C. Wright Mills Award entry: The Ronald connection

The competition for the C.Wright Mills Award is off to a flying start. Cristiano Ronaldo's full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. Ronaldo is a fairly rare name in Portugal, apparently. So why did his parents choose it?

His sister Catia explains it thus:

Ronald Reagan was always in the news at the time he was born and my Dad thought the name sounded a bit different.

Yes, it's true. The Manchester United winger is named after President Reagan.

(Hat Tip: Janan Ganesh)

Comments

[michael]

Brilliant. Reagan also played a blinder on the right wing.

[Terry Collmann]

... but Ronnie R didn't know how to dive - or that bullet would never have hit him ...