Can you name the famous people with surnames at most half the length of their given names?

Hint	Famous Person
Gold medal-winning American boxer and World Heavyweight Champion; known simply as 'The Greatest'
British actor continuing the role of Batman and named one of the '8 Most Powerful Cult Figures of the Decade'
American film director and producer known for high-budget films like Armageddon and Transformers
Korean-American stand up comedienne, known for her ethnic and sexually-explicit routines
Spanish film actress who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Volver
American film actor who has shaped many famous roles like Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan
American television and film actor known best for portraying Dr. Jack Shephard on ABC's Lost
British actor famous for starring as Dracula, as well as Lord of the Rings

Hint	Famous Person
American actor who has defined light-hearted science fiction, from Back to the Future to the Addams Family
American rock musician and lead singer for Hole who was married to Kurt Cobain
American actor and stand-up comedian who played Frank Catton in Ocean's Eleven
British film director famous for directing The Dark Knight and Inception
Canadian television and film actress currently starring as Dr. Cristina Yang in ABC's Grey's Anatomy
British-born American film voice actor and puppeteer known for voicing Star Wars' Yoda
Austrian-American chef, owner of three nationwide restaurant chains, and author of 'Live, Love, Eat'
Australian actor perhaps best known for his role as Captain Barbossa in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
American film and television actress best known for her roles in Dark Angel and the Fantastic Four
American Sitcom star famous for her red hair and latin husband
American Film star whose credits include The Mask and Charlie's Angels
American country music singer and daughter of Johnny

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Famously Short Surnames Quiz

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Created Aug 4, 2010 in Entertainment
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	coelho4187:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 19:10 GMT		18 points
	Shouldn't Lucille Ball, Cameron Diaz and Rosanne Cash be removed? 4 is more than half of 7 after all.

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	Spelvout:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 19:17 GMT		7 points
	My bad, didn't read the full description.

	biskit67:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 19:18 GMT		13 points
	You could add Courtney Cox.

	sampson13:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 19:28 GMT		-1 points
	Because Yoko Ono isn't really human, just some weird creature.

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	chikka2:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 19:38 GMT		16 points
	I answered Michael J for the Back to the Future person and got the answer to the previous question. Original quiz.

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	jawa88:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 20:02 GMT		-4 points
	I was a little thrown off by Christopher Nolan and Christopher Lee because of their placement. I kept trying to make the name fit alphabetically, but I knew Nolan shouldn't go after Oh. nice quiz overall =)

	The_Snakes:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 20:03 GMT		13 points
	5 letters isn't that short.

	cappy:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 20:09 GMT		-1 points
	Calling Margaret Cho a "comedienne" is really overstating it.

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	GiantsJoe2110:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 20:28 GMT		25 points
	When I started the quiz, I immediately entered Malcolm X (Nobody has a shorter last name than him) before reading any clues and was dissapointed when it didn't work.

	mungar:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 20:28 GMT		5 points
	@H0limkill: Try reading the description...

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	Jerdoggiedog:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 20:43 GMT		22 points
	The short name concept is good. I think the 'less than half' the surname rule is a silly way to do it. Who seriously considers a 5 letter name short? You could probably come up with enough 3, 2 and 1 letter names to fill a quiz.

	ZapRowsdower:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 21:12 GMT		6 points
	I know you said "perhaps", but surely Geoffrey Rush is better known for his Academy-award winning performance in Shine rather than the Pirates movies. It's the role that put him on the map and made the others possible.

	boltonnotlob:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 21:12 GMT		1 point
	I guess I need to watch more television, but, Nolan really is stretching it.

	TJL:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 21:54 GMT		5 points
	No Malcolm X? His first name is 7 times longer than his last name

	nsaret:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 22:08 GMT		10 points
	Why is Margaret Cho Korean-American, but Sandra Oh just Canadian?

	marzoz10:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 22:25 GMT		3 points
	Because Canadians don't feel the need to apply ethnic labels like Americans do. Also, the copy for C. Lee should read "starring as Dracula, as well as IN Lord of the Rings." He didn't star AS Lord of the Rings.

	Brady:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 22:25 GMT		1 point
	I don't even think 4 letters is that short. And Nolan? Like really? Come on. Malcolm X and Courteney Cox were both great suggestions.

	OwenHerring:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 22:28 GMT		-3 points
	The first person I thought of was Yo-Yo Ma and he's not even here - why not? To me, he's more 'famous' than anyone else here (half of whom I've never heard of).

	cocky:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 22:45 GMT		-3 points
	Cassius Clay would work for the first clue.

	BennnnyJ2010:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 23:21 GMT		1 point
	If it was the opposite way round, I'd be banking on A Martinez as a top answer

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	Zalx:	Oct 15th, 2010 at 23:57 GMT		5 points
	I'm not impressed. Just some people with not massively long names. Nolan for example, does fit the bill, but I wouldn't say he had a famously short surname. It's hardly the first thing I think of.

	HandleVandal:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 00:18 GMT		2 points
	I just got Matthew Fox because I was going for Michael J. as my first guess for the Back to the Future one.

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	BigTruck:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 01:30 GMT		7 points
	Cassius Clay, Mel Ott and Don Ho do not qualify because the last name is more than half the length of the first name. Also, I agree with marzoz10 about the wording of the Christopher Lee clue; That "in" is very important.

	trivial:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 03:59 GMT		-2 points
	Kinda lame that the description on the home page says "Martin Short didn't make the cut" and then there are two answers that are five letters. That totally threw me.

	dlutz77539:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 12:37 GMT		7 points
	Umm, isn't Geoffrey Rush better known for his Oscar-winning performance in "Shine", rather than the Pirates of the Caribbean?

	Lilybert:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 14:02 GMT		2 points
	Lame quiz :-/

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	Mike S.:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 18:44 GMT		-2 points
	I always thought Bale was Australian...

	lalalala:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 20:29 GMT		10 points
	@ badgerhawk: well, if it would make it easier for YOU...let's just tailor all future quizzes to badgerhawk's liking.