# How popular is Adolf nowadays?

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**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345 "2020-10-19T19:13:03Z")\
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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:** [November 6, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/42 "2020-11-06T04:51:00Z")

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Somehow I’m not too surprised that a guy named Adolf (as a last and not a first name, but still) would get caught up in something like this.

> **[Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Denver)**
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> Shawn Robert Adolf, Tharin Robert Gartrell and Nathan Dwaine Johnson plotted to assassinate Barack Obama, then the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nominee. The trio allegedly planned to shoot Senator Obama with a high-powered rifle during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
> The alleged motive for the attempted assassination was a white supremacist belief that an African American should not be elected President of the Unit...

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/43 "2020-11-06T14:19:51Z")

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It would be interesting to find out whether Mr. Adolph was born with that name or had it changed.

Reference all the Coors Adolphs, there’s also the intermittent tradition of Adolphus-named people in the Busch beer hierarchy starting with the founder:

> **[Adolphus Busch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Busch)**
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> Adolphus Busch (10 July 1839 – 10 October 1913) was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. He introduced numerous innovations, building the success of the company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became a philanthropist, using some of his wealth for education and humanitarian needs. His great-great-grandson, August Busch IV, is a former CEO of Anheuser-Busch.
> Busch was born on 10 Ju...

and recently:

> **[August Busch IV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Busch_IV)**
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> August Adolphus Busch IV (born June 15, 1964) is an American businessman and former CEO of Anheuser-Busch. He was the last of the family to control the company, which was purchased in a hostile takeover in 2008 by InBev. Busch IV was known for his marketing leadership, where his history as head of the Anheuser-Busch marketing department garnered ten straight USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter awards, as well as awards at Cannes and the Grand Clio. He...

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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 8, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-adolf-nowadays/923345/44 "2021-04-08T20:17:40Z")

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Bumped.

Just learned about this Ohio judge:  
[Judge Tornichio | Greene County, OH - Official Website (greenecountyohio.gov)](https://www.greenecountyohio.gov/673/Judge-Tornichio)

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