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* It's a generic name, but '''[[John Adams]]''' has done it all. He was the second President of the United States, an obscure contestant from ''[[American Gladiators]]'', a revered minimalist composer, and has probably held many other interesting occupations.

* '''[[Scott Adams]]''' is the name of either the cartoonist of ''[[Dilbert]]'' or a series of old text adventure games.

* [[The Beatles|Apple Corp]] versus Apple Inc. Since they were originally in totally different lines of business, this recycling of a trademark wasn't a problem -- until Apple Inc. decided to move into computer music, whereupon the older Apple objected.

* There are two association football teams named '''Arsenal F.C.''' The Argentine team is usually referred to as Arsenal de Sarandí to avoid confusion with the English team.

* '''Nicklas Bäckström''' is a Swedish forward currently playing for the Washington Capitals. '''Niklas Bäckström''' is a Finnish goaltender currently playing for the Minnesota Wild.

* And similar sports team naming kerfuffles erupted when, for instance, the CFL tried to name an expansion team the '''Baltimore Colts''' a decade after the NFL team by that name had fled to Indianapolis. The ensuing lawsuit caused the expansion team to literally play without a name for its inaugural season before gaining the Stallions moniker the next year, though they would move to Montreal and become the Alouettes the year after ''that''.

* '''Hank Bauer''' was the name of a right fielder for baseball's New York Yankees in the '50s, and a running back for football's San Diego Chargers in the '70s.

* '''Brett Butler''' is the name of [[wikipedia:Brett Butler (baseball)|a former MLB center fielder]], [[wikipedia:Brett Butler (comedian)|a stand-up comedian]] and former star of the ABC sitcom ''[[Grace Under Fire]]'', and [[wikipedia:Brett Butler (voice actor)|a stage and voice actor]] known for playing Dr. Quinn on ''[[Sealab 2021]]''.

* [http://hubpages.com/hub/PLEASE-RETURN-TO-LAURA-BUXTON Laura Buxton meets Laura Buxton]. Both each had a brown and orange guinea pig, a gray rabbit, and a black Labrador. Synchronicity, anyone?

* '''[[Bruce Campbell]]''' is an actor, right? Or is he an American football offensive tackle who was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the 4th round of the 2010 NFL Draft?

* '''Harry Carey''' (with an "e") was a popular silent-film actor, and his son, Harry Jr., was a popular character actor of the 1940s and 1950s. '''Harry Caray''' (with an "a") was a legendary baseball announcer with the Cardinals, White Sox, and Cubs.

* '''[[Jim Cummings]]'''. The prolific voice actor shares his name with James Harvey "Mister Jim" Cummings (1890-1979), a long-serving member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Mister Jim held his position from 1928 to 1972.

* Meet '''Ben Curtis''', professional golfer. That dude is certainly ''not'' getting a Dell.

* Court TV once was showing a trial in which an FBI agent was testifying, and when he began his testimony he stated his name: '''Jeffrey Dahmer'''. He is not related to the Milwaukee [[I Am a Humanitarian|humanitarian]] of the same name who died in prison after being convicted of killing and eating his victims.

* The BBC's season of programmes on [[Charles Darwin]] has featured programmes named ''What Darwin Didn't Know'' and ''Darwin's Dangerous Idea'', which share their names with books of the same name. However, the former is a book that promotes Intelligent Design, the programme exactly the opposite. The latter chronicles nearly the same subject matter as the former (namely, the [[Social Dawinist|implications]] of Darwin's Theory of [[Evolution (useful notes)|Evolution]]).

* '''[[Keith David]]''' is an black US actor most recently known for voicing the cat in ''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]''. Keith David is also the name of a black British rapper.

* [[In Dublin's Fair City|Dublin]] and Blackpool are at the same latitude on opposite shores of the Irish Sea. '''Dubh linn''' is Gaelic for '''black pool'''.

** Also of note is that Dublin has a suburb named Blackpool. As does Cork, Ireland's second city.

* We have '''[[Amelia Earhart]]''', the pilot who went missing, and Amelia Earhart, traffic reporter for NBC affiliate KUSA (she left for Los Angeles briefly in 2009). A promo from 2005 actually played off of this.

* '''John Edwards''' is an American politician of the Democratic Party, who unsucessfuly sought the presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008. '''John Edward''' (no s) is a professional psychic medium who has starred in two television shows. The latter's use of [[Cold Reading]] techniques lead to detractors calling him a [[Phony Psychic]], but he obviously still has fans.

** The science fiction author is Christopher Evans on the book covers, but ''[[David Langford|Ansible]]'' consistently calls him Chris...

* '''Linda Evans''': SF/F writer, star of ''[[Dynasty]]'', or [[wikipedia:Linda Evans (U.S. radical)|1980s political radical?]]

* '''Terry''' Farrell, actress who portrayed Dax in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', has a similar name to '''Perry''' Farrell, lead singer of [[Jane's Addiction]]. Not that people would get them confused, them being opposite genders and all.

* There are at least three email services called Fastmail (not counting those whose name ''includes'' Fastmail); the Australian one which is now a subsidiary of Opera, the Canadian one (whose rep showed briefly on EmailDiscussions because his service was mistaken for the Australian one), and the Greek one.

* '''Samantha Fox''', the [[Page Three Stunna|Page 3 model]] and pop singer, is not to be confused with adult film actress Samantha Fox.

* The guy who sings the German version of "[[Rhythm Heaven|Young Love Rock 'n Roll]]" is named '''[[Benjamin Franklin]]'''.

* '''Greg Gagne''' (pronounced "gon-yuh") was a professional wrestler in the [[American Wrestling Association]]. Greg Gagne (pronounced "gag-nee") was a shortstop for the Minnesota Twins.

* There is a U.S. state called '''[[Deep South|Georgia]]''' and a Caucasus country named [[Georgia]]. The American Georgia is named after King [[The House of Hanover|George II]], while the country gets its name from the Persian-Arabic designation – ''gurğ / ğurğ''. They call themselves ''Kartvelebi'' and their country ''Sakartvelo''.

** Naturally, the hometown crowd in [[Atlanta]], Georgia cheered for Georgia (the country) when they appeared at Parade of Nations at the opening ceremonies for the 1996 Summer [[Olympic Games]].

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** Spoofed again in ''[[The Areas of My Expertise]]'', when John Hodgman discusses Georgia's history as the site of many of [[Civil Rights Movement|Martin Luther King]]'s great speeches. It would, however, take a thousand clones of Dr. King to erase Georgia's dark history as the birthplace of [[Josef Stalin]].

* If you are talking about '''Christopher Guest''' are you talking about the American actor and filmmaker from ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' and ''[[Best in Show]]'', or are you talking about the one who was Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (which was the British equivalent of a Supreme Court Justice). [[The Other Wiki]] tried to clear up the confusion by referring to one of them as Baron Guest but is still a problem considering they both held the noble title of Baron. The actor has inherited the title of '''Baron Haden-Guest''', while the judge held the life peerage title of '''Baron Guest'''.

* An American commentator accused neurosurgeon/reporter '''Sanjay Gupta''' of having a supposed "conflict of interest" after discovering his name on a list of physicians working for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. It turns out that the doctor working for Pfizer was a different Sanjay Gupta entirely - not surprisingly, as "Sanjay Gupta" is almost as common among Indians as "John Smith" is among Americans.

* '''John Hancock''' the Founding Father, and John Hancock the film director.

** And John Hancock, the African-American character actor.

** Neither of whom should be confused with ''Antony'' (no "h") Hopkins, the composer and author of ''Understanding Music''.

* In Australia, '''John Howard''' is an actor... and a ''[[Australian Politics|former Prime Minister]]''. The actor has been hired to make the joke at least twice: once in ''[[The Games]]'' (hired [[Show Within a Show|within the show]] specifically to fool foreigners) and again in ''[[News Parody|CNNNN]]'' (mistaken for the other one by the presenter).

* '''Michael Howard''' the politician, and '''Sir Michael Howard''', the historian. The two are actually conflated in the index to the first volume of Alan Clark's diaries, Howard being his MP at the time of writing and Sir Michael being a fellow scholar. '''George Osborne''', the Coalition's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has a namesake in '''George Osborne''', one of the protagonists of William Makepeace Thackeray's ''[[Vanity Fair]]''. Also, there was an incident where '''David Davis MP''', the former Conservative Shadow Home Secretary and agitator against 42-day detention policies was supposed to be invited to speak to an ethnic minority police association - but they invited '''David Davies MP''' instead and he ended up calling them racist for their organisation being part of an affirmative action campaign.

* '''Steve Howe''' is the name of a rocker (in the bands [[Yes]] and [[Music/Asia|Asia]]) and a deceased former baseball player.

* Was '''Helen Hunt''' a 19th-century social novelist or a popular 1990s movie actress? (Okay, so the first one was actually Helen Hunt ''Jackson'', but "Hunt" was the name of her first husband.)

* '''[[John Hurt]]''' is an English actor, while Mississippi John Hurt was an American blues musician.

* When you say '''iFanboy''' you're either talking about an overzealous [[Apple Macintosh|Apple Inc.]] enthusiast or [http://www.ifanboy.com a really great comics discussion site] with podcasts you can download off of Apple's iTunes player.

* [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] creator '''[[Keiji Inafune]]'''. After his split from [[Capcom]] [http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ people thought he was doing a game named] ''Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls''. [http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ Turns out it was someone else with the same name.] Notable for even affecting this wiki.

* There are two '''John Irvings''' that are published writers - the Australian one being rather less well known, to the point that it's hard to find any information about him. There's also an historic [http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~rcowan/genealogy/JohnIrving.htm Australian emancipationist] of that name.

* ''[[Playboy]]'' had two Playmates named '''Jennifer Jackson''' (Miss March 1965 and Miss April 1989, the former being the first African-American Playmate). They also had two Playmates named '''Susie Scott''' (Miss February 1960 and Miss May 1983); to further complicate matters, Miss August 1984 was Suzi ''Schott''.

* '''Joe Jackson''': Record producer/abusive patriarch of [[The Jackson 5ive]], [[Motown]]'s most famous musical family or English power pop/new wave star of the late '70s & early '80s?

** Not to mention the "shoeless" baseball player who was banned from the game for life after helping throw the 1919 World Series.

* There have been two NFL players named '''Keith Jackson''' (a tight end and a defensive tackle), and they're father and son. Neither is any relation to the Keith Jackson who spent decades calling college football for ABC.

** There's also an ex-head of Channel 4

** And an expert on Beer.

* '''Randy Jones''' is either a baseball pitcher, an ice hockey player, or a [[Village People|singing cowboy]].

* '''Terry Jones''', [[Monty Python|British comedic loony with great ideas.]] [http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/857888--americans-rallying-against-planned-qur-an-burning?bn=1 Terry Jones, American religious loony with just plain stupid ideas.]

* An interesting subversion happened during the 1970s. When the NBA team named the '''Cincinnati Royals''' went and moved to Kansas City (and Omaha), the owners of the NBA Royals decided to change ''their'' name to the Kings so they don't get confused with the baseball team named the '''Kansas City Royals''', even though the NBA team was around longer than the MLB team. When the Kings finally did move out of Kansas City in the middle of the 1980s, they decided to stick with their Kansas City name for Sacramento instead of renaming their team back to the Royals. Of course, for residents in California, there is ''some'' confusion when talking about the Kings (whether they mean the basketball team in Sacramento or the hockey team in [[Los Angeles]]).

** When Ted died in the election to replace him the Libertarian candidate was named Joe Kennedy, but had no relation to the family. There were more than a few accusations that his name was deliberately used to confuse Democratic voters (but as Scott Brown won by 5% and Kennedy only got 1% of the vote, this would not have had any effect even if true).

* The new ABA that started operations in 2000 tried to revive the '''Kentucky Colonels''', an original ABA team, only to face opposition from a charitable organization founded in 1812, though they allowed the use of the name so long as it appeared next to a basketball. However, they eventually ended up renaming the team the Kentucky Retros in deference to the "real" Kentucky Colonels. This didn't stop them from establishing teams like the '''NYC Thunder''', the '''Tri-City Suns''', the '''West Virginia Blazers''', who all share names with current NBA teams, the '''Florida Thundercats''', who bear the name of beloved 1980s cartoon ''[[Western Anination/Thundercats|Thundercats]]'', and '''The Music City and Kansas City Stars''', who share a name not only with the NHL's Dallas Stars, but also ''each other''.

* '''Peter King''', British wig maker to [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Middle Earth]], [http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/09/king.profile/index.html?hpt=C2 American Muslim critic], and American sports writer.

* '''Evel Knievel''', American daredevil and survivor of the [[Medal of Dishonor|"most bones broken in a lifetime"]] 433) according to the [[Guinness Book Of World Records]], should not be confused with '''Evil Knievil''', a British stock market commentator (real name Simon Cawkwell)

* '''KK(&)K''', a German company specializing in manufacturing turbochargers, or the '''[[The Birth of a Nation|Ku Klux Klan]]''', a group of white supremacists in strange hats.

* There are two famous [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] named '''Titus Labienus'''. [[Gaius Julius Caesar]]'s lieutenant who defected to [[Pompey the Great]], or a first-century historian who committed suicide when his books were burned?

* There were two Swedish authors named '''Stig Larsson'''. Rumour has it that they met, discussed the potential problem, and tossed a coin. The loser changed his name to ''Stieg'' - pronounced the same. Yes, that's the guy who wrote [[The Millennium Trilogy]].

** Even better, they were childhood friends, who just so happened to both go into writing. So the coin toss is entirely possible.

* '''Jason Scott Lee''' is an Asian-American actor known for starring in ''[[Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story]]'' and the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[The Jungle Book (film)|The Jungle Book]]''. Jason Lee is a Caucasian actor known for appearing in many [[Kevin Smith]] films, and being the star of ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' and the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]''. On some sites, the former is mistakenly credited for roles by the latter.

** There is also a middle school in Vancouver, WA called Jason Lee Middle School

* '''David Lynch''': [[David Lynch|Director]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' and ''[[Blue Velvet]]'', acoustic-guitar-playing singer/songwriter, former member of doo-wop group The Platters, wine expert, or prominent [[Those Wacky Nazis|Neo-Nazi]]? The fact that more than one musician has the name is particularly confusing because David Lynch the director has written and performed music for his own films, has collaborated with other musicians like [[Sparklehorse]], and now has his own solo album.

* Is '''[[Stephen Lynch]]''' a comedian and singer or a Congressman from Massachusetts?

* '''Ralph Macchio''' is the name of both [[The Karate Kid]] and a prominent [[Marvel Comics]] writer/editor.

* Same name, different spelling: '''John MacLean''', the NHL star with a 20 year career, or John McClane, [[Die Hard|badass cop with who walks barefoot on broken glass]]?

** There's also the British actor Bill''y'' Murray, no relation to either.

* '''Eddie Murray''': Long-time Baltimore Oriole first baseman, or long-time Detroit Lions kicker?

* '''[[Yuuichi Nakamura]]''' is a voice actor known for playing [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Graham Aker]] and [[Macross Frontier|Alto Saotome]]. Yuichi Nakamura is a live-action actor known for playing [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos]]. The two are apparently friends in real life.

* '''Keiji Nazakawa:''' Renowned chef known for going against Iron Chef Japanese Masahara Morimoto? Or [[Barefoot Gen|Hiroshima a-bomb survivor best known for his manga which tells his story?]]

*** Wait, Bret Hart the Canadian professional wrestler?

** Another Bill Nye, in Seattle no less, was the proprietor of an Outback Steakhouse.

* '''Jim O'Brien''' coached basketball in Boston (at Boston College) before leaving in 1987 to coach college basketball in Ohio (Ohio State). Then in 1994 Jim O'Brien, who had previously coached college basketball in Ohio (for Dayton), became head coach of the Boston Celtics.

* '''Paul O'Neill''', [[wikipedia:Paul O'Neill (Secretary of the Treasury)|former Secretary of the Treasury]], or '''Paul O'Neill''', [[wikipedia:Paul O'Neill (baseball)|former Reds/Yankees outfielder]].

** On a related note, the subject of "American Chopper" -- Orange County Choppers, is based in Orange County, New York.

* '''John Osborne''' was a groundbreaking British playwright in the 1950s. He should not be confused with John ''Osbourne'', a groundbreaking heavy metal singer (and arguably the ''first'' heavy metal singer) in the 1970s. (Yes, "John" is [[Ozzy Osbourne|Ozzy's]] real first name. He was named for his father, Jack, from whom Ozzy's son more directly takes his name.)

* '''Prince Paul''': Do you mean [[wikipedia:Prince Paul of Yugoslavia|Prince Paul Karadordevic of Yugoslavia]], or [[wikipedia:Prince Paul (producer)|Prince Paul]], a producer/rapper associated with [[De La Soul]], [[Gravediggaz]], Stetsasonic and Handsome Boy Modeling School?

* There are two different actresses named '''Julie Payne''', born in 1940 and 1946 respectively. The former's career was mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, while the latter has been active since the 1970s. Many reference books have conflated the two.

* The Arkansas governor's race has a candidate named Elvis Presley. Elvis '''D.''' Presley to be specific, not [[Elvis Presley|the King of Rock and Roll]]. Made even more bizarre since the candidate is also [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38570173/ns/politics-decision_2010/?GT1=43001 an occasional] [[Elvis Impersonator]].

* '''Rico E. Puno''', the current Philippine interior and local government undersecretary, shouldn't be confused with a singer, '''Rico J. Puno''', who's also Filipino.

* There are two actresses named '''Patricia Quinn'''. One is British and played Magenta in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', Nation McKinley in ''[[Shock Treatment]]'', Livilla in ''[[I, Claudius]]'', and even appeared in ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]''. The other is American and appeared in ''[[Alice's Restaurant (film)|Alices Restaurant]]'' and a few other things. There was quite a bit of confusion between the two on the internet for a while, with ''Alice's Restaurant'' appearing on the list of British Patricia's films. Many ''Rocky Horror'' fans have since then sorted things out.

* '''Ed Randell''' played [[Upper Class Twit]] [[Harry Potter/Characters/Hogwarts Students|Justin Finch-Fletchley]] in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Harry Potter (film)|film series]], while '''Ed Rendell''' is the former governor of Pennsylvania.

* Also under the "Baseball Pitcher or Country Singer" category, there's '''[[Music/Jerry Reed|Jerry Reed]]''' and ... Jerry Reed.

* '''Paul Revere''', [[The American Revolution|Revolutionary War hero]] and silversmith, should not be confused with the Paul Revere who founded the 1960s pop group [[Music/Paul Revere And The Raiders|Paul Revere And The Raiders]]. Surprisingly, the latter ''is'' an example of this trope because "Paul Revere" is his real name, not a stage name.

* There's '''Johnny Ringo''', a wild west outlaw and the modern writer [[John Ringo]].

* '''Jonathan Roberts''' is either a professional dancer mostly known as a pro from ''[[Dancing With the Stars]]'' or for co-writing ''[[The Lion King]]''

* Jimmy Rodgers was an African American banjo player in the 20s and 30s, Jimmy Rogers was a Caucasian pioneer of pop-rock in the late 50s/early 60s with songs like "Honeycomb" and "Uh-oh, I'm Falling In Love Again".

* '''Alex Ross''': the artist for [[DC Comics]], or the music critic for ''[[American Newspapers|The New Yorker]]''?

** [[Theodore Roosevelt]] had a band of guys called the Rough Riders, too.

** How can you forget the rap group Ruff Ryders?

* The Cardinals NFL franchise originated in Chicago and is currently located in Arizona, but in between spent many years as the '''St. Louis Cardinals'''. Oddly enough, however, the team was never referred to as the "St. Louis Football Cardinals" very often, despite the presence of the better-known baseball franchise by that name.

** Briefly parodied on [[Jon Benjamin Has A Van]]. There's a preview for a supposed sketch in which two non-celebrities with the same celebrity name switch places for a day.

* '''Jerry Sandusky''' is the former defensive coordinator for Penn State University, charged with the molestation of at least eight young boys in the scandal that led to an entire housecleaning of the Penn State football program following the subsequent coverup by the head of University Police, even those who did report it and/or had no prior knowledge were dismissed due to [[Guilt By Association]], but it reached further up, leading to the firing of AD Tim Curley and even including the resignation of longtime university president Graham Spanier. '''Gerry Sandusky''' is a Baltimore sportscaster and play-by-play voice for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens (who, on the first game he worked after the Penn State scandal, [[Lampshade Hanging|referenced the similarities of their names and emphasized that he was not the former Penn State assistant]])

* '''[[Sting]]''' is either a [[The Police|Famous Musician]] or a [[Wrestler/Sting|Pro Wrestler]]. Also the name of [[The Lord of the Rings|Frodo's sword]], [[The Sting|a movie]], [[Sting Entertainment|a Japanese video game developer]], and a music trope.

* '''George Strait''': [[George Strait|Country music singer]] or former ABC News correspondent?

* '''[[The House of Stuart|James Stuart]]''', the name of more than one Scottish/English king; and '''James Stewart''', the birth name of Stewart Granger, as well as long, tall [[Jimmy Stewart]] the actor.

* '''[[Elizabeth Taylor]]''' the actress or Elizabeth Taylor the novelist?

* One '''James Taylor''' is a jazz Hammond organ player. Another sang "Sweet Baby James" and "Fire And Rain". But not "Celebration" and "Ladies Night" -- that was a third James Taylor.

* President '''[[Harry Truman|Harry S. Truman]]''', and Harry R. Truman, proprietor of the Spirit Lake Lodge, who was buried alive during the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

* '''[[Sophie Turner]]''' the British actress who plays Sansa Stark in [[Game of Thrones]] or '''Sophie Turner''' the Australian model.

* '''Usa''', a town in Japan. Note that [http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+17278 contrary to urban myth], the town was called Usa for at least a thousand years before the USA came into being; it was ''not'' named specifically so that goods made there could be misleadingly labelled "Made in Usa", and claims that the coincidence was abused for this purpose are disputed.

* '''Theo Van Gogh''': One was a brother of [[Vincent van Gogh]]; the other was his great-grandson who was a film director later murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri.

* '''Sid Vicious''', bassist for the [[Sex Pistols]] or Sid Vicious, "[[WCW|The Man that Rules the World]]"?

* '''[[David Vincent]]''': One is a [[Voice Actor]] who specializes in [[Anime]] and [[Video Games]], the other is lead singer of the [[Death Metal]] band Morbid Angel. Neither should be confused with the hero of the 1967 science fiction series ''[[The Invaders (TV series)|The Invaders]]''.

* '''"[[Viz]]"''' is the name of an [[Viz Media|anime and manga distributor]]. It is also the name of a slightly raunchy magazine in the UK.

* '''Alex Wade''' has been the name of an American architect, a British journalist, and a member of the [[Death Metal]] band [[Music/Whitechapel|Whitechapel]].

* Is '''Benjamin Wade''' a Senator from Ohio, a major league baseball player, or "Coach," the [[Cloudcuckoolander]] of [[Survivor]] that nicknamed himself "The Dragon Slayer?"

* There's '''[[wikipedia:Raquel Welch|Raquel Welch]]''' the American actress, and then there's [http://www.blackandbluegallery.com.au/index.lasso?page=1 Raquel Welch] the Australian artist. Who is doing an art show entitled "I Hate Your Guts", which is all about how she hates [[Robin Williams]]. ...Wait, [[Brick Joke|the computer writer?]]

* In the Ottawa, Ontario neighbourhood of Westboro, there is a prominent baptist church that was, [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|reasonably]], called '''the [[Oh Crap|Westboro Baptist Church]]''' for quite some time. Apparently being linked to the Kansas-based church of the same name got so tiresome (the bulk of the church's website was an explanation that there was no relation) that they eventually became the [http://www.parkdalebaptistchurch.ca/Westboro%20Campus.htm Parkdale Baptist Church - Westboro Campus]. This troper has no idea if they actually merged with another church just to get away from the association, or what.

** Or a giant flightless cricket from New Zealand, which the former is named after.

* In May 2010 Ann Curry, of NBC's ''Today'' show, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/24/ann-curry-wheaton_n_588159.html gave a commencement address] at '''Wheaton College''' in Norton, Massachusetts. During her speech she started rattling off names of distinguished Wheaton alumni such as Billy Graham and [[Wes Craven]]. Unfortunately, she was thinking of the ''other'' Wheaton College, in Illinois.

** Richard Wright was also the keyboardist for [[Pink Floyd]].

* '''Bill Wyman''' is either the former bassist for [[The Rolling Stones]] or a music journalist. Bill Wyman the musician once [http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-11-21/news/17571735_1_rolling-stones-musician-bill-wyman-uc-berkeley gave Bill Wyman the journalist a cease and desist], although the latter is now free to use the name he was born with (and was given before the other Bill Wyman chose it as a stage name). To be fair, there's more potential for confusion when Bill Wyman the journalist writes articles about The Rolling Stones, which he has done in the past.

* '''Andrew Young''': One is the former [[United Nations]] Ambassador & mayor of [[Atlanta]], the other is the former aide to John Edwards who covered for him by claiming fatherhood of Edwards's illegitimate child with Rielle Hunter.

* There's '''[[Neil Young]]''' the singer/songwriter, and Neil Young the guitarist for [[Music/Kittens For Christian|Kittens For Christian]].

** Or [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World|Young Neil.]]

** Not to mention Neil Young, scorer of the winning goal for Manchester City in the 1969 FA Cup Final.

* There are two Hollywood producers named '''David Zucker'''. One co-produced such parodies as ''[[Airplane!]]'' along with his brother Jerry. The other co-produced ''[[Numb3rs]]''.

* '''Jerry Zucker''', the director of such films as ''[[Airplane!]]'', ''[[Top Secret (film)|Top Secret]]'', ''[[Ruthless People]]'', and ''[[Ghost (film)|Ghost]], shares his name with an Israeli-born businessman. The other Jerry Zucker served as Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.

 

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