Famous Name Game

Alfred E. Newton
  • Alfred E Newton (fl.1899 - 1921) was active/lived in United Kingdom. Alfred Newton is known for Painting. Artist auction records. askART's database currently holds 2 auction lots for Alfred E Newton (of which 1 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at …

 
Citygirl, thanks to Google, we can find literally anyone listed with any name. But Tiny was thinking of the Mad Magazine guy ("What, me worry?"), not some obscure British artist who had one piece "listed at auction," and nothing else about him. Like most Americans, she has seen pictures of Alfred E Neuman hundreds of times, maybe thousands. So I stand by my correction. Otherwise, anyone could come up with any name at all, just because they once had a neighbor with that name, making the game meaningless. (Now, if Tiny is a professional art historian with some reason to know of this guy, I take back my correction. But I doubt very much that that is the case.)

OK, moving on, how about Alfred Matthew Yankovec? (Better known as "Weird Al")?
 
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