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People Known by Initials

These people are known by initials instead of first names. For each selected person, guess the initials.
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First submittedJune 3, 2012
Times taken40,032
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Initials
Surname
Clue
J. K.
Rowling
Author
P. T.
Barnum
Showman
A. A.
Milne
Author
C. S.
Lewis
Author
J. D.
Salinger
Author
J. R. R.
Tolkien
Author
T. E.
Lawrence
WWI soldier
D. H.
Lawrence
Author
F. W.
de Klerk
South African
leader
O. J.
Simpson
Criminal
B. F.
Skinner
Scientist
J. J.
Abrams
Film producer
E. E.
Cummings
Poet
R .L.
Stine
Author
Initials
Surname
Clue
B. B.
King
Blues musician
J. P.
Morgan
Financier
E. B.
White
Author
E. M.
Forster
Author
P. G.
Wodehouse
Author
H. G.
Wells
Author
T. S.
Eliot
Poet
H. L.
Mencken
Journalist
W. B.
Yeats
Poet
H. P.
Lovecraft
Author
W. C.
Fields
Comedian
K. D.
Lang
Singer-songwriter
I. M.
Pei
Architect
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49 Comments
thejoshgray
+2
Level 32
Jun 3, 2012
T.H. ought to be accepted for author White.
tschutzer
+3
Level 94
Jun 2, 2013
Yeah, T.H. White is at least as famous an author as E.B. White. "The Once and Future King" is probably the most famous King Arthur story out there.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 6, 2015
Okay
kalbahamut
+2
Level 80
May 30, 2015
I've read both authors before. I agree The Once and Future King is at least as famous as Charlotte's Web.
jm
+2
Level 88
Sep 16, 2025
I just learned right now that the guy who wrote Charlotte's Web is a different guy from the one who wrote The Once and Future King.
nyrethearcher
+6
Level 16
Jul 31, 2012
ugh...20% more people got jk rowling than jrr tolkien...that makes me mad cuz i'm a total LotR nut.
smartcookie17
+3
Level 45
Aug 8, 2014
Yeah. Me too. And I'm also a Hairy Plotter TOTAL ARCHENEMY type, hence my refusal to afford them the dignity of their original names.
ander217
+10
Level 74
May 30, 2015
I love 'em both. What's wrong with that?
pinkysbrain
+3
Level 86
Jan 25, 2022
20 years on and they are both seriously overrated fantasy nonsense.
SteampunkCow24
+1
Level 31
Oct 15, 2025
I know right?? I'm so sad
AWSM
+14
Level 15
Aug 9, 2014
oj simpson should also be listed as a football player
jm
+2
Level 88
Sep 16, 2025
Maybe before 1995, but especially not since he spent several years in jail, he became known more for that than his career as a running back.
Psyduckthgreat
+11
Level 71
Oct 10, 2025
He's only a famous criminal because he was a famous football player.
wittlane
+1
Level 82
Oct 10, 2025
Exactly. He's a football player first and foremost. Would've been any other murder case without that. I started thinking along the line of DB Cooper seeing criminal.
XYU
+1
Level 63
Oct 10, 2025
I couldn't think of a criminal "Simpson" myself. He could also be listed as a comedy actor for playing the part of Nordberg in the Naked Gun films.
luxint
+6
Level 67
May 30, 2015
nice quiz. like the oj descriptor!
DarthCaedus66
+1
Level 12
Jul 9, 2017
Thank you, Time After Time, for reminding me what H.G. Wells' initials were...
Froststar101
+2
Level 73
Mar 3, 2018
Suggestion: Add I.M. Pei, and, if you don't mind adding more authors, you could put J.M. Barrie and L.M. Montgomery.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 14, 2025
Added I.M. Pei. Thank you!
blizzrd33
+2
Level 80
Oct 14, 2019
Always wondered why someone whose initials were F.W. would choose to be known predominantly by those initials. :)
RobNobody
+1
Level 80
Sep 14, 2025
Could've been worse. His middle name could've been Ulysses.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Nov 24, 2019
What?! How is lovecraft so low? I only got 9 but that was one of them (immediately without thinking) Cthulhu anyone?
MrScorpion
+3
Level 92
Jan 20, 2020
Hahaha criminal is his profession
HinesBrothers
+3
Level 77
Jun 29, 2020
I can almost guarantee that most of the 2% who finished cheated.
Koopa
+4
Level 86
Aug 30, 2022
You don't think 2% of people knew most of them, and/or took shots in the dark with the remaining time to ace the quiz?
elcampeador
+3
Level 78
Mar 7, 2023
No, we don't.
PrettyTiedUp
+2
Level 71
Sep 18, 2025
Got them all on my first try. As the majority of these were poets and authors my literature degree came in handy. So, no, I did not cheat.
rosina
+2
Level 60
Oct 12, 2021
Slightly harsh to call Simpson a criminal. He was, in fact, famous before 'that incident'.
Koopa
+6
Level 86
Aug 30, 2022
Don't make stupid decisions, I guess, and people won't forget about your former self.
Quizmaster
+13
Level ∞
Sep 14, 2025
I don't think its "harsh" to call Simpson a criminal considering that he brutally murdered two people.
jm
+1
Level 88
Sep 16, 2025
And he was actually convicted of armed robbery in trying to get back his trophies. The murders are debatable, the conviction is not.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Oct 13, 2025
The murders are not debatable. "Acquitted" does not mean "innocent." It means only that the 12 specific people on the jury did not think there was enough to evidence to be certain beyond any reasonable doubt that he was guilty. The only thing their judgment binds is the government's ability to sentence Simpson for that crime. No one else is bound in any way to abide by their judgment. The rest of us are free to use our common sense and the information available to draw our own conclusions. OJ absolutely murdered Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. The fact that 12 random people couldn't be sure of that after a circus trial filled with obfuscation and all manner of other absurdity doesn't change reality. He did it.
Danem20
+13
Level 88
Sep 14, 2025
"Why is everyone focused on the two brutal murders he committed and not the times he threw around a ball? So harsh!"
jsmay311
+1
Level 69
Oct 10, 2025
He almost never threw the ball. He had only 16 total passing attempts in 135 NFL games. #FakeNews ;-P

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimpO.00.htm

PapaFurchetta
+6
Level 93
Sep 14, 2025
W.E.B. Du Bois would be a nice addition
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Sep 14, 2025
J.M. Coetzee is another possible author
BananaIgor17
+2
Level 20
Sep 14, 2025
J. F. Kennedy is a really well known person you should add it
ConradBrunstrom
+3
Level 81
Sep 15, 2025
cummings ought to be lower case - ee
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 15, 2025
We are aware of this and choose not to.
PrettyTiedUp
+1
Level 71
Sep 18, 2025
Yes, let's not encourage him in this nonsense.
WhoknowswhoIam
+1
Level 29
Oct 11, 2025
we?
WhoknowswhoIam
+2
Level 29
Oct 11, 2025
more than 1 qm?
mightythor
+5
Level 67
Oct 10, 2025
Was expecting db cooper.
Lindwyrm
+3
Level 80
Oct 10, 2025
JD Vance could be a good addition
GlassMonkeyCode
+2
Level 69
Oct 10, 2025
I think that whilst criminal is accurate for OJ Simpson, it wasn't a very helpful clue. Phil Spector also ended his career by murdering someone, but he would definitely be listed as 'Musician/Producer' and not 'criminal'.
gonzit
+1
Level 72
Oct 10, 2025
"Lisa, every good scientist is half B.F. Skinner and half P.T. Barnum."

Seymour Skinner - The Simpsons [S04E16]

CoopaWithAC
+2
Level 32
Oct 10, 2025
Would have expected JK Simmons to be on here.
Changeling
+1
Level 43
Oct 10, 2025
I thought that thumbnail was Jerma
eurotec
+1
Level 55
Oct 14, 2025
I actually tried "Homer" for Simpson LOL

Great quiz.

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