# One-named stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 19, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102 "2007-08-19T00:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/41 "2007-08-19T18:35:41Z")
Oprah. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/42 "2007-08-20T01:15:37Z")
[QUOTE=Ms Macphisto] That’s awesome that The Edge got mentioned before Bono! [/QUOTE] Indeed. [http://sovietpanda.blogspot.com/2005\_12\_01\_index.html](http://sovietpanda.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_index.html) He should have been the first pic on that page… ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/43 "2007-08-20T01:46:50Z")
Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/44 "2007-08-20T02:06:32Z")
I guess Meat Loaf doesn’t count, huh? ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/45 "2007-08-20T02:08:49Z")
Exene ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/46 "2007-08-20T09:39:21Z")
Divine ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/47 "2007-08-20T13:11:07Z")
People who pretty much own their first names Elton John Kinky Friedman Oprah Winfrey Hilary Clinton ---
**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:** [August 20, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/48 "2007-08-20T22:52:16Z")
I’ll concede Oprah, which is based on a spelling mistake. But Kinky Friedman’s first name is actually Richard. And I think Elton Brand and Hilary Duff would be surprised to hear somebody else owns their names. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/49 "2007-08-20T23:11:58Z")
Bennifer ---
**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:** [August 20, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/50 "2007-08-20T23:20:09Z")
So the OP saw the last episode of **Burn Notice** too? 🙂 Topol ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/51 "2007-08-20T23:52:35Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] And I think Elton Brand and Hilary Duff would be surprised to hear somebody else owns their names. [/QUOTE] Or for that matter, the late Elton Dean, from whom Reg Dwight borrowed the name in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/52 "2007-08-20T23:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] …and Liberace’s first name is Lee [/QUOTE] Actually his first names were Wladziu Valentino. Lee was a nickname. There’s a reason he went by surname only. ---
**Author:** ![Woody\_Mellor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@Woody\_Mellor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woody_Mellor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102/53 "2007-08-21T01:15:46Z")
If I’m talking about music and refer to Iggy, I would assume most people would know who I’m talking about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-named-stars/416102.md?page=2)