12 Curious Cases of Nominative Determinism

Mark Lucien Julia De Man (born April 27, 1983) is a Belgian soccer player who currently plays for Stade Bierbeek. He is most often deployed as a defensive midfielder but has also been used at center back or right full back. He has been a regular player for Anderlecht and Belgium.

Best firefighter name ever!

Sara Blizzard, 42, is the presenter for the BBC weather forecasts on
East Midlands Today and North West Tonight.

Dr. Toothman has been practicing odontology for 33 years. What else could he do?

Now THAT'S a great name for a neuroscientist—the man was pegged to become a brain doctor since birth.

Ann Webb helped found the British Tarantula Society and is also the writer of this book.

Very little is known about this Victorian doctor. In fact, some websites and literature refer him as C. W. Cockshut and others as R. W. Cockshut. He is relevant due to a quote from the British Medical Journal, 1935, where he calls for all male children to be circumcised to reduce masturbation. Here, he acknowledges the keratinization of the glans, consequence of circumcision, and further loss of sensation as ideals for a civilized culture.

Meet Nomad the cat. Well, I wanted you to meet her—only, she's gone missing.

Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, CD is a Jamaican sprinter. Regarded as the fastest person ever timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100 and 200-meter world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977.

Here is one of the best-known examples of nominative determinism in medicine that was published in the British Journal of Urology.

Rev. Michael Vickers says his name did not to lead him becoming a vicar.