Fun:Famous Forenames

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A list of famous people (living or dead) sorted by forename.

Including a good (goodest = +10) / bad (baddest = -10) rating.

I've rated those about whom I have an opinion.

More often than not I have insufficient knowledge.

You are invited to amend, add, rate & give reasons if you want.

A.

  • Alger Hiss, -5
  • Andrew Schlafley, -10

B

  • Benjamin Disraeli,
  • Benjamin Franklin, +3

C

  • Carl Sagan, +5
  • Charlton Heston, -10
  • Crispin Glover, +7

D

  • David Lloyd George,
  • David Blunkett, -7 (very bad - see immigration reforms also probably the most fascist labour politician in history. Nice dog though.)


E

  • Ed Begley, Jr., +1
  • Edward the Confessor,
  • Erin Brockovich, +

F

  • Flora Macdonald,
  • Florence Nightingale, +8

G

  • Gary Busey, +8
  • George dubya Bush, -11
  • George Clooney, +8 (nothing to do with his politics but ...)

H

I

J

  • John Schlafly,
  • Judge Reinhold, +6

K

L

M

  • Marie Curie, +5

N

O

P

  • Paul Revere, ±10 (depending)

Q

R

  • Richard "Dick" Cheney, -10
  • Richard Dawkins, +10
  • Richard Feynman, +5 (supported bomb, but still quite good)
  • Richard Lionheart, 0 (+10: mate of Robin Hood? -6: Crusader - who did he think he was; George Bush? -5 Fairly incompetent king, whose image was saved by good spin doctors. +1 Best sort of king: never at home.


  • Richard III, -7
  • Robert Schlafly,

S

T

U

V

  • Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, -8

W

X

Y

Z

  • Zeno, -or is that paradoxically a surname?