# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/21 "2012-01-24T17:59:27Z")
Tomoko Kawase, who happens to be my favourite singer. I notice, we’ve got exactly one repeat, which is actually more than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/22 "2012-01-24T18:00:47Z")
Bill Clinton, for no reason I can name. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/23 "2012-01-24T18:02:33Z")
William Shatner, which disappoints me. It’s because I got an email this morning saying he’ll be appearing in concert in March or so. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/24 "2012-01-24T18:07:10Z")
Madonna…my guess is because I was a teenager at the height of her fame it left some sort of impression (as John Lennon or Paul McCartney might come to mind for someone 20 years older than me) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/25 "2012-01-24T18:08:05Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Sir Francis Bacon. > > And I have no idea why. Bacon is the best answer to everything. For some weird reason, I got Ronald Reagan. Really, this question is not a good a good index of famousness, though. The answer is going to depend mainly on what famous people one happens to have been hearing or thinking about recently. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/26 "2012-01-24T18:08:45Z")
Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/27 "2012-01-24T18:20:20Z")
John Kenneth Galbraith ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/28 "2012-01-24T18:21:26Z")
Einstein. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/29 "2012-01-24T18:27:30Z")
John Wayne. I have no idea why he was the first I thought of ---
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/30 "2012-01-24T18:29:26Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Bacon is the best answer to everything. > > For some weird reason, I got Ronald Reagan. > > Really, this question is not a good a good index of famousness, though. The answer is going to depend mainly on what famous people one happens to have been hearing or thinking about recently. I can’t even tell you the last time I thought about William Tell, though! ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/31 "2012-01-24T18:30:38Z")
Pete what’s his name that played Mr. Kobayashi in _The Usual Suspects_. Only because of your user name. ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/32 "2012-01-24T18:33:27Z")
“You know, that really famous guy…_Whatzisname!_” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/33 "2012-01-24T18:34:28Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Sir Francis Bacon. > > And I have no idea why. Were you eating breakfast at the time? Mine was John Noble. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/34 "2012-01-24T18:37:37Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Pete what’s his name that played Mr. Kobayashi in _The Usual Suspects_. The late Pete Postlethwaite. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/35 "2012-01-24T18:39:08Z")
Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/36 "2012-01-24T18:39:13Z")
Barack Obama ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/37 "2012-01-24T18:40:17Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Barack Obama. Wow, simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/38 "2012-01-24T18:52:21Z")
Mr. Miyagi, or Pat Morita, cause of the OP’s name ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/39 "2012-01-24T18:55:57Z")
Vincent Van Gogh Actually [this](http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/vincent-van-gogh-paintings-from-paris4.htm) picture popped into my head and I had to process it for a few seconds to add in the name. I have no idea why. I have no logical reason to think of him. This whole exercise has me puzzled as to - - why I visualized first - why I picked Van Gogh - why I picked him without recognizing who he was ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509/40 "2012-01-24T19:04:44Z")
I wasn’t going to post in this thread, but every time I scrolled past it Captain Kangaroo popped into my head. So for the sake of adding an anomaly, there ya go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-famous-person-right-now-go/610509.md?page=3)