The singer Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. (known as John Denver) took his name from my father John Denver. My dad was born in Belfast Northern Ireland, lived in Tarrytown, NY. My parents loved Wildwood NJ and visited it often. There was a young singer Henry who was just starting out singing at a small pub. My parents were in this pub and met Henry. My dad introduced himself as John Denver. Henry said to my father "I love your name do you mind if I use it?". Since then Henry became John Denver.