There are exactly two people in the United States with the same Last, Middle, and First Name as me (It's actually still true if you leave out the middle name). The other one is a few years younger than me, and when we were both somewhere in our 20's (quite long ago), the other one had a bit of trouble paying his bills. Given the unusual name, I had a few interesting calls trying to convince some really unhappy creditors that they weren't me.

A few years later they sold spices, and the multi level marketing spice company really had a problem distinguishing between us. They married someone whose first name is one letter different than my spouse.

Now the biggest problem is they are an elected politician. The good news is they moved to a coast, and I still live in the midwest. If they became more infamous, I would change my name.

Hell, there's a famous singer with my whole name, and I won't even give up music. Why the hell would I change my name over something someone else did?

I have an ancestor who invented a famous sport and a second cousin who set someone on fire and buried them alive.

Weird this was right below this in my timeline

I share an almost identical name with some right winged POS. But I think the people I run into aren't going to confuse us.

One of my last names was severely misspelled a long time ago so I doubt anyone else not from my family has it, and I wouldn't change it. As for the other last name, it's kinda common so no I wouldn't change it either.

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I will rejoice in being a famous Floopenhoffer!

My surname in my area is already associated with really bad things. So yes i am thinking on changing it. It is just hard in my country

Sure. I have no attachment to my last name.

last name? no because the last name is soo damn common that it would be impossibly to find someone solely by last name alone.

Nah, Ford is straight up overly common.

The only issue with sharing a name with a famous criminal is on a job application. And if HR can't tell the difference between someone serving a very long sentence in prison and me, I wouldn't want to work for them anyway.

Probably not. I'm too lazy.

Except for the exact spelling I already share a last name with a war criminal president. But since I'm in a different country and the name has a positive association with an author here, it hasn't really seemed like an issue.

I already share a name with a fairly famous (although now deceased) comedian so I doubt it.

No, changing one's name is a pain in the ass.

If my name was uncommon and had become infamous? Yeah, I think I might change it in that case— it’d be a hard call and I’d have to think it through carefully, but I might come to the conclusion that I’d have to do it. But a common name? While it might get smudged a bit by the villain, there’d be too much dilution for anyone to care.

I feel for you, OP. That sucks.