# Think of a famous person. Right now, go! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509 "2012-01-24T16:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/1 "2012-01-24T16:51:35Z")
As a way of testing which individual is most famous, so famous that their name is forefront on the minds of the populace. Without even a second thought - I say think of a famous person. Who springs to mind first? Don’t know why I’m so hung up on immediate thoughts, but when I think “famous person” I think glitz, glamour, wealth, opulence, thinking of Vegas, think of Elvis Presley. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/2 "2012-01-24T16:53:16Z")
The name that first came to my mind was George Clooney. Of course, I’ve seen a lot of Oscar nomination news coverage this morning, so that might have something to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/3 "2012-01-24T16:53:38Z")
first person I thought of is Sean Connery ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/4 "2012-01-24T16:57:04Z")
The first person I thought of was George Clooney I had just been reading an article about the Academy Award noms that were announced this morning. Oh, and on the Cafe Society MB, there is a thread directly below yours that mentions Stephen King in the title. Let’s see if that prejudices anybody’s answer. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/5 "2012-01-24T16:59:00Z")
Wow. The first person I thought of was Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/6 "2012-01-24T17:04:57Z")
First that came to me: Einstein ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/7 "2012-01-24T17:07:36Z")
Gwyneth Paltrow ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/8 "2012-01-24T17:08:11Z")
Tom Hanks. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/9 "2012-01-24T17:08:51Z")
The first person that came to my mind was Daniel Radcliffe…wait, what?..yeah, but I did just get out of the Oscar thread and was discussing Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/10 "2012-01-24T17:11:43Z")
I think my brain is broken. When I read the thread title I thought “Oh crap! Who, who… William Tell!” William Tell? WTF, brain? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/11 "2012-01-24T17:16:42Z")
Gabe Kaplan Seriously - that’s who I thought of. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/12 "2012-01-24T17:17:29Z")
Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/13 "2012-01-24T17:18:28Z")
Avril Lavigne. Of course, she’s on my mind a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/14 "2012-01-24T17:21:32Z")
William Shatner ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/15 "2012-01-24T17:26:17Z")
Melissa McCarthy. Someone mentioned her name on Facebook WRT Oscar nominations. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/16 "2012-01-24T17:29:17Z")
George Takei. _Oh myyyyyyy!_ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/17 "2012-01-24T17:31:51Z")
Michael Jackson. Aside from him being dead, I didn’t even like him. WTF is wrong with my brain - why couldn’t I have thought of someone cool? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/18 "2012-01-24T17:34:56Z")
Dame Maggie Smith - but then I just got through watching this week’s episode of _Downton Abbey_. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/19 "2012-01-24T17:37:16Z")
Sir Francis Bacon. And I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/20 "2012-01-24T17:56:06Z")
George Washington. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509.md?page=2)