Asklemmy

I share names with a famous athlete and I used to get comments about it regularly. I would smile and just say I didn't watch that sport. Mostly people would chuckle and move on.

Now it's been awhile since that athlete has been pro so I hardly ever hear anyone make the connection. I'm good with it lol

Oh man, don't you hate it when your social security number is the same as a famous person? Anyways, post your social security numbers ha ha, Lolz, we're having fun!

I share my name with Arnold Schwarzenegger, I mostly take it with humor.

My first and middle name are the first and last name of a very famous comedian/actor/writer. I was born in 79 during the height of his wild crazyness but my dad swears up and down that it had nothing to do with the choice of names. I'm just very happy this particular comedian is still a beloved and respected figure with no major scandals or skeletons.

I completely forgot... I sat next to a white kid named JAMES BROWN for years.

Not too many Luigis living in the US I can assume. No big perks or benefits from it. One time a teacher said, "I don't know how to spell Luigi... so I'll call you Lewis", and slapped that hello-my-name-is nametag on me.

I share a first + last name not with an actual celebrity, but with a character from a cult TV show (played by a much beloved comedic actor). So every once in a while, like yearly at most, someone goes "hey, just like x from y!!!" which is pretty pleasant, honestly.

My friend's name is Will Smith. I call him white will Smith. He said no one ever called him that. He thinks it's kind of funny.

Is he lying to me?

I think the most famous person that I share a name with is a very famous serial killer.

I already think the fascination with serial killers is incredibly weird (this is putting ut lightly), but the past 5-10 years has only seen it become even more mainstream. My response to anyone referencing the killer to me, because of my name, is very stern and very simple:

If you can't tell me who the victims were, then shut up about it. At least have the decency to pretend you actually care about the events and not just the "oh how weird and creepy" factor.

I get the name Monday to Wednesday, celeb gets it Thursday to Saturday. Sundays we alternate bi-weekly (allowing for special occasions where one of us really needs it).

I share a name with a famous Russian scientist that has some principles named after him. People from my country don't make the association, it seems like a common enough name. Other people instantly recognise it and can't believe that's my real name.

Not famous but back in the day the manager of one of local movie rental chains in town and I had the same name and for a while I never understood why my rentals where really cheap and why I never had late fees. The one I went to was not the one he worked at so nobody really knew and if they did they just thought I was his family so I just never corrected them if they pulled up the wrong account. I could of been a dick and kept movies and games but I’m not like that.

My wife's best friend was called Harriet Potter. I thought nothing of it until we were visiting New York in 2009 and the guy in the Warner Bros shop made a huge deal of it.

Not mainstream famous in the English world, but my name sounds similar to the last name of 2 Mexican famous brothers who are the owners of a circus that travels through Latin America.

Of course that was a reason for some kids to bully me. I was bullied for many reasons but everytime the circus came to my country they invested a lot on TV and radio publicity so by association they would make fun of my name.

I endured (and suffered) a lot. But I've never let it make me resent my name. I love it. My current chosen name sounds similar but more gender neutral and im very attacked to it.

I have a pretty uncommon name and happen to share it with a local news reporter/host. I don't ever watch the local news so I rarely think about it.

At least a few times a year someone I don't know will bring it up. Mostly it's if I have an appointment or made reservations. I'll check in and they'll have a disappointed look and say they expected someone else.

Came to think about @JonJones at twitter. The poor guys phone blows up anytime Jon "Bones" Jones has a fight coming or generally fucks up outside the octagon. The guy behind the tw.. x account is a great guy though never meddim

I have a friend that shares the name with a New York Times best selling writer. The first time I saw one of his books I was like "Da fa?".

I have the same last name as a famous video game character and my girlfriends first name is one letter off from said character. I realized it on our second date but never mentioned it as I thought it would be weird. She figured it out a couple months in and said she didn't mind as it would be easier than telling people her current last name.

I have two thirds of a name shared with a famous actress. It used to bug me that people would call it out all the time, and for a short period of time I even considered going by my middle name instead of my first name. Around the time I got married and people shifted the third part of the actress's name to a verb I started to warm up to it, and nowadays I mostly consider it a bit of built-in name recognition and mnemonic for people remembering my name.

I share a name (although spelled different) with a famous singer in my home country.

It rarely comes up, although when I was 5 a girl at school was convinced she saw me on TV. The singer was probably in his late twenties at the time...

Go by a different name.

Or if someone asks for something from me, ask how much they'll pay me for it.

I share my name with a US state and people always have the exact same jokes. I've also begun using the pretend like I've never heard it method and it's pretty funny sometimes to act like I don't even get it at first.

My father-in-law shares a name with a famous actor. We got him to sign my partner's motorcycle helmet so they can go around and say they got their helmet signed by the actor. We use it to mess with our friends a lot.

Not exactly what you asked, but I ship for an online retailer and we get some good ones. Had James Brown, Mike Jones (281-330-8004), and Timmy Turner today. We handle it by laughing (in good fun), or in the case of Mike Jones, yelling his phone number throughout the warehouse much to the chagrin of our uninitiated elderly CS team.

To your "rules" (of course there are none lol), rest assured these people are not around to hear us lightheardedly referrence the celebrity or cartoon character they're named after. And my name is a dick joke and we have a guy named "Rape," we've earned the right.

In some countries you can change your name, if it bothers you much.

Also, since you already know everything people say in advance, i think you could use it as a setup for a cool pun, so they will remember you. It's a door opener.

I share a first name with a pretty popular fictional character. I tend to enjoy the attention when people don't believe me or ask if it's like that one show/book. Fun stuff I gotta say. (thank fuck it's not a real person that could become racist/transphobic/worse)