# Google Yourself: How Many You's Are There? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302 "2004-07-22T04:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/1 "2004-07-22T04:01:36Z")
I am: The owner/operator of a swimming club in Tasmania An assistant professor at a college in Michigan A Realtor in Wisconsin The leader of a country band in Texas Who I am not, so far as Google knows, is me. I have no listing. But it sounds like the other "me"s are doing okay. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/2 "2004-07-22T04:14:21Z")
I amā€¦ ā€¦me. A cross-country runner. My first and last names are pretty uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/3 "2004-07-22T04:17:06Z")
Very few gals have my name, but I did find one that helped to found a metropolitan art gallery. Thereā€™s also one who is an alumna of UNCW, wherever that is; one is a ferret owner; one was a hat maker long ago;one married somebody in Lafayette in the 50s; another one married a notable in South Dakota in the 19th century. The rest of the returns were people with a different first name, orā€¦me. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/4 "2004-07-22T04:18:58Z")
Dozens. Most cites are for a man who was molested as a child and is now an advocacy group leader on the topic. Then there is the priest accused of child molestation, the murdered police officer, the coporate officer, the poet, the philosopher, the Irish football player, the stop loss consultant, and a whole bunch of others. Maybe I should try and organize a get-together. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/5 "2004-07-22T04:32:10Z")
Besides myself, Iā€™m apparently a 5th-grader in Iowa and, uhā€¦ some French guy. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/6 "2004-07-22T04:53:06Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Thereā€™s also one who is an alumna of UNCW, wherever that is University of North Carolina-Wilmington, on the Atlantic coast (the schoolā€™s nickname is the Seahawks). As for me, Iā€™m a technical analyst and commodity trading advisor; a commercial realtor; a bassist/guitarist in the Buffalo (NY) area; a newspaper editor in Pennsylvania; a concerned citizen attending a town meeting in Wisconsin; the author of a letter _Salon_ printed about the failure of Howard Deanā€™s campaign; a Vancouver (BC) resident who wrote a guestbook entry in Polish; and a veteran of the US Armyā€™s 9th Infantry Division. I even score a hit or two as my actual self! ---
**Author:** ![Carbona\_Not\_Glue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Carbona\_Not\_Glue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carbona_Not_Glue)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/7 "2004-07-22T04:53:52Z")
There is exactly one of me. I have also checked phone book listings in the US, Europre, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa. I seem to be unique. In fact there are only two people with this last name in the US, and I am married to the other one ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/8 "2004-07-22T05:03:38Z")
All of the Google hits go to the motorcycle racer, not the airline pilotā€¦ Disappointing, I know. However, as the airline guy I try to keep my name OUT of the news. If I can retire (in 24 years) with no Google hits, I will consider my airline career a success! ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/9 "2004-07-22T05:04:26Z")
Very interesting. I am : - a draper in Pennsylvania - a cheerleader in a picture from 1948 - a 1991 grad of Tiskilwa High (Illinois) - an oil painter from San Francisco - me - a member of the Chemistry Dept. at Queenā€™s University - a CPA in Chelan - the winner of a science prize at the University of Aberdeen Iā€™m surprised, I thought my name was less common than that. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/10 "2004-07-22T05:11:17Z")
There are only about 30 people on Earth with my last name. None of them have my first name. As far as I know, I am the only person ever to have my name. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/11 "2004-07-22T05:11:47Z")
I am a whole mess of fictional goth-like characters, a law school professor, and a neo-nazi somewhere in Europe. Fairly uncommon name. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/12 "2004-07-22T05:15:22Z")
[ul] [li]Iā€™m a hair stylist to the starsā€¦ of B grade movies in the 60ā€™s and 70ā€™s.[/li][li]Iā€™m the production assistant for a bulletin on the beef industry.[/li][li]Iā€™m a teacher.[/li][li]Iā€™m a member of the Northern Australian Canine Association.[/li][li]Iā€™m the owner of a dog called Abby.[/li][li]Iā€™m searching for my Irish relatives to inform them of my fatherā€™s death.[/li][li]I visited a B&B with my husband Mick and enjoyed it enough to sign their guestbook.[/li][li]Iā€™m researching my family tree (thereā€™s two of me doing this, and one of them is the real me).[/li][li]I died at the age of 61.[/li][li]I run a scrapbooking for beginners class.[/li][li]Iā€™m the director of one hospitalā€™s community health education department.[/li][/ul] And there were a few more entries that actually referred to the real me. ---
**Author:** ![Marjorie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Marjorie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marjorie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/13 "2004-07-22T05:20:38Z")
I amā€¦ a graduate student at the University of Maine, a public relations consultant in Australia, an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Illinois, a lesbian swing dancing instructor in San Francisco, an insurance manager in California, a real estate agent in Nebraska, a soccer player in Maryland, a travel agent in Ontario, a Milwaukee sex toy party entrepreneur, and I am the subject of a book written by my parents that says I died in 1989 and communicate with them from beyond the grave. Thatā€™s just the first two pages of Google hits! At least the real me shows up on the first page, that sneaky U of Maine student has three entries in the first 10! My soon to be married name results in two hits for the same person, a high school student in New Hampshire. Not very surprising, as NH is the only state with more than two or three people with my fianceā€™s last name. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/14 "2004-07-22T05:21:33Z")
Most of them are me, at least on the first few pages, but Iā€™m apparently also a member of Alpha Xi Delta and a grandmother. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/15 "2004-07-22T05:32:55Z")
I am, among other things, a singer of Celtic songs. I apparently have a ā€œpure and hauntingā€ voice. I really should check myself out one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/16 "2004-07-22T05:36:13Z")
I was: Drafted by the New York Mets in 1993! I am apparently causing trouble for a campus rebuilding project in Canada. I am president of a ā€œsupplier of cargo security products, including plastic, electronic, bolt, and cable seals.ā€ I am also vice-president and general manager of a printing company. I participated in a 'Mini Marathon" ā€¦whatever that is. My name is pretty common considering I can trace an ancestor in this country to 1669. But oddly enough I know none of these people, despite their having the same name. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/17 "2004-07-22T05:40:19Z")
I was born in 1847 and died in 1876 (which is creepy because I am 28 now). When I enter my full name, my middle and last name make me a Brazilian guitar player (?) ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/18 "2004-07-22T06:55:39Z")
I am, apparently, unique - a byproduct of having two first names. If I google my screen name Iā€™m Portugese. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/19 "2004-07-22T07:30:44Z")
If I leave out the middle initial, I am: my grandfather my uncle an industrial engineer a German mayor a Theology professor(!) an avid cyclist a number of immigrants (some of them relatives) a Civil War veteran a lawyer in Georgia a health professional a rural development commissioner another freaking lawyer still another freaking lawyer (and here I thought I had a relatively unusual last name!) Captain of the ā€œSilvery Waveā€ out of Sydney, 1877 and several who seem to also be teachers, and in my subject area too! The rest of the listings seem to be me. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302/20 "2004-07-22T07:35:56Z")
Iā€™m the only one. šŸ™‚ The majority of hits are sites reprinting articles I wrote. But I hadnā€™t done a search like this in a while, so I was happy to find [this picture I took](http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/gallery/PJWinter04/seaman) is online. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-yourself-how-many-yous-are-there/256302.md?page=2)