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In my old school there were kids called Astrid Lindgren (like the author of Pippi Longstocking), Tove Jansson (like the author of the Moomin books), Jenny Lind (famous Swedish opera singer in the 19th century) and Hamlet! But I didn't know any of them, so I don't know what they thought about their names.
I have always pitied people who have their names in famous songs. In Sweden there is an old hit song everybody knows about a "Sarah". And Sara/Sarah is common here, too. I promise you EVERY girl called Sara/h has heard it ad nauseam! Every Cecilia gets the Simon and Garfunkel song (sure, it's a lovely song, but I guess it grows old) and there are also famous songs about Anna, Johanna, Carina and several other names.
I'm glad my name is so rare there are no hit songs about it. Personally, I have to bite my tongue if I hear someone call for "Christine", so that I don't, with a whispering Phantom voice, go: "Chriiistiiiine...." ;)

This message was edited 9/15/2013, 11:45 AM

My grandparents used to know a Michael Jackson.

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Also I've met a Mark Shuttleworth.

There was a girl at my school named Lisa Lopes. Yep, the same name as Left Eye from TLC. No one teased her about it, though.

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I also met a Sofia Coppola once. She actually likes being named that because people think it's cool that she shares it with a director.

This message was edited 9/15/2013, 8:34 AM

I know a man named Charlie Brown. He was probably born right around the time the Peanuts strip began, but I'm not sure. He had a sixtieth birthday/retirement party a year or so ago that I went to. A Charlie Brown cake and cookies frosted to look like Charlie Brown's shirt. It was a surprise party and when he walked in the room we all yelled "It's your birthday, Charlie Brown!" lol
He was tickled, but I wonder if he ever gets tired of all the Peanuts jokes.