# Three name people **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310 "2020-01-31T20:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/21 "2020-01-31T22:07:48Z")
Tiffani Amber Thiessen (Saved by the Bell, among other shows and films) Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) And the kids from the Home Improvement sitcom: Zachery Ty Bryan Jonathan Taylor Thomas Taran Noah Smith ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/22 "2020-01-31T22:11:16Z")
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (His full name was Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez) ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/23 "2020-01-31T22:16:14Z")
Billie Jean King Sean William Scott (actor) Millie Bobby Brown Bobbi Kristina Brown (daughter of Whitney Huston and Bobby Brown, became a reality star and singer) Evan Rachel Wood Phillip Seymour Hoffman Jennifer Love Hewitt Jamie Lee Curtis (I’m surprised I’m the first in with this one) Tommy Lee Jones Melissa Joan Hart Catherine Zeta Jones Orson Scott Card There are loads and loads of them, really. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/24 "2020-01-31T22:39:56Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Jamie Lee Curtis (I’m surprised I’m the first in with this one) Technically, you weren’t. There’s a couple others you added that you weren’t the first. No problem, though. > [@](#): > > Catherine Zeta Jones Her name is hyphenated, though. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/25 "2020-01-31T22:42:46Z")
Jesus H. Christ Cowboy Bill Watts ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/26 "2020-01-31T22:43:42Z")
When Bill was prez, Hillary made it known she wished to be called Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a tribute to her mother. At that time, I decided to become a three-namer, too. Background. At my mother’s decision, my sister and I were not given middle names. I was “VO,” and my sister was “CO.” My mother explained to both of us that when we married someday, our maiden name would become our middle name. Cool. I enjoyed signing my married name with a middle initial! When Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton made her declaration, I decided I would do that, too. My daddy’s particular branch of the O-name has died out. None of the sons had sons. So, I would carry the name as a three-name person. I sign everything with my three names, and all legal documents show the three names. Mr VOW and I gave The Son the O-name as his middle name. And when The Son married and produced COTU#3, he also has the O-name as his middle name. So, I’m not famous enough to make your list, but I’m a three-namer. BTW, my sister is a three-namer, too! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/27 "2020-01-31T22:45:54Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Jamie Lee Curtis (I’m surprised I’m the first in with this one) Bzzzzt. See #4. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/28 "2020-01-31T22:52:08Z")
Harry S Truman (The ‘S’ is his middle name, IMHO) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/29 "2020-01-31T22:54:54Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > When Bill was prez, Hillary made it known she wished to be called Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a tribute to her mother. > > At that time, I decided to become a three-namer, too. > > Background. At my mother’s decision, my sister and I were not given middle names. I was “VO,” and my sister was “CO.” My mother explained to both of us that when we married someday, our maiden name would become our middle name. Cool. I enjoyed signing my married name with a middle initial! > > When Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton made her declaration, I decided I would do that, too. > > My daddy’s particular branch of the O-name has died out. None of the sons had sons. So, I would carry the name as a three-name person. I sign everything with my three names, and all legal documents show the three names. Mr VOW and I gave The Son the O-name as his middle name. And when The Son married and produced COTU#3, he also has the O-name as his middle name. > > So, I’m not famous enough to make your list, but I’m a three-namer. > > BTW, my sister is a three-namer, too! > ~VOW Oh my freakin’ god. ~VOW, my mother did the same thing. No middle names for us girls. I swear we are cosmically linked. ‘Star sisters’ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/30 "2020-01-31T22:58:33Z")
Michael Martin Murphey ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/31 "2020-01-31T22:59:52Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > . . . > John Quincy Adams > Louisa May Alcott > George Washington Carver > James Fenimore Cooper > Ralph Waldo Emerson > James Earl Jones > John Paul Jones > Tommy Lee Jones > Martin Luther King > Sugar Ray Leonard > Jerry Lee Lewis > Henry Cabot Lodge [1] > James Clerk Maxwell > Harriet Beecher Stowe > Robert Penn Warren > Billy Dee Williams . . . One of these things is not like the other… ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/32 "2020-01-31T23:02:38Z")
Stevie Ray … David Hyde … Anna Nicole … Peter Francis Geraci is a Chicago bankruptcy attorney that advertizes on local media…a lot. > **[Peter Francis Geraci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Francis_Geraci)** > > Peter Francis Geraci is a prominent Chicago-based bankruptcy attorney. He is a graduate of Foreman High School, DePaul University and DePaul University College of Law, and is a lifelong resident of Chicago. Geraci's great-grandfather, Francis A. Hoffmann, was corporation counsel for Chicago in the 1880s.\[citation needed\] His great-great grandfather, Francis A. Hoffmann, was a founder of the Republican Party, and lieutenant governor of Illinois during the Civil War, having been elected on Abra Pe... ---
**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:** [January 31, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/33 "2020-01-31T23:03:01Z")
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Mary Elizabeth Winstead ---
**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:** [January 31, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/34 "2020-01-31T23:05:03Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Do initials count when they are always used? Like Michael J. Fox? J isn’t even his real middle initial. His middle name is Andrew. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/35 "2020-01-31T23:10:07Z")
Hans Christian Andersen William Tecumseh Sherman Albert Sidney Johnson Nathan Bedford Forrest John Bell Hood ---
**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:** [January 31, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/36 "2020-01-31T23:13:49Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > and Edward Allen Poe’s brother Edgar > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Edgar Allen Poe Nitpicking, but Poe’s middle name was Allan not Allen. Poe was very insistent on this during his lifetime and got annoyed at publishers who misspelled it. It was the name of his foster father, John Allan, who raised him after he was orphaned at the age of two. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/37 "2020-01-31T23:16:51Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > One of these things is not like the other… So? Perhaps the OP intended to include nicknames (which would broaden the field considerably). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/38 "2020-01-31T23:21:54Z")
George Armstrong Custer Henry Morton Stanley ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/39 "2020-01-31T23:30:22Z")
Beck Da Wrek. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-name-people/847310/40 "2020-01-31T23:39:48Z")
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