Goodluck Jonathan

You may remember that I have a soft spot for people with first names as last names (Paul Simon, George Lucas, Darryl Hannah, etc). My most recent favorite is Goodluck Jonathan, vice president of Nigeria, who not only has a first name as his family name, but has a sensational first name, too.

Apparently he was plucked from obscurity in 2007 as the running mate of now-ailing president Yar’Adua (a Nigerian Sarah Palin, if you will). So apparently he is lucky. On the other hand he has a PhD in zoology, so he seems to be smart, too.

And by the way, his wife’s name is Patience Jonathan.