Turbo2

Apart from the Golden Graham breakfast cereal, can anyone think of any famous American called Graham (or even Graeme)?

Geezer

Bill Graham, famous American Evangelist.

Geezer

what would scooby do

Billy Graham

Xx-IAN-xX

Golden was the 1st thing that came into my head but how about Billy

Miniman

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Alexander Graham Bell - although he seemed to live in a variety of US and Canadian (and Scottish) places - I think you'd still call him a famous American.

EddScott

Only one american with Graham in their name I want to get close to



Heather Graham - Makes Boogie Nights worth watching.

Turbo2

I was only really thinking about 1st names. So far you've only come up with one and on that one I can't say I'd ever heard of the Governor of California prior to Arnie and he doesn't apparently call himself Graham anyway.

I can think of loads of UK/Irish first name Grahams/Graemes, but not a single American one. Curiously it seems to be a popular name for sportsmen here, so if you want to give your son a head-start on the way to sporting fame, just call him Graham/Graeme.

Graham Green (Author)
Graham Hill (F1 champ)
Graeme Souness (ex Liverpool)
Graeme Swann (Test cricketer)
Graham Gooch (Test cricketer)
Graham Onions (Test cricketer)
Graeme Thorpe (Test cricketer)
Graham Norton (TV)
Graham Kelly (ex FA)
Graham Taylor (ex FA)
Graham Roberts (ex Chelsea & England)
Graham Le Saux (ex Chelsea & England)
Graham Rix (ex Arsenal & England)
Graeme Sharp (ex Everton)
Graeme Garden (ex Goodie)
Graham Dott (snooker champ)
Graham Bell (ex skier)
Graham Chapman (ex Monty Python)

EddScott

On the flip side, you don't find many people called Randy in the UK.

They don't seem to say w*nker very much either.

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Damn shes american .fail

The Trooper 1815

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How many famous kings called Graham?

Not many, so the name will not be picke that often. No heritage, just what the American lack.
Google this bloke.

Graham Newell Fitch

The Trooper 1815

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Nathaniel Graham Sheperd

Greame Mercer Adams

Graham McNamee

scud8

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Heather Graham http://www.livingtv.co.uk/images/hea...ts-250x400.jpg. Someone needs to tell her it's rude to point.

superstar1

Graham Smith

Turbo2

Sorry, never heard of any of them.

Turbo2

Only Graeme Smith I know is the South African cricket captain, so definitely not a Yank!

The Trooper 1815

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They are famous to the septics though!

r32

What about Graham Obama?

Luan Pra bang

Have you considered that most of your list would be completely unknown to the average Yank ?

Luan Pra bang

■GRAHAM ADAMS, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM T. ALLISON, Scholar
■GRAHAM BELL, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM BIEHL, 2008 Olympic athlete - United States - Sailing
■GRAHAM BOND, Musician
■GRAHAM BROWN, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM CHAPMAN, Comic
■GRAHAM COXON, Guitarist
■GRAHAM DAY, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM DELAET, golfer
■GRAHAM FRENCH, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM GANO, football player
■GRAHAM GREENE, Actor
■GRAHAM HARRELL, football player
■GRAHAM HATLEY, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM HORN, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM KERR, Chef
■GRAHAM KOONCE, baseball player
■GRAHAM LEGGAT, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM MINK, professional hockey player
■GRAHAM NASH, Musician
■GRAHAM NELSON, Computer Programmer
■GRAHAM NEWTON, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM NORTON, actor
■GRAHAM OATES, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM PADDON, professional soccer player
■GRAHAM PARKER, Musician
■GRAHAM RUSSELL, Musician
■GRAHAM SUTHERLAND, artist (painter)
■GRAHAM SWIFT, Novelist
■GRAHAM WATANABE, 2010 Winter Olympian - Snowboarding

a list of famous grahams allegedly

Luan Pra bang

Year Popularity of GRAHAM as a boy's name in United States Rank
2008
323rd
2007
383rd
2006
430th
2005
409th
2004
422nd
2003
397th
2002
416th
2001
403rd
2000
409th
1999
405th
1998
402nd
1997
422nd
1996
410th
1995
382nd
1994
404th
1993
371st
1992
409th
1991
390th
1990s
415th
1990
413th
1980s
370th
1970s
592nd
1960s
744th
1950s
786th
1940s
694th
1930s
582nd
1920s
630th
1910s
692nd
1900s
874th

davyboy

GRAHAM WATANABE, 2010 Winter Olympian - Snowboarding

I've heard of him!

superstar1

Rubbish, if you look in any US telephone directories they will be hundreds of Graham Smiths, Google it.

Turbo2

I'm not saying there aren't any Grahams in America: just that there aren't any famous ones.

As for LPB's list of American Grahams? I bet any regular American would struggle to recognise more than a couple of those names, especially this one...

■GRAHAM NELSON, Computer Programmer

And what's England's Graham Chapman and Ireland's Graham Norton doing in that list?

wayne9t9

I have noticed over the years Graham Nortons accent becoming more mid-atlantic. But he`s still a gayer.....