Do you share your name with someone famous?

@paula27661 (15811)
Australia
February 4, 2009 2:49am CST
My sister has a client at work whose name is Brad Pitt; no it's not "the" Brad Pitt. We didn't need to check it out because she works for an employment agency and I doubt very much that "the" Brad Pitt would be in need for work! I went to school with a Natalie Wood. I often wonder what it would be like to share a famous name. Do you have a famous name? What is it life like? Please share!
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
4 Feb 09
A countless number of people share the same name with me! That makes me famous, isn't it?
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
4 Feb 09
Hey paula, hang on there! My name is mimpi/ mou and its quite common in my country....
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
5 Feb 09
Sorry hope I didn't offend! I live in Australia and I had not heard of your name. I thought mimpi was your MyLot name, which is very pretty the way. I get what you were saying now, thick ol' me! Sorry and thanks again for responding!
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
4 Feb 09
I won't ask what the name is, but I guess it does make you kind of famous! Thanks for responding!
@balasri (26537)
• India
12 Apr 09
Balakrishnan - Bala Krishna sometimes translated to "Divine Child Krishna",] is historically one of the early forms of worship in Krishnaism and an element of the history of Krishna worship in antiquity.
I share my name with the most famous person in the universe. He is the God of protection in his younger age.Lord Krishna is known as Balakrishnan that is my full name when he was young which means young Krishna.You can have a look at Balakrishnan in various mediums.
@balasri (26537)
• India
12 Apr 09
Thanks Paula.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
12 Apr 09
Wow that is such a special honour! I am sure you deserve such a sacred name, I am sure, thanks for sharing!
@riyasam (16556)
• India
15 Apr 09
i am supposed to be unique.butmy maiden surname was philipose and during my viva exam,i would be asked about mark philiposis and the discussion would go on to sports.(it was of no use studying my own subject.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
15 Apr 09
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
4 Feb 09
I shared my name with a famous Australian footballer many years ago, and as it's not a very common name, I was always asked if I were him. I also worked with an Erol Flynn, he got ribbed a lot.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
5 Feb 09
Poor Erol I bet school was a tad difficult at times! Thanks for responding!
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
5 Feb 09
He got a difficult time from all his workmates, especially the females. He stood a little under five feet, and at the time wore two inch high boots, which at the time were fashionable. However as fashions chenge ... well I don't know.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Apr 09
Hi Paula, I don’t’ think I share my name with any famous personalities. But I love my name and I am thankful to my parents who put the name for me. Some celebrities in south India holding my name but I don’t think they are famous like the way you meant. Now I remember an incident which happens with a lady who holds my name, she objected to marry a person on the day of wedding because the guy demands more money as dowry. The incident got attention from media and many guys come forward to marry the brave girl.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
12 Apr 09
I am pleased you love your name and thanks for sharing your little story. I really appreciate it!
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
14 Apr 09
I do share my first name with the most famous person in India. He is a great cricket player and is very humble person. He has been like Indian god for over 18 years now and is in twilight of his carrier but never has he ever spoken to anyone harshly or has even one scandal in his life. he is happily married and never we heard anything bad about him. He never goes overboard in criticizing others nor he tends to defends himself from false accusations and lets his game do all the talking.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
15 Apr 09
Sharing your name with someone with such talent and integrity would be a great honour I would imagine, thanks for responding!
@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
10 Apr 09
yes i share a name similar to one of the original charlie's angels. :)
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
10 Apr 09
Really? I wish I had a famous name! Thanks for sharing!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
4 Feb 09
Not that I know of in the conventional sense paula, but more importantly, I wonder how many famous people share the same name as ME! There's nothing better than some self motivation every now and then is there! lol.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
4 Feb 09
That's great take on it! You are quite right! You may have had the name first anyway! Nothing at all wrong with self motivation! Thanks for a great response!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Does only first name count? LOL. The reason I bring that up, is that when I was a kid, classmates thought my name was so "different" since most girls were named Mary, or Jane, Jennifer...and here I come along with "Melanie"---my father named me that as he was a "Gone With The Wind" fan and that one character was Melanie. When my mother called her grandmother up to tell her what my name was to be, she asked my mother "Why are you naming her that down south name for?"--I take it, Melanie is very popular in the southern states. Anyway, zoom up years later and here I am still a kid but watching Hitchcock's "The Birds" whose character played by Tippy Hendron was Melanie...then of course Tippy Hendron named her daughter Melanie-- so got a real kick out of that. DO have to tell you a funny story though. One time I called customer service for my phone company and got a representative...He introduced his name and I had to really refrain from laughing out loud...what was his name? Harry Potter.
@Dasari100 (3791)
• Anantapur, India
15 Apr 09
For meeting clients we need to change or follow another name to be good to use client so it is happens in many companies so even i used to have name John smith so that is totally work conditions.
@Lindery (853)
• Latvia
4 Feb 09
No, I don't share my name with someone famous but I heard other story about Brad Pitt. In one of European countries where "the" Brad Pitt was visiting, some restaurant guy knew there are few Brad Pitt men in the world and freaked out when the real Brad Pitt rung and ordered a table. He said few times that he won't reserve the table because this restaurant is only for special guests and I don't believe you are a real Brad Pitt. In the end it turned out to be the real one. I don't know the restaurant guy's destiny after it.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
4 Feb 09
Oh dear, how wonder how he felt when he found it was the real Brad! I have to wonder also what Brad Pitt thought; it’s probably happened to him before I would imagine. Good response, thanks!