Talk:List of people who use their middle names as their first names

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... that brothers Mike McCartney and Paul McCartney, and sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, use their middle names as their first names?

Source: 18 Famous People Who Go By Their Middle Names

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music p.1564

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- Comment: All four articles have free images, if one is used, I prefer Paul McCartney since it is a FA

5x expanded by Isaidnoway (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Isaidnoway (talk) 10:14, 30 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

@Isaidnoway: Inspired by last month's most viewed hook, might I suggest: ALT1: ... what the UK prime ministers Gordon Brown, James Callaghan, Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, Boris Johnson, Bonar Law, Ramsay MacDonald, Harold Macmillan, Liz Truss, and Harold Wilson have in common? (it's 200 characters, so no room for 'all').--Laun chba ller 15:28, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's my understanding that this is Did you know that ... per WP:DYK. Isaidnoway (talk) 16:44, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess. They must have missed that at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 200#"First" hooks when they proposed that hook. Full review needed.--Laun chba ller 19:44, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]