I think it’s safe to say Stephen King is the most well-known writer of his genre, which makes him the king of horror. Usain Bolt, fastest man alive. Weird.
What are some other examples of coincidental alignment with someone’s reputation and their name?
A urologist named Dr. Wiener. 
Ringo Starr is a rock star
Donald Trump. “Trump” means to rank above or to defeat. As President, Donald Trump ranks at the head of the executive branch and he trumped, or defeated, Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
On this side of the water, it is also one of many slang words for a fart.
But be that as it may, the phenomenon the OP is describing is known as “nominative determinism”
Paul Blair was a Ball Player
Prince Fielder was a, umm, first baseman.
Ron Piche’ was a Fench-speaking pitcher. No, it’s “lanceur”.
Johnny Podres played for the Padres, and Jose Cardenal for the Cardinals. Darryl Boston, Tyler Houston, and Reggie Cleveland never played for those city’s teams
Bernie Madoff made off with all the money…? Bit of a stretch but it makes me smile!
Jim Brown was a Cleveland Brown.
Yeah, but that’s fake. 
Interesting! Reminds me of Seinfeld’s bit about naming your baby Jeeves, and “pretty much mapping out his life” that way. 
The latest winner of the Nobel prize in economics is Richard Thaler. The origin of our word “dollar” comes from the German coin “thaler”.
Reminds me of the old joke.
Carmen Electra is an actress. Her real name is Tara Patrick. She changed it because she wanted something more glamorous for her career.
Tera Patrick is a porn actress. Her real name is Linda Hopkins. She also changed her name because she wanted something more glamorous for her career.
And the joke is that somewhere out there is a woman named Carmen Electra. She’s going to law school. And she plans on changing her name to Linda Hopkins before she graduates so people will take her seriously as a lawyer.
Arsenal’s coach’s first name is Arsene.
Not really what the OP is asking, but I’ve always loved the fact that Wolfgang Wolf used to be the trainer of (German soccer club) VfL Wolfsburg.
Sort of a tangent.
The Smoot.
Google Earth includes Smoots in the measuring tool.
Mr. Smoot’s later career.
Anthony Weiner
He played for the Browns under coach Paul Brown.
There is a race driver named Scott Speed.
Theatre director Hal Prince is “the Prince of Broadway.”
Ann Rule definitely ruled the true crime genre.
Rollie Fingers was a baseball pitcher.
While Jeremy Irons doesn’t play golf, I think there is a golfer with the last name of Woods.
What are the odds that a herd of cows would be hit by a driver named Daisy Cowit? To quote the first line of that CNN story: Some things you cannot make up.
And so is Trump (Drumpf)