[On "John Keynes" in the cartoon at
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/prc/2006/prc060429.gif
HB]
Except of course, Keynes always went by "Maynard," not "John."
There was a similar situation with Galbraith, who always went by "Ken."
Once a president of Havard, Nathan Marsh Pusey, called him, "John."
Afterwards he always called Pusey, "Marsh."
BTW, I am also someone who has the first name "John," but goes
by my middle name, "Barkley." Increasingly with computerized listings
I find myself called "John." When I once complained when entering a
hospital, the woman in all seriousness told me, "well, you should just
get your name changed legally to switch them around."
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.