I thought of this in the shower, then deleted it when someone in a discord I asked it to eventually said duh it’s Michael Jackson, and another replied Michael Jordan you dumbass … oof … but then while deleted it got upvotes somehow so whatever lol

  • EndOfLine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    21 days ago

    A few more famous people with 2 first names:

    • Anne Frank
    • Bob Dylan
    • Dylan Thomas
    • Billy Joel
    • George Harrison
    • George Michael
    • Elton John
    • Missy Elliot
    • Meg Ryan
    • Kevin James
    • Elizabeth Tyler
    • Liv Tyler
    • Steven Tyler
    • Carey Grant
    • Hugh Grant
    • Mariah Carey
    • Diana Ross
    • Dean Martin
    • Steve Martin
    • Grace Kelly
    • Alexander Hamilton
    • Larry David
    • davidgro@lemmy.world
      12·
      20 days ago

      Hamilton is a last name. I won’t doubt that there are some people who have it first (not checking), but they probably have two last names.

      • tourist@lemmy.world
        2·
        20 days ago

        The only one that comes to mind is Hamilton Morris. I don’t know if Morris is a first name, but I really like the dude. He did a bunch of documentaries about drugs for VICE. Big tangent incoming.

        Those documentaries are really good. He did one about Project Coast, an awful program started by the apartheid government in South Africa (before Mandela became president). It’s the reason why the country still has such a high usage of methaqualone (AKA qualuudes, called Mandrax or “Buttons” colloquially) compared to the rest of the world.

        Project Coast did so many much fucking lingering damage. Poisoned baby milk, nerve agents, you name it.

        It was engineered by this piece of shit who earned the nickname “Dr. Death”, Wouter Basson. Cunt got away with it. He’s somehow still a practicing cardiologist in Cape Town. Infuriating.

        Main point: those documentaries are worth a watch. Not an ad. Pirate it if you want.

        Also, if anyone happens to be near Dr Death’s practice, just fucking exorcise that demon.

    • niktemadur@lemmy.world
      5·
      20 days ago

      Reminds me of that Simon & Garfunkel lyric, along the lines of

      …he’s so unhip
      when you say Dylan
      he thinks you’re talking about Dylan Thomas!
      Whoever he was.