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Originally posted by igottaknow I can think of worse Max E. Pad

MAx Valentine is cool though.

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Originally posted by PivotTechno There's a rather renowned botanist who just happens to be named Michael Pollan. close enough.

That's what they call an Aptronym.

William Wordsworth is by far my favourite example. It's almost as if he became a poet because of his name

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Nannar


always makes me lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Blitzer

Take your pick.

Misty Hyman.

US Olympic swimmer, won gold in 2000.

If you've got Hyman as a surname, why, WHY would you use an adjective for a firstname?

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I also lol at Hilfenhaus, mostly because when said fast 5 times you tend to go crazy.

A friend of mines mother was named Elizabeth Betty by a drunken father at the registration offices. That brought laughs often.

Also, I went to school with a kid called Likit Angsuwatjarakorn. His brother's name was Tospol.

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Originally posted by Lira That's what they call an Aptronym.

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Anna Smashnova, tennis player

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Originally posted by aquila http://www.csiro.au/people/Richard.Head.html

I know him (professionally, not personally). Works up the street from me.

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I've spoken to him on the phone too. That's why I thought of him :P

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