# Most Well-Known Person named . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 17, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192 "2013-03-17T19:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/21 "2013-03-21T19:59:15Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Nathan Detroit from _Guys and Dolls_. > > Nathan Hale. > > ETA: Nathan, the Biblical prophet from King David’s time. > > Nathan Fillion, of _Castle_ and _Firefly_ fame. Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/22 "2013-03-22T03:05:16Z")
In order, IMHO: Sarah Palin. Sarah Michelle Gellar. Sarah Silverman. Sarah Bernhardt (actually the first one I thought of, but she died in 1923, so few who saw her perform on the stage are still around to tell the tale) Ellen ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/23 "2013-03-22T04:32:34Z")
Ellen Degeneres Ellen Page Ellen Pompeo Nancy. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/24 "2013-03-22T07:49:33Z")
Sara (Noznisky-Novoletsky-Lownds-Dylan), the “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.” here of her [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkx-elBdKi4) … [or here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbLyD7bRBs) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/25 "2013-03-22T15:58:23Z")
Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Reagan comic strip Nancy, the niece of Fritzi Ritz and girlfiend of Sluggo and: Nicholas ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/26 "2013-03-22T16:13:10Z")
Nicholas Cage Saint Nicholas Nathan Lane Sarah Plain and Tall Next: Wilfred ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/27 "2013-03-22T16:30:12Z")
I was going to say actor Wilfred Hyde-WHite, but I looked it up and he’s actually a Wilfrid. So, for me, it’s a tie between poet Wilfred Owen and boxer Wilfred Benitez. Of course, if fictional characters count, Wilfred of Ivanhoe is far more famous than any of them. New name: Jeremiah ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/28 "2013-03-22T18:52:50Z")
Spelling variations count, according to the OP. The prophet Jeremiah Jeremiah Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/29 "2013-03-22T20:58:01Z")
Jeremiah Bullfrog. New name: Chuck ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/30 "2013-03-22T21:03:42Z")
Chuck Berry Or Chuck Hagel Or Chucky (fictional murderous doll) Damn, hard to choose just one. ETA Chuck Norris! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/31 "2013-03-24T18:20:19Z")
Chuck Bartowski (from TV show _Chuck)_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/32 "2013-03-24T23:44:32Z")
“Two Buck Chuck,” the nickname for Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw wine, that used to retail for $2 (and may still, for all I know). No, not as well known as Chuck Berry, Chuck Norris, or Chucky. But still wanted to sneak it in there. Bartholemew. ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/33 "2013-03-25T01:12:53Z")
Bartholomew, one of the Apostles. Manny. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192/34 "2013-03-25T01:16:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > But unless we have some source that ranks these people in some “well-known” ranking, I am not convinced this first phase has done much besides making a list. Okay, let’s use the Wikipedia standard. When you start typing a query into Wikipedia, it tries to guess what you’re going to ask for based on the most common queries that started like yours did. The first names Wikipedia guessed: Erica Pereira Blair Underwood Constance Bennett Eloise Hawking Nathaniel Hawthorne Sarah Palin Ellen Degeneres Nancy Pelosi Nicholas II of Russia Wilfred Owen Jeremiah Wright Chuck Berry Bartholemew Simpson Manny Pacquiao [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-person-named/653192.md?page=1)