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Pedro León

León is not his surname, but he carries it as a second name in memory of his grandfather and eldest brother, both died in 2006 (the latter in a motorbike accident), and tends to just go by the name León rather than León Sánchez (as his two brothers), also celebrating his goals by pointing to the sky.



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A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Jack is now worried that Humphries is a serial killer, due to his first name being the middle name of one of the subjects for "Decades of Death".

Alan McInally

On 10 February 2007, Jeff Stelling revealed the middle name of Alan McInally, live on Soccer Saturday which prompted Alan to ring in during the commercial break (from home on his birthday) and jokingly vowed to get even with Jeff.

Alaska lunar sample displays

Arthur Anderson, who also goes by his middle name Coleman, was a skipper on the first season of “the television series The Deadliest Catch.

Alfred Paxton Backhouse

His middle name, Paxton, was selected to honour the creator of The Great Exhibition's Crystal PalaceJoseph Paxton – as it was on show during the year of his birth.

Anthony Boric

His grandfather, from whom Boric acquired his middle name, hailed from the Dalmatia region.

Ashish Zaidi

Due to his Hindu first name, Christian middle name and Muslim surname, he was often called "Amar Akbar Anthony" by his teammates.

Baron Penrhyn

The Douglas family of the second creation are the same of the same lineage as the Marquesses of Queensberry (note the appearance of the middle name Sholto in both families) and are also related to the later Earls of Home.

Brenda Frazier

Her mother, the former Brenda Germaine Henshaw Williams-Taylor, was the only daughter of Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor (a general manager of the Bank of Montreal who was knighted in 1910 and combined his middle name and birth surname into a new hyphenated surname) and his wife, the former Jane Fayrer Henshaw.

Cap'n O. G. Readmore

The feline character Cap'n Readmore was drawn on as a source of inspiration when choosing a middle name for Dewey Readmore Books.

Dan Gillespie Sells

He also revealed that he had given input into a future issue of Gay Times and that his middle name is Giles.

David I. Shapiro

In February 1960, Shapiro was asked to represent American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell by the American Civil Liberties Union, to which he reportedly replied "My middle name’s Israel. I’m not going to represent this sonofabitch."

Elijah Carson Hart

His middle name was Carson because he was born on the banks of the Carson River.

Elizabeth Blackwell

The British artist Edith Holden, whose Unitarian family were Blackwell's relatives, was given the middle name "Blackwell" in her honor.

Emmett McCann

McCann was named for the Irish martyr Robert Emmet, thus the single "t" in his middle name, by which he was called.

Foster Campbell

Ron Gomez, a member of the Louisiana House from Lafayette and at the time a Democrat prior to later switching parties, describes Campbell, when he was a state senator, as "always having some populist, usually anti-business legislation moving through the process. Persistent is his middle name.".

Francis X. Murphy

Under the pseudonym Xavier Rynne, combining his middle name and his mother's maiden name, he revealed the inner workings of Vatican II to The New Yorker.

Gaither Vocal Band

Terry Franklin soon left and was replaced by yet another Imperials alumnus, Jonathan Pierce (formerly known as Jonathan Hildreth, his first and last name—then changed to his first and middle name).

Habersack

The aviation pioneer Tony Jannus was given the middle name of Habersack, but it is uncertain of the origin of the usage.

Henry Carr

Henry Carr (no given middle name), born November 27, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, is a former American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Henry Darwin Rogers

His middle name was given him in honor of Erasmus Darwin, of whose poem “The Botanic Garden” his father was a great admirer.

J. Paul Reddam

Known by his middle name, J. Paul Reddam was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and graduated from the University of Windsor with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

Jackson Bentley

(His being based in Chicago, and his name being Jackson, Thomas's middle name, are other give-aways.)

Jacob Brown

His middle name was given to him in honor of his paternal grandmother who was a descendant of Samuel Jennings, the latter having been a deputy governor of West Jersey and later receiver general of Pennsylvania in the early 18th century.

Jacob Young

Young's middle name, which was given to him by his mother for her love of Wayne Newton, was the second name chosen for the child.

Jay Sebring

He then moved to Los Angeles, where he changed his name to Jay Sebring: Jay, after the first initial of his middle name, and Sebring after the famous Florida car race.

Ji-tae

Justin Chon (born 1981), Korean American actor whose middle name is Jitae

John Lisle Hall MacFarlane

MacFarlane's middle name of Lisle was taken from his mother's forbearers who held connections to the Baron's Lisle.

John P. Hammond

Hammond's middle name, Paul, is in honor of a friend of his father, the actor Paul Robeson.

Julian Bashir

Subutai, the Mongol general from whom Dr. Bashir apparently derives his middle name.

Kunal Karan Kapoor

Named as Kunal Kapoor, Kunal added his father's name, Karan, as his middle name, due to the confusion of sharing the name with the film actor Kunal Kapoor.

Layla Kayleigh

Her birth name is Zara, but she urged her parents to call her by her middle name Layla after the Derek and the Dominos song.

Les Pretend

His dad is called Des (and is thus one of the few Beano parents to be given a name rather than 'mum' or 'dad'), an Elvis Presley fan and impersonator, hence Les' middle name of Presley.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

His middle name, "Kwesi", is a Ghanaian name that is given to boys who - like Johnson - are born on a Sunday.

Marvin Breckinridge Patterson

She used her middle name, Marvin, both professionally and personally to distinguish herself from her cousin Mary Breckinridge (founder of the Frontier Nursing Service) and to avoid the prejudice against women prevalent at the time.

Minor characters in the Revolution at Sea Saga

He gets his first name from his paternal grandfather, and his middle name—an uncommon addition in those days-comes from his maternal grandfather.

Moa Madicken Öberg

Moa Madicken Öberg got her middle name "Madicken" from a popular character in the Astrid Lindgren book by the same name.

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Leo Gorcey would later adopt this as his character middle name in the The Bowery Boys films.

Newhall Land and Farming Company

Successive land sales allowed the Newhalls to maintain their lifestyle, but William (who was known by his middle name Mayo), a graduate of Yale University, understood that they needed a better way to generate income.

Nick Knight

Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation.

Peter Douglas

His middle name was given him in homage to Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant, tortured artist whom his father was playing in the film Lust for Life when he was born.

Roderic Lyne

A fanatical Manchester United supporter, he gave one of his sons the middle name "Charlton" after Sir Bobby Charlton.

Roko Ukić

Roko Leni got his first name after his grandfather and his middle name after drummer Lenny White.

Rudi Johnson

His first name "Burudi" is Swahili and means "cool'" and his middle name "Ali" represented his family's respect and admiration for Muhammad Ali.

Sam Faubus

He gave his son the middle name "Eugene" to honor Socialist Party of America founder Eugene V. Debs of Indiana.

Vargas Llosa

Although the name appears to consist of a first name, a middle name and a last name, Vargas Llosa is in fact the complete surname (Spanish-speaking countries use a paternal last name followed by a maternal last name), and falls alphabetically under the letter V. In a library, bookstore, bibliography or similar place, it is not correct to file the works of either of these authors under the letter L or Ll.

Victor Glover

Horace Glover (1883–1967), also known by middle name Victor, English footballer

William Reese

James W. Reese, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, went by his middle name "William"