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Daniel Craig might be the most famous person to have two first names (lemmy.today)
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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

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[–] tourist 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] disguy_ovahea 3 points 3 days ago

You also have Hamilton Fish. He was Grant’s Secretary of State. His letter of gratitude before retirement is, or at least was, hanging in the Empire State Building.

https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/hall-governors/hamilton-fish

[–] Acamon 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Morris is defintely a first name in Britain. I went to school with a Morris Morrison.

[–] davidgro 3 points 4 days ago

One of my friends in middle school had the last name Morris, so I think of it as a last name.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Hope he named his kid Morris Morrisonson.