What Does the Initial Stand For? -- Famous People's Names

These famous people have initials in their name, but what does the initial stand for? Try to guess the name that is represented by the initial in the names of these famous people.
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Person
Name
John F. Kennedy Jr.
Fitzgerald
George W. Bush
Walker
Samuel L. Jackson
Leroy
J.K. Rowling
Joanne
Kathleen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Delano
M. Emmet Walsh
Michael
J.D. Salinger
Jerome
David
H.R. Giger
Hans
Ruedi
Hunter S. Thompson
Stockton
J.K. Simmons
Jonathan
Kimble
William H. Macy
Hall
H.G. Wells
Herbert
George
C.S. Lewis
Clive
Staples
T.S. Eliot
Thomas
Stearns
J.T. Walsh
James
Thomas
George C. Scott
Campbell
W.B. Yeats
William
Butler
P.J. Harvey
Polly
Jean
William S. Burroughs
Seward
L. Ron Hubbard
Lafayette
Arthur C. Clarke
Charles
Cecil B. DeMille
Blount
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard
Philips
Philip K. Dick
Kindred
K.D. Lang
Kathryn
Dawn
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