People whose names seemed to predict their career or job

There are two people with the last name of Adcock who have written on marketing. Brandon Adcock and Dennis Adcock

I remember this was a thing in my favorite childhood magazine: "Zillions: Consunmer Reports for Kids," where kids could send in people whose name was the same as their job.

Ned Raggett

jesus christ, i've been trying to think of the name of that magazine for years! should've realized it was a consumer reports affiliate. the mascot was a... what, green grasshoper? green man?

well any english surname was that "original guy's" job title... david smith, david baker, david the jew.

that said, you'd think kevin shields would be a really good name for the national guard. bilinda butcher implies the obvious. debbie googe is a lesbian for a reason.

New Scientist also has a collection of these - iirc called Nominative Determinism

This dude's reports used to show up in The Daily Targum every Friday:

http://publicsafety.rutgers.edu/rupd/contactus.shtml

CAPTAIN KENNETH COP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

I wish my name was CAPTAIN KENNETH COP!

Christopher Coke, Drug dealer

Neil Armstrong always seemed like he was born to be an American hero

robert de niro.

he's rich.

Max Fightmaster

I always wondered about the financial market analyst company called Standard and Poor's. Doesn't sound terribly ... encouraging.

Joe Theplumber

clint eastwood is the type of name i've thought about for years and how i could possibly turn it into some sort of pun, but ultimately i haven't been able to progress beyond the obvious choice

i went to school with a kid named Michael Death who threw rocks at people and drowned a kitten in a pool. his dad was a cop.

i suspect he went on to a career in torture and mayhem

officer death? holy shit that guy must be a legend. thats even better than judge dredd.

do people with names like schumacher and stuff qualify for this thread?

george bush

Space Mutiny to thread!

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I can't decide if it would be more fun to be called Baron Brain or Cardinal Sin.

Prince/Cecil Fielder

A couple of years back one of the water utility companies (Scottish Water? Thames Water?) had a very legitimate-looking scientific representative who was always turning up in TV news stories about the money spent on pipe renewal and replacing water mains. His name was Dr Drip.

my dad's name is richard. he goes by dick. he's the ceo of his company. yep, dick is everyone's boss

Joe Theplumber

― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:02 AM

ok lol. well done

Now I think about it my BFF who is filipino, told me he knows a Cardinal Sin. As in, thats a real Filipino catholic cardinal and yes, thats his name.

Learned Hand!

thought my friends discussed this but then remembered we were just coming up with good porn star names, like Oliver Cramwell

I came across a woman last week with the last name Doctor who worked as a progfam officer for a healthcare org. I don't think she actually had an advanced degree though.

Pope Benedict.

ratzinger?

It was a lame joke, sorry.

i'm pure confuzhed so i am

I think that zinging rats is actually one of his main duties as pontiff tbh.

http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=234495

Sue Yoo - attorney

between him and st patrick pwning snakes they're a regular pair of internet exterminators

http://67.199.121.48/_media/imgs/articles2/a96755_a489_brad-slaughter.jpg

Willy Cutter, Rabbi

Terry Butcher, 'old fashioned' English defender

Tennis player Anna Smashnova.

Also Usain Bolt.

Fashion writers James Pretlove, Chris Hemblade and Charlie Porter are all great examples of this. See also the Savage and Best press office.

There's a Finnish TV weatherman called Pekka Pouta. "Pouta" is the Finnish word for "sunny".

pouta is the name of my dog!!!

Really?

10/10

Football Eric Skora rarely lived up to his name, unlike Robin van Injury.

Footballer*

i used to work with a woman named gretchen silvertooth. her brother is a dentist... named chip.

(that is true, by the way)

Major Major Major

There's an undertaker in Hull called R. Boddy.

chip silvertooth, magnificent

scott matterface reads the sky sports news, now i don't know what a matterface does but i mean scott matterface, ladies and gentlemen

In a real-life example, German footballer Wolfgang Wolf used to be VfL Wolfsburg's head coach for quite a while.

(real-life as opposed to my Catch-22 example, not darraghmac) xp

John de Wolf captained Wolves for a while back in the late 80s/early 90s?

Bonnie Tyler is a dab hand at grouting

Wesley Snipes

howard stern

xenia onatopp

...oh wait

John de Wolf captained Wolves

Arsene Wenger manages Arsenal. Erstwhile Celtic defender Rafael Scheidt didn't have much to live up to (we're currently rumoured to be considering a move for Danny Shittu, past history suggests this maybe shouldn't be a thing)

there was like a seinfeld bit about this right? where kramer suggested an ice cream man named Cone

My middle school Home Ec teacher was named Mrs. Sink.

There's a weatherwoman in Chicago named Amy Freeze

Dr Heal -
seems to be a nasty little shit though

Leandro Greco, Italian striker sold first to Hellas Verona and then to Olympiakos Piraeus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym

I have just been sent a mailshot asking if I want a stand at Armoured Vehicles Africa, in Botswana in August. It was sent by Amar Karia.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71PhIdcsebL._SY355_.jpg

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/120124032911-sot-early-dick-armey-florida-00004929-horizontal-gallery.jpg

http://images.viralnova.com/000/031/656/ridiculous-names5.jpg

I've never received a mailshot regarding any kind of armament >:(

Bob Rock.

Matthew Correspondent aint real, sadly

There's a Lawless Partnership law firm in Seattle. Also there was an article in the Washington Post about awful super-rich Californians refusing to conserve water that quoted a woman named Gay Butler. Unfortunately she's an interior designer.

I got suggested a youtube video about Gateshead social services stealing babies, made by a lady called Robson, and I don't dare guess what happened

All from that wiki list posted by dog latin upthread:
- Mark De Man, Belgian football defender, that's just amazing

A couple other nice ones:
- Sara Blizzard, meteorologist and television weather presenter for the BBC
- William Headline, former Washington bureau chief for CNN
- Richard and Mildred Loving, plaintiffs in Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage throughout the United States
- Anna Smashnova, Soviet-born Israeli tennis player

Vinny Testaverde once played quarterback for the NY Jets, whose helmets featured the color green

It’s in poor taste perhaps, but a local former teacher accused of sexual misconduct with students is named Keith Bates-Willie; the report I read refers to him as Mr Bates Willie throughout.

It was lost in the "nine years pass...", but as of 2019 the President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America is Doug Bowser:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bowser

His name would also have been funny if he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Western Global Limited of Bristol, who are one of the UK's leading suppliers of fuel and water storage solutions - including, yes, bowsers.

There are a surprisingly large number of people out there called Dr Rockett or Professor Rockett, seemingly none of whom work for NASA, which is frustrating. But who can forget the inventor of the spaceship. His name? Gordon Spaceship. He overshadowed his business partners, David Fuelpumpregulator and Samuel "Z" Inertialguidancesystem.

Johnny "Guitar" Watson also gets me. How could his parents know?

Johnny "Guitar" Watson also gets me. How could his parents know?

Especially as he started out as a piano player.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Buttress

From 1988 to 1999 he was Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, and is now Surveyor Emeritus. During his time there he was involved with the completion of the external restoration, particularly the repair of the West Front and the Henry VII Chapel.[1]