now look here colonel bat guano, if that is your real name (12. 657)

Founded by veteran CBC journalist and presenter Clyde Gilmour in the 1940s, the Society for the Verification and Enjoyment of Fascinating Names of Actual Persons (SVENAP) is a deliciously intriguing roster of unusual and not wholly tragic names with quite a few instances of nominative determinism (see previously here and here). Some of our vetted favourites (see also here and here) with short biographical entries include: Magdalena Babblejack, Dunwoody Zook, Dr Icy Macy Hoobler, Lester Ouchmoody, Sir Basil Smallwoody, Biff Life and Philander Philpott Pettibone. This cataloguing seems to have unfortunately ended with Gilmour’s death in 1997 but back issues exist. Tag yourself.