The top 20 Philip Booths?

While looking for some other info on the web I was surprised to find another Cllr Philip Booth - a Tory up in Wakefield. I dropped him a line as I'm also Philip Booth and also a District councillor - although Green party.

Photo: Ruscombe Green Philip Booth at election time last year

By another coincidence I heard as just before I was emailing him that that areas famous rhubarb crop is suffering because of climate change? Of course also an excuse to ask how far their Climate Change Working group had got in terms of recommendations and push the urgency of the need to tackle climate change. Anyhow had a nice reply - maybe run into him in one of the LOcal Government Association events.

I was always intrigued by Dave Gorman who set out to find other Dave Gormans - read more here - I was slightly cross he did it first as I always thought it would be a fun thing to do for a TV show - anyhow he met 54 other Dave Gormans and there is a DVD of what he got up to....

But well Philip Booth? I did a google search for a bit of fun - and here they are in the order they came up in the first 130 entries - some of course got several mentions but I've ignored those and only listed them in order they appeared:

1. The famous New Hampshire poet is rightly at number one
2. Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at Cass Business School in the City of London
3. A knifemaker in the states
4. I get a look in as Press Officer for Gloucestershire Green party writing an article "Green Streets are Naked Streets" in Resurgence - this Ruscombe Green blog site comes up as a link at number 8 but it is 12 before Stroud District Council and Glos Green party list me then Ruscombe Green comes in at 14th along with my submission to the Government re the recent Post Office consultation and brook group and others coming in later.
5. Conservative Wakefield councillor
6. Doctor in Town and Regional Planning at Sheffield University
7. A Professor at the Institute of Economic Affairs - whose views on free trade in the article that came up are not close to mine.
8. The 2nd Baronet Booth, of Allerton Beeches, City of Liverpool who dies a year and 20 days before I was born - he was a television director and producer.
9. No2ID cards campaigner Phil Booth
10. A US music review journalist on the Bass Player who has his own website which came up later here and blog here.
11. Sculptor who apparently even showed in Stroud in 1998 plus teaching posts like visiting lecturer and professor.
12. Author of a 1970 book on Cambridge New Architecture
13. Film critic on Rotten Tomatoes website and part of the Florida Film Critics Circle - I'm guessing he could be the same Philip Booth who comes up later as a Florida film journalist in an article in St Petersburg Times online. Or could this also be the same Philip Booth as number 10 in this list as he also writes in that paper? Too much of a coincidence but then this possibly other Philip Booth does do lots on films - I think they are likely to be two people!
14. Co-author of the online book: "Understanding Reality: A Commonsense Theory of the Original Cause"
15. A Tory candidate in 1997 election in Houghton and Washington East (got 12.9% of vote) - or is this the same guy who is now a councillor in Wakefield?
16. A guy who works in films including as an Assistant Director of a couple of films.
17. A Heart of England Visit Britain link person based in Birmingham.
18. Author of report on 'Moving the preterm infant' writing in BMJ - likely to be the guy who came up next - a Consultant in Medical Paediatrics at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.
19. A guy running environmental courses in Bali - an interview with him on Byron Bay radio in Australia - ironically I was on phone to a friend who lives there last night - a special place indeed.
20. A cyclist apologising for misusing a motel.

Interestingly I've not come across many other Philip Booths in my time - one left a message on this blog previously, another I saw advertising massages in Bristol and another came up as a Green party member in Bristol - mind those could all be the same person? Not sure if I plan to update this but if there are Philip Booths either in the list above or not do please leave a comment?