A few years back when Owen was still at Liverpool, I was in this supermarket in Silicon Valley and there was this bratty little kid running around annoying everyone. His Scouser father (wearing a replica jersey) was shouting after him "Owen, Owen..." He smiled at me and explained that the kid was named after Michael Owen, "England's striker." I pretended I didn't know what he was talking about.
Every once and I while when I need a good laugh, I think about that guy-- naming his son after Michael Owen.