World of the Bizarre

Real-life James Bond jailed for 60 days for telling police his name

By T.K. Randall
March 4, 2025 ·  8 comments

His name is Bond... but he's not the only one. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 Ank kumar The fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond needs no introduction - originally invented in 1953 by author Ian Fleming, the character went on to feature in a long series of movies which saw him played by prominent actors including Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Daniel Craig.

But James Bond is also a very real name, with many people around the world sharing the moniker of the world's most famous secret agent - something that can be both a blessing and a curse.

An example of how it can be the latter was featured in a documentary - The Other Fellow - which is all about the phenomenon of people sharing the name of James Bond.

On this occasion, a man from Indiana, whose name is James Bond Jr., had been pulled over by the police one day and was asked to provide some identification, which he didn't have on him.

"When it got to me I was like... My name is James Bond," he recalled.

"[The officer] looked at me like, 'I'm going to give you one more chance to tell me the truth'.""My name is James Bond!"

Incredibly, Bond ended up being charged and had to serve 60 days in jail.

"The judge said that I was obstructing the police officer from doing his job, by me saying my name in a 'joking manner'," he said. "I looked at the judge like, 'Are you serious?'"

"How can I say James Bond in a joking manner? I just said my name!"

"I had to do like 60 days in a county jail for that. 60 days."

"That right there, at that instance, made me look at [police] a different way."


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