Let’s Have Some Pun With This!
Some people think puns are totally bananas, but I find them very appealing! One of the most important things you can have to make it in Hollywood is a flashy name — I mean, how many people do you know in real life with names like Leonardo DiCaprio or Reese Witherspoon? While these names help celebrities market themselves with a personal brand, they also make great fodder for terrible, awesome name puns.
Feeling punny? Check out the best celebrity name puns in the gallery below! Don’t forget to SHARE after reading!
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Start the slideshow below to see some of your favorite celebrities in hilarious pun form!
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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He’s the Terminator. He’s the original predator of Predators. He’s… getting kinda old.
Ellen Page
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Ever since Ellen page came out as gay last year, you could say that she’s kind of an open BOOK.
Neil Patrick Harris
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I mean, he’s gotta stand every once in a while! Otherwise his legs would be VERY sore.
Kanye West
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The incomparable Kanye East just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Ariana Grande
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This is my favorite thing that I’ve ever seen.
Glen Close
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Glen Close is a total badass. I feel like she would love to know that this meme exists.
Sarah Palin
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Based on her awesome performances on SNL, I think Sarah Palin has the whole making fun of herself thing down at this point.
Dr. House
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OK, so obviously this isn’t Hugh Laurie’s real name but COME ON. This is classic.
JK Rowling
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The Harry Potter books could have turned out VERY differently.
Liam Neeson
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He will find you. And he will kill you. With his knees.
Reese Witherspoon
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Reese was devastated when her agent told her that she couldn’t hold her lucky spoon while performing in front of the camera anymore.
JAY Z
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JAY Z announce in 2013 that he was dropping the hyphen from “Jay-Z.” Maybe he really just didn’t want anything separating him from his ZZz’s.
Christian Bale
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Batman isn’t one to conform to just one spiritual outlook.
C-3PO
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That silly robot was always disappearing just at the wrong time.
Ray Charles
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Most of Ray Charles’s life was captured in black and white, but these days he’s looking a little more hi-def.