# Id this famous person?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 10, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468 "2015-01-10T13:52:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/1 "2015-01-10T13:52:08Z")

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[Pic.](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/unkn2_zps2300732d.jpg.html#/user/badger60/media/unkn2_zps2300732d.jpg.html) Only clues are it was a notable person, and the photographer was Yousuf Karsh. My first thought was Leonard Bernstein or Joseph Heller, but I couldn’t find matches for either.

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### Author: ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/2 "2015-01-10T13:56:11Z")

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Looks like a jacket photo for Norman Mailer.

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/3 "2015-01-10T13:56:59Z")

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> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#):
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> Looks like a jacket photo for Norman Mailer.

Yep!

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### Author: ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/4 "2015-01-10T13:57:47Z")

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It looks like Art Garfunkle.

ETA:

OK, Norman Mailer, then.

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### Author: ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/5 "2015-01-10T13:59:22Z")

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> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#):
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> Looks like a jacket photo for Norman Mailer.

:smack: Thank you!

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### Author: ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/6 "2015-01-10T14:18:17Z")

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It is Mailer but hardly a jacket photo.

[Here](http://acurator.com/blog/2009/11/norman-mailer.html) is a more Karsh like image from the same session.

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### Author: ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/7 "2015-01-10T14:44:08Z")

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[peanut butter/no milk] No-meh May-wah [pb/nm]

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### Author: ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-famous-person/709468/8 "2015-01-10T16:42:12Z")

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knew it was Norman at once