List of bow tie wearers

This list of bow tie wearers includes famous people and fictional characters associated with bow ties.

A man's wearing of bow ties is often noticed and commented upon. Men's clothier Jack Freedman told the "New York Times" that wearing a bow tie "is a statement maker" that identifies a person as an individual because "it's not generally in fashion." Some well-known men are commonly described as having a bow tie as a "trademark." Well-known people who become associated in the public mind with wearing bow ties can have a powerful positive or negative effect on the popularity of this type of neckwear, according to numerous observers, including writers and bow tie sellers. [http://www.ediets.com/news/printArticle.cfm?cid=1&cmi=1432690] Sheehan, Jennifer, "Bow Ties Come Bouncing Back into Fashion", "Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal", August 15, 2005, as reprinted at the "eDiets" Web site, accessed January 17, 2007] [http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/DATELINE05/61106002/1160] Fitch, Thomas, "Why must the bow tie die?", article dated November 6, 2006, "Dateline Alabama" Web site, which appears to be a College newspaper at the University of Alabama, accessed January 17, 2007]

Attention to famous bow tie wearers in commerce and fashion commentary

Those who write about bow ties often mention famous people who wear them in the present, and often in the past. These writers often make the point that the image conveyed to others by a bow tie can be affected by associations with celebrities and famous people in the past.

For example, answering a question about why bow ties aren't more popular, the "Style Guy" feature at Men's Style.com Web site commented that a bow tie "can be a badge of courage", as personified by the World War II "bow-tie alliance of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill," or the "mark of the urbane, independent, devil-may-care or rakish personality" such as characters portrayed by Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra. However, the article observed that in the 1970s the bow tie became associated with nerds and geeks, such as the nutty characters played by Jerry Lewis and Andy Griffith's fictional deputy sheriff, Barney Fife. Further, it noted that the stereotype had been reinforced by more recent associations with figures such as Pee-wee Herman and U.S. Senator Paul Simon. [http://men.style.com/gq/fashion/styleguy/accessories/96] Style Guy column at MensStyle.com Web site (associated with "GQ" magazine), dated September 2003, accessed January 17, 2006]

Author and academic Joseph Epstein used a list of famous bow tie wearers to try to counteract the negative traits that authors David Foster Wallace and Nicholson Baker attributed to bow tie wearing. In a half-serious article published in 2001, Epstein cited several famous bow-tie wearers in order to show that there is no strong connection between bow ties and nefarious traits: [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=95000421] Epstein, Joseph, "Fit to Be Tied: The enemies of civilization find a new target, just below the chin", dated Friday, May 4, 2001, the day (Friday) indicates the article appeared in the Wall Street Journal weekend leisure section, but not necessarily; the article is at the OpinionJournal.com Web site, run by the Wall Street Journal, accessed January 17, 2007]

First, though, let me organize a lineup of bow tie wearers to establish a variety. The most distinguished of all, of course, was Winston Churchill, whose favorite was a fine floppy blue job with white polka dots. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a tall man, often adds a giant butterfly to his getup, which gives his appearance a light and rakish air. Saul Bellow has taken to wearing bow ties late in life. Former Sen. Paul Simon is a habitual bow tie wearer, though, oddly, he seems never to have learned to tie them properly, for the right side of his ties never quite make it to full bow form. For diversity's sake, it would be good to have an NFL linebacker instead of Louis Farrakhan to round off this roster, but Churchill, Moynihan, Bellow, Simon and Farrakhan (a clip-on man, I surmise) perhaps provide sufficient diversity in themselves.

Celebrities' effect on bow tie wearing

According to an article in the "Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal", when a celebrity is noticed wearing bow ties, it can affect bow tie sales:

Bow ties are often thought of as an older man's fashion choice, but more and more younger men are turning to them thanks to some celebrities such as local NBC meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz, MSNBC talk show host and commentator Tucker Carlson and Eagles football star Dhani Jones. [...]

Jones' image, particularly in an Eagles-frenzied area such as the Lehigh Valley and Berks County, has had an impact on the bow tie business, says Greg Weitzenkorn, co-owner of Weitzenkorn's men's clothing store in Pottstown.

According to the article, "Celebrity-wearers of the bow tie have certainly helped businesses", especially the example of one of the contestants on the second season of the NBC television show, "The Apprentice." Raj Bhakta's fashion accessory helped boost sales at the Bow Tie Club, a Web-based tie store, according to owner Kirk Hinkley:

"He was suave, a good dresser," Hinkley says. "He's someone who is successful and it's a positive image for bow ties. We had tons of people who would send us Raj's picture and say they want a bow tie like his."

Commercial interests using famous wearers to encourage sales

Bow tie sellers often cite famous people who have worn the neckwear as a way of encouraging more customers. Jack Cutone, co-founder of Boston Bow Tie, offered an example in a news release announcing the opening of his online store: [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Dec_30/ai_58416003] "Boston Bow Tie Launches Web Site to Market Distinctive and Stylish Bow Ties With a Traditional Flair" news release posted on "Business Wire", December 30, 1999, according to the LookSmart FindArticles Web site, accessed January 17, 2007]

:Cutone noted that there is ample evidence to support the uniqueness and stature of those who wear bow ties. In the past, famous bow tie wearers included Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, in addition to many other notable figures.

Beau Ties Ltd., an online bow tie seller, has featured a "C. Everett Koop" bow tie complete with an endorsement by Koop, U.S. surgeon general in the Reagan administration. [ [http://www.beautiesltd.com/NewsItem.aspx?pn_deptid=6352] News release from Beau Ties Ltd., dated October 3, 2006 and titled "Dr. C. Everett Koop, Former U.S. Surgeon General, and Beau Ties Ltd. Create Birthday Bow Tie"] Carott & Gibbs, another bow tie seller, lists several famous wearers on its bow tie web page. [http://www.greatbows.com/store/index.asp?pageid=2] Web page titled "The Definitive Bow" at the "Carrot & Gibbs" Web site, accessed January 17, 2007]

Bow tie wearers of the nineteenth century

Bow ties were common in the nineteenth century. For example, portraits of U.S. presidents from Van Buren through McKinley commonly show them in bow ties. Wearing of a bow tie was seldom commented upon and did not form part of the public perception of figures such as the American inventor Thomas Edison or Communist theorist Karl Marx.

Bow tie wearers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

Architects

* Le Corbusier (1887-1965), famous architect, wore "his trademark bow tie" [ [http://www.tva.gov/heritage/corbusier/index.htm] Web site of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Web page titled "A Reign of Harmony", accessed January 18, 2007]
* Peter Eisenman, [Eisenman is shown wearing a yellow bow tie in the photo illustrating the article in "Archinect", July 27, 2004 [http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=4618_0_23_0_M] ] noted architect and academic
* Walter Gropius (1883-1969), famous architect, six of whose bow ties are kept by Harvard [ [http://www.iceandcoal.org/nfa/harvardephemera.html] While not absolutely clear, this Web page indicates Gropius was known for his bow ties: Web page titled "Stories from 'The Chronicle': Cataloguing Harvard's Ephemera", article by Lawrence Biemiller at Biemiller's Web site, the Web page indicates the article is from "The Chronicle of Higher Education. Published January 23, 2004." accessed January 18, 2007 "After three years of work, Ms. Norris not only knows how many of Walter Gropius's bow ties Harvard has (six), but also where they are (the Graduate School of Design)"]

Educators

College and university presidents

* Sandy D'Alemberte, former president of Florida State University [Photos of D'Alemberte on the [http://president.fsu.edu/pages/history.html FSU website] and [http://www.hunton.com/bios/bio.aspx?id=16532 his law firm's website] show him wearing bow ties.]
* William Durden, president of Dickinson College [ [http://www.dickinson.edu/magazine/summer04/feature1h.html] "Haute Stuff" item in "Dickinson Magazine", "Volume 82 Number 1", Summer 2004, accessed January 18, 2007: "President William G. Durden ’71 is known around campus for his strong personal fashion sense—his penchant for wearing bow ties as well as his different colors of glasses frames"]
* E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University and former president of Vanderbilt University, Brown University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and West Virginia University: "When E. Gordon Gee was fifteen years old, he made a defining sartorial decision. He began wearing a bow tie." [ [http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/storydetail.cfm?ID=1113] Boucher, Norman, "E. Gordon Gee: Introducing the seventeenth president", article in "Brown Alumni Magazine", September/October 1997]
* Michael C. Maxey, 11th president of Roanoke College [Maxey's photo at [http://web.roanoke.edu/x541.xml Roanoke's website] shows him in a bow tie]
* Dr. Andrew Sorenson, president of the University of South Carolina, capitalizes on his reputation for a "trademark bow tie" by calling his travels around the state "Bow Tie Bus Tours" [ [http://www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/2004-08/bow_tie_tour.html USC Bow Tie Bus Tour travels to Grand Strand] and [http://www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/2005-02/bow_tie_bus_tour.html Bow Tie Bus Tour rolls again] , University of South Carolina press releases, 2004 and 2005]
* Dr. Gary Weedman, [ [http://www.jbc.edu/college/news_events_inaguration_biography.php Gary E. Weedman biography] , Johnson Bible College website, includes a photo of Weedman wearing a large paisley bow tie.] 6th president of Johnson Bible College
* Victor Wilson, [ [http://www.cofc.edu College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina ] ] , College of Charleston, Executive Vice President for Student Affairs at the College of Charleston, Charleston SC.
*Philip Cushing, 5th President of Ambassador University, TX, was noted for his large red bow tie that he wore every day until his retirement in 1956.

Other educators

* Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004), U.S. historian, professor, attorney, and writer who was the U.S. Librarian of Congress from 1975 until 1987. [ [http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/librs.html] Official photo shows him in a bow tie. Also, Nicholson Baker is quoted as calling him a "chronic bow-tie wearer." [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=95000421] ]
* Michael B. Brown, professor of psychology and associate dean of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. [Brown is pictured in a bow tie on his home page, [http://personal.ecu.edu/brownmi/home.htm Michael B. Brown, PhD Professor of Psychology] , East Carolina University website, accessed August 16, 2008]
* Eric R. Kandel, neurobiology professor and Nobel Prize winner with a "trademark bow tie" [ [http://www.nyas.org/snc/update.asp?UpdateID=21] Burke, Adrienne, "Gazing at Science Stars: An Ansel Adams protégée captures the nature of brilliance", article in "Science and the City" webzine of the New York Academy of Sciences, September 16, 2005, accessed January 18, 2007]
* David M. Lee [Lee is pictured wearing bow ties on his [http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/lassp_data/dmlee.html Cornell University webpage] and his [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1996/lee-autobio.html Nobel Prize biography page] ] , a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist
* Bill Nye, television science program host, is a "gangly guy in the blue lab coat and bow tie" [ [http://www.sptimes.com/News/101199/news_pf/Floridian/Bill_Nye__the_success.shtml] Davis, Pamela, "Bill Nye, the successful guy", article in "The St. Petersburg Times", October 11, 1999, accessed January 18, 2007] . On why he wears bow ties: "If you're working with liquid nitrogen and your tie falls into it, it's funny in a way to the audience but it's also — pun intended — a little bit of a pain in the neck." [Humor is a part of his program, so the bow tie may spoof academics and associate him with comedians. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2002252736_nye26.html] Rahner, Mark, "Eye to eye with Bill Nye the Science Guy", article in "The Seattle Times", April 26, 2005, accessed January 18, 2007]
* Ron Pen, University of Kentucky ethnomusicologist, writer, and professor [Pen is pictured in a bow tie on his web page, [http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Music/faculty/ron_pen/ Ronald Pen - Associate Professor of Musicology and Director, John Jacob Niles Center for American Music] , University of Kentucky website, accessed July 2, 2008]
* Murray Rothbard "always wore a conservative suit and bow tie." [ [http://www.libertystory.net/LSTHINKROTHBARDLIFE.htm] Web page titled "The Life and Times of Murray N. Rothbard [...] " at "Libertystory.net" Web site, accessed January 18, 2006]
* Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., "famed for his trademark bow ties" [ [http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=10168] "Anecdotage Web site", "Bow tie" item, accessed January 18, 2007] [ [http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cold-war/stories.htm] Sullivan, Kevin, "40 Years After Missile Crisis, Players Swap Stories in Cuba", article in "The Washington Post", October 13, 2002, page A28, as reprinted at the "Latino Studies Resources" Web site. From the article: "Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. looked out through thick glasses, wearing his trademark bow tie"]
* Chris Whittle, founder of Channel One News and Edison Schools [ [http://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2000/000628.cwhittle.html National Public Radio profile: Christopher Whittle] , June 28, 2000: "Whittle is a bow-tie wearing entrepreneur determined to reform education, while making a profit."]
* Ira P. Robbins, distinguished professor of law and justice at American University's Washington College of Law [ [http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/robbins/ American University Washington College of Law - Faculty - Robbins, Ira P ] ]

Entertainers and media personalities

Comedians

* Fred Allen, American radio and TV comedian [Photo at Museum of Broadcasting website shows him in a bowtie [http://www.museum.tv/rhofsection.php?page=159] ]
* Fyvush Finkel, comedic actor best known for roles on TV series produced by David E. Kelley
* Pee Wee Herman, played by Paul Reubens [ shows the character in typical neckwear]
* Stan Laurel comedian, typically wore a bow tie when in character [ [http://www.frankelcostume.com/proddetail.php?prod=Stan_Laurel] Web site for Frankel's Costume, describes its ventriloquist dummy resembling Laurel as "This Stan Laurel Doll has been faithfully reproduced with his blue overalls, a long-sleeved white shirt, and a red, polka-dotted bow tie.", accessed January 18, 2007]
* Jerry Lewis ("in nutty character")
* Groucho Marx American comedianFact|date=November 2007
* Garry Moore, comedian who hosted game and variety shows, was known for his crew cut and bow ties. [cite news |title=Garry Moore, 78, the Cheery Host Of Long-Running TV Series, Dies |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D81039F93AA15752C1A965958260 |format= |work= The New York Times |date=1993-11-29 |accessdate=2008-07-11 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391506/Garry-Moore Garry Moore] , Britannica Online] [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817877,00.html Moore for Housewives] , Time magazine, February 2, 1953]
* Frank Muir, British comedy writer and broadcast personality "famous for his pink bow tie and mispronunciation", according to the BBC [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/44182.stm] "UK: Comedy writer Frank Muir dead at 77", BBC News Web site, January 2, 1998 "Published at 17:16 GMT", accessedJanuary 18, 2007]

Journalists and commentators

* Tucker Carlson American conservative commentator [http://www.styledash.com/2006/11/02/never-trust-a-man-in-a-bow-tie/] Metz, Ann, "Never trust a man in a bow tie" posted at "StyleDash" Web site November 2, 2006 at 12:43 p.m., accessed January 17, 2007] . In 2005 he told the "New York Times" he had consistently worn bow ties since childhood, but he acknowledged that bow ties often provoke negative reactions, "like a middle finger protruding from your neck." [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/fashion/sundaystyles/26BOWTIE.html A Red Flag That Comes in Many Colors] , by Warren St. John, "The New York Times", June 26, 2005.] Following his tenure on CNN's "Crossfire" (Jon Stewart famously knocked the bowtie during his infamous 2004 appearance on the show), he has switched primarily to long neckties or no ties at all.
* John Daly, journalist and moderator of "What's My Line"
* Sir Robin Day (1923-2000), British television commentator and interviewer; his BBC News obituary said "With his thick horn-rimmed spectacles and trade mark polka-dot bow tie, he was the great inquisitor" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/870103.stm] "Sir Robin Day: 1923-2000" article at BBC News website,August 7, 2000, accessed January 18, 2007]
* Troy Dungan, retired chief weather anchor for WFAA-TV (ABC) in Dallas-Fort Worth. Owns approximately 220 bow ties. [ [http://www.wfaa.com/tdungan/] Troy Dungan career retrospective, retrieved on 29 July, 2007.]
* Dave Garroway, U.S. broadcaster, first host of the "Today" show. [Obituary mentions his "horn-rimmed glasses and bow ties" [http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/davegarrowayobit.html] ]
* Roger Kimball, U.S. art critic and social commentator, co-editor and co-publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books.
* Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish liberal conservative publisher and politician [ [http://korwin-mikke.blog.onet.pl] Janusz Korwin-Mikke's official blog clearly showing him with a bowtie.]
* Irving R. Levine [http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/HOWTO/HelpfulHints.asp?Params=category=679-820|level=2-3|pageid=3905-1386] Levenger Web site, Web page titled "How They Work: Gifts of a Journal" by Steve Leveen: "With his serious reporting on NBC and ubiquitous bow tie, Irving R. Levine became a television icon to a generation of Americans.", accessed January 17, 2007] [ [http://www.newsbios.com/newslum/levine.htm] "The Business News Luminaries" Web site, Web page titled "Irving R. Levine" One sentence states: "The economics assignment gave Mr. Levine a mild-mannered persona, and his trademark bow tie did little to subtract from a Mr. Peepers image." accessed January 17, 2007] , the former economics reporter for NBC television, known for his "trademark bow tie", appeared for the first time in public wearing a necktie for the Brown University commencement in 1994. "I needed help in tying it," he later said. [ [http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/november/december_2000/journalism.html] "Brown Alumni Magazine" Web page titled "Journalism", section titled "Irving R. Levine '44", dated November/December 2000, accessed February 2, 2008]
* Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer, author and editor of "Harper's Magazine" ["Russell Lynes, 80, an Editor and Arbiter of Taste" by Richard Severo, September 16, 1991, New York Times [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DC103EF935A2575AC0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 online] retrieved February 18, 2008 obituary]
* Charles Osgood, American broadcast journalist, described as having a "trademark bow tie" [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CEEDD1331F937A15757C0A962958260 New Jersey Q & A: Charles Osgood; A New Face at CBS 'Sunday Morning'] , by Albert J. Parisi, "New York Times", April 24, 1994] [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/sunday/bios/main13584.shtml Charles Osgood] biography, CBS News Sunday Morning website]
* Gene Shalit, U.S. movie critic and regular commentator on the "Today" show [Photos of him always include a bow tie, for example the photo illustrating " [http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid24133.asp Gene Shalit on his gay son] ," The Advocate website (accessed May 23, 2008)]
* Harry Smith, TV journalist, wore a "trademark" bow tie during his early career at a Denver station, but stopped wearing them when he joined CBS in 1987, when a network official told him that Charles Osgood was CBS' bow-tie-wearing personality and "We can't have two guys wearing bow ties." [ [http://westword.com/2002-10-17/news/off-limits/full Off Limits: Holy Moses!] , Denver "WestWord", October 17, 2002]
* George F. Will, American conservative syndicated columnist and regular on the "This Week" Sunday morning program on ABC television. He sometimes appears with a bow tie, sometimes with a long tie, as can be seen on the covers of his books. In 2005, he told the "New York Times" that whenever he wore a regular necktie, people commented on the absence of his bow tie.

Other television personalities

* Raj Bhakta, 2005 contestant on "The Apprentice" television program, later ran for Congress and lost
* Bud Collyer, American television game show host in the 1950s and early 1960s, typically wore a bow tie [ [http://www.440.com/twtd/archives/dec18.html] Web page titled "Those Were the Days: December 18" at the "440 International" Web site, accessed January 18, 2007, from the Web page: "1956 - One of America’s great panel shows debuted on CBS-TV. Bud Collyer, bow tie and all, hosted "To Tell the Truth"."]
* Christopher Kimball, cooking writer and TV host frequently wears themFact|date=November 2007
* Matthew Lesko, American author and late-night television personality whose customary garish outfits include bowties [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/14/AR2007071401118.html Marked Man] , By Peter Carlson, "Washington Post", Sunday, July 15, 2007]
* Mo Rocca, former correspondent for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart".

Psychiatrists and psychologists

* Aaron T. Beck, the psychiatrist known as "the father of cognitive therapy" dresses in "his signature bow tie" [ [http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct00/meeting.html] Chamberlin, Jamie, "An historic meeting of the minds: The fathers of cognitive therapy and rational-emotive behavior therapy exchanged banter at APA's 2000 Annual Convention", article in the "Monitor on Psychology", Volume 31, No. October 9, 2000, American Psychological Association Web site, accessed January 18, 2007]
* Alfred Kinsey, the influential sex researcher, wore a "trademark bow tie" [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/A-prude-awakening/2005/01/07/1104832289449.html] Gostin, Nikki, "A prude awakening" article in "The Age", January 5, 2005, accessed January 18, 2007] ]

Lawyers

* Archibald Cox [http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1973-7/1973-07-20-NBC-23.html] Television News Archive Web site at Vanderbilt University, Web page titled "NBC Evening News for Monday, Jul 20, 1973", accessed January 17, 2007, "Abstract: (Studio) NBC's Irving R. Levine known for bow tie ... John Dunlop, Archibald Cox and George Shultz dogmatically disregard faddish widths", for "widths" what was probably meant was "whims"] the Watergate special prosecutor, constantly wore "his trademark bow tie, neatly knotted as always" [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/05/30/AR2005040302499_pf.html] Barnes, Bart, "Watergate Prosecutor Faced Down the President", "The Washington Post", front-page obituary, May 30, 2004, accessed January 18, 2007]
* John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice who "rarely, if ever, wears any other neckwear on the bench" [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE7D61139F934A25752C0A960948260] Clarity, James F., and Weaver, Warren Jr., "Briefing: Bow Ties and Skullcaps", "The New York Times", January 17, 1986, accessed January 18, 2007 (both years are correct)]
* Joseph Welch, head attorney for the U.S. Army in the Army-McCarthy hearings of the 1950s [Welch wore a bow tie in a photo that appeared on the cover of the July 16, 1954 issue of Life magazine [http://img.timeinc.net/Life/covers/1954/cv072654.jpg] ]

Politicians

The regular wearing of bow ties by a politician is often the subject of comment — from friends, foes and journalists:
* Earl Blumenauer, U.S. Representative from Oregon, wears "his trademark bow tie" [ [http://www.walksacramento.org/blum.html] Pierce, Neal R., columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group, "Smart Growth's Johnny Appleseed", column, February 21, 1999, accessed January 18, 2007]
* Winston Churchill
* Elio di Rupo, Belgian politician, described by a reporter as "the bow tie wearing Socialist" [ [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/davidrennie/may06/constitution.htm] Blog (unnamed?) of David Rennie, Brussels foreign correspondent for "The Daily Telegraph" at the newspaper's Web site, in a post dated May 29, 2006, 17:04, describes Rupo as "the bow tie wearing Socialist" (accessed January 17, 2007)]
* Toomas Hendrik Ilves, president of Estonia, is "well-known for always sporting his trademark bow tie"; has even been "dubbed an 'American in a bow tie' by his opponents". [ [http://www.jbanc.org/ilves2006.html] Web page titled "Ilves wins Estonian presidency", dated September 23, 2006, at Web site of JBANC, the "Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc.", accessed January 18, [2007]
* Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York, who Hillary Clinton remembered in a speech as having had "three signature items: his horn rimmed glasses, a bow tie, and a great idea" [ [http://www.ppionline.org/ndol/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=106&subid=122&contentid=251430] Clinton, Hillary Rodham, speech reprinted at the "Democratic Leadership Forum" Web site, Web page titled "Statement of Senator Clinton in Tribute to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan", March 26, 2003]
* Lester B. Pearson, Canadian leader, "with his trademark blue polka dot blue" bow tie
* Paul Simon, U.S. senator from Illinois
* Donald Tsang, Hong Kong leader — "The bow tie is such an integral part of Tsang's identity that he is nicknamed "bow tie Tsang," according to an Associated Press story [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/fashion/tsang-loves-his-bow-ties/2005/07/12/1120934222121.html] No byline, "Tsang loves his bow ties", article attributed to the Associated Press appearing in "The Age", July 15, 2005, accessed January 18, 2007]
* Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala, president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11740772 Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala (1916 - 2005) - Find A Grave Memorial ] ]
* Daniel Turp, Canadian Parti Québécois politician (no longer usually seen wearing a bow tie since his election at the National Assembly of Quebec)
* Anthony A. Williams, former mayor of Washington, D.C. and nicknamed "Mr. Bow Tie" [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/dcelections/candidates/williams0807.htm] Powell, Michael, "'Mr. Bow Tie' Becomes the Bull's-Eye", "The Washington Post", August 7, 1998, Page A01]
* Woodrow Wyatt, a British Labour politician, published author, journalist and broadcaster [ [http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/low/obituaries/37774.stm BBC News | Obituaries | "Voice of Reason" Lord Wyatt dies aged 79] ]

Other 20th-/21st-century people associated with wearing bow ties

* Saul Bellow, late in life he often wore one
* Big Boi, hip hop artistFact|date=February 2008
* Manolo Blahnik, shoe designer, sports a "signature bow tie" [ [http://www.footwearaheadspain.com/index.php?sid=709&pressrelease=60] Anniss, Elisa, "Manolo Blahnik's interview", "FN Footwear News", "Vol. 62 NO 22", dated May 29, 2006]
* Frank Cashen, longtime Major League Baseball executive with the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. [Weber, Bruce, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1DF1338F931A15752C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print "Conversations/Frank Cashen; Mr. Mets Takes a Swing At the Baseball He Misses"] , article, "The New York Times", November 22, 1992. Retrieved February 22, 2007. " [...] Mr. Cashen appears his familiar teddy bear-shaped self, down to his trademark bow tie."]
* Aleister Crowley, notorious English occultist, often wore extravagant bowtiesFact|date=February 2007
* Robert Denning, interior designer, wore bow ties exclusively the last fourteen years of his life.Fact|date=February 2008
* Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam organization
* Vladimir Horowitz wore his "trademark bow tie" [ [http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/edito.php?ID_edito=63] Kirshnit, Frederick L., "Instruments of Mass Seduction III" article at "Concerto.net" Web site dated June 2, 2004, accessed January 18, 2007]
* Steve Jobs, Apple Computer founder, wore bow ties in the 1980s [ [http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=The_Times_They_Are_A-Changin.txt Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: The Times They Are A-Changin' ] ]
* Mercury Seven astronauts John Glenn [ [http://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/glenn.htm 40th Anniversary of Mercury 7: John Herschel Glenn, Jr ] ] and Deke SlaytonFact|date=May 2008 often wore bowties during the early days of NASA's Project Mercury. [NASA images show Glenn and Cooper in bowties, but not Slayton. [http://www.spaceflighthistory.com/mercuryprogram.htm] [http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption.jsp?searchpage=true&maxresults=5&selections=MERMANOV&browsepage=Go&query=MERMANOV&startat=0&hitsperpage=5&field=missionid&pageno=2&photoId=S62-02704] ] Both later switched to wearing the narrow-width neckties commonly worn by NASA Mission Controllers.
* Howard Philips, spokesman for Nintendo as well as first editor of Nintendo Power magazine from the early 1980s until 1991Fact|date=November 2007
* Dhani Jones,professional football player, sports one
* C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General known for his "omnipresent red bow tie" [http://www.beautiesltd.com/NewsItem.aspx?pn_deptid=6352] News release from Beau Ties Ltd., dated October 3, 2006 and titled "Dr. C. Everett Koop, Former U.S. Surgeon General, and Beau Ties Ltd. Create Birthday Bow Tie"; from the news release: "Dr. C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon General easily recognized by his omnipresent red bow tie, served from 1982 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan [...] "]
* Orville Redenbacher, owner of an American popcorn business who appeared in commercials for it and had his image on the boxes — always wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a bow tie
* Jimmy Rogers, author [Is pictured wearing a pink bow tie on the cover of his book "Hot Commodities : How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market" (2004; ISBN 140006337X)]
* George P. Schultz, at least in the early 1970s
* Timothy White, American rock journalist and "debonair dandy who prided himself in his jaunty bow tie and white buckskin shoes" according to his obituary in "The Independent" [ "The Independent", accessed January 18, 2007]
* Karl Lagerfeld, influential fashion designer, has often been seen of late wearing a bow tie.

Fictional characters

For comic effect

Some fictional characters always sport bow ties, never any other kind of neckwear. In some cases this may be meant to confer a certain fussiness, pomposity or prissiness:
* Richard Gilmore, fictional character in "The Gilmore Girls" comedy TV program, played by Edward Herrmann [Photos of Gilmore on the program's official Web sites at ABC Family Network and WB all show the character in a bow tie, including at this page [http://abcfamily.go.com/gilmoregirls/index.html] , and in a Google Image search ("Richard Gilmore" + "Gilmore Girls") all but one photo showed the character in a bow tie; accessed January 17, 2007]
* Hercule Poirot, fictional detective [At least as portrayed in "Murder on the Orient Express" film and by actor David Suchet on television, Poirot wears a bow tie, whether or not he typically wears one in the original Agatha Christie novels]
* Les Nessman, character in "WKRP in Cincinnati" television sitcomFact|date=November 2007
* Lurch, the butler, as portrayed by Ted Cassidy in the TV series "The Addams Family" [ shows his classic butler outfit, complete with bow tie]
* Gomez Addams wore such a tie in the film versions of "The Addams Family". [http://addamsfamily.com/addams/train.jpg]

Comics and cartoon characters

Bow ties are often put on characters in comics and cartoons perhaps to convey a sense of outlandish fun or humor:
*Mickey Mouse, at Disney theme parks.Fact|date=November 2007
* Dagwood Bumstead, character in "Blondie" comic strip [This "logo" or publicity image shows the comic character as well as television character wearing bow ties]
* The Cat in the Hat [ ]
* Donald Duck, Disney cartoon character [This comic book cover : "Consider the fact that some of history's most famous men wore bow ties -- Churchill, Roosevelt, Truman, Abraham Lincoln -- even our own Lester Pearson with his trademark polka dot blue. Don't forget Donald Duck who dared to be different from other ducks with his red bow."]
* Harvey, in the play and movie of the same name, the invisible, bow-tied, 6-foot rabbit whose portrait was shown in the play and movie with him wearing a bow tie [ [http://www.schulsonautographs.com/enter.htm] David Shulman Autographs Catalog Web site, Web page titled "Entertainment: Including Cinema & Theatre", accessed January 18, 2007. The store was selling an autograph of Jimmy Stewart; part of the description: "In black marker, he has drawn the rabbit’s elongated face, under which he has also drawn Harvey’s signature striped bow tie"]
* Krusty the Klown (cartoon character in "The Simpsons" [Most promotional images show him with a blue bow tie [http://www.die-simpsons.de/subs/krusty/pics.htm] ]
* Opus the Penguin, character in "Bloom County" comic strip [ [http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/pages/favorite_strips.asp] Berkeley Breathed Web site, Web page titled "Favorite Strips", Opus is wearing a red bow tie in each; according to Wikipedia article Opus the Penguin he has been known to switch to a regular tie when running for public office]
* The Penguin, in "Batman" comics, movies and television program, except for the 1992 "Batman Returns" in which he wore a jabot [See any of the pictures in the Wikipedia article Penguin (comics) where he sports a bow tie, except in the 1992 movie, as the article notes]
* Jack Point, character in "Judge Dredd" comic books. [ [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/simpdetective.htm Jack Point] , International Catalogue of Superheroes website] The bow tie is part of his clown-like clothing.
* Waylon Smithers, cartoon character in The Simpsons [ portrays Smithers in his typical bow tie]
* Count Duckula always wore a red bow tie as part of his ensemble.Fact|date=November 2007
* Franklin "Foggy" Nelson. In the Marvel "Daredevil" comics, Nelson is a lawyer, best friend and longtime business partner of blind lawyer Matthew M. Murdock (a.k.a. the masked vigilante Daredevil. Even though Foggy Nelson occasionally wears standard neckties, he is partial to bowties.Fact|date=November 2007
* Leopold the Cat, the namesake of a Russian cartoon series, wears a bow tie, even when he goes swimming.Fact|date=April 2008
* Jimmy Olsen often was depicted wearing a bow tie in the comic titles Superman and Superman's Pal Jimmy OlsenFact|date=June 2008

Hanna-Barbera

Many Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters wear them:
* Boo Boo Bear [Boo Boo is shown wearing a bow tie in the illustration of [http://updatecenter.britannica.com/art?assemblyId=52846 Yogi Bear] on the Encyclopedia Britannica Update Center website (posted June 2007; accessed June 23, 2008).]
* The mouse Pixie and the cat Mr. Jinks in the cartoon Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks [The bow ties are evident in images of [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/G-J/The_Huckleberry_Hound_Show/Pixie_and_Dixie/index.html "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks"] at the Big Cartoon Database]
* Magilla Gorilla [The Cartoon-O-Rama website picture gallery for the "Magilla Gorilla" cartoon shows the character wearing his typical bow tie [http://members.aol.com/PaulEC3/magilla.html] ]
* Huckleberry Hound [This title card for the "Huckleberry Hound" cartoon shows the character wearing his typical bow tie]
* Jerry, the mouse in "Tom and Jerry" (1975-1977) [Wikipedia article for Tom and Jerry shows the title card ( (1980, updated 1987). "Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons". New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.]
* Snagglepuss [This title card for the "Snagglepuss" cartoon shows common wear for the character; the tie appears to be a kind of bow tie]
* Hokey Wolf [ in the title card of every show the character is seen wearing his typical bow tie.]

Other fictional characters

These other fictional characters also sport bow ties, but don't appear to fall into any of the categories above:
* James Bond wears them on glamorous occasions such as at parties or in certain casinos.Fact|date=November 2007
* Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, M.D., M.E. the Chief Medical Examiner in "NCIS" is always seen wearing a bow tie of various colours.
* Conan Edogawa, alias of character Jimmy Kudo in "Detective Conan" manga and anime comics [These two Web pages, one for Conan Edogawa, the other for Jimmy Kudo, both show the character wearing a bow tie; since the tie is shown on the character on the main page for that character, it seems extremely likely that the bow tie is typical wear for that character (accessed January 17, 2007): [http://www.caseclosed.com/index2_cc.cfm?page=jimmy Case Closed Jimmy Kudo page] ; [http://www.caseclosed.com/index2_cc.cfm?page=conan Case Closed Conan Edogawa page] ]
* Judge Doom of the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" wears a black bow tie as part of his dark ensemble.Fact|date=November 2007
* Bernard Bernoulli of the "Maniac Mansion" and "Day of the Tentacle" computer games.Fact|date=December 2007
* Brother Mouzone, the enforcer who appears in the "The Wire" television series.

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