Every so often I'll come across an article about regular people who have the same names as famous people. You know, something like an elementary school teacher named Bill Clinton, or a iron worker named George Clooney, etc.
It always gets me remembering how as a teenager I got all exctied once when I saw in the TV listings that there was a half hour show simply called "Jim Clark." I tuned in expecting a documentary on my favorite driver, only to discover that this Jim Clark was a TV evangelist.
I wonder if any one else knows of regular or famous people who share the same names as people we would know as drivers or racing insiders. Here's a few I know off the top of my head:
Tony George: A well-known, widely published sports handicapper.
Jimmy Murphy: A Folk musician
John Watson: the father of behavioral psychology
Alan Jones: a 1930's MGM contract player, best recognized as the romantic lead in the Marx Brother's "A Night at the Oprea."
John Paul: A couple of Popes.
Any more? Surely there are. I figure a name like Pedro Rodriguez is pretty common in Mexico. There's got to be another Johhny Parsons in the world. Danny Sullivan? Sarah Fisher? There's a lot of ordinary names out there...
It always gets me remembering how as a teenager I got all exctied once when I saw in the TV listings that there was a half hour show simply called "Jim Clark." I tuned in expecting a documentary on my favorite driver, only to discover that this Jim Clark was a TV evangelist.
I wonder if any one else knows of regular or famous people who share the same names as people we would know as drivers or racing insiders. Here's a few I know off the top of my head:
Tony George: A well-known, widely published sports handicapper.
Jimmy Murphy: A Folk musician
John Watson: the father of behavioral psychology
Alan Jones: a 1930's MGM contract player, best recognized as the romantic lead in the Marx Brother's "A Night at the Oprea."
John Paul: A couple of Popes.
Any more? Surely there are. I figure a name like Pedro Rodriguez is pretty common in Mexico. There's got to be another Johhny Parsons in the world. Danny Sullivan? Sarah Fisher? There's a lot of ordinary names out there...
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