Ever Google your own name?

[pagerbear]

I get a physicist in Germany and/or Scotland and a man who makes his living impersonating Barney Fife.

[flamingyouth]

1. I produced "Fried Green Tomatoes"

And I'm a fairly well-known Swedish poet.

[HEyHEY]

2. I get me

THen I get a historian in england and some other proffesor

[Birthmark]

3. It just says, "Sorry, loser." to me.

I'm gonna change my name to Albert Einstein. He seems real popular!

[pagerbear]

4. Actually

...there is an entertainment reporter with my name, too. And an Anglican priest in southern California. And when I was living in CT there was another man in the same city with my name whose Amazon order went to me.

[pagerbear]

8. Oh, yes

I'm also a psychotherapist in Massachusetts.
Funny thing is, I thought of going back to school to become one. But not in Massachusetts.

[Atman]

5. I wish I could be the other me

I'm also some stinking wealthy developer guy who owns private islands all over the Caribbean and rents them to other stinking wealthy people for vacation retreats. I wonder If I just called one of them and said I was coming, if they'd let me in?

[meegbear]

6. I'm a Vice President at Enmark

A college swimmer and I own a funeral home. Who knew?

[Westegg]

27. Hey, that's multi-tasking to the MAX!

[Bertha Venation]

7. All I get is geneaolgies, and phone book listings in Germany.

:shrug:

[CO Liberal]

9. I'm a Rally Driver and a Plant Manager at Corning Glass Works

When actually I'm a tech writer and former hypnotherapist/Reiki Master in Pueblo, CO.

[eyesroll]

10. I get me

The No. 1 hit is my name on a former DUer's blog, followed by stuff from Dean for America, my own blog, MeetUp, scifi.about.com and other random stuff.

To find my actual job, you'll have to scroll down. It's about 16 on the list.

However, I am apparently John Kerry's ex-wife, since my blog gets about 30% of its hits from that search string (I'm No. 1 for that on Yahoo and MSN, but buried on Google).

[Hoosier Democrat]

11. I've got a mixed bag here:

For me, I get:

An American Artist specializing in railroad scenes

A noted Climatologist

A Nashville Police Detective

[Beaker]

12. it depends...

if i just put in my name, I get 3,020 hits...
BUT- if I put my name in "quotes", I only get 4 hits, and they're all from letters of mine posted on Bartcop.

[Gildor Inglorion]

13. Wow

I'm an acclaimed TV writer for "Seinfeld" and director of a current movie starring Bob Dylan. Who knew?
:D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. I only get me

I'm 99.9999999% sure there is only ONE person in the world with that name -- me. The irony is, it's made of boring, common parts, whereas the Zbigniews Humpfelstutckers of the world often find themselves plagued with armies of clones. :crazy:

Edited for clarification. Also, did I use "whereas" correctly?

[pagerbear]

15. Eek!

Just read your sig line! I can think of nothing more horrifying than giving Dubya a blowjob!

Unless it's giving Cheney one. Or Rummy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. Horrifying?

If so, imagine how hideous the idea sounds to a STRAIGHT male. :scared:

Edit: no need to ask gender, just checked your profile.

[ajacobson]

17. I'm a best-selling author in California.

Where's my fricking royalties?

[pagerbear]

18. There's more!

Apparently I was in three movies:

Sweet Beat (1962)
Mummy, The (1959)
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958) (what could that have been?)

[dry99]

19. Last time I checked it came up with

Leader/director of a music ensemble
and
a gay porn star.
I never imagined I shared a name with such diverse personalities.

[pagerbear]

22. Dare I ask

...the name of the gay porn star?

[proud patriot]

20. Yes and I get this link where my published work is

in the defending liberty section
http://www.failureisimpossible.com/dosomething/letters.htm

[terrya]

21. I'm on the English Department faculty at the Chadwick School...

in Palos Verdes, California.

Terry

[Lisa0825]

23. I get a picture of my tattoo....

and also a young lady in austrial with my exact same name, who also majored in Biology and is working as a research assistant in molecular biology (I did that for ten years). Spooky! I looked her up a few years ago, and we emailed a few times. It was interesting.

[jimbo fett]

24. Yes, and I found 2 other "me"s. One's gay and one's a former member of

a heavy metal band.

Kind of like learning I have an "evil" twin and a gay twin.

[Piltdown13]

25. I only get myself...

Google returns a newsletter from one of the professional societies I belong to, pages from the grad student government site, the site of the organization my fellowship comes from...and track meet results from 8-9 years ago.

[hunter]

26. My "drivers license" name gets almost 11,000 results...

... but I don't show up on the first few pages, and I like that.

The guy with my name who does show up most often probably deserves any hate mail he gets, even when it is meant for me. If he's reading his hate mail, he's probably thinking, "WTF?????? What did I ever say about Botany and gay marriage????"

I have posted my internet name here on DU a few times, but google hasn't found those posts. Very good.

My favorite email address is currently coming up with five spooky results. The best one is a discussion about gaming the Echelon system.

If you wear a tinfoil hat, or you are afraid of people who wear tinfoil hats, you don't want to go there.

:tinfoilhat:

[Tim_in_HK]

28. I'm a variety of Christian

Gym teachers. Seriously!

and a doctor.

[Lindsay]

29. The only match I got

was a teenage girl in Australia who rides horses competitively.

My last name is fairly unusual as a name...my grandfather used to say if I met another one, we'd be related. But it is a common word in Swedish, so Googling the last name gets me lots of Swedish sites. Plus a lot of lawyers in the Hampton Roads area...I have no idea what branch of the family that is!!!

[AmericanErrorist]

30. I get myself

Sign a docket for Volutary Labeling of Bio-Engenered Foods.. Making a comment on Adam Felber's blog (check it out!)...the FCC knows I opposed the AT&T Cable/Comcast merger (the enitity which now owns half my cable company), I also voted "No" as an AT&T shareholder...listing my name as a delegate to a ND State Student Council conference...signing the DC Statehood Green Party's campaign for, well, DC Statehood...commenting on my high school football team's website...supporting the "Godless Americans March on Washington"...endorsing a "unite-the-left" strategy in BC provincial politics.

Not too bad, eh?

[truthspeaker]

31. I get myself. My name is pretty unusual

That is, my last name is unusual and my first name is slightly uncommon, so the combination of the two appears to be almost unique.

Well I just did a search and it turns out there's a guy with my name in Missouri. And my blog no longer shows up on the first or even the second page! Time to fix that:

Nathan David Teegarden

edited to add:

I also get a "Have your say" feedback I sent to the BBC (scroll down): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3222193.stm

and a letter I wrote to the Minneapolis City Pages (a Village Voice possession): http://www.citypages.com/letters/detail.asp?TID=1338

a letter I wrote to the Star Tribune in 2002: http://www.startribune.com/stories/563/2316633.html

my signature on the petition endorsing the 2002 Godless Americans March on Washington: http://godlessamericans.org/cgi-bin/petition

another BBC comment: http://www.networks.org/?src=bbc:talking_point:3111131

and finally my blog: www.truthspeaker.org

[sonias]

32. I'm a hot rising Cuban Jazz singer

Damn I really wish I was too. I wish this other Sonia all the luck in the world. I want to locate her CD since it sounds like I would like it.

Sonia

[AGiordino]

33. Yup and found out that

I'm a science fiction writer from Australia.

[Butterflies]

34. I just did it

and I am the Director of Social Services in a section of London England.

I had googled my name a couple years ago and got a woman who produced pornography. She's not near the top of the list anymore, so I don't know what happened to her. I'd rather see the English woman listed anyway. :)

[Mass_Liberal]

35. I get

a 6'8 Forward that plays basketball for the Essex Leopards. That's England which makes sense, It's where I'm from. But 6'8? My family is tiny. For chrissake my greatgrandpa was called Titch!

[afraid_of_the_dark]

36. I'm a sixteen year old girl from Alaska...

a university professor and I died as an infant. I was kinda disappointed in the selection... except for my "doppelganger" with the Ph.D. At least one of us is smart. :silly:

[kayell]

37. I get a physicist,

a teachers obituary (kinda freaked me out), me, and a new age therapist.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. A friend of mine gets an ad for an inflatable

sex doll.

I get myself, mostly.

[RandomUser]

39. I get a dictionary and tons of French pages

Go figure :)

[corporatewhore]

40. I found a pic of me over at FreeRepublic Scary

[MissMillie]

41. apparently I'm a country singer

hmmmm...... while being a singer might be fun, country is not my genre of choice.

[catzies]

42. I killed John Belushi (name spelled right) and

I'm on the Bush body Count List (name spelled wrong).

Bad either way, huh? :scared:

[onebigbadwulf]

43. I get a brief history of the work I've done at UCSD

and a family history thing.

[Lizz612]

44. I'm in Iowa, twice.

They say to contact me for more info about community service stuff. Maybe I should give her a call. Another version was born June 6th, 1895 and died in Iowa in January of 1994. Not surprising, lots of us in Iowa.

[David__77]

45. Yes, and there's only a couple other people with my name on the internet.

It's pretty much just me, me, me!

[KamaAina]

46. I'm a banker in Oklahoma

He appears to be the only other one of me in existence.

As it happens, my true and actual self gives more hits than the banker, due to work with state boards, etc., and the occasional newspaper or magazine article.

[asthmaticeog]

47. I get a marathon runner

Funny story - my last name is clunky, Germanic and really uncommon, so I'm surprised to find anyone who shares my first and last, but some marathon runner/track coach guy does indeed share both. So anyway, I was at a job interview a couple of years ago and the HR person starts asking me questions about running! I stifled the urge to laugh in his face about his shoddy research (I mean, the other "me" isn't even in anywhere near the same state and is about 15 years my senior) when he clearly seemed so proud of himself for having the presence of mind to Google me.

The interview, not incidentally, was at ClearChannel. I didn't get the job. }(

WAY more fun that Googling your name, though, is doing an exact phrase search for "(your first name) is." A small sample of what I get:

Ron is arguably the world's pre-eminent high voltage electron microscopist/materials scientist

Ron is back with Neil Diamond doing what he does best

Ron is the first place third party recruiters should come to execute your internet strategy

Ron is the one giving orders

Ron is one of the most exciting and realistic Elvis stylists in the world

[Screaming Lord Byron]

48. AFAIK I'm the only person with my name.

Seriously.
My brother was Attorney General in the Carter Administration, though.
Good gig for a four year old.

[LuLu550]

49. I found someone in NJ

with the same maiden name who graduated a year before I did on Long Island. My maiden name is not common, either. (Well, my first name is common, but not my last.)

[Vitruvius]

50. I get a math professor at a Welsh university, a retired RN admiral, a

political activist, a second cousin, a Welsh rugby player, plus another physicist and his publications, plus myself and some of my pubs.

[bigwillq]

51. Yes! And the "real" me actually appeared

There were alot of results from other people with the same name as me but I'm a sports writer and one of my articles that I did about a pro tennis player was on her home page!

[SeanQuinn]

52. Same here.

:)

[bigwillq]

57. Cool beans n/t

[Leftist78]

53. I get a mix

of some british actor I don't know and results from the articles I've written for AlterNet, :shrug:

[supernova]

54. I stalk David Gilmore!

:D

Seriously, my real name, correct spelling and everything came up as a DG stalker. LOL! :P

I like the 'Floyd as much as the next person, but I'm not a stalker.

[NNadir]

64. I get 297,000 hits.

I'm serious. I have a very common name.

[baldguy]

55. Wierd

I won a contest at a local radio station, they have my name listed on their website.

My college has a default web page under my name - I graduation in 1989.

There's a girls' junior gymnastics coach in Mass. with my name.

And the . . . there's someone with a livejournal site that I'm listed on, along with a few people I've worked with - and a lot of others. Several of the names have been crossed out. (?!?!?!)

[onethatcares]

56. I'm a nobody.

my last name does not register on Google. that's way kewel.

[jhfenton]

58. Surprising results

Between my personal website, various books I've authored or edited, newpaper political references, smartvoter.org listings, etc., a lot of the hits are actually related to me, including the ones that show up first. I'm surprised the hits on me show up so high.

There are also countless others with the same name to mention, even if I throw in the middle initial.

[mobuto]

59. I hate getting googled

People google me all the time, before dates, interviews, etc. Drives me mad. Not because I have anything to hide, but because they think doing so sheds light on who I "really" am.

Prospective Employer: Well, that's all well and good and I think you'd be a great asset to us. By the way, I was just looking on the internet, and I saw you'd written such and such article for such and such.

Me: Um, er, yes. Why do you mention it?

Prospective Employer: Wow. Google works! I can find out stuff about people!

[IconoclastIlene]

60. I get myself

I wrote a few words of praise for late Irish singer Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention.. and there I am!!!

[Deja Q]

61. Who am I related to nominally?

A Microsoft exec. :puke:

Philosophy major (in Duluth?)

Some guy born in 1939, died in 2000 who did "visual poetry", whatever that means...

A novelist.

A clinical psychologist. (hmm, somebody I could use I suppose...)

A interviewer for a museum.

An author who speaks out for civil liberties and is on some repuke's "evil" list. :yourock:

An Auschwitz researcher who moved to Canada.

B-level actor during the 1970s.

An unknown musician.

One of "C+C Music Factory"... (kewl, I loved their first album, it was fresh and original and way-cool... their second was uninspiring, rather disappointing and shocking...)

Some guy with a resume posted online.

A PhD.

Lots of others, having a common name is kewl... :D

[JMac]

62. I Am

I am Brigadier General________ (1784 - 1850) known as "The Butcher of Palmyra".

I am Professor_______ MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM (Head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine)

I am a jazz musician living in New York City. Regarded as one of the most unique and creative jazz artists in the world today.

I also have over 14 years experience modeling, designing,
building, and deploying instrumentation, robotics, and software systems.

Links to web sites about ______ and his wives in polygamy and their families. :^)

And last but not least, I am Cyberspace Inmate _______. I stand 5' 9" tall, weigh 182 lbs., and am 31 years of age. # 16275-056. FCI PO Box 724. Edgefield, SC 29824

On edit to go with the last entry on the list, just in case someone writes him:

I am seeking friends 18 to 50. Someone to correspond with or meet who's honest and very open minded and does not mind writing letters. Must have a beautiful heart and willing to grow together, trusting and depending on one another to fill in gaps left open by loneliness. I will answer all who reply. Race very much open. I love kids. Hobbies are crocheting, running, working out and writing.

[Fleshdancer]

63. Wow. I like real estate

I'm an agent in CA, MN, OR, and SC.

[TOhioLiberal]

65. Whoo Hoo!

I've done insider trading....Paint me Martha Stewart!
wonder how much money I've made? Maybe I'll become a Repub...<SLAP>
God, What a horrible dream...

[nuxvomica]

66. Mostly sites about the late jazz singer

But page one also has a link about a blues guitarist who died in the '80s which was odd to see because he was called "Big" just as I am by some of my friends. Plus, there is a link to a communications firm, a California Congressional candidate, and a profile of a character on a British TV series. I didn't go further than page one.

[fortyfeetunder]

67. I use two middle initials for a damn good reason

Have a common pair of names after I got married, and damn good thing I use both initials. I tell my family please use both initials when sending me checks and stuff so there is no room for identity theft.

Googled my name as I write it, and got zilch.

But when using either my middle initial or the initial of my maiden name, shit, I might as well make a list of what cities to keep the eff out of because women with my name are wanted in several states!!!!

Edited for typo termination.

[tinrobot]

68. 3720 hits

I've written a few books....

[lolly]

69. Just myself

If I use my full name, I just get myself--but I did turn up an old letter to Salon.com that I'd forgotten about from 2000. Seems quaint now . . .

October 24, 2000 | Read the story

Y es, yes, yes. When is Al Gore going to figure out that anybody who ever cared about the Lewinsky scandal is never going to vote for a Democrat anyway, and that the rest of us would feel better about supporting him if he showed some spine by working with the president who brought about the incredible achievements Gore should be bragging about? If young people are voting for Bush, perhaps it's because they can't remember a time when deficits dominated budget talks, public healthcare practitioners couldn't even mention morning-after pills or abortion services to desperate clients, and the Supreme Court seemed poised to eliminate the Bill of Rights, thanks to Reagan-Bush appointees. --

(lolly)

[MrSlayer]

70. Just has links to newspaper articles I have appeared in.

Nothing really to worry about.

[Book Lover]

71. This nice rabbit lady in England comes up

Which is nice because I have a soft spot for house rabbits.

And I also came across an old resume which was handy as it had stuff on it I had long since deleted....

[nickgutierrez]

72. yes

I, apparently, am a Miami-based lawyer.

[Awsi Dooger]

73. Mostly stuff from my old college newspaper

Someone put together a very impressive site for alumni of the student newspaper staff. Links to a few things I wrote, primarily "where are they now?".

My name is Irish and I get a few hits from a writer with the same name. It's all aeronautical stuff, not my gig but so technically impressive and well-written I'll gladly claim it during the next high school reunion.

[WildClarySage]

74. Far Out!

I have a really common name, and get 1,360,000 hits to my name. On the first page alone I am a singer, dancer, anthropologist, law professor, author, and one entry that says I am "a nervous government officer in Yorkshire." I am also the nurse at my doctor's office and a guy living in a town a few miles away who is a friend of my boss's. There were two of us at the tiny community college I attended, and before I was married (and took new last name) I knew three of me.

[gator_in_Ontario]

75. I am a transevstite serial killer from NJ n/t