I am starting this thread to talk about the singers who have the same name as other famous people.;) P.S. Both first and last name

Michelle Williams-Dawson's Creek's Jen and Michelle Williams-Destiny's Child

Jimmie Rodgers (Singer 1930's), Jimmie Rodgers (Singer 1960's; Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine).

roy clark singer/hee haw cohost and roy clarke british actor and writer

Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold Dorsey) took his stage name from a German
composer (1854-1921).

Michael McDonald (singer)

Michael McDonald (on SNL) (I think). :o :lol:

there's Chris Evans, sex symbol actor from Fantastic Four, and Chris Evans, flamboyant British television personality

Drummer Roger Taylor (Queen)
Drummer Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)

Johan Sebastian Bach (famed German composer)
Sebastian Bach (former lead singer of Skid Row)

Andy Taylor (Duran Duran guitarist)
Andy Taylor (sherriff of Mayberry)

Richard Butler (lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs)
Richard Butler (dead founder of the Aryan Nations Church)

Randy Rhoads (late great guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)
Randi Rhodes (Air America radio commentator)

Jennifer Lopez - Weather Channel lady
Jennifer Lopez - famous for something, but I don't know what it is

Rich Cronin - boyband star from LFO
Rich Cronin - Game Show Network

Bobby Brown - Mr. Whitney Houston
Bobbi Brown - Warrant's Cherry Pie video babe

Andy Bell - Erasure lead singer
Andy Bell - member of Oasis

Vanessa Williams (Melrose Place cast member during the first season)
Vanessa Williams (former Miss America, r&b and pop singer and actress, who uses Vanessa L. Williams in movies)

Julie Brown (comedienne who was in Earth Girls Are Easy and had her own show in the day, MTV personality)
"Downtown" Julie Brown (media personality who was ALSO an MTV personality, at the same time as red-head Julie Brown nonetheless)

Bobby Brown - Mr. Whitney Houston
Bobbi Brown - Warrant's Cherry Pie video babe



That reminds me. There is another Bobbi Brown, a famous and renowned makeup artist.:)

That reminds me. There is another Bobbi Brown, a famous and renowned makeup artist.:)

actually the Bobbi Brown who was the rock video vixen in the early 90's is the same girl who is a makeup artist nowadays

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned

Randy Jackson (American Idol guy)
Randy Jackson (member of Jackson family)

As someone who never watched AI, I actually thought the Randy on AI was the latter for quite some time until someone told me otherwise, because it seemed kinda fitting to have a member of the most famous musical family judging a music-oriented talent contest, plus Randy neither would be as busy as Michael or Janet, nor does he carry a stigma with him the way LaToya does

Janet Jackson-The famous singer
Janet Lynne Jackson-Writer of Family Matters TV Show, Story editor and writer of Sister Sister TV show

Johan Sebastian Bach (famed German composer)
Sebastian Bach (former lead singer of Skid Row)

Andy Taylor (Duran Duran guitarist)
Andy Taylor (sherriff of Mayberry)

Richard Butler (lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs)
Richard Butler (dead founder of the Aryan Nations Church)

Randy Rhoads (late great guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)
Randi Rhodes (Air America radio commentator)
Well, if we're going to include names of fictional characters:

Matt Dillon - marshal of Dodge City
Matt Dillon - former teen idol (in the 1980s)

Steve Austin - "The Six Million Dollar Man"
Steve Austin - professional wrestler

Jim Brown (football star turned actor)
Jim Brown (football star turned NFL commentator)
James Brown (R&B legend)

James King (actress)
James "Jim" King (saxophonist from Family)

Here are two sets of people with the same name:

Jon Stewart: talk show host
John Stewart: singer; "Gold" hit #5 on the Billboard charts in 1979

John Edwards: John Kerry's running mate in 2004
Jonathan Edwards: folk singer; had a hit with "Sunshine" in 1971
Jonathan Edwards: Congregationalist preacher in the 1700s

Here are two sets of people with the same name:

Jon Stewart: talk show host
John Stewart: singer; "Gold" hit #5 on the Billboard charts in 1979

John Edwards: John Kerry's running mate in 2004
Jonathan Edwards: folk singer; had a hit with "Sunshine" in 1971
Jonathan Edwards: Congregationalist preacher in the 1700s

Here is another John Edwards. The psychic "Crossover" guy.

John Edwards: John Kerry's running mate in 2004
Jonathan Edwards: folk singer; had a hit with "Sunshine" in 1971
Jonathan Edwards: Congregationalist preacher in the 1700s

John Edwards the politician and Jonathan Edwards the preacher were entertainers?? :eek:

John Edwards the politician and Jonathan Edwards the preacher were entertainers?? :eek:

:lol:

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson - Baseball player
Joe Jackson - musician

Michael Jackson - that white singer who lives in bahrain now
Michael Jackson - radio talk show host

Michael Jackson - that white singer who lives in bahrain now
Michael Jackson - radio talk show host

Great story about Michael Jackson the talk radio host: He got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame (he's based in LA) and called his son in Britain to tell him the good news. His son replied, "But Dad, how will they know it's you?" :lol:

umm I think theres also a DA in texas called Michael Jackson!! and theres a man who has something to do with beer too called Michael jackson..or maybe its THE Michael jackson lol

LOL, in college I've met 2 Michael Jackson's (one is older than the entertainer.)

Nelly Furtado-Portuguese female singer(I'm Like A Bird)
Nelly-African-American Male Rapper(My Grillz)