# Patriotic Celebrities - Named for their countries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170 "2007-03-08T22:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/1 "2007-03-08T22:34:38Z")
Start with: **Italo Calvino** , the author **François Truffaut** , the director **America Ferrara** , the actress ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/2 "2007-03-08T22:37:59Z")
Akaturk probably doesn’t count, seeing as he was _re_named after his country… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/3 "2007-03-08T22:47:35Z")
Does **america Hoffman** count? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/4 "2007-03-08T23:24:05Z")
Jomo Kenyatta? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/5 "2007-03-08T23:31:14Z")
Not named after her own country but Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger called one of their kids Ireland. A girl IIRC. Silly name but celebs are know for that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/6 "2007-03-08T23:37:45Z")
Not a celebrity per se, but there is the game designer [American McGee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_McGee) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/7 "2007-03-08T23:40:21Z")
Cuba Gooding. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/8 "2007-03-09T00:20:28Z")
Asia Carrera China Lee India Allen 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/9 "2007-03-09T00:22:23Z")
india.arie ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/10 "2007-03-09T00:38:35Z")
France Nuyen ---
**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 9, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/11 "2007-03-09T03:49:38Z")
Gary “U.S.” Bonds ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/12 "2007-03-09T04:11:59Z")
How about [Morocco Mole](http://www.johnrozum.com/images/moroccomole.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/13 "2007-03-09T09:26:38Z")
Ozzie Nelson? ---
**Author:** ![STEVEHOLT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@STEVEHOLT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/STEVEHOLT)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/14 "2007-03-09T17:02:17Z")
Asia Argento ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/15 "2007-03-09T17:14:31Z")
[Canada Lee](http://imdb.com/name/nm0496938/)? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/16 "2007-03-09T18:46:19Z")
_I’m going to expand the theme to include states and maybe cities_. Africa Bambaata and Jello Biafra, musicians; I don’t think either are from those places. Utah Phillips, folk singer/raconteur, came from Utah and was first called that in the Army. Sippie Wallace, blues singer, was from Mississipi. Rudy Wanderone, pool hustler, was widely known as New York Fats. The movie _The Hustler_ had a pool hustler named Minnesota Fats, based on NYF. Wanderone changed his moniker to Minnesota Fats, and was known as that ever since. Grace Slick’s daughter China is from the US. Yank Rachell, blues mandolinist/singer, is from Indianapolis in the US. Tampa Red, blues singer, is from Tampa. Panama Jack and Hong Kong Phooey are fictional, so we don’t know where they came from. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/17 "2007-03-09T19:15:02Z")
Writer **Sir Walter Scott** was from Scotland. **Anatole France** Actors [Canada Lee](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496938/), (born in New York), Jill Ireland (British) and John Ireland (Canadian) ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/18 "2007-03-09T19:46:04Z")
John Denver Bob Denver Denver Pyle Gomer Pyle…what? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/19 "2007-03-09T20:32:30Z")
According to Genesis, Jacob was born in the Holy Land (25:26) and God later changed his name to Israel (35:10). A few negatives to omit from potential lists: [ul][li]Herman “Germany” Schaeffer, only man ever to legally steal first base in a Major League Baseball game, was born in Chicago, IL.[/li][li]Rosa Luxembourg was born in Zamosc, Poland.[/li][li]Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City.[/li][li]St. Marinus (AKA San Marino) was born in Caesarea, Palestine.[/li][li]Eric Dane, supporting actor on numerous TV series, was born in San Francisco CA.[/li][li]Music promoter Ruth Polsky was from New Jersey.[/li][li]“Rudi Deutsch” is a name applied to two people. The Dutch author of that name was born in the Netherlands; Rudi Dutschke, the Marxist German activist who adopted the name, was born in Denmark.[/li]Baseball pitcher Eric Ireland was born in Long Beach, CA.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170/20 "2007-03-09T23:33:54Z")
Dane Cook is also not Danish. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-celebrities-named-for-their-countries/395170.md?page=2)