What's in a name?

This is my first post. I'll say more about some things I've been doing in the days ahead.

I've been told that I must have a blog if I want to promote myself, my book, my services and my websites, so here goes...

I'm also posting to my own site at http://www.lesbillgates.com/blog.html and Live Journal at http://lesbillgates.livejournal.com

One reviewer of my site http://www.lesbillgates.com on Link Referral said 'Use of Bill Gates in the site is not appropriate'.

I replied by saying that since this is my own name, it is appropriate. I am Leslie William Gates. Leslie was given to me by my father - it was the name of his best friend who was killed in WW2. But who wants to be called 'Leslie'? I have always been known as 'Les'. My second name is William, named after my paternal grandfather and greatgrandfather. Like the more famous William Gates, I abbreviate 'William' to 'Bill'. So, that's my name.

Was it inappropriate for Matin Luther King to use the name of the founder of the Lutheran Church?
Is it inappropriate for the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mike Moore, to have the same name as the documentary filmaker of "Bowling for Columbine'?
Is it inappropriate for the writer of the movie 'Gremlins' to call himself Chris Columbus after the discoverer of America?
Is it inappropriate that the New Zealand batsman Bert Sutcliffe used almost the same name as the great English batsman Herbert Sutcliffe?
What about Peter Jackson. Did he take his name from a cigarette brand?

OF COURSE NOT!

Neither is it inappropriate for me to use the name Les Bill Gates. I do have six years and an Oxford degree in my favour on my more illustrious namesake, but he has a megabusiness and a few million dollars in his favour. Maybe he is even my distant cousin. I am proud to be associated with the founder of Microsoft.