Famous People Known by Three Names
All the following decriptions or clues are of people known by three names.
For example: "Who wrote the fairy tale, "The Ugly Duckling"... the answer would be Hans Christian Andersen.
Descriptions
- As of 2022, professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University.
- American poet whose works include Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha.
- Will Smith's wife for more than two decades.
- Directed the 1979 film Apocalypse Now?
- Best known for her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Portrayed Princess Margaret, from 2019 to 2020, in Netflix's The Crown.
- His roommate was future Vice President Al Gore when he attended Harvard University.
- Known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw.
- Set a women's world record of 10.49 seconds in 1988.
- Well-known United States' navy commander in the American Revolutionary War.
- Actor who played detective Dave Starsky in the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch.
- Played Colonel Pickering in the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady.
- American writer, best known for the 1868 novel Little Women.
- Won Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote in the 2005 film Capote.
- French fashion designer who founded the fashion label in 1962 which bears his name.
- Captained Europe's Ryder Cup team to a narrow victory in 2012.
- Star of the American series that launched three spin-offs: Rhoda, Phyllis, and Lou Grant.
- His poem The Raven was an instant success in 1845.
- Wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as first lady.
- Architect who designed Fallingwater in 1939.
Quiz Answers
- Carol Ann Duffy (appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, resigned 2019)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Sarah Jessica Parker (on television's Sex and the City)
- Florence Griffith-Joyner
- John Paul Jones
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Louisa May Alcott
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Jose MarĂa Olazabal
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Lady Bird Johnson
- Frank Lloyd Wright