Longest first name in the world

Longest first name in the world girl
Hubert blaine wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff sr. born
Winston spencer churchill

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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.

Philadelphia typesetter said to have had the longest name ever used

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern,^[3]Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr.,^[4]Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr.,^[5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr.,^[6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used. Hubert's name is made up from 27 names. Each of his 26 given names starts with a different letter of the English alphabet in alphabetical order; these are followed by a long single-word last name. The exact length and spelling of his name has been a subject of considerable confusion due in part to its various renderings over the years, many of which have typographical errors. One of the longest and most reliable published versions, with a 666-letter surname, is as follows:

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While the Guinness World Records verified the version as

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Ashrita Furman: Guinness World Records' most prolific record-breaker

There are many prolific record holders in the Guinness World Records (GWR) archives. But none of their achievements quite match those of title holder Ashrita Furman, from Brooklyn, New York, who has become famous as the man with the most Guinness World Records titles.

Over the past three decades, Ashrita has made it his life’s mission to break as many records as he can, eager to prove that anyone with a heartfelt dream and a determined mindset can be recognised by a world-renowned authority.

A sprightly 62 years old at the time of writing, Ashrita has set more than 600 records and currently holds over 200.

These titles cover a huge breadth of categories and an assortment of talents, varying from intrepid expeditions up the side of Mount Fuji by pogo stick to ambitious pursuits of spinning insanely large hula hoops around the body.

From these challenging endeavours, Ashrita has seized the opportunity to break records in nations around the world, meet others who share his passions for obtaining

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January 3, 2021

Finest Hour 190, Fourth Quarter 2020

Page 08

By Richard M. Langworth

Richard M. Langworth ([email protected]) has been Senior Fellow for the Hillsdale College Churchill Project since 2014. He is author or editor of sixty books, including Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality, Churchill and the Avoidable War, Churchill by Himself, A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Winston Churchill, and publisher of the first American edition of Winston Churchill’s India.

We go back a long way,” Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn recently reminded me. “I knew Dal Newfield.” He realized that would invoke a fond memory. A few are still left who remember the man responsible for where some of us are today.

Dalton Newfield was a Sacramento resident and army veteran who had admired Winston Churchill since he saw him in person during the Second World War. In 1970, I shrank away from Finest Hour after the first eleven issues, clearing the decks for an automotive writing career in New York City. Dal rescued the thin little newsletter of the “Wins