Every so often, when I was doing an anagram study of someone's name, I would spot a shorter famous name within those letters. It didn't happen very often and much of the time, a reasonable anagram could not be found anyway. Recently, I have been making a push to see if I can find more examples of this and I have been developing some tools to help me. I have only been doing this for about a week but I am eager to share what I have found so far.
Allesandra Ambrosio = Selma Blair's on a road
Beverly D’Angelo = Boldly Eva Green
Both are actresses.
Matthew Broderick = Watch trim Bo Derek
Also, Bo Derek arm twitch
Leonardo DiCaprio = Do I order Al Pacino?
Laurence Fishburne = Bruce Lee fan in rush
Joseph Gordon-Levitt = Spot elder Jon Voight
Both are actors
Ernest Hemingway = Seen with Meg Ryan
The first example I ever found, perhaps around 1997.
Josh Hutcherson = John Tesh chorus
Josh's name is very difficult for anagrams, with 3 H's, a J and a shortage of vowels. His name was also featured recently in a blog called The Hunger Games Anagrams (& film review). The anagram listed was Josh Hutcherson = Huh? Escort's john?
Manny Legace = Nag Cam Neely
Both are NHL hockey players
Peter MacNicol = Me? Eric Clapton?
Roberto Musci = Rob Tom Cruise
Roberto is a composer and musician.
Scottie Nguyen = Entice us, Tony G
Tony G is the nickname of Tony Guaga. This is a funny anagram since both are poker players and Tony definitely has a reputation for enticing players with his aggressive table talk.
Niccolo Paganini = Coining Al Pacino
Joey Sindelar = Jay Leno is red
Joey is a PGA golfer.
William Shatner = Will Smith Arena
Mary Steenburgen = Teen rubs Meg Ryan
The name Gene Autry can also be found within Mary's name but not much of an anagram can be found.
Donald Sutherland = Hurl lad Ted Danson
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga = O, wit of J. D. Salinger
Jo-Wilfried plays tennis and J. D. Salinger is most known for writing The Catcher in the Rye.
Serena Williams = Sam Neill, I swear!
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