Another name complication story:
We were in Lakeland, FL one Spring month, and wanted to visit DW's brother Bill -- who had just moved down and was living in a Holiday Inn temporarily.
We had the name of the hotel but not his room number, so she called and asked the hotel operator for the room of "William Horton" (her family surname).
She heard the telephone answered by a deep, melodious voice that didn't sound like her younger brother.
What we didn't realize was that Lakeland was the Detroit Tigers' Grapefruit League home -- so we were connected to Willie Horton, the Tiger Hall of Famer!
He was a total gentleman about the mix-up, and invited us all to a Tigers' game and dinner afterwards.