Two First Names

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Since I’m neither a Will Ferrell fan nor a NASCAR fan, and in spite of holding John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen in a fair amount of esteem, I doubt if I’ll ever see Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) even when it’s available on cable.

However, I am curious what the source for Ricky Bobby’s name would be. It’s obviously a shot at the Jim Bob and Billy Bob and Bobby Ray and other assorted redneck names that seem to be used on any show to do with the rural South and even Southern politics. But if there’s a well known NASCAR star with two first names I’m having trouble thinking of who it could be. Sterling Marlin, maybe?

Be that as it may, and I would like to know who it is if you know, there are many famous people with two first names. How many can you come up with besides:

Jesse James
Frank James
James Joyce
Tina Louise
Ann Margret (or is it Ann-Margret?)
Alice Faye
Johnnie Ray
Ray Charles
Jerry Lewis
Steve Allen

We should be able to get 100 before slowing down.

(If you want to start using those with two last names, please start another thread. :slight_smile: )

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Patrick Stewart
French Stewart

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Hmmm… wag, maybe something to do with Ricky Rudd and Bobby Labonte?

off for some light research

Btw, how about that Daytona finish yesterday? Any movie should have been so lucky as to have one guy crossing the line upside down and on fire. Ha!

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Jason Alexander
William Christopher
Danny Thomas
Marlo Thomas
Cass Elliott
Chris Elliott

I sure hope they’re all celebs and not just people I know with a first name for a last name…

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Hugh Laurie
Margaret Mitchell
Martha Mitchell
John Dean

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Two from Fame:

Debbie Allen
Gene Anthony Ray had three first names

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Bob Dylan
Dick Clark
Dave Clark

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Mark Anthony (singer married to J-lo)

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Craig David
Paul Simon
Gary Craig (EFT Founder/creator)
Tommy Lee

um…

Seems to be more common with guys.

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Rob Ray
Bruce Lee

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Keith David
David Keith
Teena Marie
Peggy Lee
Vivien Leigh

it’s tough though; when is a first name a first name? For example, Russell is a first name, but I don’t think of people with Russell as a last name having a first name for a last name. Same with Lewis, Mitchell…

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Billy Joel

Elton John

Brian May

Pete Rose

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How 'bout some of the more feminine names?

I’ve known people whose last names were: Barbera, Valery, Lucy, Carroll, Becky, Cleo, Scarlet, Vivian, Marion.

And then there was Jacqueline Susann.

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Christopher Lloyd
Bill Murray
Adrian Paul (Is he still famous?)
Robert Reed
Steve Martin
Martin Laurence
John Wayne
Bruce Wayne (Do fictional characters count?)
James Dean
Jimmy Dean
Michael Douglas
Kirk Douglas

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Jerry Lee Lewis (or is that three names)
Carl Lewis
Joe Louis

Fred Allen
Gracie Allen
Tim Allen (birth name: Tim Dick)
Andy Dick

Bob Elliott

The other Paul Simon
Neil SImon

Jason Lee
Barney Frank
Marv Albert
Steve Lawrence
John Irving
Moe Howard
Ron Howard
Fred Willard
Willard Scott

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Mike Allen (CPC, Tobique–Mactaquac, NB)
Dean Allison (CPC, Niagara West–Glanbrook, ON)
Rona Ambrose (CPC, Intergovernmental Affairs/Western Economic Diversification, Edmonton–Spruce Grove, ON)
Guy André (BQ, Berthier–Maskinongé, QC)
Charlie Angus (NDP, Timmins–James Bay, ON)
André Arthur (Ind., Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier, QC)
Carolyn Bennett (Lib., St. Paul’s, ON)
Leon Benoit (CPC, Vegreville–Wainwright, AB)
Bill Casey (CPC, Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley, NS)
Tony Clement (CPC, Health, Parry Sound–Muskoka, ON)
Bill Graham (Lib., Toronto Centre, ON)
Luc Harvey (CPC, Louis-Hébert, QC)
Brian Jean (CPC, Fort McMurray–Athabaska, AB)
Peter Julian (NDP, Burnaby–New Westminster, BC)
Jason Kenney (CPC, Multiculturalism, Calgary Southwest, AB)
Derek Lee (Lib., Scarborough–Rouge River, ON)
Inky Mark (CPC, Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette, MB)
Keith Martin (Lib., Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca, BC)
Pat Martin (NDP, Winnipeg Centre, MB)
Paul Martin (Lib., LaSalle–Émard, QC)
Tony Martin (NDP, Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
Anita Neville (Lib., Winnipeg South Centre, MB)
Stephen Owen (Lib., Vancouver Quadra, BC)
Joe Preston (CPC, Elgin–Middlesex–London, ON)
Jean-Yves Roy (BQ, Haute-Gaspésie–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia, QC)
Todd Russell (Lib., Labrador, NL)
Andy Scott (Lib., Fredericton, NB)
Josée Verner (CPC, La Francophonie/Official Languages/Int’l Cooperation, Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC)
Robert Vincent (BQ, Shefford, QC)
Mike Wallace (CPC, Burlington, ON)
Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP, Winnipeg North, MB… just kidding!)

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Jon Stewart
William Wallace
George Wallace

Can I get a ruling on George Harrison?

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Well, since Harrison Ford works, I can see how that might fit. However, due to its relative rarity, I’d think Harrison would be more often thought of as a last name.

I had similar thoughts about Anderson Cooper and Desmond Llewellyn.

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I want to know something. If “Ricky Bobby” is supposed to be making fun of the southern tendency to name people like Joe Bob and Mary Sue, why is “Bobby” his last name (as I get the impression from IMDB).

The southern, er, tradition is to give children two first names in addition to the family last name. The example of this that comes to mind is Billy Bob Thornton, and the fictitious Peggy Sue.

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Ricky Martin
Ellen Paige
Bill Clinton
Hilary Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
Roger Clinton