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Historical Middle Names
Can you guess the "middle" names of these figures from history?
These are NOT always birth names or actual middle names
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| First submitted | August 27, 2011 |
| Times taken | 35,542 |
| Average score | 50.0% |
| Rating | 4.16 |
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15 Comments
GlassMonkeyOLD
+5
Level 69
Dec 27, 2025
Great quiz. Who would have thought that William B Yeats was actually William Butter Yeats?
JackintheBox
+4
Level 82
Dec 28, 2025
Butter 🧈😄
JackintheBox
+12
Level 82
Dec 28, 2025
I first tried 'Milton' for __ Keynes
Danem20
+3
Level 88
Dec 28, 2025
"Too UK centric"
loganite
+4
Level 93
Dec 29, 2025
Boutros Boutros-Ghali... Yo Yo Ma!
Rade
+1
Level 96
Dec 30, 2025
Diego Armando Maradona
RuthlessCosmo
+2
Level 78
Jan 2, 2026
Mozart was christened "Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart." If you translate the Greek "Theophilus" into Latin you get . . . .
m373513
+4
Level 62
Jan 2, 2026
During his lifetime he wasnt called Amadeus (this only became established after his death). Instead, "Wolfgang Amadé Mozart" was common (he also called himself that). So "Amade" should be a valid answer.
JIMIRIMI
+3
Level 61
Jan 2, 2026
Missed opportunity to add Harry S. Truman
Gossguy
+7
Level 68
Jan 3, 2026
I can't be the only one to try "Ford"
stocktonmapping
+1
Level 56
Apr 9, 2026
you arent
MrJaydenfire
+2
Level 59
Jan 16, 2026
I only knew about ho chi minh and wolfgang mozart (didn't know his middle name) all of the other people, I have never heard of them before, let alone their middle name
kitsims
+2
Level 86
Mar 1, 2026
Not sure why you'd want to advertise your ignorance so proudly on a quiz site, but whatever does it for you.
KingXXI21
+1
Level 75
Apr 5, 2026
How are you level 58 having never heard of Bach, Doyle, or Hans Christian Andersen?
Dovicz
+1
Level 82
Mar 27, 2026
"García" is not Gabriel García Márquez's middle name, but his first (paternal) surname (as per Spanish surname conventions).
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