Many years ago, I went to school with someone who shared their name with someone who got in a very public spat with George Steinbrenner who was the owner of the New York Yankees at the time. They got literal death threats on their phone.
ADDED: Since then I've often thought the worst case scenario is to share a somewhat unusual name with someone who is hated/notorious in some manner given it invites crazies to do crazy things.
ADDED: Since then I've often thought the worst case scenario is to share a somewhat unusual name with someone who is hated/notorious in some manner given it invites crazies to do crazy things.