I used to know someone called Michael Owen. He didn't want to be a footballer, he wanted to be a chef. He liked all the attention he got though from his name, especially from the ladies.

Me - My namesake won an oscar last year or the year before.

My middle name is David (making my name Craig David) :gag:

Also, my sister's fiance is called Michael Jackson!

I know one of our engineers down south is called Stuart Little. To my knowledge he doesn't look vaguely mouse-like.

yes i went to school with a Scott Fitzgerald (i think he's a writer or something)

I used to have a guy working for me called Michael Jackson. Whenever he was mentioned, I would always make the 'eeeh hee' noise from Bo Selecta! The last time I did it, he was stood behind me! :blush:

K x

My old housemate was Louise Woodward - not exactly famous more unlucky

my boss is called richard wilson - so obviously I call him Victor Meldrew :hihi:

"yes i went to school with a Scott Fitzgerald (i think he's a writer or something)"

yeh he wrote the great gatsby

i went to school with a 'toni hadley' she was named after her dad

Hallam FM are doing a daily thing about this on Matt n Emma's show.
Best one's were David Beckham and Captain Kirk.
The guy who used to run Supertram was called Michael Jackson.

me and david beckham went to different schools together!!
:bigsmile:

i work in a national call centre and get some fantastic names!

from what i can remember i've spoken to Janet Jackson and Mr. Bean

There had also been the weird names like Miss Bogey, Teresa Green etc and i swear this is no lie - Alexander (Alec) Beaver

A friend of mine's ex boyfriend was called Chris Martin (from coldplay for those of you who don't know)

Speaking of call centre funnies... I had a mum call up to change her sons name on her car insurance. She was in tears, he went straight for a deed poll change of name on his 18th to............. Luke Skywalker.

She was gutted.

middlewood online (http://www.geocities.com/middlewooduk)

Have you ever used google to put in your name to see if anything interesting comes up. I did once when I was really bored and I have the same name as one of the Birmingham six:suspect:

I shared a couple of classes at uni with a bloke called Christopher Lee - I used to feel really bad for him, everytime his name was called out on the register, there was a lot of sniggering!

Mind you, he was VERY tall, dressed a lot in black and had black hair, so maybe he was related ...... :suspect:

StarSparkle :P

Well, my name is Gary Numan.....

My partner's surname is Pressley


(2 s's as he always tells people)


And yes......he's heard them all !!

I know a Michael and Janet Jackson. They live together (husband and wife) and are nowhere near as freaky as the celebrities.

I used to go to school in the year above James Toesland AND also I used to knock around with Lucy Oldfield who was in Playboy under the name Luci Victoria.

Not bad claims to fame them are they!

we never get invited to the queens garden parties, my name altered the whole course of british history by alledgedly killing king rufus, and several centuries later, alledgedly,we murdered the two princes in the tower of london for richard the third, the truth is we did it to ensure a YORKSHIRE man became king of england and her dominions

And ive also spoke to at work..

matthew kelly
david seaman
paul newman
james garner

I used to work in a callcentre and one of the customers was called Fanny Gorralick - I kid you not. She was in her 80's and was probably totally oblivious.

I work with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - WIll Smith -

http://www.retrojunk.com/media/118/

I was waiting in the doctors once and a nurse came out and called 'Lisa Simpson?' :P Worse, I had a friend with me who whispered 'put that saxaphone away!' :D I had to cover my face with a magazine and pretend to be giggling at the problem page.... :P

My brother has a mate called James Brown.

A colleague at a former place of employment once spoke to a guy called George Foreman on the phone at work, he alerted the office to the fact and when he took security details I leaned over and whispered: "Ask what colour socks Mohammed Ali wore at the Rumble in the Jungle."

The next day I spoke to the real Sophie Ellis-Bextor...needless to say, the experience was somewhat less exciting.

My name is tracy barlow so before you say it, yes, I do get alot of jokes about coronation street. Probably heard every single one going! Not that I mind, I think it's funny personally.

I remember an episode of TFI Friday that had a guy on called "Harry Potter". He was middle-aged and quite grumpy, after producing his buspass to prove his identity he uttered the words that must have come to define his life:

"...and no, I can't do any f**king magic tricks..."

Originally posted by Lee1979
i work in a national call centre and get some fantastic names!

from what i can remember i've spoken to Janet Jackson and Mr. Bean

There had also been the weird names like Miss Bogey, Teresa Green etc and i swear this is no lie - Alexander (Alec) Beaver

What about the data protection act? Doesnt that come into place somewhere about now? :D

Originally posted by duffman
Have you ever used google to put in your name to see if anything interesting comes up. I did once when I was really bored and I have the same name as one of the Birmingham six:suspect:

When I googled my name the only references that came up were actually to do with me. Quite embarassingly one of them was a dodgy photo of me from my first year of university on someones homepage :shakes:

Originally posted by Lickable
What about the data protection act? Doesnt that come into place somewhere about now? :D

In the case of an amusing name, it should be thrown out the window!

I once spoke to a "Miss Hymen"...I had to stop myself from asking if she was: A) A virgin and B) Planning to keep her surname if she ever got married!

OoooOOOo! Just remembered - my A Level biology tutor was called Ms. Hoar :P The poor woman!

Originally posted by TracieJC
OoooOOOo! Just remembered - my A Level biology tutor was called Ms. Hoar :P The poor woman!

And she went into teaching?

Masochist!

I went to chesterfield college with a lad called Jack Nicolson and he always said "Here's Johnny!" He was quite a character and when people asked what his name was and i told them they never believed me...or him! If anyone knows him ask him to tell you his penguin joke! Rupe you know what i mean and no doubt your in stitches thinking of it!

My dads called John Smith, gets odd looks when filling in forms sometimes :heyhey:

A friend at school was Joan Crawford

Mother dearest went to school with a girl called "Alice Cooper" at the very same time as the emaciated shock-rocker crossed the Atlantic.

And I just spoke to a guy called "George Harrison".

My Dad's name is Phil Mitchell (anyone who watches Eastenders)

I know a 'Conrad Lorenz' - local sheffield artist. The 'other one' was a philosopher, I understand.

I went to school with James Bond. No kidding.

I used to work with Hugh Walpole, whose namesake was the author of a historical family saga called "The Herries Chronicle"

StarSparkle