Team selections for Derby Dead Pool 2005

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57,288,974 Americans Are Smart | Above Average For Norfolk | Alison The Assassin | Already Dead And Resurrected | Atsusdead | B1G-5PUD | Bada Bada Bada Bada Bing | Bazzilliant | Better Late Than Never | Big Iain | Bleedin' Heart | Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band | Bone Collector (Dave) | Brown Bread | Bucket Kickers | But I'm Not Dead Yet | Cefor Certs | Church(yard) On The Hill | Close The Casket | Condoleezza's Harbingers of Notapotato | Crazycarl | Crem De La Crem | Dark Clouds and Silva Linings | Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk | Dead As A Dodo | Dead Beat | Dead In Arizona | Dead Ringers | Deadknobs And Doomed Picks | DeadOnArrival | Deathlist.net | Diet Of Worms | Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom | Dysfunctional | Eat My Dust | Eejit | Fallen Sparrow | Finbarr Returns from the Dead | Five-Fingered Hand Of Death | George Lass and the Gravelings | Globaltruth | Grassy Knoll Grayson | Grim Rita | Grizly | Grobler's Stiff Ones | Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day | Henry's Half-Dead Heroes | Holicman FT | Honez | I Smell Dead People | Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom | In Bed With Maradona | Jaguar X-Types | Jesus Jones | JoeRam | John Stalker | Juicy Janny | Just Resting My Eyes | Knockin' On Satan's Door | Lived So Let's Die | Living In A Box | Louis Cypher | Mean Machine | Meet Your Maker | Mr & Mrs Drummerboy | Mr C | Naked Florida Gravediggers | Not Dead Yet | Now The Time Is Near | Octopus of Odstock | Offaly Bad Taste | Oh...If Only It Were True | One Foot In The Grave | Peter 'RIP' Trait | Pining For The Fjords | Pooil Vaaish | Pry It From His Cold Dead Fingers | Puzlman's Passing Picks | Ready For The Box | Rebecca The Reaper | Reddmyst 20 | Rest In Peace | Rude Kid | See, I Told You I Was Sick! | SexyB's Goners | Siegfried Baboon’s David Van Day Show | Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' | Six Foot Under | Slave to the Grave | Snuff Daddies | Stab In The Dark | Stiff As A Board | StuPerks | T. Rex | Team Lightning | The 104s | The Buddy Holly Flying Experience | The Coffin Boffins | The Coffin-Dodgers | The Conqueror Worm | The Doffin' Codgers | The Doom & Gloom Room | The Driller Killer | The Grey Horde | The Last Gasp | The Long-Awaited Return of The Plymouth Jury | The Melonfarmers | The Newstreet Boys Death Squad | The Raven | The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too…) | The Undertaker | The Vyrdolak | The Winged Devil Monkeys | The Wompons | TiM r | Time Is NOT On Our Side! | Toasted Brown Bread | U | Vassili Zaitsev | We Don't Want Any Bouncebackability | We Spin Terror | Whitaker's Choice | Worm Food | Youth In Asia Hotline

 

57,288,974 Americans Are Smart
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ghazi al-Yawar
  3. James Brown
  4. Dick Clark
  5. James Doohan
  6. Geraldine Ferraro Unique pick
  7. Dan Fogelberg
  8. Betty Ford
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Annette Funicello
  11. Vaclav Havel
  12. Augusto Pinochet
  13. Richard Pryor Joker!
  14. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  15. Nancy Reagan
  16. Maximilian Schell Unique pick
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Claus von Bülow Unique pick
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Above Average For Norfolk
First year in DDP.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. Raymond Baxter
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Henry Blofeld Unique pick
  5. Laurence Chirac Unique pick
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Louis Gossett (jnr) Unique pick
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Alex Higgins
  12. Evel Knievel
  13. Joseph Lynch GC Unique pick
  14. Magnus Magnusson
  15. Bernard Manning Joker!
  16. Edwin Morgan Unique pick
  17. Ivan Noble
  18. Harry Patch
  19. William Rehnquist
  20. Nancy Wake

 

Alison The Assassin
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 24th= (2004)
A refugee from a now-defunct rival deadpool. A younger-than-average selection of celebs, with a definite leaning towards the music and entertainment industry.
  1. Rabbi Philip Berg
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Buster Bloodvessel
  5. Ian Brady
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Jerry Lee Lewis
  11. Shane MacGowan
  12. Diego Maradona
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Slobodan Milosevic
  15. Liza Minnelli
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Boris Yeltsin
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Already Dead And Resurrected
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Charlie Bell
  4. James Brown
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Dan Fogelberg
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Charles Haughey
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. David Lange
  14. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Rev Ian Paisley
  17. Rosa Parks
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. William Rehnquist Joker!
  20. Juan Pablo Torres Unique pick

 

Atsusdead
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Ben Bradlee Unique pick
  4. Fidel Castro
  5. Dick Cheney
  6. Walter Cronkite
  7. Olivia de Havilland
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Charles Durning Unique pick
  10. Gerald Ford
  11. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  12. Rev Billy Graham
  13. Charlton Heston
  14. Pope John Paul II
  15. Stan Musial Unique pick
  16. Colin Powell
  17. William Rehnquist Joker!
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Kurt Vonnegut Unique pick
  20. Chuck Yeager

 

B1G-5PUD
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. George Bush (snr)
  3. George W. Bush (jnr) Joker!
  4. Sir Sean Connery
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Queen Elizabeth II
  8. Jimmy Hill Unique pick
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. David Jason Unique pick
  11. Christopher Lee
  12. Shane MacGowan
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Roger Moore
  15. Paul Newman
  16. John Savident Unique pick
  17. Paul Scholes Unique pick
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Ice T Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Bada Bada Bada Bada Bing
First year in DDP.
  1. Adam Ant Unique pick
  2. Warren Beatty Unique pick
  3. Pete Best Unique pick
  4. Michael Caine Unique pick
  5. Joan Collins Unique pick
  6. Phil Donahue Unique pick
  7. Jane Fonda Unique pick
  8. Michael J Fox
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. Lady Bird Johnson Joker!
  11. K. C. Jones Unique pick
  12. Mills Lane Unique pick
  13. Ralph Lauren Unique pick
  14. John Madden
  15. Nelson Mandela
  16. Pat Morita Unique pick
  17. Paul Newman
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Dame Maggie Smith Unique pick
  20. Slim Whitman

 

Bazzilliant
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. George Best
  3. George Bush (snr)
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Larry Hagman
  8. Alex Higgins
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  11. Ray Kennedy Unique pick
  12. Joe Pesci Unique pick
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Robert Redford Unique pick
  15. J. D. Salinger
  16. Ringo Starr Unique pick
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Sir Norman Wisdom
  20. Thom Yorke Unique pick

 

Better Late Than Never
First year in DDP.
  1. Michael Barrymore
  2. Mark Bosnich Unique pick
  3. Frank Bough
  4. James Brown
  5. Max Bygraves
  6. Leonard Cohen Unique pick
  7. David Coleman
  8. Ken Dodd
  9. Bob Dylan
  10. 'Mad' Frankie Fraser
  11. Gary Glitter
  12. Gene Hackman
  13. Holly Johnson
  14. Bernard Manning
  15. Denis Norden
  16. Elizabeth Taylor
  17. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  18. Murray Walker
  19. Charlie Watts
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Big Iain
Years in DDP: 10
Best position: 3rd= (2000)
DDP organiser 1996-2002, now taking a back seat but still entering a strong (or weak, depending how you look at it) team.
  1. John Astin Unique pick
  2. Raymond Baxter Joker!
  3. Captain Beefheart Unique pick
  4. Ian Brady
  5. James Callaghan
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Alex Higgins
  9. Hulk Hogan
  10. Delores Hope
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Arthur Miller
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Liza Minnelli
  15. Patrick Moore
  16. Arnold Palmer
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Ronald Searle Unique pick
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Robert Wise Unique pick

 

Bleedin' Heart
First year in DDP.
  1. 50 Cent
  2. Eddie Albert
  3. Muhammad Ali
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. James Brown
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Gerald Ford Joker!
  8. Mikhail Gorbachev Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Lady Bird Johnson
  11. Angelina Jolie Unique pick
  12. Don Knotts
  13. Jerry Lewis
  14. Karl Malden
  15. William Rehnquist
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Anna Nicole Smith Unique pick
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Mike Tyson
  20. Abe Vigoda

 

Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band
Years in DDP: 3
Best position: 14th= (2004)
Once again, a warm welcome back to the Zimbabwean tyrant and his backing group. Joint 14th place last year was a massive improvement on his previous best of 40th.
  1. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Unique pick
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. Gerald Ford
  4. King Harald V of Norway
  5. Vaclav Havel
  6. Saddam Hussein
  7. General Wojciech Jaruzelski
  8. Sgt Charles Jenkins Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Lady Bird Johnson
  11. Pedro Antonio Marin Unique pick
  12. Robert Mugabe
  13. Pervez Musharraf
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Maurice Papon Joker!
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Ian Smith
  18. Suharto
  19. Boris Yeltsin
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Bone Collector (Dave)
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Barker
  2. George Cole
  3. Ronnie Corbett
  4. Ken Dodd
  5. James Doohan
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Clive Dunn
  8. Alex Ferguson
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Jack Klugman
  11. Bernard Manning
  12. Leonard Nimoy Unique pick
  13. Richard O'Sullivan Joker!
  14. Bill Pertwee
  15. Nancy Reagan
  16. Sir Bobby Robson
  17. Roy Scheider
  18. Reg Varney
  19. Peter Vaughan
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Brown Bread
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Dick Clark Joker!
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Larry Hagman
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Rosemary Kennedy
  14. Jerry Lewis
  15. Diego Maradona
  16. Sir John Mills
  17. Richard O'Sullivan
  18. Augusto Pinochet
  19. Claire Rayner
  20. Elizabeth Taylor

 

Bucket Kickers
First year in DDP.
  1. Mohammed Al-Fayed
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Paul Biya Unique pick
  5. Max Bygraves
  6. Bill Deedes
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. Russell Grant Unique pick
  11. Jimmy Greaves Unique pick
  12. Charlton Heston
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Diego Maradona
  15. Luciano Pavarotti
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Burt Reynolds Unique pick
  18. Juan Antonio Samaranch Unique pick
  19. Suharto
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

But I'm Not Dead Yet
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert Joker!
  2. Bea Arthur
  3. Brooke Astor
  4. Joey Bishop
  5. Ernest Borgnine
  6. Ian Brady
  7. Red Buttons
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  10. John Kenneth Galbraith
  11. Ernest Gallo
  12. Curt Gowdy Unique pick
  13. Paul Harvey
  14. Lady Bird Johnson
  15. Frankie Laine
  16. Karl Malden
  17. Harry Morgan
  18. Bum Phillips Unique pick
  19. Sidney Sheldon Unique pick
  20. Ruth Warrick Unique pick

 

Cefor Certs
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 17th (2003)
One of two teams captained by a cat, but Cefor, with just 7 hits in the last 5 years, has been unable to match the success of his feline rival, Whitaker.
  1. Raymond Baxter
  2. Arthur C Clarke Joker!
  3. Ivor Cutler
  4. Michael Foot
  5. Gretchen Franklin
  6. Larry Hagman
  7. Sir Edmund Hillary
  8. Bonnie Langford Unique pick
  9. Humphrey Lyttleton
  10. Shane MacGowan
  11. Nelson Mandela
  12. Bettie Page
  13. Rev Ian Paisley
  14. Leslie Phillips
  15. J. D. Salinger
  16. Sir Jimmy Savile
  17. Liz Smith Unique pick
  18. Harry Dean Stanton Unique pick
  19. Jeremy Thorpe
  20. Anna Wing

 

Church(yard) On The Hill
First year in DDP.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. John Cleese Joker!
  3. Charlie Drake
  4. Alex Ferguson
  5. Bruce Forsyth
  6. Edward Heath
  7. Hugh Hefner
  8. Vince Hill Unique pick
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Sir John Mills
  12. Rev Ian Paisley
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Sir Jimmy Savile
  15. Cardinal Jaime Sin
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. June Whitfield
  20. Brian Wilson

 

Close The Casket
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. James Callaghan
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Barry Fry Unique pick
  8. Deborah Kerr Unique pick
  9. Frankie Laine
  10. Nelson Mandela
  11. Patrick Moore
  12. Roger Moore
  13. Denis Norden
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Mickey Rooney Joker!
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Desmond Tutu
  20. Robbie Williams

 

Condoleezza's Harbingers of Notapotato
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. James Callaghan
  3. James Doohan Joker!
  4. Cyril Fletcher
  5. Larry Hagman
  6. Sir John Harvey-Jones Unique pick
  7. Edward Heath
  8. David Hockney Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Harry Morgan
  11. Les Paul
  12. Nancy Reagan
  13. Alain Robert Unique pick
  14. Helmut Schmidt Unique pick
  15. Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Unique pick
  16. Margaret Thatcher
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Peter Tuddenham Unique pick
  19. Peter Vaughan
  20. Murray Walker

 

Crazycarl
First year in DDP.
  1. Syd Barrett
  2. Fidel Castro
  3. Roger Ebert Unique pick
  4. Bill France Unique pick
  5. Estelle Getty
  6. Andy Griffith
  7. Stephen Hawking
  8. Bobby Heenan Unique pick
  9. Tom Laughlin Unique pick
  10. Jerry Lee Lewis
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Gordon Lightfoot
  13. Loretta Lynn Unique pick
  14. Tammy Faye Messner
  15. Les Paul
  16. Richard Pryor Joker!
  17. Eddie Robinson Unique pick
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Gene Wilder
  20. Cale Yarborough Unique pick

 

Crem De La Crem
First year in DDP.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Max Bygraves
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Ivor Cutler
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Clive Dunn
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Gretchen Franklin Joker!
  11. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  12. Edward Heath
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Karl Malden
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Patrick Moore
  17. Richard O'Sullivan
  18. Luciano Pavarotti
  19. Reg Varney
  20. Anna Wing

 

Dark Clouds and Silva Linings
First year in DDP.
  1. Charlie Bell
  2. Saul Bellow
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  5. John Diebold Unique pick
  6. Dan Fogelberg
  7. Charles Haughey
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Clare Hollingworth Unique pick
  10. Sir John Mills
  11. Maurice Papon
  12. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  13. William Rehnquist
  14. Max Roach Unique pick
  15. Arthur Schlesinger Jr Unique pick
  16. Cardinal Jaime Sin
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Jack Wild

 

Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 27th= (2004)
Dave obviously sobered up long enough to pick a solid team. No danger of any of this lot not getting the required UK obituary if they shake a seven.
  1. Robert Altman Unique pick
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Robert Earl Jones
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Charlton Heston
  9. Ian Huntley
  10. Saddam Hussein
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Shirley MacLaine
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Ron Moody Unique pick
  15. Jack Nicholson Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Norman Schwarzkopf
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Richard Todd Unique pick

 

Dead As A Dodo
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 20th= (2004)
A younger-than-average team, but not as brave as last year, when the Dodos chose no fewer than 16 unique picks.
  1. Eddie Albert Joker!
  2. Mohammed Al-Fayed
  3. Jane Andrews
  4. Petula Clark Unique pick
  5. Sandra Dee
  6. Neil Diamond Unique pick
  7. Hulk Hogan
  8. Stan Lee
  9. Shirley MacLaine
  10. Winnie Mandela
  11. Liza Minnelli
  12. Van Morrison
  13. Rupert Murdoch
  14. Olivia Newton-John Unique pick
  15. Sidney Poitier Unique pick
  16. Kenny Rogers Unique pick
  17. Mickey Rooney
  18. Jackie Stallone Unique pick
  19. Ray Stevens Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Dead Beat
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ingmar Bergman
  3. P. W. Botha
  4. Frank Bough
  5. Frank Bruno
  6. Roger Cook Unique pick
  7. Michael Crawford Unique pick
  8. Ken Dodd Joker!
  9. Clint Eastwood
  10. Agnetha Faltskog Unique pick
  11. Gordon Honeycombe Unique pick
  12. Herbert Lom
  13. Lee Majors Unique pick
  14. Karl Malden
  15. Cliff Michelmore
  16. Slobodan Milosevic
  17. Paul O'Grady Unique pick
  18. Augusto Pinochet
  19. Salman Rushdie
  20. Sir Jimmy Savile

 

Dead In Arizona
First year in DDP.
  1. Joseph Barbera
  2. David Blaine Unique pick
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. David Crosby Unique pick
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Edward Furlong
  8. John Kenneth Galbraith
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Lady Bird Johnson
  12. Jack Klugman
  13. Jerry Lewis
  14. Courtney Love
  15. Rosa Parks
  16. Richard Pryor
  17. Elizabeth Taylor Joker!
  18. Abe Vigoda
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Shelley Winters Unique pick

 

Dead Ringers
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. George Best
  3. Tony Blair
  4. Frank Bruno
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Macaulay Culkin
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Gary Glitter
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  11. Vanessa Mae Unique pick
  12. Bernard Manning
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Sharon Osbourne
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Sir Bobby Robson
  17. Sir Jimmy Savile
  18. Graeme Souness Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Laurence Tureaud

 

Deadknobs And Doomed Picks
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Sir Richard Attenborough
  4. George Best
  5. Ronnie Biggs
  6. James Callaghan
  7. Arthur C Clarke
  8. Pete Doherty
  9. Michael Foot
  10. Gary Glitter
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone
  14. Senator Edward Kennedy
  15. Shane MacGowan
  16. Diego Maradona Joker!
  17. Billy Preston
  18. Koo Stark Unique pick
  19. Jack Wild
  20. Brian Wilson

 

DeadOnArrival
First year in DDP.
  1. Osama bin Laden
  2. Barbara Bush Unique pick
  3. Jimmy Carter
  4. Jacques Chirac Unique pick
  5. Dick Clark
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Marie Fredriksson Unique pick
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Estelle Getty
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Magic Johnson Unique pick
  12. Kim Jong-Il Joker!
  13. John McCain Unique pick
  14. Harry Morgan
  15. Sharon Osbourne
  16. Keith Richards
  17. Grace Slick Unique pick
  18. Wendie Jo Sperber
  19. Michael Stipe Unique pick
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Deathlist.net
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 1st (2004)
An entry from the organisers of another celeb death-related website - check out their site at (you guessed it) www.deathlist.net. Won the DDP at their first attempt in 2004, after an epic battle with the reigning champion.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Gretchen Franklin
  5. John Kenneth Galbraith
  6. Ernest Gallo
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Albert Hofmann
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  11. Al Lewis
  12. Sister Lucia Unique pick
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Oscar Niemeyer Unique pick
  16. William Rehnquist
  17. Max Schmeling
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Diet Of Worms
First year in DDP.
  1. Saul Bellow
  2. Ray Bradbury
  3. Dario Fo Unique pick
  4. Dick Francis Unique pick
  5. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Unique pick
  6. Nadine Gordimer Unique pick
  7. Günter Grass Unique pick
  8. P. D. James
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Milan Kundera Unique pick
  11. Doris Lessing
  12. Naguib Mahfouz Unique pick
  13. Arthur Miller
  14. V. S. Naipaul Unique pick
  15. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  16. Salman Rushdie
  17. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Joker!
  18. Muriel Spark Unique pick
  19. Mickey Spillane Unique pick
  20. Gore Vidal Unique pick

 

Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom
First year in DDP.
  1. Anastacia
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. James Brown
  4. Dick Cheney
  5. Val Doonican Joker!
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Steve Irwin Unique pick
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Jerry Lee Lewis
  13. Shane MacGowan
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Ozzy Osbourne
  16. Rev Ian Paisley
  17. Prince Philip
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Dysfunctional
First year in DDP.
  1. Neil Armstrong
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. James Callaghan
  4. Michael Foot
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Gretchen Franklin
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Ernest Gallo
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Joe Longthorne
  13. Nelson Mandela
  14. Diego Maradona
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Patrick Moore
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  19. Richard Pryor
  20. Max Schmeling

 

Eat My Dust
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 10th= (2004)
Not a bad result for this newcomer last year, but they didn't quite justify their choice of name…
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Robert Earl Jones
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Alex Higgins
  10. Saddam Hussein
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Frankie Laine
  13. Dame Vera Lynn
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Byron Nelson
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Jane Tomlinson
  18. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Joker!
  19. Richard Widmark
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Eejit
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. P. W. Botha
  3. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Unique pick
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  12. Frankie Laine
  13. Dame Vera Lynn
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Jack Palance
  17. John Profumo
  18. Nancy Reagan
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Kurt Waldheim

 

Fallen Sparrow
First year in DDP.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Cardinal Corrado Bafile Unique pick
  3. Charlie Bell
  4. Hans Bethe
  5. Hugues Cuenod Unique pick
  6. Bulent Ecevit Unique pick
  7. Charles Haughey
  8. Ratu Iloilo Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. George Kennan Unique pick
  11. Diego Maradona
  12. Ernst Mayr
  13. Kazuo Ohno Unique pick
  14. William Rehnquist
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. Wendie Jo Sperber
  17. Suharto
  18. Robert Tisch
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Joker!
  20. Zhao Ziyang Unique pick

 

Finbarr Returns from the Dead
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 2nd (2000)
Has been around most years since the early days of DDP, though has never come close to repeating his 2nd place of 2000.
  1. Marc Almond Unique pick
  2. Raymond Baxter
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Ian Brady
  5. George Bush (snr)
  6. James Callaghan
  7. P Diddy Unique pick
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor Joker!
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Alex Higgins
  12. Bernard Manning
  13. Diego Maradona
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Nana Mouskouri Unique pick
  16. Prince Philip
  17. Iggy Pop Unique pick
  18. Peter Sutcliffe
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Janette Tough Unique pick

 

Five-Fingered Hand Of Death
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  6. Rev Billy Graham
  7. King Harald V of Norway
  8. Hugh Hefner
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Al Lewis
  11. Ivan Noble Joker!
  12. Peter O'Toole
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Mohammed Zahir Shah
  15. King Sihanouk
  16. Suharto
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Robert Tisch
  20. Abigail Van Buren Unique pick

 

George Lass and the Gravelings
First year in DDP.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. Ronnie Barker
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Ian Brady
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Doris Day
  7. Bill Deedes
  8. Clive Dunn
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Gretchen Franklin
  11. Dame Helen Gardiner
  12. Albert Hofmann
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Herbert Lom
  15. Dame Vera Lynn
  16. Karl Malden
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. John Profumo
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Globaltruth
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. James Callaghan
  3. Bobby Charlton Unique pick
  4. John Cooper-Clarke Unique pick
  5. Bill Deedes
  6. Felix Dennis Unique pick Joker!
  7. Val Doonican
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Peter Falk
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Charlton Heston
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Nelson Mandela
  14. Patrick McGoohan Unique pick
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Richard Widmark
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Grassy Knoll Grayson
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Barker
  2. George Best
  3. Frank Carson Unique pick
  4. Dick Clark
  5. Sandra Dee
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Rev Billy Graham
  9. Evel Knievel
  10. Joe Longthorne
  11. Karl Malden Joker!
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Diego Maradona
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Rosa Parks
  16. Nancy Reagan
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Jeremy Thorpe
  19. Richard Thorp Unique pick
  20. Jack Wild

 

Grim Rita
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Gerald Ford
  3. Larry Hagman
  4. Charles Haughey
  5. Stephen Hawking
  6. Pope John Paul II
  7. Lady Bird Johnson
  8. Jerry Lewis
  9. Lady Mary Mills
  10. Patrick Moore
  11. Pervez Musharraf
  12. Richard O'Sullivan
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Prince Rainier of Monaco Joker!
  16. Mickey Rooney
  17. Lord Snowdon Unique pick
  18. Bill Tarmey
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Grizly
First year in DDP.
  1. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joker!
  2. Johnny Carson
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Dick Clark
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Charlton Heston
  7. Paris Hilton Unique pick
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Angela Lansbury
  10. Al Lewis
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Peter O'Toole
  15. Kerry Packer Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Mickey Rooney
  19. Charlie Watts
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Grobler's Stiff Ones
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Dickie Bird Unique pick
  3. Ian Brady
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Gretchen Franklin Joker!
  9. John Glenn
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Ian Huntley
  13. Saddam Hussein
  14. Joe Longthorne
  15. Lady Mary Mills
  16. Sir John Mills
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Eric Sykes
  19. Jane Tomlinson
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. James Brown
  3. James Callaghan
  4. David Coleman
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Ron Greenwood
  9. Sir Edmund Hillary
  10. Michael Jackson
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. Ted Lowe Unique pick Joker!
  14. Cliff Michelmore
  15. Ivan Noble
  16. John Profumo
  17. Claire Rayner
  18. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Jeremy Thorpe

 

Henry's Half-Dead Heroes
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 27th= (2004)
Back for another year, with a mainly elderly team this time, clearly hoping to improve on last year's tally of 2 hits.
  1. James Callaghan
  2. Lord Peter Carrington Unique pick
  3. Walter Cronkite
  4. Gerald Ford
  5. Ernest Gallo
  6. Charles Haughey
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Albert Hofmann
  9. Imelda Marcos
  10. Robert Mugabe
  11. Denis Norden
  12. Harry Patch Joker!
  13. Sir John Peel Unique pick
  14. Harold Pinter
  15. John Profumo
  16. David Prowse Unique pick
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Ravi Shankar Unique pick
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Holicman FT
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Joseph Barbera
  4. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  5. Ernest Borgnine
  6. Jack Bruce
  7. Red Buttons
  8. Sid Caesar
  9. Kirk Douglas
  10. Bob Dylan Joker!
  11. Gerald Ford
  12. Ron Greenwood
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Don Knotts
  15. Frankie Laine
  16. Al Lewis
  17. Dame Vera Lynn
  18. Arthur Miller
  19. Jack Palance
  20. Keith Richards

 

Honez
First year in DDP.
  1. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joker!
  2. Ernest Borgnine
  3. Max Bygraves
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. George Cole
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Annette Funicello
  10. Hazel Hawke
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Christopher Lee
  13. Magnus Magnusson
  14. Bill Maynard
  15. Patrick Moore
  16. Peter O'Toole
  17. Jack Palance
  18. Sir Jimmy Savile
  19. Billy Smart
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

I Smell Dead People
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Leon Askin Joker!
  4. Rabbi Philip Berg
  5. Giuseppe di Stefano
  6. James Doohan
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Andy 'The Viking' Fordham Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Ivan Noble
  12. Rev Ian Paisley
  13. William Rehnquist
  14. Lord Eric Roll of Ipsden Unique pick
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. King Sihanouk
  17. Shakin' Stevens Unique pick
  18. Mary Travers
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joker!
  3. Kirk Douglas
  4. Gerald Ford
  5. Rev Billy Graham
  6. Pope John Paul II
  7. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  8. Joe Longthorne
  9. Diego Maradona
  10. Paul Marsden Unique pick
  11. Patrick Moore
  12. Rosa Parks
  13. Les Paul
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Billy Smart
  16. Elizabeth Taylor
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Simon Wiesenthal
  19. Earl Woods Unique pick
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

In Bed With Maradona
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Michael Barrymore
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Tom Finney
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Boy George Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Hulk Hogan
  12. Ian Huntley
  13. Michael Jackson
  14. Diego Maradona Joker!
  15. Augusto Pinochet
  16. John Profumo
  17. Max Schmeling
  18. Peter Sutcliffe
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Mike Tyson

 

Jaguar X-Types
Years in DDP: 3
Best position: 12th= (2002)
Appropriately enough, the Jaguar team has gone for some solid British choices with a touch of foreign influence.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Arthur C Clarke
  3. Kirk Douglas
  4. Clive Dunn
  5. Michael Foot
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Alex Higgins
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Henry Kissinger
  10. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  11. Marcel Marceau Unique pick
  12. Arthur Miller Joker!
  13. Lady Mary Mills
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Mickey Rooney
  19. Eric Sykes
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Jesus Jones
Years in DDP: 10
Best position: 2nd (1996)
Other than Big Iain himself, the only competitor to have taken part in DDP every year since the start. Has finished 2nd, 3rd (twice) & 4th - could this be the year for JJ to take top spot?
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Jimmy Carter
  4. Graham Crowden Unique pick
  5. James Doohan
  6. Tom Finney
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Estelle Getty
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. Edward Heath
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Jerry Lewis
  13. Nat Lofthouse Unique pick
  14. Diego Maradona
  15. Arthur Miller
  16. Arnold Palmer
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  19. Max Schmeling
  20. Eric Sykes

 

JoeRam
Years in DDP: 5
Best position: 1st (2002)
Runner-up in 2001, winner in 2002, and 4th in 2004, Joe has never been out of the top 10. Possibly the bookies' favourite since Otis' retirement.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Lloyd Bentsen Unique pick
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. Sarah Brady
  6. James Doohan
  7. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. King Harald V of Norway
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. Tammy Faye Messner
  14. Rosa Parks
  15. Augusto Pinochet
  16. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  17. William Rehnquist Joker!
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Mary Travers

 

John Stalker
First year in DDP.
Mr Stalker’s picks consist entirely of celebrities he has met or seen in person. As far as we know, he does not have any contagious diseases and is relying on pure coincidence.
  1. Princess Anne Unique pick
  2. Derek Bailey Unique pick
  3. Sir Richard Branson
  4. June Brown
  5. James Brown Joker!
  6. Noam Chomsky
  7. Ralph Fiennes Unique pick
  8. 'Mad' Frankie Fraser
  9. Stephen Fry Unique pick
  10. Paul Gambaccini Unique pick
  11. Paddy Joe Hill Unique pick
  12. Noddy Holder
  13. Lord Imbert Unique pick
  14. Mike Leigh Unique pick
  15. Jean-Marie Le Pen Unique pick
  16. Charlie Magri Unique pick
  17. Lee 'Scratch' Perry Unique pick
  18. Lou Reed Unique pick
  19. Charles Saatchi Unique pick
  20. Rod Stewart Unique pick

 

Juicy Janny
Years in DDP: 8
Best position: 7th= (1998)
A DDP regular since 1998, but has always languished in mid-table obscurity. It remains to be seen how this year's mixed team of entertainers and political figures will fare.
  1. Andy Bell Unique pick
  2. George Bush (snr)
  3. Ken Dodd
  4. Kirk Douglas Joker!
  5. Bruce Forsyth
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Rev Billy Graham
  8. George Hamilton Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Henry Kissinger
  11. Joe Longthorne
  12. Roger Moore
  13. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  14. Peter Sallis
  15. Arthur Scargill Unique pick
  16. Mollie Sugden
  17. Eric Sykes
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Frank Thornton Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Just Resting My Eyes
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Barry Cryer Unique pick
  5. Michael Foot
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Gretchen Franklin
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. King Harald V of Norway
  11. Albert Hofmann
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. David Lange
  14. Courtney Love
  15. Diego Maradona
  16. Pervez Musharraf
  17. Augusto Pinochet
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Knockin' On Satan's Door
First year in DDP.
  1. 50 Cent
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Sir Richard Branson
  5. Ian Broudie Unique pick
  6. James Brown
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Bruce Forsyth
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Ian Huntley Joker!
  12. Saddam Hussein
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Sharon Osbourne
  16. Christopher Parker
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Ja Rule Unique pick
  19. Michael Schumacher Unique pick
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Lived So Let's Die
First year in DDP.
  1. Cilla Black Unique pick
  2. Tony Blair
  3. George Bush (snr) Joker!
  4. Ken Dodd
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Clint Eastwood
  7. Queen Elizabeth II
  8. Peter Falk
  9. Rolf Harris
  10. Whitney Houston
  11. Tom Jones Unique pick
  12. Jack Klugman
  13. Paul McCartney
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Leslie Phillips
  17. Cliff Richard Unique pick
  18. William Roache Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Living In A Box
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Max Bygraves
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. Ken Dodd
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Charlie Drake
  7. Clive Dunn
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Jerry Lewis
  11. Dame Vera Lynn
  12. Patrick Moore
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Leslie Phillips
  15. Peter Sallis
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  19. Reg Varney
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Louis Cypher
First year in DDP.
  1. Michael Barrymore
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Ian Brady
  4. James Garner Unique pick
  5. Stephen Hawking
  6. Alex Higgins
  7. Whitney Houston
  8. Ian Huntley
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Imelda Marcos
  11. Liza Minnelli
  12. Hosni Mubarak
  13. Robert Mugabe
  14. Rupert Murdoch
  15. Pervez Musharraf
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Jane Russell Unique pick Joker!
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Pete Townshend Unique pick

 

Mean Machine
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. George Bush (snr)