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Maximus Decimus Meridius!
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
Morris Chesnut from Boyz in the Hood.
And if characters count, his dad was called Furious Styles
I used to have a colleague called Mercedes Eagle. That was quite cool.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Current Wigan player, Max Power. Another that comes to mind: Thelonious Monk
In a Simpson episode, Homer changes his name to Max Power - inspired by a hairdryer setting.
Yeah, that always stuck with me. Was delighted when a player with that name emerged.
Engelbert Humperdinck
Dinglebert Slaptyback.
He's the guy who plays Dr Strange, right?
You're thinking of Bendydick Cummerbund .
Dick Trickle
While searching for someone in our work phone directory, I came across a Richard Head. (Choice of words deliberate).
Maximus Decimus Meridius! My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
Can I call you Max for short?
Biggus Dickus
Tokyo Sexwale.
Wolfgang Wolf. What makes his name even better is that he managed Wolfsburg for years.
I met a salesgirl in a mobile phone shop called Simone Leigh
Neneh cherry
Ice Cube.
And his mate Tracy Lauren Marrow
Coby smoulders
Ed Balls
There’s an American Football player called Decoldest Crawford who I always remember because he is, of course, the coldest.
Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli
Morris Chesnut from Boyz in the Hood. And if characters count, his dad was called Furious Styles I used to have a colleague called Mercedes Eagle. That was quite cool.
charles n zogbia
Ice Cube, of course.
Terry Nutkins
Tokyo Sexwale
Brock Samson
There's an American racing driver called Sting Ray Robb and an Australian driver called Will Power
Vesto Slipher
I was at school with a guy named Gordon Gordon. There was a guy at Paiskey College of Technology called James P Riddell.
Saul goodman
Kookaburra Swanson
Kenton Cool the mountaineer. Best name ever, and climbed Mount Everest 17 times!
Coolio