number Six, _Battlestar Galactica_.  
Tricia Ann Cotham, Representative (D-NC).

Augustus.

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**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:** [May 1, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/511 "2008-05-01T22:17:39Z")

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the Younger, Brunswick duke and chess author  
Gloop, _Willy Wonka_ overeater  
Hand, Federal judge and cousin of the more-famous Judge Learned Hand

Violet.

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**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:** [May 2, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/512 "2008-05-02T16:02:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
…  
[Phoebe] Snow, early railroad PR character…

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( **5-4-Fighting** , you sent me a PM about this railroad public relations character, but your PM account is full and wouldn’t accept my reply. Check out Wiki for more details about the make-believe Miss Snow.)

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/513 "2008-05-02T16:18:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
( **5-4-Fighting** , you sent me a PM about this railroad public relations character, but your PM account is full and wouldn’t accept my reply. Check out Wiki for more details about the make-believe Miss Snow.)  
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Thanks **Elendil’s Heir** , I should have googled but the voice of the International Coffees Lady and _Roseanne_’s a cappella final episode theme song was stuck in the head of this Poetry Man.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/514 "2008-05-02T18:19:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Violet.  
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Violet Beauregarde, another visitor to Willy Wonka’s factory  
Violet Olney, silver medalist for Britain in 1936 Berlin Olympics 4 x 100 meter track relay  
Violet Jessop, stewardess who survived _Titanic_ sinking

Sherm/Sherman/Shermy

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**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:** [May 2, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/515 "2008-05-02T19:50:58Z")

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Adams  
Hemsley  
Alexie

Next: Courtney

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**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:** [May 2, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/516 "2008-05-02T20:03:13Z")

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Sherman Klump, Eddie Murphy’s character from _The Nutty Professor_  
" Potter, Old Army C.O. of _M_A_S_H\*  
" McCoy, protagonist of _Bonfire of the Vanities_

Courtney.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/517 "2008-05-03T19:31:59Z")

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[QUOTE=NDP]  
Next: Courtney  
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Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress  
Courtney Cox Cole, [former Indiana high school basketball star](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Cox_Cole)  
Courtney Brooke Wagner, [daughter of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood](http://www.celebritywonder.com/event/Donovan_Leitch's_40th_Birthday_Party_hosted_by_Hpnotiq/NatashaGregs_Charbonne_14640354.html)

Zane

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/518 "2008-05-03T20:05:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Zane  
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Zane Grey, Novelist and Western Writer.  
Zane Truesdale, aka Ryo Marufuji Fictional Character in the _Yu-Gi-Oh! GX_ Anime and Manga series.  
Zane Huett, Actor, _Mysterious Skin_].

Zack (or Zach).

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**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:** [May 4, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/519 "2008-05-04T05:43:10Z")

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Wheat - old time baseball player  
de la Rocha - lead singer of Rage Against the Machine  
Braff - actor (“Scrubs”)

Next: Melissa

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**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-3-last-names/432101/520 "2008-05-04T10:15:58Z")

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Manchester  
Etheridge  
Rivers(nee Rosenberg)

Poppy

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