Name plausibility question for the SF fans

[james_davis_nicoll]

If you came across the name Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz in a book (as, I don't know, a record holding astronaut/cutting edge plasma rocket expert), would you believe it was plausible or is it too H. Beam Piperish self-consciously multi-cultural, like Alberto Fujimori or Jessica Oyelowo?

Comments

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

William P. Starr had his name legally changed to William D. Starr. (In the interests of maintaining his privacy, I'm not revealing what either middle initial stood for).

[kdemonn.livejournal.com]

And thus, a nuclear war was averted.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

I dare say there are many William D Starrs in the world, but I always thought the William December Starr who used to frequent rec.arts.sf.* had the coolest name in the known Universe.