Phoenix (Seven Squared) 49

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:14 am

Herge?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:43 am

Mobius?

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:54 am

Richelieu is correct. Hergé, creator of Tintin, was born Georges Remy and took his pen name from the French pronunciation of the intials "R. G." (a reversal of his own initials G. R.). Over to the Red Eminence.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:40 pm

Maurits Cornelis were the Christian names of which famous person?

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:42 pm

M.C. Hammer

(I severely doubt this is right but I couldn't resist typing it)

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:53 pm

'Fraid not.... keep trying

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:15 pm

M.C. Escher, the painter of weird optical illusion type paintings.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:40 pm

Well done! (can't think of any other MC's anyway!)

Over to you Mr 2000.

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:54 pm

Famous people known by their initials
AI, basketball player Allen Iverson
ATB, German DJ.
AJ, Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson. AJ is a very common initial.
BB, French Actress Brigitte Bardot
BHL, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy
BT, American electronic music artist Brian Transeau
CAS, U.S. fantasy author Clark Ashton Smith
DB, Football Former England football captain David Beckham
DC, Formula 1 Racing Driver David Coulthard
DFW, American writer David Foster Wallace
DJ, former NBA player Dennis Johnson
DMR, computer scientist Dennis Ritchie
DNA, British author Douglas Noel Adams
DSK, French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn
EJ, Former owner of a Formula 1 team Eddie Jordan. Also EJ, singer, songwriter, pianist Elton John.
EIIR(E2R), Queen of the United Kingdom
ESR, Eric Steven Raymond, leading figure in the Open Source movement and maintainer of the Jargon File
FDR, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FPA, U.S. newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams
FZ, Composer, guitarist and social critic Frank Zappa
H.D., U.S. Imagist poet Hilda Doolittle
H.R., lead singer of Bad Brains
IDS, British politician Iain Duncan Smith
J2M, former CEO of Vivendi-Universal Jean-Marie Messier
JBL, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, US professional wrestler
JC, Jesus Christ
JFK, U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JJSS, French essayist and politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
JK, Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil
JT, Justin Timberlake, singer, dancer, musical artist. JP Jennifer Pereira very hot!
JWZ, Free software programmer Jamie Zawinski
KG, Basketball player Kevin Garnett
KJ, former Phoenix Suns point guard Kevin Johnson
KK, Zambian head of state Kenneth Kaunda
L, Linnaeus, founder of modern systematics, cited by biologists simply as (L) when referenced as author (first official describer) of a species. Note that (L) is truly understood to stand for the man Linnaeus himself, in contrast to an SI unit name like N, which does not stand for the man Newton, but for a physical unit spelled in lower-case that is named in honor of the man Newton.
LBJ, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (Johnson so liked his initials that his children and dogs all had them. However it is not true that he nicknamed his wife Lady Bird so she could have the same initials - her nickname originated while she was an infant when a nursemaid said of her, "She's as pretty as a ladybird.")
LT, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Lawrence Taylor, and LT, San Diego Chargers' record breaking running back, LaDaninian Tomlinson.
MBD, hasidic singer and musician Mordechai ben David.
MGR, former actor Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, India.
MJ, U.S. basketball legend Michael Jordan
MLK, U.S. civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
OJ, U.S. football player, movie actor, and accused murderer O. J. Simpson
PPDA, French journalist Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Q, British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch
QT, American movie director/actor Quentin Tarantino
RAH, U.S. Science fiction author Robert A. (Anson) Heinlein
R.A.W., U.S. futurologist and author Robert Anton Wilson
REH, U.S. fantasy author Robert E. Howard
RFK, U.S. politician Robert F. Kennedy
RMS, Free Software advocate Richard M. Stallman
TGM, first Czechoslovak president
TO, American football player Terrell Owens
TP, French basketball player Tony Parker
TR, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
UKK, Finnish longtime president and strongman Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
VGE, former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
W.L., fictitious name given to real life Ugandan crime victim that journalist Caroline Moorehead wrote about
ZZ, French football player Zinedine Zidane

[edit] Borderline cases
AK47, basketball player Andrei Kirilenko, who wears team uniform #47
BOD, Irish rugby player Brian O'Driscoll
"Dubya", U.S. President George W. Bush (based on his Texan pronunciation of the letter W, the letter distinguishing him from his father)
Eminem ("M 'n' M"), U.S. rapper Marshall Mathers
Hergé ("R. G." in French), Belgian comics author Georges Remi
JEB, Florida Governor John Ellis Bush
J. Lo, U.S. pop musician Jennifer Lopez
LB, basketball legend Larry Bird, who usually gives autographs using only his initials. This is the same case with MS, Michael Schumacher, Formula 1 legend.
LL Cool J, American hip hop artist James Smith, whose stage name means "Ladies Love Cool James"
ODB, U.S. rapper "Ol' Dirty Bastard"
TAFKAP, U.S. soul singer Prince, abbreviation for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, which replaced an unpronounceable symbol as his name. He has since reverted to using his first name of Prince.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:15 pm

What links Mel Brooks and Danny Kaye but, despite urban myth, does not link Neil Diamond? (You might need to do a bit of digging on this - not guessable.)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:35 pm

something about jews changing their names to sound less jewish?

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:37 pm

What about Mel Brooks is funny, apparently Danny Kaye was funny, whereas Neil Diamond is just sh*t?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:11 pm

Is it something to do with New Yawk and Brooklyn ?

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:29 pm

unknownpseudonym wrote:something about jews changing their names to sound less jewish?

On the right lines, but more specific please.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:23 am

Have a look at their real names.