Lots of people share their name with someone famous. But how many names belong to two famous people? For example, there have been two famous Richard Burtons and two famous Engelbert Humperdincks and two famous Muhammed Alis. If you want to include fictional characters, there have been two famous Matt Dillons. How many others are there?
(I’m not counting Paris and Perez Hilton, or names followed by “Jr.” or “Sr.” or a numeral.)
Paul Simon was the first that came to mind for me. I don’t know if any of the thirty-odd Michael Jacksons are famous enough for ya.
Edward Wood, British statesman, and Edward Wood, American filmmaker.
(Robert) Marion Berry, current Arkansas Representative, Marion Berry, former DC Mayor/crackhead. Also marionberry, a berry.
I have a four person match.
Adam “Pacman” Jones
Adam Jones outfielder for the Baltimore ballclub.
Adam JonesEnglish race car driver.
Adam Jones guitarist for Tool.
And Dave Clark of the Dave Clark 5
Dave Clark the baseball player.
SSG Schwartz (The one and only.)
Engelbert Humperdinck the singer simply stole the name from the composer Engelbert Humperdinck, in order to make himself stand out a bit a bit from the crowd of other crooners. His real name was Jerry Dorsey, IIRC. I do not think that ought to count.
I rather like the pair of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (although I very much doubt that this was a mere coincidence either). At one time, when it was free, the online Britannica had them mixed up, so if you searched for the poet you got an article about the composer. (I sent them an email about it, but they did not seem to understand what I was talking about.)
Does Muhammed Ali count? The other one was called Muhammed Ali Jinnah. Not really the same name at all.
Mick Jones from Foreigner and Mick Jones from The Clash.
Randy Jackson from the Jackson 5 and Randy Jackson on American Idol.
Cassius Marcellus Clay and Cassius (Marcellus) Clay. James Jones and the Rev. Jim Jones. Francis Bacon and Francis Bacon. James Brown and Jim Brown.
Then there are the cases of James Stewart and Stewart Granger, Michael Douglas and Michael Keaton, Davy Jones and David Bowie, wherein the latter changed their names to avoid confusion (not the case with Clay/Ali, presumably).
I assume he means this guy.
Winston Churchill, 1871-1947, American novelist.
Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British prime minister.
Roger Taylor, drummer, Duran Duran
Roger Taylor, drummer, Queen
Thomas Wolfe, American author of Look Homeward, Angel
Thomas (Tom) Wolfe, American author of The Bonfire of the Vanities
It’s interesting that every pair in the OP includes someone who wasn’t born with that name.
I’ve always wanted to see an album by Dave Stewart. Featuring Dave Stewart on Guitar, Dave Stewart on Keyboards, and Dave Stewart on drums.
There’s David Mitchell the comedian and David Mitchell the novelist.
Richard Burton, actor
Richard Burton, explorer and adventurer.
Jack Johnson, boxer
Jack Johnson, auto racer.
He’s Marion Barry.
Thomas Harris, author of the Hannibal Lechter books.
Thomas A. Harris, author of “I’m Okay, You’re Okay.”