# Who \*is\* J.R.?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 17, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326 "2009-07-17T12:12:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326/21 "2009-07-19T11:37:50Z")

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[J.R. Hartley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv1VQ7uSC-s)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326/22 "2009-07-19T13:53:54Z")

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I’m looking for first name “J” and last name “R,” as suggested by the examples in the OP of Joan Rivers and Julia Roberts.

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326/23 "2009-07-20T09:51:19Z")

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What do you mean by up to date? Alive?

Jonathan Richman  
Joey Ramone  
Joseph Ratzinger  
Jerry Rice  
James Earl Ray  
Janet Reno  
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers  
Jack Ruby

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326/24 "2009-07-20T13:06:37Z")

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Alive is good – hip is good – so of Joey Ramone, Jerry Rice, and Janet Reno, the winner is clearly Jerry Rice. Who’da thunk? 😃

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-j-r/503326/25 "2009-07-20T20:46:58Z")

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> [@Jihi](#):
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> Also, not as famous as some of the others mentioned but [Jim Ross.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ross) A well known pro wrestling announcer.

He even goes by JR, so I say he wins the topic.

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