Famous People With Hyphenated Names

Name these celebrities with a hyphen in their names.
Names can be hyphenated for various reasons.
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1857–1941
Founder of Boy Scouts
Robert Baden-Powell
1886–1973
First prime minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion
1887–1975
Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 until his death
Chiang Kai-Shek
1905–1980
French existentialist philosopher of Being and Nothingness
Jean-Paul Sartre
1941–
Actress in Viva Las Vegas, Tommy. and Grumpy Old Men
Ann-Margret
1944–
Korean Secretary-General of the UN (2007–2016)
Ban Ki-moon
1944–
Played Gimli in Lord of the Rings and Sallah in Indiana Jones
John Rhys-Davies
1947–
Basketball player famous for his "skyhook"
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1948–2022
English-Australian actress who starred in Grease
Olivia Newton-John
1949–2011
Spoken word poet of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Gil Scott-Heron
1957–
Method actor who has won 3 Best Actor Oscars
Daniel Day-Lewis
1960–
"The Muscles from Brussels" (Bloodsport and Kickboxer)
Jean-Claude Van Damme
1961–
One of Seinfeld's four leads
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
1962–
She excelled in the heptathlon and long jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1969–
Rapper and businessman Shawn Carter
Jay-Z
1969–
Welsh actress who was in Chicago
Catherine Zeta-Jones
1970–2025
Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
1971–
Comedian actor who often collaborates with Jordan Peele
Keegan-Michael Key
1981–
Star of 3rd Rock from the Sun and Looper
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
1986–
Michelle Tanner on Full House
Mary-Kate Olsen
1989–
New York congresswoman known as AOC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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3 Comments
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Level 71
May 30, 2021
Could argue that Jessica Ennis-Hill also excelled in heptathlon
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Level 90
May 30, 2021
Thanks, nathan6. I should add the dates of their life like I did on my other quizzes.
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Level 90
Oct 27, 2021
Done! And quiz was updated with one person added and one person removed (Jada Pinkett Smith doesn't usually hyphenate her name).