Well-known American figure with Roman numerals

Question

Which well-known American figure has an 8-letter name, with 6 consonants and all of them are Roman numerals?

'and all of those consonants'? – Strawberry Nov 06 '19 at 11:59 — Strawberry, Nov 06 '19 at 11:59

score 38 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '19 at 03:31

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I suspect it might be

MaLCoLM X

answered Nov 05 '19 at 03:31

Jens

I'm not sure spaces count as roman numerals... – beppe9000 Nov 05 '19 at 16:23
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@beppe9000 They don't need to. This answer fulfills every condition of the question: It has 8 letters. It has 6 consonants, and all of those consonants are Roman numerals. Please note that "a" and "o" are not Roman numerals. – user91988 Nov 05 '19 at 17:26
@only_pro Whoops, my bad. – beppe9000 Nov 08 '19 at 15:24

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '19 at 13:56

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Melville (as in Moby Dick author) is close (5 consonants and 1 vowel that are roman numerals, 8 letter name)

answered Nov 05 '19 at 13:56

Foon

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 06 '19 at 17:51

4

Alternative Answer

Grace McCallum who is a well-known American gymnast

answered Nov 06 '19 at 17:51

hexomino

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 06 '19 at 18:23

3

_{This is not, strictly, an answer, but …}

Six? You only want six?

If you ignore the middle initial, $\text{Cecil}~\color{gray}{\text{B.}}~\text{DeMille}$

has twelve letters, of which all seven consonants are Roman numerals.

answered Nov 06 '19 at 18:23

Peregrine Rook

johnDanger · Answer 5 · 2019-11-06T18:59:11.023

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Similarly (but more cheekily) close is:

A. LINCoLN

Note: N was used (at least once) as a roman numeral representing nulla, the Latin word for 0! ;)

edited Nov 06 '19 at 18:59

answered Nov 06 '19 at 17:36

johnDanger

Last time I checked, N wasn't a Roman numeral...?! I only see 3 (standard) Roman numeral consonants here... (I'm guessing you're using N for 'Nulla', zero...) (Actually that's quite nice lateral thinking - removing my downvote...!) – Stiv Nov 06 '19 at 18:13
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@Stiv Indeed! It's a stretch but I saw this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Zero – johnDanger Nov 06 '19 at 18:35

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