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Last Name is Next First Name - Chain Quiz

In this quiz a chain is created by people whose last name is the next person's first name. Can you find everyone?
The terms first name and last name are used very lax here
Quiz by Nathaniel
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Last updated: February 20, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 19, 2024
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Born
Hint
Person
1942
The Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
1804
14th president; signed the Gadsden Purchase
Franklin Pierce
1953
James Bond and possible father in Mamma Mia
Pierce Brosnan
 
 
 
Born
Hint
Person
1839
American economist, wrote "Progress and Poverty"
Henry George
1963
Recorded a song that is in the charts every year since 2007
George Michael
1958
The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
1912
Drip painting; world's fifth most expensive painting
Jackson Pollock
 
 
 
Born
Hint
Person
1807
Commander of the Confederate States Army
Robert E. Lee
1939
Assassinator assassinated two days after assassinating
Lee Harvey Oswald
 
 
 
Born
Hint
Person
1947
Created Seinfeld together with Jerry Seinfeld
Larry David
1886
Founder of Israel
David Ben-Gurion
1959
Writer of "We Will Rock You" and "The Phantom of the Opera"
Ben Elton
1947
Recorded "Rocket Man" and "I'm Still Standing"
Elton John
1920
His predecessor shared his name, his successor was Benedict
John Paul II
1941
School friend and collaborator of Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
1
First bishop of Antioch and Rome
Simon Peter
1950
"Solsbury Hill" singer
Peter Gabriel
1927
Colombian author of novels about solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
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Level 84
Feb 19, 2024
This is great, but maybe you should require us to type full names, otherwise guessing the last answer in a chain gives you all the other answers!
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Level 74
Feb 19, 2024
I just realised that too haha
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Level 81
Feb 19, 2024
Very fun!
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Level 49
Feb 19, 2024
Very interesting, thank you. But the hint with answer given needs correction. Summer Olympic games are always held in paired years with 4 year gap, like 2008 and 2012. What you mean with 2009, was the World Championships in Berlin, and the competition was 4x400 meters relay.
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Level 74
Feb 19, 2024
Oh right you are, in that case I don't even think he's famous enough to be a given answer
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Level 15
Feb 20, 2024
Nice. Thank you.

"Robert Edward Lee" is not correct?

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Level 74
Feb 20, 2024
I shall accept that