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Thought I'd kick off a thread of some notable pipe smokers (or perhaps notable people smoking a pipe).
I'll start with a personal favorite (and my profile picture), the great Leonard Cohen. Though we don't readily associate the poet and songsmith with the pipe, these pictures suggest he indulged through the years.
Will follow with another Leonard my pic is often mistaken for, Leonard Nimoy, or, Mr. Spock.
Obviously there are some icons inextricably tied to the pipe to get to, but just figured I'd get it rolling. I'll leave it for now with the whimsical Dr. Seuss.
Not often associated with pipes but still an avid smoker is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
As a Catholic myself, I would say it is Blessed Carl Lampert who was an Austrian Catholic priest! He was very devout, masculine, and magnanimous! He was a martyr and was killed via guillotine if I recall correctly.
(BTW, I am new here and have no idea how to include images)
But.of course who else but.
Great topic idea! I’ll start with my profile pic, Basil Rathbone, a man whose acting has brought me countless hours of entertainment. If you’re not familiar with him beyond playing Sherlock Holmes, I recommend watching “The Comedy of Terrors” starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and of course, Basil Rathbone.
I am a huge Sherlock fan. Have been since childhood. Maybe an early influnce on my pipe smoking?
I feel the same way. I have no doubt that the Sherlock Holmes stories stoked my interest in smoking.
And Peterson IIRC has released a number of times a line of Sherlock Holmes pipes to commemorate Rathbone’s role as the pipe smoking deerstalker.
I will also add C. S. Lewis, along with his most famous quote on the subject.
We gotta mention J.R.R. Tolkien and his Capstan Blue, maybe William Faulkner with his Dunhill and Prince Albert, and perhaps Shelby Foote and his unique blend. Did all of the Inklings smoke?
Great reference! I was in a thrift store just today, where I bought another (I’ve had several) copy of Vol. 1 Fort Sumter to Perrysville. His wit and fascination are indispensable to American letters, I think, as well as his fresh and naturalistic analysis on the age old topic of the war. He was fond of billiards.
Okay I also bought a ‘73 Larry Csonka card for $2, and a bright blue and yellow fruit bowl from Spain. 😂 But Foote! Yes!
Gerald Ford, the last American president to smoke a pipe.
Some great contributions. I'll offer another, Arthur Miller.
A few more…
Vincent price smoking a cob-
Boris Karloff-
And Garfield!
Probably only in the U.K. Jack Hargreaves always had his trusty Falcon with him when he presented Out of Town and How
Sorry I can't figure out how to insert a photograph due on going senior moments
Jack Jarvis played by Ford Kiernan in the extremely funny Still Game always smoked Drum in his pipe
Jacques Cousteau
Mine as well. Cousteau embodied science and adventure combined in the spirit of the 18th and 19th century explorers but in modern times, well they were then at least.
Bertrand Russell
His favourite blend was Fribourg & Treyer's Golden Mixture
One of my favorite old actors.
Harry Mulisch who wrote my favorite book in the Dutch language: the discovery of heaven.
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