1) Angus Pattie
New Zealander Pattie doesn't only have the misfortune of sharing his name with a high-quality burger. The seven-year-old also made the news after suffering sunburn.
2) Dick Passwater
An unfortunate name to the utmost degree didn't stop Passwater from achieving some success as a NASCAR driver in the '50s.
3) Fabulous Flournoy
The 38-year-old professional basketball player got his name from the optimistic outlook on life his mother had during rough times. Sidenote: His mother Lucy has quite possibly the world's greatest nickname, Luce with the Juice.
4) Howdy Ledbetter
One can only imagine the awkwardness in trying to extract Ledbetter's forename from him when first meeting this car upholsterer. "Hi, what's your name?" "Howdy." And so on.
5) Azalia Snail
As if the musicians name wasn't terrific enough, Snail takes her name in good humor in her Twitter handle, .
6) Tiny Kox
There's really not much to be said about this name. Poor fella.
7) Flex Plexico
Saying this one out loud is the one of the most fun things you'll do all day.
8) Hans Ohff
You'll have hell to pay if you place your mitts on this dude.
9) Autumn Fogg
Let's hope Fogg, who Sports Illustrated helpfully points out, is "not a weather forecast," doesn't lose her way in the mist during a middle-distance race.
10) Larry L. Lavender
We have to wonder if Lavender, now an auctioneer, favored a certain type of scent when he owned an Ohio beauty salon.
11) Dom Perignon Champagne
Champagne was murdered at the age of 18.
12) Perfect Engelberger
Champagne's mother
13) Destinee Hooker
Hooker is a pro U.S. volleyball player who carries a laptop around to keep in touch with fans.
14) Preserved Fish
Fish was a shipping merchant who had just about the best name possible for a whale boat captain.
15)– Let's Pretend – Lost State of Dance – Paper Taxis – Lunar Road – Up! Down! Strange! – All and I – Neon Sheep – Eve Hornby – Faye Bradley – AJ Wilde – Michael Rice – Dion Watts – Matthew Appleyard – John Ashurst – Lauren Swales – Zoe Angus – Jaspreet Singh – Emma Matthews – Nicola Brown – Leanne Pickering – Victoria Davies – Rachel Burnside – Gil Parker – Freya Watson – Alisha Watts – James Pearson – Jacob Sotheran-Darley – Beth Lowery – Jasmine Hewitt – Chloe Gibson – Molly Farquhar – Lewis Murphy – Abbie Coulson – Nick Davies – Harvey Parker – Kyran Williamson – Michael Anderson – Bethany Murray – Sophie Hamilton – Amy Wilkins – Emma Simpson – Liam Wales – Jacob Bartram – Alex Hooks – Rebecca Miller – Caitlin Miller – Sean McCloskey – Dominic Parker – Abbey Sharpe – Elena Larkin – Rebecca Simpson – Nick Dixon – Abbie Farrelly – Liam Grieves – Casey Smith – Liam Downing – Ben Wignall – Elizabeth Hann – Danielle Walker – Lauren Glen – James Johnson – Ben Ervine – Kate Burton – James Hudson – Daniel Mayes – Matthew Kitching – Josh Bennett – Evolution – Dreams.
Yep, that's one person's full name. In fact, it's the longest name in the world, which includes the names of those helped by a charity set up by Dawn McManus in memory of her son. The Hartlepool, U.K. resident changed her name to the above to honor them
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