Condeleezza Rice - that name is nearly impossible to spell, unless you are doing it all the time.
Of course, her importance has faded. But I was working for a news publisher when she was Secretary of State. We checked and rechecked her name all the time.
I wonder if it helps to know it comes from the Italian con dolcezza. It just changes the c to an e. So if you think of the Italian pronunciation (approximately “kohn dohl CHET-tsah”), it might help your memory.
I bring it up because I read the wiki and learned where her name came from. It’s kinda sweet.
A few folks have skipped over the part of the OP where they disqualify anyone whose name was not originally rendered in the Latin A-Z alphabet. Which is a sensible disqualification since there are lots of ways to transliterate from other scripts, be they ancient or modern.
That’s true, but I think there’s a big difference between spelling standardization and names that have completely wrong sounds, like Montezuma and Moctezuma or Jesus and Yehushua (the J sound doesn’t even exist in Aramaic).
We’ll have to kick the blame up at least a generation, as Courteney’s mother’s name is … also Courteney, spelled like that. I wonder if this is a surname-as-given-name (as Courteney is a surname) or just a variant spelling.
Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux is misspelled “Maddox” over and over and over. His brother, pitching coach Mike Maddux, gets the same thing, though he’s less famous.
The actor who won an Oscar for “Leaving Las Vegas” is Nicolas Cage, often misspelled “Nicholas.”
Ginnifer Goodwin actually was born Jennifer Goodwin but changed it to make it hard on us all.
Seth Rogen is often misspelled “Rogan,” the more common version of that surname.
Steve Carell is frequently spelled “Carrell” or “Carrel.”
Apparently Billie Eilish is often misspelled “Elish.” I don’t get that one because that would clearly be pronounced a different way. Eilish is EYE-lish, but Elish would rhyme with “Relish.”