Asklemmy

I went through something similar.

I realized that a Japanese dishwashing powder company is using my face as its logo.

Easy, just write a program that takes the fractions of a cent that are rounded off during bank transactions and deposits them in an account you control. It's foolproof.

Why should I change it, he's the one who sucks.

Not exactly a famous person, but I have a somewhat unusual name that happens to be exactly the same as a fairly prolific music executive in my country.

It's kind of a win-win, because it's not someone most people have heard of so I don't get the remarks, but also I'm basically un-Googleable lol

Back in April a bunch of us from work went over to Singapore to rig up backdeck equipment to mobilize this ship ready for work. Upon meeting the captain of the ship we had chartered for the operation, we learned that his last name was Kirk.

My family shares a fairly uncommon surname with a professional athlete we are (as far as we can tell) completely unrelated to.

My father always joked that we should answer "we don't discuss that" when asked about it, as if there had been some huge falling-out.

I have two middle names, and they are exactly the same names from a porn star turned politician in my country. Plenty of jokes about it.

The weirdest moment was when a teacher was correcting one of my essays and asked about the origin of my name, after I explained, he mentioned that he liked one of the movies that my name doppelgänger made, I had no answer and just said “ah…” and after some awkward silence he gave me back my essay.

I have an uncle called Chris Hemsworth. He's like 65 so I don't know if he even knows the connection.

I have the same name as a barely famous YouTuber, not famous enough for people to know the name in real life. The only thing that happens is that I occasionally get emails meant for him. I do own the name's website, so I'm hoping he gets really famous and tries to buy it off of me for a lot of money.

My tattoo guy shares a name with a very famous author and theres a sign outside his station that says “No not the author and if you ask you will be charged extra”

Everyone thinks I sell coke and have tons of money

My Dad has the same name as a reasonably famous sports star in a different country. Unfortunately for me when I Google my name it’s just associated with rapists in the US… 😭

What's really fun is looking like a celebrity. Dear old Dad looks like a very well known actor, possibly one who is famous for driving a silver Dodge truck in a cop propoganda TV show and being talked about in Barrens chat.

I've managed to avoid being confused for the same person by having long hair. Now I look like Jesus.

I have a student named Serena Williams. I asked her the first day if other professors make light of it. She said yes dejectedly and I promised her I wouldn't. I've kept my word so far

I love that my online presence is practically invisible because of the celeb with the same name.

I did get a really spicy email from one of their fans once.

It's terrible. I'm the one who have to deal with the consequences every time that woman makes a bad decision.

She is a great actress though.

I share a name with someone who is obscure enough to not come up in many conversations, but famous enough that he monopolizes the Google results for my name.

I quite enjoy the relative anonymity.

I met a very nice older Scotsman named William Wallace the other day. He told me at our hotel bar that he had a court date the next day for allegedly beating an Englishman with his cane, who had apparently insulted his wife. Not quite sure how he handles questions about his name, but he certainly seems to have some things in common with his famous namesake.

The jokes used to annoy me when I was younger, but now I appreciate the ice breaker they provide and just do a fake laugh and move on

I once knew a girl who shared a birth name with a porn star's porn name. She dealt by telling people to never google her unless they wanted a virus.

My name is Luke. I cant tell you the amount of Star Wars comments I get. Eventually you just stop caring. I'm also a twin which gets a similar amount of stupid questions about being phychic and stuff.

I share a name with a major fast food mascot, so I just refer to myself as Mac.

I share a first name with a mythological deity, so introductory conversations usually start with "Oh, like the god/goddess of...", but I don't mind it too much because I happen to really enjoy mythology in general. It's a great icebreaker most of the time and only annoying when someone frames it as "Did you know?" Like, even if it wasn't one of those dieties most of us learn about in middle or high school history class, do you think you're the first person to explain this to me in the last 30+ years of my life?

The thing that really bothers me is people have this strange inclination to sing my name at me after they learn it. It's been used in a good handful of songs and is even the title for one by a famous 60s/70s band. The weird thing is some people aren't even referencing one of those songs. They just make up their own little tune.

I share a name with a professional hockey player that's not too known, but kinda known in my province.

When I search my name in Google, I'm not in the first page. That's about it. Most people don't know that player anyway.

Being glad that the person in question is so absolutely off-the-walls crazy that it actually drowns out anyone Googling for me.

They're a right-wing conservative crank who is absolutely referenced everywhere and whines constantly, he's part of a right-wing media organization. My politics couldn't be farther from theirs.

This guy is everywhere, and it makes it kind easier to be more pseudo-anonymous, because the internet will filter for this guy before it filters for me.