# People who share your first name... Ever pretended you were their leader? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660 "2001-03-03T22:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/1 "2001-03-03T22:07:48Z")
As a tot, I can clearly recall being the unaminous and exalted leader of all the people who share my first name. I think my brother was too, though naturally he was less exalted and the choice was more acrimonious. SuaSponte’s thread on Jenny’s yielded one internatinal representative, IIRC. Were you ever the leader of such a prestigious organization? ---
**Author:** ![Yardstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8c91f0/32.png) [@Yardstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yardstick)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/2 "2001-03-03T22:57:02Z")
I am forming a “Cult of Lack of Personality” right now for my same named. No Kool-aid serverd, Castration is optional. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/3 "2001-03-03T23:14:31Z")
Man, am I glad my name isn’t “Yardstick”. Or Jones. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/4 "2001-03-04T01:55:19Z")
Uh, no, I never did. Wish I’d though of it, though. Would have been fun, 'specially since my highschool English teacher had the same name! I could have _ordered_ her to give me A’s! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/5 "2001-03-04T02:52:50Z")
People with my first name? I don’t think I’ve ever met another one. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/6 "2001-03-04T04:59:09Z")
No, but people used to ask if meand the other Pam in my classes were sisters. Yeah, cuz you know, my parents just couldn’t decide on a name for their second child, so they just gave us the same one… Morons. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/7 "2001-03-04T05:08:19Z")
I’m now quietly reflecting on the fact that if I _were_ the leader of all the people who share my first name–or maybe even my _whole_ name–I’d have a large enough force to take over the world. Hmmmm…I wonder if they’d go for it? \ ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/8 "2001-03-04T05:13:34Z")
Who’s _pretending_? I AM their leader (some of them just don’t know it yet, that’s all!) All of you **Dan** s out there; get to work! There is much that needs be done to make **me** , your leader, happy! ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/9 "2001-03-04T07:46:30Z")
Oh, all the time. Signed, magdalene Supreme Leader, Jennifers for World Domination ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/10 "2001-03-04T18:04:14Z")
It’s perfectly obvious. What would you call the supreme leader of all Michaels worldwide? Michael King, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-share-your-first-name-ever-pretended-you-were-their-leader/56660/11 "2001-03-04T18:13:27Z")
My name is Justus, which is fairly uncommon. And I discovered that a producer on a few films I’d seen was named “Justis.” I rule!