Funny tidbit: for a short while I thought they were two distinct people, and I kept telling myself 'wow, what a coincidence that two people have such an unlikely name'.

I knew of him through that before I knew of him through his activism; if that's what you mean. Wasn't until a few years ago, when I followed him on Twitter, that I found out about his other work. He was a remarkable man.

Who didn't? Every article on him started with that tidbit.