# Most misspelled names of famous people? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725 "2010-06-27T23:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/21 "2010-06-28T17:46:11Z")
Barbra Steisand ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/22 "2010-06-28T17:59:00Z")
Dwyane Wade. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/23 "2010-06-28T18:01:09Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Did they ever settle on Muammar/Moammar Qaddafi/Ghadafi/Khadafy? It’s spelled consistently in Arabic. In English, the man himself doesn’t spell it consistently, so it’s hard to hit anyone else for getting it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/24 "2010-06-28T18:02:11Z")
Mark McGwire (not McGuire or McQuire) would be my nomination. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/25 "2010-06-28T18:03:44Z")
Antawn Jamison ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/26 "2010-06-28T19:00:40Z")
I spelled it “Barrack” for the longest time, until I saw a Pit thread on it callling out me and people like me. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/27 "2010-06-28T19:31:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Julius Caesar. > > Should be Jvlivs, obviously. Certainly Not! It should be **IVLIVS** ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/28 "2010-06-28T19:33:24Z")
344,000 results for “Selma Hayek” 79,500 results for “Selma Hayak” 80,400 results for “Salma Hayak” ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/29 "2010-06-28T19:34:52Z")
When I troll for Dethklok information online, I see the creator referred to as Brendon Smalls, Brendan Small, Brandon Smalls, Branden Small, and any other variation thereof. It’s Brendon Small. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/30 "2010-06-28T19:58:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Certainly Not! > It should be > > **IVLIVS** Or Iulius. (u/V was one letter, with u the lower case form and V the upper case form.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/31 "2010-06-28T20:23:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Britney Spears. Not Brittany. No idea why that happens so often. And since Spears became famous, I’ve seen it going the other way. I’ve seen Brittany Murphy’s name misspelled as Britney Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/32 "2010-06-28T20:31:11Z")
Charles Schulz. There’s no ‘t.’ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/33 "2010-06-28T20:31:24Z")
Steven Spielberg’s another easily misspelled one; Steven or Stephen, Spiel or Speil, berg or burg - there’s probably a dozen ways to get it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/34 "2010-06-28T20:34:59Z")
Ferrari. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/35 "2010-06-28T20:35:17Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Gairtay I can’t figure out who this is; Goethe? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/36 "2010-06-28T23:22:11Z")
From entries to the Death Pool, the most common misspellings are Lindsay (not Lindsey) Lohan and Muhammad (various) Ali. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/37 "2010-06-29T01:49:14Z")
Frasier Crane (not Frazier) Kelsey Grammar (not Grammer) Danielle Steel (not Steele) My other nominations have already been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/38 "2010-06-29T02:36:53Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Kelsey Grammar (not Grammer) Um… “Grammer” is the correct spelling of his last name. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/39 "2010-06-29T05:09:57Z")
It’s Will Ferrell, not Farrell. It’s Colin Farrell, not Ferrell. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725/40 "2010-06-29T05:27:07Z")
Jerry **Seinfeld**. It’s not **Seinfield**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misspelled-names-of-famous-people/544725.md?page=3)