Know anybody in real life that has the name of a fictional character?

[Richardo]

MrsG gave me this idea. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5541982&mesg_id=5544601

The killer in one of James Patterson's books has the same name as my brother. It really jarred me when I first came across it...

How's by YOU?

[Arkham House]

1. I knew a Norman Bates in college...

..he was the nicest, gentlest guy I've ever met...

[GirlinContempt]

2. I know a girl named Blanka

[Spacemom]

3. My son

His name is Logan, named after the character Wolverine from X-men. Does that count? :D

[Richardo]

4. Well I was thinking more about coincidental occurrences, but sure!

Why not?

[TimeChaser]

8. That's a great choice

If I ever have a son, I want to name him Vincent, after Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy 7 :D

[Benfea]

34. What? That's not his real name, though.

"Logan" is the last name of the man responsible for the crime young Wolverine was framed with. He adopted it on the run, but his birth name was James Howlett.

PS -- Mr. Logan may have been Wolverine's biological father, as the family resemblence is uncanny, not that Wolverine remembers any of that stuff.

[CBHagman]

5. One of my great aunts had the same name as a character...

...Thelma Ritter once played. My twin hobbies are genealogy and classic movies, and I was amused that they managed to combine in the character of Sadie Dugan in A Letter to Three Wives.

Ms. Ritter's credits:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0728812/


Thelma Ritter

[satireV]

44. I knew a Chekhov in university

Does that count as a REAL person AND a fictional character?

[Callalily]

6. Went to school

with a girl named Cinderella. Serious! Good thing she could be called Cindy. What were her parents thinking. Sheesh . . .

[Sugar Smack]

7. Steven King!!!

:bounce:

[Sugar Smack]

11. Wait, he's not fictional.

:yoiks:

[Richardo]

13. .

:eyes:

[Sugar Smack]

15. I know, I totally deserved that.

:spray: :patriot:

[Critters2]

27. The Repuke congressman from Iowa?

I WISH he were fictional!

[progmom]

9. There was a Donald Duck on my block when I was a kid

He was in his 70s and predated the cartoon character.

[_testify_]

10. HS math teacher Austin Power.

No joke.

[southpaw]

12. I named my daughter Alexis Jordan

our last name is Baker, so I was going for 'Jordan Baker' from The Great Gatsby

[SoCalDem]

14. Close.. There was a kid in grade school named David Cooperfield

:)

[XNASA]

16. Yes

I somewhat qualify since I have gone by Bob and not Rob in the past. In any case, my Dad is really 'Bob Roberts'.

[ZombieNixon]

17. I got an e-mail from Minerva McGonagall the other day.

:shrug:

[Richardo]

19. Sounds fictional to me...

...was she at all involved with the Nigerian government?

[ZombieNixon]

25. No, actually it came from my university.

She told me the rec center would be closed for repairs this week. :D

[Love Bug]

18. Yep. There is/was a prosecutor in Detroit named Luke Skywalker

I think he chose that name, tho.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

20. I knew a Ricky Ricardo once.

:shrug:

[Divameow77]

21. I know a

Kristopher Robbins, at least it's spelled differently...

[lpbk2713]

22. Bond .... James Bond

[Phillycat]

23. Michael Jordan

I know two of them, actually. They both go by Michael instead of Mike.

[treestar]

24. Two common names together will easily do it.

I know of someone with the name of a Tom Clancy character and someone with the name of a famous economist.

[Critters2]

26. Charlie Brown

Why would parents do that?

[Joe Fields]

28. I actually knew a Robin Hood (girl)

[FILAM23]

29. I've met a few

2 Robin Hoods (1 male & 1 female)
a James Bond (went by Jimmy)
a Tyler Brock (charcter in the book Tai-Pan)
and probably many more that just do't click right now.

[mainegreen]

30. No, but once my employer though I was named Ned Flanders.

I even received a paycheck made out to Ned Flanders. It would of been more funny if I hadn't needed the cash.

[WilliamPitt]

31. I met a guy named Oberon once

Thought it was about the coolest name I'd ever heard.

[Phillycat]

35. I'm naming my cat that!!!

I went through Shakespeare and was torn between Oberon and Balthazar. He's soooo an Oberon, though. :D

[noonwitch]

32. There was a guy in my neighborhood in GR named Ronald McDonald

And his son was RMD junior.

[displacedtexan]

33. I went to school with...

Jack Frost and Carolyn Snow White.

Really.

[Benfea]

36. There is a national guardsman named Optimus Prime

I kid you not.

Linky

[Pierre.Suave]

41. HAHAH

what were their parents thinking when they named these kids...

[Benfea]

42. He had his name changed. Read the article. -NT

[sakabatou]

43. A piano teacher named Peter Pan

[Vidar]

37. Taught with Brett Ashley once upon a time.

[slackmaster]

38. Johnny Angel

It's true.

[MiniMandaRuth]

39. Yeah. A few.

My favorite is Olivia from Law and Order: SVU. I love my first name.

[arwalden]

40. No, But I Used To Live Next Door To Carol Burnett.

[SoyCat]

49. I lived next door to a Mary Poppins when I was a child.

[xmas74]

45. My best friend named her son

Blaine after the guy in Pretty in Pink.

Does that count?

[MikeH]

46. I once worked briefly with a James Bond

He was in a department where I worked for 3 months on a temporary assignment in a Navy laboratory where I was employed a number of years ago (Civil Service).

He was very tall, I think at least 6'7" or 6'8". He was definitely taller than I am, and I am 6'4". Otherwise, however, he was not at all what one would think of as being dashing or debonair.

He was a mathematician, and seemed to fit the stereotype of being such. If I remember correctly, he seemed to be slightly disheveled (though definitely not a slob). He had a very large head which was bald on top and had hair on the sides. He was very likable and friendly.

I was easily able to pick him out of a crowd when I saw him at a shopping center a couple of years after I left my job at the Navy laboratory.

[Bombero1956]

47. I worked with

a guy named James Brown, a caucasian who named his son Charlie.

[SoyCat]

48. There is an Elizabeth Bennet at my local co-op. Now, where is Mr. Darcy?

[DemoTex]

50. I know an airline captain named Bud Weiser.

All of Captain Bud Weiser's PA announcements start off with, "This is your captain." His name is never, ever uttered by any of the crew.

[begin_within]

51. I have a customer named Jeremiah Johnson

[tuvor]

52. There was a Ronald McDonald at my high school.

The fast-food chain hadn't made it anywhere near Canada when he would have been born, so all I can accuse his parents of is giving their kid a poetic name.