Danielle Outlaw is the Commissioner of Police in Philly. Previously, she was chief of police in Portland.
Nothing unusual about towns in one state named the same as another state. There’s several places named Wyoming, Delaware and Oregon, not to mention all those Washington’s (named after George, of course). But there are others. I once made a list of all I could find and came up with over 300. There’s even some in other countries.
Ha’Sean “Ha Ha” Treshon Clinton-Dix (Ha Ha Clinton-Dix - Wikipedia) is an NFL defensive player He goes by “Ha Ha”, although he prefers it spelled HaHa.
I had a friend when in the Air Force many years ago who had the last name Imhoff, first name Jack. Seriously. I always wondered if his mom and dad were aware of how Jack Imhoff sounded out loud. If they were aware, I would say “Bravo.”
We used to have a TV weatherman here who was named Jay Walker. Not sure if that was his real name or not though.
I had a teacher in high school named Patrick Patrick. He was a weird dude. Had exactly five outfits he would wear to school. Blue shirt/blue pants, brown shirt/brown pants, green shirt/green pants, gray shirt/gray pants… and on Fridays a black sweatshirt and jeans.
My ex had some distant relative in his family named Royal Blood.
There was a girl a few classes ahead of me in school named Holly Tannenbaum.
The University of Kentucky football team has a placekicker named Chance Poore, which is one of the greatest names in sports since the thoroughbred racehorse Forlorn Hope (from a Dick Francis novel).
And speaking of sports, here’s a classic from major league baseball:
I don’t know that anyone names their son Jack. That’s more a nickname for John or Jonathan. He would have chosen Jack himself, with full knowledge of how it sounded.
Likely true for the most part, though there are some Jacks for whom Jack is, in fact, their given name, such as former baseball players Jack Clark and Jack McDowell.
Even if it’s a nickname, it might well be one that the guy’s parents gave him from childhood, rather than one he personally chose.
In my experience Jack has become a very common given name in the US over the last 20-25 years or so. I’ve taught a lot of kids during this time whose given name is “Jack.”
Doesn’t affect your J. Imhoff from “many years ago,” but just as a data point.
I was in a band with a guy whose last name is Swindler; I worked with a guy whose last name is Crook; and a good friend of mine’s last name is Greedy. I always joked they should open up the law offices of Greedy, Swindler, and Crook.