# Unfortunate names of real people **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705 "2011-04-08T19:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/1 "2011-04-08T19:47:23Z")
[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772\_3-20050585-52.html](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20050585-52.html) by Daniel Terdiman I wonder what he got called at school, poor guy. He probably just got used to it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/2 "2011-04-08T19:50:29Z")
I used to know a Dang Dung. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/3 "2011-04-08T19:57:52Z")
[Aiken County Sheriff’s Department](http://www.aikencountysheriff.org/). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/4 "2011-04-08T20:06:37Z")
My dad used to have a business card stuck to the refrigerator, from a Realtor named Rose E. Kuntz. The fact that she put her middle initial on the card indicates to me that she had a good sense of humor about her name. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/5 "2011-04-08T20:32:50Z")
I went to school with a girl by the name of Anita Wang. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/6 "2011-04-08T20:34:45Z")
I had a roommate named Peter Dick. Down the hall lived Peter Jock. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/7 "2011-04-08T20:43:47Z")
I kinda cringe when I think of Peter Boyle’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/8 "2011-04-08T20:46:33Z")
I knew of a Geraldine Scleavage (say it out loud, makes me laugh) ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/9 "2011-04-08T21:27:59Z")
How about former Detroit Lion Harry Colon? Also, San Francisco pitching coach Dick Pole. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/10 "2011-04-08T21:34:22Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I used to know a Dang Dung. About 13-14 years ago I occasionally had to work with a guy by that name via telephone. He worked for a company we did work for, in another city. When I bought my house 20 years ago, one of my neighbors was an elderly gentleman named Norbert Putz. Today I spoke to a guy with the last name of Looney. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/11 "2011-04-08T22:03:27Z")
[Dr. Bonnie Beaver](http://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/dr-bonnie-beaver-md-408b04f3). Yes, she’s a gyno. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/12 "2011-04-08T23:02:52Z")
Astrida Penis. And yes, it’s pronounced “astride a penis.” ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/13 "2011-04-08T23:10:27Z")
ed - [Changed my mind, decide not to reply.] ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/14 "2011-04-08T23:13:14Z")
From this week’s B3TA: AUTHORS WITH SILLY NAMES - Gerd Bohner and Michaela Wanke, it’s like a marriage made in masturbation heaven. > **[Attitudes and Attitude Change (Social Psychology): Amazon.co.uk: Bohner, Gerd,...](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Attitudes-Attitude-Change-Psychology-Modular/dp/0863777791)** > > Buy Attitudes and Attitude Change (Social Psychology) 1 by Bohner, Gerd, Wanke, Michaela (ISBN: 9780863777790) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/15 "2011-04-08T23:13:46Z")
There is an insurance agent whose office is on Grand Ave in Oakland. Her name is… Charming Ho. > **[Charming Ho State Farm Insurance | Oakland Google Satellite Map](http://www.maplandia.com/united-states/california/alameda-county/oakland/buildings/charming-ho-state-farm-insurance/)** > > Charming Ho State Farm Insurance on the Oakland map. Satellite image of Oakland, United States and near destinations. Travel deals. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/16 "2011-04-08T23:15:11Z")
> [@NetTrekker](#): > > [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772\_3-20050585-52.html](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20050585-52.html) > > by Daniel Terdiman > > I wonder what he got called at school, poor guy. He probably just got used to it eventually. A guy I have occasion to email back and forth with works for a company that does the first-initial-last-name thing, making him “turdan@…” which makes me giggle every single time. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/17 "2011-04-09T01:09:56Z")
A friend of mine was related to a fellow named Orel Sexton. That name was in our phone book growing up. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/18 "2011-04-09T01:11:32Z")
I used to work with a guy named Dick Orifice. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/19 "2011-04-09T01:13:40Z")
On the scholarly side of things, there’s a geologist by the name of [R. A. Fuck](http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=fuck&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=1%2C44&as_sdtp=on). Kind of makes me wish that were my major; it’d make writing a dissertation a lot more fun! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705/20 "2011-04-09T01:25:28Z")
A friend of the family is Candy Barr. Fortunately, it’s her married name. One that’s unfortunate in a different way: I was googling an old friend so I could sent her an email and I found something in a newspaper that said “[friend’s name] lured men in for sex, then robbed them.” I was a bit relieved to discover it was a book review. A FICTION book review. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-names-of-real-people/577705.md?page=2)