Interesting question, but I really can’t think of any famous CPs. 
Maybe someone else can help.
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Interesting question, but I really can’t think of any famous CPs. 
Maybe someone else can help.
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There’s always pro wrestler Chuck Palumbo.
[QUOTE=Asimovian]
Interesting question, but I really can’t think of any famous CPs.
Maybe someone else can help.
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Chuck Palahniuk
There ya go.
Anyone got one for RV?
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Anyone got one for RV?
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Rip Van Winkle?
Also for CV - pro basketball player Chris Paul.
I can’t think of any famous DE’s without googling.
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
Rip Van Winkle?
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We can’t just ignore that W! I don’t think it’d work. Plus if we’re doing middle names then its even harder: RHV.
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
Rip Van Winkle?
Also for CV - pro basketball player Chris Paul.
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Wow, this one’s a winner for me, particularly since he’s a spokesman for the Professional Bowler’s Tour, of which I am a fan. Same first name, even!
I will rest easy tonight now. 
[QUOTE=RoOsh]
Anyone got one for RV?
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Ronnie VanZant former lead singer for Lynard Skynyrd.
I mentally went through all of the Van / Von… surnames. Didn’t think Rip VanWinkel could really count.
[QUOTE=Pithy Moniker]
Chuck Norris! Hah!
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Bruce Lee. 
[QUOTE=RoOsh]
Anyone got one for RV?
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Ritchie Valens? Rudolph Valentino?
For me, there’s also Thandie Newton and Ted Nugent.
[QUOTE=Baker]
I can’t think of any famous DE’s without googling.
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Try Googling on Duke Ellington.
I always thought I should never be allowed a job with economic responsibilities seeing as I share initials with Norman Lamont and Nigel Lawson (Tory Chancellors who presided over the destruction of the UK’s economy) and Nick Leeson (the rogue trader who bought down Barings Bank).
[QUOTE=RoOsh]
We can’t just ignore that W! I don’t think it’d work. Plus if we’re doing middle names then its even harder: RHV.
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Why not? Van is part of the surname; you wouldn’t use the W as part of his initials except as an affectation.
If you’re talking about someone with two surnames, it’s different.
Of course, since he’s a fictional character he might not be eligible under other criteria anyway. 
Real name: Edward Kennedy Ellington.
You could have Donnie Edwards, NFL linebacker; Dennis Erickson, NFL/college football coach; and… that’s all I’ve got.
I think I’m winning so far, right?
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Try Googling on Duke Ellington.
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Or Dwight Eisenhower.
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Oy. I was thinking only first and last name. I mean there can’t be too many matches of complete monograms wherein the famous person you cite is known mainly for going by his/her full name like Haley Joel Osment or Edgar Allan Poe so first and last names only.
And for twickster, John Wayne immediately sprung to mind.
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Actually, my full monogram is JMW – James McNeil Whistler.
[QUOTE=twickster]
Actually, my full monogram is JMW – James McNeil Whistler.
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I always thought you were a chick. :smack:
Me too!
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
I always thought you were a chick. :smack:
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Unless something fairly drastic has happened, I think she still is.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Unless something fairly drastic has happened, I think she still is.
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:smack: :dubious: :smack:
I thought she was saying James McNeil Whistler was her name. I didn’t realize it was that Whistler.
John Belushi
Jim Beam
Johann Bach
James Brown