Cue the gags.
Well played.
I'm Stephen Lawrence.
Just remembered my Dad shared his name with a Sunderland football player from the 50s & 60s.
AT one time I had Tom Jones,Andy Williams and David Bowie on same shift.
Im John Madden unfortunately no relation to the NFL guy.
There's only 200ish people in the whole country with my surname, so not really. There's a boxer in Dundee with my name and a book illustrator in Canada but I come up before both on google😁
My father shares his name with the guy who used to run Toyota's F1 team
I’m Mr Darcy. 😃
I went to school with a James Cameron and when I was on holiday once a friend hurt themselves and was treated by Dr Donald Duck.
My father was Steve Austin.
Stone Cold?
Looks like my name-sake fits the infamous bit- a convicted murderer from South Wales.
Given he’s from a couple of valleys along from where my Dad grew up and we don’t have a Welsh surname I wonder if we’re related?
David Bowie's wife was originally given my mother's name, but then used her middle name and now shares that name with my wife.
Used to have a bloke come into work called Mark Lawrenson. He was an arsehole.
Used to have a bloke come into work called Mark Lawrenson. He was an arsehole.
You are Gary Lineker and I claim my £5
I have a mate called Jamie Saville 🙁
Went to uni with a guy called Keith Jones ... the weird bit being the VC of the uni that signed his degree certificates was also called Keith Jones. It looked like he was writing his own certificates.
My name is Edson Arantes do Nascemento, and people are constantly mistaking me for Pele. And then I point out that Pele's name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento and we all laugh.
I used to know a girl whose brother was called Mike Tyson. He was almost arrested once after being pulled over for speeding because the police thought he was just taking the piss out of them when they asked his name.
I had a school mate whose surname was Semens. He got pulled by the police as a teenager and had to give his address... which, no word of a lie, was 1 Tinkle Street. It didn't go down well.
(He later did a stretch for glassing someone though 🙁 )
We have an engineer at work called Ian Brown.
I had a teams meeting a few months ago with an architect called John Holt.
Thing is that neither of these gents have a clue who their namesakes are!!
My mate is Mark Owen. Got loads of calls from young women when he was at uni in Manchester in the 90's
I share with the worlds best handball player.
This always makes my handball coaching colleague want me to join his team just so he can add me to the player list.
Stone Cold?
No, the bionic one. Hence the irony. I’m a child of the 70’s. “I bet your dad was the bionic man!” tends to wear a bit thin after a while. Given what happened to my dad, VERY thin.
Got/had loads of them at work.
Will(iam) Young
Jim Davidson
James Brown (2 of)
Colin Wier (2 of, none related)
Barry Scott (does he still shout adverts?)
Plus more I've forgotten through time. Only claim to fame anyone had was being the keyboardist in H2O (nope, me neither but it cracked me up to think of the old Billy Connelly sketch where he talked about wanting to have a hit record with his face on the cover just so he could "accidentally" leave it places and wondered if there was a bit of that going on).
There’s only 200ish people in the whole country with my surname, so not really.
I'd be astonished if occurrences of my surname broke double figures across the whole country. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the same didn't hold true globally. Outside of direct relations, I'm down to the fingers of one hand.
My mother is Joan Collins......
I’ve worked with two Peter Jackson’s, had a supplier called James Brown (I used to sneak James Brown’s lyrics in to mails I sent him) and used to have a customer called Bruce Wayne.
The closest I get is sharing a forename with a screwdriver and surname with a town. Even then they’re variations on those names.
I've the same name as a famous Aussie test cricketer, about my age too.
When I worked in India about 15 years ago I arrived in Hyderabad on a flight from Dehli very late one night to find a welcoming 'committee'.
Turns out, in Delhi I'd been out the evening before with a rep of our supplier (who I was auditing) and we'd had a conversation about cricket as it was on in the bar. I use to play and did say I was a bowler (RH fast). Next day when he spoke with their Hyderabad office it seems that he mentioned my name (the other guy was a big cricket fan) and apparently also said that I use to play cricket.
When I'd picked up my luggage and walked out into the Terminal looking for my driver, there were about two dozen employee's waiting...
One of my lecturers on my 1st degree was called Peter Sutcliffe.
Weirdly I don't remember anyone ever discussing it at all (perhaps because he was a really nice guy) but still seems weird noone ever made a bad joke etc.
He only had one remaining lung and smoked cigarillo's but still managed on field trips.
I was in a Teams training session at work a couple of days ago, and noticed a Michael Jordan was also getting introduced to the finer points of NEC and contracts 🏀
- How did that work then? Was he not allowed to use it on game days?Just remembered my Dad shared his name with a Sunderland football player from the 50s & 60s.
I'm Hatfield. The Metallica singer is Hetfield. Germans tend to pronounce my name Hetfield and also like their rock, so if it wasn't James Bond, it was Metallica when I spent time in that there Germany.
When I worked at the University of Stirling, I used to walk past Rowdy Yates office. I think he might even still work there.
The closest I get is sharing a forename with a screwdriver
Slotted?
Unusual name.
How did that work then? Was he not allowed to use it on game days?
Taking the 'one shoe 'tween ten 'o us' joke to the limit there.
At school I had a friend Glenn Miller, a work colleague is Mark Morrison and I have a customer called Elvis.
I’m still waiting for for the golden opportunity at work to arrange a meeting with both Elvis and Mark Morrison in attendance.
I worked with a Dave Pearce for a while, he even dabbled on the ones and twos.
I share my name with an American country singer that I've never heard off.
Edit: just checked Spotify, his number one song has less than a 1000 plays..
I once booked Elvis Aaron Presley, who lived at Gracelands, ****** Lane, Halifax, into custody.
I was scowled at when I told the gaoler to keep an eye on him if he ordered burgers for dinner...........
Just noticed a Giles Farmer on LinkedIn
The closest I get is sharing a forename with a screwdriver
Stanley?
Barry Scott
Not sure I'd be able to resist that.
HI!
My Wife is called Mo Johnson, slightly different spelling to the famous one.
We live in Glasgow. Apparently it always gets someone commenting.
I haven't got a clue, being English, and not a football follower.
At school I had a friend Glenn Miller
I did some work in Milwaukee in 1995. I had a work colleague called Glen, we went on the Miller beer brewery tour. As we were exiting through the gift shop, he was commenting how this was so cool because his surname was Miller.
I looked at him in astonishment and he said 'oh you know about the band leader?'.
I said of course, he said that very few Americans of his age knew who Glen Miller was 🤷♂️
In the real world I’m Timothy Taylor. So I either get beer gags, get “Brooke” and Goodies gags (for those of a certain age) or in the US and Canada “Toolman” gags. All bases covered.
In the real world I’m Timothy Taylor. So I either get beer gags, get “Brooke” and Goodies gags (for those of a certain age) or in the US and Canada “Toolman” gags. All bases covered.
We have a winner!
I have the same name as an American Golfer, Labour Politian, and MMA fighter. At least 2 of which most people have heard of
I share my name with a former Portsmouth football player. Being from Southampton that always rankled, and delighted pompey colleagues.
One of our directors has the surname Hindley. His wife is Moira, a bit too close for comfort as she uses her maiden name 😂
I share my name with an Egyptologist who was slightly famous for a few years in the 1980s through a series of TV programs.
A few months ago when donating blood, one of the staff said I was his winning entry on famous name bingo - apparently some of them play a game where they spot donors with “famous” names. It must have been a pretty low bar that day.
I used to live on Walt Disney rd, here in Spain calle Walt Disney, I reckon 90% of times I gave the address the other person laughed and asked if I was Mickey mouse. Then usually, ha ha, where do you really live.
So to everyone with a famous name, thoughts with you it must drive you mad. Also, I reckon everyone who makes a joke really thinks they are the first person to say it.
My gran was called Doris Day.
In my traffic polis days, I attended a road crash between a local panda car and a Vitara driven by a small Chinese chap. While taking his details, I thought I was mishearing him and asked to see his licence, sure enough, real name was King Kong. My Inspector thought I was taking the piss when I updated him that a panda had hit King Kong on Garscube Rd.
The closest I get is sharing a forename with a screwdriver and surname with a town.
Shame it's not the other way around, you could've been Accrington Stanley.