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Just like Harry S Truman "Since the S did not stand for a name, Harry didn't use a period after it for most of his life." https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.co

• trent_lott 6y ago
  Similarly Oppenheimer, of the Manhattan project He thought assuming that leading J made him seem more posh and WASPy
  • pmiller2 6y ago
    Interesting story, but, unfortunately, it's not true. Wiki gives his full name as "Julius Robert Oppenheimer." Julius was apparently his father's name as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer