1 (Australian politician) (born 1947), Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales, 1995–1998
2 (organ builder), English pipe organ builder
3 (racing driver) (1931–1958), English racing driver
4 (record producer) (born 1951), English record producer
5 (racing team manager), former team manager for the Lotus and Benetton Formula One teams
6(speedway rider) (born 1954), English former speedway rider
7 (broadcaster), Irish sportscaster
8 (born c. 1954), American broadcaster
9 (footballer) (born 1948), English footballer
10 (rower) (born 1975), American rower
11 (psychiatrist) (born 1953), Canadian forensic psychiatrist
12(academic) (born 1945), British academic
13 fictional character in British soap opera, Emmerdale
My namesakes are a very distinguished author on gay politics and a moderately retarded actor who has played two roles. Fortunately, my personal hits fill the first two search pages most of the time.
My name is sufficiently uncommon as to produce no notable namesakes. I believe that, notable or not, I am the only one of my full name in the US. I think there are a handful in Germany, but none notable.
My birth name, first and last, is so common as to bring up 35 hits for my name (none, so far as I know, related to me), and 2 disambig pages. My namesakes are notable primarily in the military, politics, and entertainment.
My chosen name is sufficiently uncommon as to produce no actual hits, but there are 2 pages that mention people by that name - one for a fictional character, the other a Scottish historical figure (my namesake is a friend and the spouse, respectively).
I always thought I was the only person with my unique combination of first and last name anywhere in the world, but there is a South African tourism site that lists it as a contact. I am tempted to write to them and ask about my namesake.
Don’t have to really search for it. My name is in the article title. One of my research results.
FtGKid2 was doing a vanity search on Wikipedia and came across it. He didn’t know that I had done something so “worthy”. Surprisingly impressed.
Me, I have no interest in others with the same last name. In our family it only goes back 2 generations, with a stable spelling going back 1. So no vanity searching for me.
I built a Wikipedia page for a doctor friend. He has had a long, distinguished and downright heroic career in emergency medicine, and the only other person in Wikipedia with his name was a Nazi officer. It was the least I could do to provide some balance.
There is nobody with my name listed in Wikipedia. In fact, I seem to be the only person with my name in the U.S. To go further, I think it is likely that I am the only person with my name in the whole world, though I can’t prove it.
My first name + last name is globally unique (aside from my late father and grandfather, who had different middle names). At least the first 10 pages of Google hits are me.
My first plus last name (married or maiden name) comes up with nothing on wiki, my just last maiden name comes up with 4 Swedish people, and my last married name comes up with 500 pages because it’s a noun, LOL.
There’s nobody with my name (combination of first + last) on Wikipedia. In googling myself, I’ve found a resume for a kid out of grad school (years and years ago; I’m sure he’s well into his career right now); a psychopath who assaulted his roommate for pretty psychotic reasons; and several hits regarding a certain athlete and his sports record.