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* [[Ted Kennedy]], founder of BE&K | * [[Ted Kennedy]], founder of BE&K | ||
* [[Robert Leslie Palmer|Robert Palmer]], attorney and author | * [[Robert Leslie Palmer|Robert Palmer]], attorney and author | ||
* [[Annie Potts]], secretary of Grasselli Heights | |||
* [[Freddie Rogers|Fred Rogers]], mayor of Roosevelt City | * [[Freddie Rogers|Fred Rogers]], mayor of Roosevelt City | ||
* [[Irvin Wilhelm|Kaiser Wilhelm]], Barons pitcher and manager | * [[Irvin Wilhelm|Kaiser Wilhelm]], Barons pitcher and manager | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 8 January 2019
My personal lists of some the best names in Birmingham history:
Fun names
- Hul-Cee Acton
- Rucker Agee
- Spurgeon Banyard
- Young Boozer III
- Lone Jensen Broussard
- Ottakar Čadek
- Sander Cakebread
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh
- Godfrey Chryssoverges
- Eleanor Clinkscales
- Alfred E. Conybear
- Tene Dolphin
- Spright Dowell
- Culpepper Exum
- Logwood Ulysses Goin
- Electric Griffin, Birmingham High School Class of 1916
- Two-Boys Gumede
- Lazarus Gusdofer, clerk at Famous Clothing Store in 1884
- Leven Savage Hazlegrove
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt
- Freeman Alphonsa Hrabowski III
- Zenko John-Gregory Hrynkiw
- Hewlett Chervis Isom Jr
- Sam Will John
- Theophilus Calvin Jowers
- Wulf Koch
- Tuck Kornegay
- Garnet Leader
- Sang Lyda
- Ocllo R. Mason
- Dolester Miles
- Vasthy Mompoint
- Sydenham Moore
- Sigmund Nesselroth
- Retin Obasohan
- Wytangy Peak-Finney
- Paget Pizitz
- Memory Leake Robinson
- Audrey Marx Skirball-Kenis
- Notable Smith
- Milner Snuggs
- JoJo Starbuck
- Stan Stefansic
- Walladean Streeter
- Ninian Tannehill
- Trygve Olaf Tollefsbol
- Azor Van Hoose
- Sidney William Jiroušek van Sheck
- Rebel Zeigler
Classical names
- Armenius Bennett
- Leonidas Cicero Dickey
- Orion Theophilus Dozier
- Logwood Ulysses Goin
- Magnus Miller Gorrie
- Theophilus Calvin Jowers
- Orlandus Regulus, orderly at South Highlands Infirmary
Names inspired by Native Americans
- Powhatan James, Baptist minister
- Cherokee Jemison Van de Graaff Rountree
- Delaware Williams
Pun names
- London Bridges
- Merry Christmas, minister
- Lexi Coon
- Kris Cross
- Izzy Gould
- Harry Lipson
- Shiney Moon (1906-1953), artist
- Olden Young (1894-1976), miner
Redundant names
- Chris Christ, attorney and judge
- David David, real estate agent
- Henry Henry, vice-president at Alabama Power
- Joe Joseph, restuarateur
- Swaid Swaid, neurosurgeon
- William Williams, architect
- William H. Williams, Baptist minister
Commonly misspelled names
- Karon Bowdre
- Georges Bridges
- E. G. Burchfiel
- Kaitlan Collins
- Courteney Cox
- Chriss Doss
- Heman Drummond
- Diean Hairston
- Lary Hayes
- David Hobdy
- Emmet O'Neal
- Gray Plosser
- Shelia Smoot
- Ferd Weil
- Stimson Woodward
- Louis Armstrong, director of Indian Springs School
- Jeff Bridges, chief of the Trussville Police Department
- Charlie Brown, assistant superintendent of schools
- Cindy Crawford, newspaper editor
- Bill Morgan Freeman, artist and crafstman
- Richard Harris, president of the South Pratt neighborhood
- Ted Kennedy, founder of BE&K
- Robert Palmer, attorney and author
- Annie Potts, secretary of Grasselli Heights
- Fred Rogers, mayor of Roosevelt City
- Kaiser Wilhelm, Barons pitcher and manager
- Charles Yeager, director of Turkey Creek Nature Preserve
Men with names (now) more commonly given to girls
- Laurie Battle
- Maxie Baughan
- Jule Beasley
- Brooke Burnham
- Ashley Curry
- Camille Desmarais
- Luellen Foster
- Courtney Haden, Courtney Shropshire
- Carol Hayes
- Beverly Head
- Hilary Herbert
- Jan Jeffries
- Gail Joyce
- Elsie Lewis (-1928), a motorcycle officer
- Brooksie Lovvorn
- Rosamond McDuff
- Dana Ousler
- Rose Owen
- Rubee Pearse
- Shelley Stewart
- Stacy Williams
- Leslie Wright