yeah... I do rule the googles, so maybe I win. several publications (projects and firms I was a part of), a couple of news things related to the fire in our building, a bunch of sports stuff (college soccer archives, running/tri race results)... and then my social and professional media (linkedin, facebook (dead account), spotify, etc).Based on a Google search, yes I am. I am the first several hits and there is very little else that matches directly. During the brief period that I had to use Facebook for grad school, I was contacted by someone who mistook me for a person with the same name. They were profanity laced messages with terrible spelling and grammar accusing me of abandoning my grandkids. It took several messages before the person could understand that I was not living in the Philippines and at age 30 had not yet become a grandfather.
idi amin is big shoes to fill.Emphatically No. another guy with my name:
1. Has a Wikipedia page
2. Has a park in California named after him
3. Is known as the "Congo Martyr"
4. was featured on the covers of both Time and Life magazines.
All rise for judge jamny.Theres a district court judge in California with the same name as me, although I own the domain name!
You: Yeah, well at least your name isn’t –Oz–.Emphatically No. another guy with my name:
1. Has a Wikipedia page
2. Has a park in California named after him
3. was featured on the covers of both Time and Life magazines.
However, I can Google just the first name of my daughter and she's the first to pop up. Practically the same league as Maddona, beyonce or Cher.
He's in WestWorld.You don’t have to tell us your name, but what’s his?
Your faith in me is incredibly uplifting. You're right. I can do this.That is a tough one to top regardless of last name but it's never too late. There's still time to record some best selling songs, have a hit TV show and transition to starring in movies. Maybe even marry a future Congressman.
Enrico Pallazzo?Off the top of my head, some professional athletes (not necessarily modern era) and some actor who is not a super star, but is someone who almost everyone would know from something and be "hey, its that guy".
I will say, this kid's Twitter profile is the first up under Google images, so he has got that going for him, which is nice.Yes.
Only one other person in the world with my name that I've ever found. He graduated HS last year in some small town in OK and I'm pretty sure he has recently fathered a kid and is not in college.
GL, Jayrod #2.
This one intrigues me. I'm a big fan of tire companies.Share my name with the president of a tire company and the lead guitarist of a band that was pretty big from 77-84.
Same. Google search my name and I'm every single result.Full name? Yes. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the first in existence.
That used to be the case for me up until about three years ago.nirad3 said:Same. Google search my name and I'm every single result.
Would you mail me a personal check for $0.01? A framed check from Eddie Van Halen would go great in my rock room.Didn't even need to Google to vote no. Share my name with the president of a tire company and the lead guitarist of a band that was pretty big from 77-84.
I've got several professors in front of me, but you know the saying...those who can do, do...those who can't teach.Some math professor used to come up before me. Now old Oats takes up the whole first page of google search. SUCK IT MATH NERD
I found the same thing. My name is uncommon but there were a few MDs with my name.First name is super common. Last name is super un-common. Found a guy in my same city with the same name, and same middle initial (although different middle name) and he's a well known oncologist. Can't really beat that. Have actually had people thank me a couple of times when they first met me because they thought I was him.
Stevie Wonder?Nope. I'm outshined by a Grammy award winning musician and a golf pro better known as a teacher than a player.
I was glad to open the thread and see criteria set for how to define success. These threads often don't do that. Still, I have a question. What if the person sharing our name were to have knocks against them? Such as a personality trait that would diminish their perceived success level. For example, what if a man were very successful in politics but known to roll the windows up and lock them when he farts in his car? Does that count against him? Or if the person was a known, documented litterbug..My vote is no - I share the same name as a state senator. He’s definitely more known than I am.
Knock against, sure - make them less famous, no. I always assume celebs and rich people are #######s until proven otherwise anyway.I was glad to open the thread and see criteria set for how to define success. These threads often don't do that. Still, I have a question. What if the person sharing our name were to have knocks against them? Such as a personality trait that would diminish their perceived success level. For example, what if a man were very successful in politics but known to roll the windows up and lock them when he farts in his car? Does that count against him? Or if the person was a known, documented litterbug..