# Who is the Most Famous Person Who Shares Your Initials... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760 "2008-06-04T14:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Antonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@Antonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/141 "2008-06-08T13:57:41Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I don’t recall seeing you around before, so welcome to the **SDMB**! My father’s mother’s mother was named Antonia – she was born in 1882 in what is now the Czech Republic, immigrated to the USA in the first decade of the twentieth century, and lived until 1971 (when I was twelve years old). [/QUOTE] Thank you for the nice welcome! Yes, I am new here although I’ve been lurking for some time. I’ve always liked this forum, so I decided to give it a try. About my name: I’m Dutch and over here Antonia is quite a common name albeit a bit old fasioned. I was named after my paternal grandmother and one of my aunts is also an Antonia. BTW, your username also sounds Dutch – stern means tern (the seabird) and vogel means bird – a ‘double bird bill’ so to speak 😃 (Back on topic) Algernon Blackwood. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/142 "2008-06-08T16:22:15Z")
I have a friend who’s a Frank Purcell Daniels, can anyone come up with one for him? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/143 "2008-06-08T20:17:53Z")
Best I can come up with is Elizabeth Hurley. My nickname gives me the initials LH, which I’m drawing a complete blank on. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/144 "2008-06-08T20:51:29Z")
I don’t suppose I can get away with **G** \_ **D** , can I? No, I’m not Jewish, in case that makes a difference… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/145 "2008-06-09T16:58:02Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] DW, and I’m stuck, although I know y’all will come up with half a dozen obvious choices and I’ll have to do the facesmack smiley. There’s a famous local philanthropist, Diana Wortham; there’s Dana Worthington from Batman (the name sounded familiar and I googled it; I have no idea how I knew that!). Let’s see. Dana, Diana, Dan, David, Duke, Damien, Drew, Darla, Danielle, Dick, Dizzy, Draco–I’m tapped out. Daniel [/QUOTE] David (Mark) Winfield, Hall of Fame Outfielder. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/146 "2008-06-09T17:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] I have a friend who’s a Frank Purcell Daniels, can anyone come up with one for him? 😃 [/QUOTE] He has Fourteen Kids on Goofballs. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/147 "2008-06-09T17:49:01Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] Best I can come up with is Elizabeth Hurley. My nickname gives me the initials LH, which I’m drawing a complete blank on. [/QUOTE] Linda Hamilton. Lauryn Hill. Lionel Hampton. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/148 "2008-06-09T19:37:05Z")
Lauren Hutton Lauren Holly ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/149 "2008-06-09T20:05:39Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] DW, and I’m stuck Daniel [/QUOTE] [The devil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_and_Daniel_Webster) you say! **Antonia** : Actually, I have no known Dutch ancestry, but I’m part German. I’m also a fan of women’s basketball, and one of my favorite players was Kate Starbird, so I Germanized her surname (_stern_ meaning “star”, and _vogel_, as you mentioned, “bird”). ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/150 "2008-06-09T20:39:11Z")
**E** dgar **D** egas **E** llen **D** eGeneres ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/151 "2008-06-09T21:21:40Z")
If middle initials don’t count, probably Alex Rodriguez is the most famous. Adrienne Cecile Rich and Archie Clyde Roller both have the full match, but all I know about their actual fame-levels is that they are notable enough to be on Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/152 "2008-06-11T01:45:40Z")
**T** heodor **S** euss **G** eisel ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/153 "2008-06-11T02:10:44Z")
[QUOTE=bundykala] Super Man! I don’t care if it’s supposed to be one word. I like it. [/QUOTE] Spider-Man is a hyphenate. [QUOTE=Jragon] JJJ I cannot think of anyone famous with 3 J’s at all. With two J’s, there’s probably a few guys out there referred to as “JJ” but I can’t think of any off-hand. [/QUOTE] And speaking of Peter Parker, his boss at the Daily Bugle is [J. Jonah Jameson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Jonah_Jameson). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760/154 "2008-06-11T20:25:29Z")
I can’t believe I missed one of the most obvious ones: **D** ick **C** lark! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-shares-your-initials/451760.md?page=7)