I wonder if anyone else has noticed the remarkable similarity both in character and appearance between Cardiff’s own Professor Derek Ward-Thompson and Thumper, the obdurate quarry vehicle from Thomas the Tank Engine? Is this why the 200 micron photometer on which Derek was the Principal Investigator was also called THUMPER?
Derek
Thumper
I wonder if anyone else has noticed the remarkable resemblance between Dr Anthony Challinor and Ludwig Wittgenstein? I wonder if perhaps they might be related? After all, a picture is a fact…
Anthony Challinor
Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the bonuses of being at the National Astronomy Meeting here in Llandudo – aside from being at the seaside at a time of gloriously sunny weather – is the chance to attend plenary lectures from other fields and learn a bit about what’s going on in the wider world of astronomy, space science and geophysics. More importantly, it also gives me new ideas for my look-alikes series. Take today, for example. I attended a nice plenary talk about the EISCAT facility by a speaker, Dr Esa Turunen, who may well be related to Norman Tebbit…
Norman Tebbit
Esa Turunen
Here’s a lookey-likey sent to me anonymously by Monica Grady, although I think Mrs Doubtfire is a closer match for John Zarnecki than Robin Williams:
I think there’s a similarity in visual appearance between Professor Gerry Gilmore of Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and the hilarious comic creation Mr Bean, as played by Rowan Robinson Atkinson. I wonder if by any chance they might be related?
Seeing Professor Mike Barlow‘s contribution to the written evidence submitted to the House of Common’s inquiry into particle physics and astronomy reminded me that he bears a striking resemblance to another noted man of letters…
Come to think of it, it’s quite surprising that Chris Noth doesn’t look even more like Chris North. I think one of the following has no right to look like the other. Geddit?
Chris North
Chris Noth
I’m impressed by the fact that Wayne Rooney clearly has a relative working at Manchester United University:
Wayne Rooney
Eamonn Kerins
Have you noticed the remarkable resemblance between astronomer Chris Collins from Liverpool John Moores University and “tough guy” actor Ray Winstone? I wonder if, by any chance, they might be related?
Is it possible that Professor of Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Cambridge Anthony Lasenby might be related to the late Quentin Crisp?
In the Dark 