Wolfe+585, Senior

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Wolfe+585, Senior is a nickname for the man with the longest name ever used by anyone.

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff (the name he used on printed forms) was born in Bergedorf, Germany (near Hamburg) on 1904-02-29 and later emigrated to the United States, settling in Philadelphia. He was photographed for the 1980 Guinness Book of World Records in front of a marquee in New York City which displayed his name.

His full name was as follows: Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegel­steinhausen­bergerdorff­voraltern­warengewissenhaft­schaferswessen­schafewaren­wohlgepflege­undsorgfaltigkeit­beschutzenvon­angreifendurchihr­raubgierig­feindewelchevor­alternzwolftausend­jahresvoran­dieerscheinen­wandererste­erdemenschderraumschiff­gebrauchlichtalssein­ursprungvonkraft­gestartseinlange­fahrthinzwischen­sternartigraum­aufdersuchenach­diesternwelche­gehabtbewohnbar­planetenkreise­drehensichundwohin­derneurasse­vonverstandig­menschlichkeitkonnte­fortplanzenund­sicherfreuenan­lebenslanglich­freudeundruhemit­nichteinfurchtvor­angreifenvonanderer­intelligentgeschopfs­vonhinzwischen­sternartigraum, Senior.

He appeared in all editions of the Guinness Book of World Records from roughly 1975 to 1982. By 1983, only the "shorter" form of the name appeared. Sometime in the late 1980s, it disappeared completely following a change in the book's emphasis.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

• Norris McWhirter (1980-11-01). Guinness Book of World Records 1981. Sterling Pub. Co, 206. ISBN 0806901969.

[edit] See also

• Johann Gambolputty
• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
• List of unusual personal names

[edit] Further reading

• World’s Longest Surname. Museum of Hoaxes (2005-10-20). — the Museum of Hoaxes awards this the status "Seems to be true"