# How famous are you (or think you are)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568 "2014-11-04T01:51:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [March 6, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/121 "2015-03-06T20:16:20Z")
If you are a California high school debate coach or one of my cats, you probably know me. Other than that I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/122 "2015-03-06T20:24:19Z")
I was part of a 4-woman team that won the NCAA championship back-to-back years in a minor sport. For about a week in each of those years, people occasionally recognized me. Our team had our picture in SI twice, but we were definitely not the headliner. lol After that, as far as fame and notoriety are concerned, it’s been all downhill. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/123 "2015-03-06T20:28:25Z")
> [@SUZ\_MAC](#): > > Not famous and never have been. However, I too am amused that if you google my name you will find the first few pages referencing a character from Harry Potter. I once taught a class that contained a kid named Riddle and a kid named Moody. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/124 "2015-03-06T20:40:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If you are a California high school debate coach or one of my cats, you probably know me. Other than that I got nothin’. Or any of the way too many kids you’ve taught over the years, I suspect. All career teachers are a little bit famous! The one weird place that I am kinda, vaguely known is admissions offices of top-tier universities, and only there because of my rec letters. I work really hard to write distinctive ones, and have friends in the field who say that people remember them. I have a little daydream that I am on a plane and the person next to me turns out to work in admissions at Some School and she read the applications from Texas and we get to talking and she’s like “OMG! You write so well! I feel like I KNOW those kids!”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/125 "2015-03-06T21:20:58Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I was part of a 4-woman team that won the NCAA championship back-to-back years in a minor sport. For about a week in each of those years, people occasionally recognized me. Our team had our picture in SI twice, but we were definitely not the headliner. lol > > After that, as far as fame and notoriety are concerned, it’s been all downhill. Bobsledding, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/126 "2015-03-06T21:42:56Z")
I’m slightly more famous than before: I got not one but two mentions in the local paper. Buried deep inside, of course. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/127 "2015-03-07T01:59:09Z")
If you are seriously into motorcycles, Russian coins, or flyfishing my name would at least be familiar. If you are seriously into church or classical music, you have me confused with my brother. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/128 "2015-03-09T02:31:37Z")
> [@SUZ\_MAC](#): > > Not famous and never have been. However, I too am amused that if you google my name you will find the first few pages referencing a character from Harry Potter. Mr. Dumbledore, I presume? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/129 "2015-03-09T03:47:17Z")
People are constantly honking at me when I’m out driving, so I must be an instantly recognizable celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/130 "2015-03-09T13:37:41Z")
I run the GIS website for the County government. So a few people (mostly relators and title companies) may know my name. Or sort of recognize it. When they hit the ‘Contact Us’ link, they get a response from me. Yes, ‘Contact Us’ does actually get you a personal response. Often within minutes. Stuns a lot of folks. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/131 "2015-03-09T13:49:35Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I run the GIS website for the County government. So a few people (mostly relators and title companies) may know my name. Or sort of recognize it. > > When they hit the ‘Contact Us’ link, they get a response from me. > > Yes, ‘Contact Us’ does actually get you a personal response. Often within minutes. Stuns a lot of folks. That would stun me, yes. Good on you. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/132 "2015-03-09T14:36:08Z")
Oh, I forgot: once upon a time I was the big color photograph on the front page of Copenhagen’s newspaper Politiken. I appeared to be asleep in the audience of an international humor conference. Actually I was in the throes of the worst case of gastroenteritis I’ve ever had. Thank you, Danish sanitary practices. That was my high point. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/133 "2015-03-09T14:41:31Z")
On a google search for my name in quotes, I show up on the 8th page. This does not count “We found Ethilrist on LinkedIn” (“one of many…”). ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/134 "2015-03-09T14:47:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Bobsledding, huh? 😃 Ohhhh…that’s so perfect. I wish it had been bobsledding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/135 "2015-03-09T15:37:10Z")
I am one of those people who was famous for 15 minutes (really more like a couple of weeks). ---
**Author:** ![Anon01245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/136 "2015-03-09T20:25:53Z")
I would like to be unknown. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/137 "2015-03-09T20:30:49Z")
OK, the 6 of you who are “world famous, adored by millions,” tell us who you are! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/138 "2015-03-09T22:40:13Z")
Have you forgotten? There is no “I” in teem. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/139 "2015-03-10T01:39:03Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > OK, the 6 of you who are “world famous, adored by millions,” tell us who you are! They need no introduction. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568/140 "2015-03-10T01:55:04Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > OK, the 6 of you who are “world famous, adored by millions,” tell us who you are! You can find out who I am IRL through earlier threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-are-you-or-think-you-are/703568.md?page=8)