Unfortunate names of real people

I know someone whose last name is Docter. Her brother is in medical school.

Years ago I was friends with someone whose last name is Ho. I was going to meet her one afternoon, and she was expecting her sister to show up from overseas. Things got a little mixed up and I missed them. But while I was waiting for a bus, I saw a girl that looked a lot like my friend. Could it be my friend’s sister? It was very tempting to ask her “Excuse me, are you a Ho?”

…so that was a teenage Ninja, Gukumatz…?

I am friends with a guy named Bob Dick.

Yet another encounter with Mike Hunt here- this one was a client of ours some years back. I also knew of a Jack Frost- went to middle school with him.

And, of course, there’s Austin’s well-known urologist and performer of vasectomies, Dick Chopp. His urology practice includes Dr. Hardeman and Dr. Wang, no less.

I was reading yesterday about a guy named Peter Peterson.

Don’t feel too bad for him though - he’s the founder of the Blackstone Group, was US Secretary of Commerce for a few years, and is worth about $3 billion.

I also knew a guy who was saddled with the unfortunate name Rhett Butler. He pretty much acted like a person who was razzed about his name for his entire life - when the professor called out his name for the first time in class, he flinched.

I used to know a guy whose first and middle names were Nelson Eddy.

I can’t believe no one has mentioned Harry Baals yet.

Anita dick went to my junior high.

My brother’s friend in high school was Phukme(phook-mee). He went by John.

I knew a guy in the Navy with the name of “Hugh G. Cox.” :wink: He was a real jerk, too–I guess he tried to live up to his name.

There’s a dentist here in Connecticut whose name is “Dr. Hurt.”

Of course, there’s the historical "Ima Hogg of my native Texas.

The guy who built the house I live in (and many others in my neighbourhood) was named “Home Smith”. Maybe not “unfortunate” - perhaps “too fortunate!” :wink:

Eons ago I worked with an older guy named Ronald McDonald. He was about 10 when the hamburger clown was invented.

His passage though middle & high school hadda been rough.

The NBC affiliate in Chicago has an anchorman named Dick Johnson. I saw one morning newscast with him where one of the fluff items was about bogus names given when calling for pizza delivery. With a small grin but no elaboration, he mentioned that he will occasionally run into disbelief in similar situations.

The same station also has a meteorologist named Pete Sack.

I knew a Jack Frost in Fort Myers, FL many years ago.

I had a good friend named Richard Cocke; he insisted on being called Richard.

Less unfortunate names:

I know a guy in sales whose name is Charlie Brown. Not Charles, not Chuck - he specifically goes by Charlie. I can only assume that he goes by Charlie because it makes him very memorable. And it does, because I always remember his name when I need to look for a product of the type he sells.

I also know someone who works in medical research, whose name is Martha Stewart. She’s a very nice lady. :slight_smile:

That reminds me - I know an adult woman (ethnically Chinese) working for one of the larger property management companies in Vancouver, with the legal given name “Snoopy.” * Snoopy.* Good grief.

I met a Chinese-American woman named Happy.

I once worked with an American-American woman named Happy Days.

I think it is kind of pretty, but it always makes me think of meat.

“Meat Eberhart”. Now that’s a name!

I think but am too lazy to look up that “mignon” means something like “dainty” or “charming.”

I went to school with a guy named Johnson Chou.