This has been brought up recently in another thread, but there is, of course, the current Oakland A’s relief pitcher named Grant Balfour. During his first stint in the majors back in 2001, he gave up three walks in only 2.2 innings.
On a somewhat less-impressive note, I was married in the town of Harmony, but the marriage didn’t exactly end that way.
The entomology professor at my college was Dr. Bugbee.
A nurse whose name was Amanda Nurse. If ever there’s a profession I would steer clear of, it would be the one in my surname.
I’m always amused by the fact that Bernie Madoff made off with all that money. But that’s just me.
At my airline we have a now-retired Captain whose last name was “Pilot”.
In the Air Force I knew both a Major Major and a Major Minor.
Nice. I like this one.
there really is a doctor whose last name is Seuss.
and yes, she’s a pediatrician.
And yes, her waiting room is full of books by…Dr Seuss
I had an ER visit due to a fall where my elbow went through the glass half of my coffee table causing a pretty big cut in my hand. My ER doctors name? Dr. Glass.
I once read a genetics paper by a fellow named Gene Finder.
How about this one, from right here on the Straight Dope?
I believe this is called “nominative determinism”.
I once went to a proctologist called Dr Killingback.
Not as good as some of the above, but when I was 12 I had an English teacher called Mr Vowler.
Bill Lear, inventor of the car radio, 8 track player, and corporate jet plane developer, named his daughter Shanda.
What are the odds that another person anmed Weiner would make the news the next day?
The anchors delivering that news story were going crazy trying to look somber and not comment on the name of the poor victims.
The Bobbitts:
I used to know a guy whose last name is Ferris. He owns a bicycle shop called Ferris Wheels.
Richard Justis.
Head boss at the Dept. of Justice (Antitrust div.)
Am I missing something? Are you thinking of de Guerre?