# What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1930's"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900 "2014-02-09T17:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/41 "2014-02-09T22:18:25Z")
Adolf? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/42 "2014-02-09T22:19:59Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I am still in the camp that thinks John D. survived the Biograph shooting and lived out a normal life under an assumed name. 🙂 …as a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/43 "2014-02-09T22:51:24Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > Amelia Earhart. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Amelia Earhart. Charles Lindbergh, for both the crossing and the kidnapping. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/44 "2014-02-09T23:45:51Z")
Mom. Because that’s when she was born. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/45 "2014-02-09T23:47:43Z")
Mae West. Why it wasn’t FDR, I do not know. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/46 "2014-02-10T00:15:26Z")
Woody Guthrie ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/47 "2014-02-10T00:30:20Z")
FDR ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/48 "2014-02-10T00:43:10Z")
Hitler ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/49 "2014-02-10T00:52:06Z")
FDR ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/50 "2014-02-10T00:56:34Z")
Roosevelt His picture was one of only three in my grandparents’ home that weren’t of family. The other two were the Virgin Mary and JFK. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/51 "2014-02-10T01:41:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Okay, let’s level the playing field, people. We’ve been having fun with the 50’s, so let’s move it back a couple decades (which ought to make it so very few of us have vivid personal memories of the time) and try that name game one mo’ time. > > Be sure to go with your first impression, then list others as you see fit. Dizzy Dean ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/52 "2014-02-10T02:13:55Z")
Errol Flynn. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/53 "2014-02-10T02:48:21Z")
Hitler. He was the dominant force in the world by many magnitudes over anyone else in the 30’s. Now if question was who made a positive difference I’d say Winston Churchill, the person most responsible for stopping Hitler. I can’t imagine what the world would be like if not for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/54 "2014-02-10T03:02:58Z")
FDR. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/55 "2014-02-10T03:35:14Z")
No idea why but when I read the thread title the first name I thought of was Al Jolson. I know next to nothing about him but… Shrug. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/56 "2014-02-10T03:41:33Z")
Charles Lindbergh was the first name that popped into my head. I have read a lot about him but it all relates to the kidnapping and his political affairs not his aviation exploits in the 1920s. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/57 "2014-02-10T05:54:09Z")
Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/58 "2014-02-10T06:23:05Z")
Herbert Hoover. Maybe not the best name, maybe not even accurate, but it was the first name to pop into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/59 "2014-02-10T07:32:15Z")
Billie Holiday ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1930s/680900/60 "2014-02-10T08:39:13Z")
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