The most famous thing with your surname

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Without seeking to pressure anyone into giving up their anonymity, what's the most famous thing you see "your" surname on regularly?

Mine is fire engines and dustbin lorries.

[SouthdownRebel]

The most famous thing with your surname

Mine has a Lane and a nursery (of the crop growing variety) in a nearby town, but not much besides - it's not a common name. Although there was someone hanged for murder in Victorian times - whether or not the culprit was an ancestor of mine depends on who I'm telling the story to...

[matt j]

The most famous thing with your surname

Famous people much more than famous things. If I lived in the UK, how widespread would these be?
http://www.jenningsbrewery.co.uk/beers

[Sean of the Shed]

The most famous thing with your surname

Mine is not that common as a surname, but is known as an area of the country that has given its name to a Radio station and a football club.

[Patrick Thistle]

The most famous thing with your surname

Mine mainly has various Germans using it as a first name.

[SouthdownRebel]

The most famous thing with your surname

Sean BBC-Coventry-and-Warwickshire has a nice ring to it

[Borracho]

The most famous thing with your surname

A talk show host. And also a very litigious billionaire who made his money by dubious means.

[Bored Of Education]

The most famous thing with your surname

A tank engine, the first openly gay rugby player as well as other Welsh players, the Welsh poet

[3 Colours Red]

The most famous thing with your surname

An electrical retail chain with most of its stores in the Midlands, a vehicle insurance company based in Belfast and footballers...

Lots of footballers.
Mostly from Wales and Northern Ireland.

And of course, the bloke who wrote The Iron Man which later became The Iron Giant (seemingly to avoid Marvel's wrath).

[Fussbudget]

The most famous thing with your surname

My last name's not all that uncommon, but the only two 'famous' people I can think of who share it are bizarrely both road bike racers, the most prominent of whom isn't even from a French-speaking country (I'm guessing Janik, Kev or some of the other regulars from the TdF thread might be able to work it out from that clue.)

[caja-dglh]

The most famous thing with your surname

Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: Without seeking to pressure anyone into giving up their anonymity, what's the most famous thing you see "your" surname on regularly?

Mine is fire engines and dustbin lorries.

Bloody hell. The penny just dropped for me on who Rogin is.

[Southport Zeb]

The most famous thing with your surname

A Manchester United player, a hall of residence at Liverpool University and a street near Shettleston Juniors ground.

[anton pulisov]

The most famous thing with your surname

Nuclear holocaust delivery vehicles

[Jah Womble]

The most famous thing with your surname

Good band.

[irony towers]

The most famous thing with your surname

Jah Womble wrote: Good band.

Mr Hanson, I presume?

[NickSTFU]

The most famous thing with your surname

Irish bars in the USA and shit loads of firms in County Cork I would imagine.

[slackster]

The most famous thing with your surname

Butch & Oirish bars. But you can hop-a-long with yer stereotypes, David.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

The most famous thing with your surname

In a fairly comprehensive trashing of any anonymity I might have on here, I can reveal that my name is, amongst other things, the "ordinary life" surname of a superhero, a Dukedom, an obscure (defunct?) brand of cigarettes and the surname of the big boss bad guy in Destry Rides Again.

As for being on physical stuff, well I'm guessing that if I were to move to anywhere between Sevenoaks and Dover, I'd see it on plenty of items of local authority property.

[NHH]

The most famous thing with your surname

I share a name with one of the laws of physics.

[NickSTFU]

The most famous thing with your surname

NHH wrote: I share a name with one of the laws of physics.

Thermodynamics? Cool.

[Weiro]

The most famous thing with your surname

A famous jockey, possibly the best NFL coach ever, and also a Robert De Niro character from one of his best films.

[hobbes]

The most famous thing with your surname

A posh car.

[Fussbudget]

The most famous thing with your surname

hobbes, yesterday :

[Bored Of Education]

The most famous thing with your surname

caja-dglh wrote:

Without seeking to pressure anyone into giving up their anonymity, what's the most famous thing you see "your" surname on regularly?

Mine is fire engines and dustbin lorries.

Bloody hell. The penny just dropped for me on who Rogin is.

Fred LDV.

[SouthdownRebel]

The most famous thing with your surname

Bored of Education wrote:

Without seeking to pressure anyone into giving up their anonymity, what's the most famous thing you see "your" surname on regularly?

Mine is fire engines and dustbin lorries.

Bloody hell. The penny just dropped for me on who Rogin is.

Fred LDV.

Now we only need to work out just what it is about armchairs that he loves so much