Not identical, but I once shared most of the first name as well as my last name with a VP of research at the company I worked for, and we were in the same techn

Not identical, but I once shared most of the first name as well as my last name with a VP of research at the company I worked for, and we were in the same technical field. My (much less impressive) publication record got confused with his frequently and I always wondered if it gave me a career boost.