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3Rach974923
Billie Holiday
6KimarieBee
Hugh Laurie
8abbottthomas
David Owen ('gang of four')
9rolandperkins
Spike Owen
10theretiredlibrarian
Spike Lee
12dihiba
O! Canada, Our home and native land....oops, that's not a person!
Dennis Lee, who wrote "Alligator Pie" (a Canuck, too)
Dennis Lee, who wrote "Alligator Pie" (a Canuck, too)
14rolandperkins
John Smith*
*Yes, that was really his name: Scottish politician, Tony Blairʻs predecessor as head of the UKʻs Labour Party
*Yes, that was really his name: Scottish politician, Tony Blairʻs predecessor as head of the UKʻs Labour Party
15mirrordrum
Katie Smith (guard, Detroit Shock, WNBA)
16rolandperkins
Brautiganʻs "Smith" Smith*
*fiction-within-a-fiction character; projected by the would-be writer, the protagonist of Dreaming of Babylon by Richard Brautigan , which I read in the past few weeks.
*fiction-within-a-fiction character; projected by the would-be writer, the protagonist of Dreaming of Babylon by Richard Brautigan , which I read in the past few weeks.
17cakefriend
The Smith's
18rolandperkins
Perley Smithʻs The Smiths of Cape Breton
19mirrordrum
Will Smith
20rolandperkins
Will Clark
22rolandperkins
"Old Joe Clark"
24rolandperkins
"Clark Kent"
25KimarieBee
"Little Joe" (Bonanza)
26KimarieBee
Ooops.....forget above (too slow)
27mirrordrum
Mary Higgins Clark
29abbottthomas
'Enry 'Iggins (My Fair Lady)
31theretiredlibrarian
Elizabeth Tudor
33Copperskye
James Taylor
36rolandperkins
James IV, called "Bonnie Prince Charlie"
37justifiedsinner
Stuart Little (from the unvoiced surname in 36)
38rolandperkins
Queen Mary Stuart
40mirrordrum
Queen Latifah
41rolandperkins
Mel Queen
43DeltaQueen50
Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny and others)
44Rach974923
Matt LeBlanc
45mirrordrum
Matt Damon
48theretiredlibrarian
Johnny Carson
49rolandperkins
Johnny Keane
50cakefriend
Johnny Quest
51rolandperkins
F.L. Greenʻs "Johnny McQueen"*
*played by james Mason in a classic movie version of the novel Odd Man Out
*played by james Mason in a classic movie version of the novel Odd Man Out
52DeltaQueen50
Steve McQueen
54abbottthomas
Gracie Allen
56theretiredlibrarian
Alan Alda
58cakefriend
Alan Arkin
59mirrordrum
Alan Rickman
60cakefriend
Alan Moore
64rolandperkins
"Yank" Terry
65cakefriend
Terry Thomas
66abbottthomas
Thomas a Becket
68justifiedsinner
Luigi Alva
69cakefriend
Alva Vanderbilt
70mirrordrum
Amy Vanderbilt
71Rach974923
Amy Adams
74rolandperkins
Ramsay MacDonald
75DeltaQueen50
Ronald MacDonald
77mirrordrum
Betty Hutton
80theretiredlibrarian
Thomas Hart Benton (Missouri muralist)
82Tid
Is this a kind of Add A Name, Drop A Name?
If so, then I see your George Benton, and I raise you
George Benson
If so, then I see your George Benton, and I raise you
George Benson
83abbottthomas
Ivy Benson (bandleader)
84mirrordrum
Ivy Compton-Burnett
86Copperskye
Carl Reiner
87mirrordrum
Carl R. Rogers
90mirrordrum
Emma Jung
91rolandperkins
Stories about Gustav Vasa and his Sons and Daughters* b y Herman Lindqvist
*title translated from the Swedish (I hope correctly)
*title translated from the Swedish (I hope correctly)
92DeltaQueen50
I picked up from post 90.
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
94Copperskye
Benjamin Franklin
96theretiredlibrarian
Pierce Brosnan
98DirtPriest
Jim Rice
102cakefriend
Ann Rand
103abbottthomas
Mary Rand
104hfglen
DS Mary Mary, of the Nursery Crimes Division (in Jasper Fforde's The Big Over Easy)
105rolandperkins
Terkelʻs Division Street, U.S. A.
106justifiedsinner
From #104
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
112DeltaQueen50
Hank Snow
118rolandperkins
Woodrow Parfey
120cakefriend
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson
121rolandperkins
"Woody" Williams
122DeltaQueen50
Esther Williams
124rolandperkins
Carlos Baker
125Copperskye
Carlos Santana
126rolandperkins
Don Carlos Buell
128rolandperkins
Alan Ameche
129abbottthomas
Alan Bennett
134cakefriend
Claire Forlani
135rolandperkins
To justifiedsinner:
i-c what you mean about Llspectorʻs forename;
sorry
i-c what you mean about Llspectorʻs forename;
sorry
136justifiedsinner
not a problem
Claire Bennet (Heroic cheerleader)
Claire Bennet (Heroic cheerleader)
137Rach974923
Elizabeth Bennet
138rolandperkins
Elizabeth Taylor
142justifiedsinner
Roger the Cabin Boy (urban mythological character erroneously ascribed to Captain Pugwash)
144cakefriend
Roger Rabbit
147DeltaQueen50
Harrison Ford
148Arctic-Stranger
Ford Prefect
151Arctic-Stranger
Gerald Ford
154Copperskye
Spike Lee
155abbottthomas
Spike Jones (not to mention his City Slickers - Cocktails for Two - sublime!)
163rolandperkins
June Jones*
*fb coach of So. Methodist
*fb coach of So. Methodist
164cakefriend
Tom Jones
165theretiredlibrarian
Shirley Jones
166cakefriend
Davey Jones
168justifiedsinner
Desmond and Molly Jones (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Life goes on)
170cakefriend
Desmond Tutu
171hfglen
(not a relevant post and not to be followed from, but I can't help wondering how this thread would cope with Tutu's successor, Njongonkulu Ndungane ...)
176DeltaQueen50
Thomas Edison
177cakefriend
Thomas E. Dewey
179theretiredlibrarian
Melville Dewey
...what can I say, I'm a librarian...
...what can I say, I'm a librarian...
181DirtPriest
Dwight 'Dewey' Evans
182rolandperkins
Dwight David Eisenhower
183Copperskye
Dwight Schrute
184DirtPriest
Dwight Gooden
186cakefriend
Timothy Leary
187justifiedsinner
Timothy Treadwell (aka Grizzly Man)
188DirtPriest
Jeff Treadwell
189rolandperkins
Jeff Bridges
191rolandperkins
Captain Boycott
192theretiredlibrarian
Captain Kirk
194rolandperkins
Captain Fury
195DeltaQueen50
Captain Jack Aubrey (from Patrick O'Brian's series
198justifiedsinner
Jack Daniel's
199rolandperkins
Jack Dempsey
203DeltaQueen50
Rick Springfield
205rolandperkins
Buffalo Springfield
207rolandperkins
Bill Mazeroski
209rolandperkins
Ben Thompson (aka Count Rumford)
210cakefriend
Ben and Jerry
213rolandperkins
Jerry Maguire
214cakefriend
Jerry Hall
216rolandperkins
Daryl "Cy" Blanton*
not exactly a household word like another baseball "Cy": Denton "Cy" Young, but this "Cy" was in the Philliesʻ starting rotation when I was first following MLB. And there is another Blanton in there today (?)--I donʻt know whether related to the Blanton of the 40s or not.
not exactly a household word like another baseball "Cy": Denton "Cy" Young, but this "Cy" was in the Philliesʻ starting rotation when I was first following MLB. And there is another Blanton in there today (?)--I donʻt know whether related to the Blanton of the 40s or not.
218rolandperkins
Hanna Barbera
219cakefriend
Hanna Andersson
221DirtPriest
Harry Stone
223justifiedsinner
Sly Stone
225Rach974923
Eli Stone
227rolandperkins
Eli Yale
229DeltaQueen50
Whitney Houston
232theretiredlibrarian
Sam Spade
238Copperskye
Reggie Rivers
239rolandperkins
Mickey Rivers
240DeltaQueen50
Mickey Rooney
242Copperskye
Mickey Mouse
244justifiedsinner
Stanley Mouse
248rolandperkins
Stanley Dunham
249theretiredlibrarian
Stanley Livingston
(the actor who played Ernie from My Three Sons--I have no idea why I know this)
(the actor who played Ernie from My Three Sons--I have no idea why I know this)
250rolandperkins
Danny Livingston
254mirrordrum
Christi Thomas (WNBA center)
257theretiredlibrarian
Debbie Boone
258DeltaQueen50
Daniel Boone
259cakefriend
Daniel Webster
262rolandperkins
Bill Craig
263Copperskye
Craig Ferguson
265cakefriend
F. Scott Fitzgerald
266rolandperkins
Winfield Scott Hancock
269cakefriend
Mr. Bean
270Copperskye
Mr. Roberts
273justifiedsinner
Julian McMahon
274mirrordrum
Julian Glover
276cakefriend
T.S. Eliot
278rolandperkins
Rambling Jack Elliiot
281cakefriend
Jerry Lewis
or
Lewis & Clark
or
Lewis Carroll
or
Lewis & Clark
or
Lewis Carroll
282rolandperkins
Alfred Lewis
(Not the A.A. Lewis cited by the Touchstones; Alfred was a once well-known novelist; all I knew about him when I was h.s. age was that he was "the other Lewis" in literature.)
(Not the A.A. Lewis cited by the Touchstones; Alfred was a once well-known novelist; all I knew about him when I was h.s. age was that he was "the other Lewis" in literature.)
283theretiredlibrarian
Alfred Lord Tenneyson
284rolandperkins
George Gordon Lord Byron
286rolandperkins
Ruth Ford
288DeltaQueen50
Babe Ruth
290rolandperkins
Babe Dahlgren
291cakefriend
Babe Winkelman
293cakefriend
Johann Sebastian Bach
294rolandperkins
Saint Sebastian, martyr
295justifiedsinner
Eva Marie Saint
298Rach974923
Donny Osmond
300justifiedsinner
Donny Darko
301cakefriend
Donny Most
302rolandperkins
Johnny Most
303DeltaQueen50
Johnny Weissmuller
304rolandperkins
Johnny Keane
305Rach974923
Roy Keane
306rolandperkins
Patrick Roy
308SecretariatGirl
Patrick Henry
311DeltaQueen50
Les Brown (and his band of renown)
313justifiedsinner
Fredric March
317Rach974923
Sue Perkins
319Rach974923
Francis Drake
321cakefriend
Drake and Josh
323cakefriend
Josh Hamilton
327DeltaQueen50
Alexander Graham Bell
330justifiedsinner
Nash Bridges
334rolandperkins
Beau Ideal (author unrecorded by LT; Touchstones says it is by Percy Wren, --like "Geste" and "Sabreur".)
335cakefriend
Beau Garrett
336DeltaQueen50
Garrett Morris
337theretiredlibrarian
Morris the Cat
340dihiba
Doris Duke
>296 Tid: - if I may gently correct you, Buffy Ste-Marie is a native Canadian, born in Saskatchewan.
>296 Tid: - if I may gently correct you, Buffy Ste-Marie is a native Canadian, born in Saskatchewan.
342rolandperkins
J. Edward Day
347dihiba
Carla Robinson (fittingly - see below - a Native Canadian broadcaster for the CBC)
>343 Tid: Buffy Ste-Marie is a Native Canadian (we tend not to use the term Indian here) and since the USA has basically claimed "America" for itself, we, in the rest of the Americas, don't refer to ourselves as "Americans" - that is why, when Canadians are in the UK we are constantly correcting our hosts that we are not from "America"!
However, that said, a Native person might not even recognize the political boundaries of the Americas at all! : )
>343 Tid: Buffy Ste-Marie is a Native Canadian (we tend not to use the term Indian here) and since the USA has basically claimed "America" for itself, we, in the rest of the Americas, don't refer to ourselves as "Americans" - that is why, when Canadians are in the UK we are constantly correcting our hosts that we are not from "America"!
However, that said, a Native person might not even recognize the political boundaries of the Americas at all! : )
353rolandperkins
Dave Duncan
354mirrordrum
Dave Matthews (Band)
355rolandperkins
Gary Matthews, Jr.
358gautherbelle
Anderson Cooper
359DeltaQueen50
Hans Christian Anderson
361gautherbelle
The Magic Christian
363cakefriend
The Orlando Magic
365DeltaQueen50
Claire Bloom
367justifiedsinner
Dane Cook
370anniebairre
Peter Sarsgaard
371ashleyckrr
Peter Jackson
373theretiredlibrarian
Andrew Carnegie
376Copperskye
Sinclair Lewis
377DeltaQueen50
Shari Lewis
378Copperskye
Meriwether Lewis
382justifiedsinner
Wanda Kirkbride Farr
383DeltaQueen50
Wanda Sykes
385ashleyckrr
Bryan Adams
387ashleyckrr
Douglas Adams
389ashleyckrr
Douglas Coupland
391ashleyckrr
Tommy Dorsey (musician)
394anniebairre
Jimmy Stewart
402Rach974923
Chris Isaac
404theretiredlibrarian
Chris Rock
405Copperskye
Chris Bohjalian
406cakefriend
Chris Cross
407ashleyckrr
Chris Noth
409justifiedsinner
Chris Evert
411ashleyckrr
Dan Brown
413ashleyckrr
Alton Brown
416anniebairre
Gordon Ramsay
418ashleyckrr
Jeff Gordon
425rolandperkins
Dennis Bennett
427rolandperkins
Joan Bennett Kennedy
428DeltaQueen50
Jackie Kennedy
429cakefriend
Jackie Onassis
(heehee)
(heehee)
430theretiredlibrarian
Jackie Chan
431Copperskye
Jackie Gleason
434rolandperkins
Herbert Marshall
437cakefriend
Peter Pan
438Copperskye
Peter Jennings
439cakefriend
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
441theretiredlibrarian
Peter Rabbit
443DeltaQueen50
Eddie Van Halen
446anniebairre
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
449rolandperkins
Gen. Dick Taylor
451DeltaQueen50
Dick Martin (Rowan & Martin)
453cakefriend
Martin Landau
454Copperskye
Martin Short
455cakefriend
Steve Martin
458Jim53
Laurence J. Peter (I'd tell you all about him, but that's above my level of competence, and I do have some principles, you know.)
459theretiredlibrarian
Peter Brady
460cakefriend
Marsha Brady
(Oh, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha)
(Oh, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha)
463DeltaQueen50
Tom Hanks
464cakefriend
Tom Thumb
466Tid
#451 - Is that a chicken joke???
(Can't drop a word with only one word! Going from Tom Thumb..)
(Col.) Tom Parker
(Can't drop a word with only one word! Going from Tom Thumb..)
(Col.) Tom Parker
478Copperskye
Colin Firth
480justifiedsinner
Jonathan Swift
485cakefriend
Justice John Marshall Harlan
486theretiredlibrarian
Penny Marshall
487mirrordrum
Penny Downey--very fine British actress who, sadly, does little except legit theatre
488cakefriend
Penny Thornton
489DeltaQueen50
Thornton Wilder
491theretiredlibrarian
Laura Bush
492justifiedsinner
Vannevar Bush
494Tid
"How can I top Colin Firth?!"
Well, first you remove his ... oops, did I really say that out loud?
George Clooney
Well, first you remove his ... oops, did I really say that out loud?
George Clooney
496cakefriend
Tid, yes, you did say that out loud. I heard you! :P
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
500cakefriend
Wright Brothers
508mirrordrum
John-boy Walton
509cakefriend
Sam Walton
510Copperskye
Sam Waterston
511cakefriend
Sam Clemens
515Rach974923
Orlando Bloom
516theretiredlibrarian
Tony Orlando
519DeltaQueen50
Lee Harvey Oswald
520DeltaQueen50
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522rolandperkins
Harvey Shapiro
523cakefriend
Robert Shapiro
525cakefriend
George Burns
526rolandperkins
George H. W. Bush
529Copperskye
Elizabeth Berg
532justifiedsinner
Sir Percy Joseph Sillitoe KBE
533cakefriend
Percy Sledge
( When a man loves a woman...)
( When a man loves a woman...)
534theretiredlibrarian
Percy Weasley
535rolandperkins
Percy Shelley
536cakefriend
Percy Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine's best friend
Thomas the Tank Engine's best friend
537rolandperkins
Caseyʻs engine
538rolandperkins
My rewrite/delete didnʻt work on # 537;
anyway, disregard it. I forget that an engine isnʻt 1 of the "People we Know"
anyway, disregard it. I forget that an engine isnʻt 1 of the "People we Know"
541rolandperkins
Ed Charles
542cakefriend
Charles, Prince of Wales
