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who have you come across in rl, that shares their name with someone famous?

54 replies

beachlover · 24/02/2008 22:00

through work ive met a,
fred west
pamela anderson[poor love she was not blessed in the looks department]
peter o'toole
jeffery archer

just thinking who else ......

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DiscoDizzy · 25/02/2008 15:16

Neil Armstrong
Emelia Fox

msappropriate · 25/02/2008 15:12

Tom Jones
Anthea Turner
Nicole Brown

TheApprentice · 25/02/2008 15:09

I have taught both a James Dean and a Dean Martin

glucose · 25/02/2008 15:07

I lived in a nurses home with a Julia Roberts, I had not realised a Julie Roberts had moved in, and when someone on the phone asked for her, a thought they were having a laugh and hung up.

iwouldgoouttonight · 25/02/2008 15:03

I run with an Elizabeth Taylor too!

BettySpaghetti · 25/02/2008 14:58

I went to school with a Elizabeth Taylor

tegan · 25/02/2008 14:58

I know a Colin Murray

BettySpaghetti · 25/02/2008 14:58

I went to school with a Elizabeth Taylor

Bellie · 25/02/2008 14:58

I used to work with an Elizabeth Taylor.

branflake81 · 25/02/2008 14:55

At work we have a Liam Gallagher.

TigerFeet · 25/02/2008 12:51

I know a Pete Burns

you spin me right round baby right round like a record baby.....

scattercushion · 25/02/2008 12:48

I have a friend called Maxine Carr. Lucky for her she doesn't live in UK!

rantinghousewife · 25/02/2008 12:40

I worked with a Johnny Kidd and a Ray Davies both at the same place.

bookwormmum · 25/02/2008 12:37

I went to university with an Imran Khan (cricketer and there is also an Imran Khan solicitor)

hunkermunker · 25/02/2008 12:35

I taught a child called Saddam Hussain (yes, honestly - his parents were supporters, poor sod. Brother called Nasser (sp?)). And he had a classmate called Emma Thompson. And one called Keifer (sadly not Sutherland).

TheFallenMadonna · 25/02/2008 12:33

I went to school with a (not the) Neil Armstrong.

bookwormmum · 25/02/2008 12:23

One of my friends has a sister called Madonna . Her surname isn't Ritchie or Cicchione though.

NoBiggy · 25/02/2008 09:57

Clive James
Paul Newman
Pete Townsend

littlerach · 25/02/2008 08:35

I know a Vanessa Paradise.

bookwormmum · 25/02/2008 08:18

I know a Mark Kennedy in RL - Irish footballer I think.

Clary · 24/02/2008 23:59

yeah who is Steve Lampard? Now Frank Lampard...

Clary · 24/02/2008 23:58

I know a Richard Burton.

lol at some of these - the thing is, could the parents have known? (ie was the famous person already famous?)

No excuse for Mona Lisa...

bookwormmum · 24/02/2008 23:00

My uncles probably share their full names with half of Scottish or Irish men - my Mum's maiden name was Kennedy. My uncles are Malcom and Graham respectively.

WendyWeber · 24/02/2008 22:59

Is there a famous Steve Lampard?

kaz33 · 24/02/2008 22:36

My mum previous to marriage was a very famous older actress who has been married several times.