Not the same person.

I know, that's the point of my comment, it's a name that brings up very different imagery accross the Atlantic.

Isolated datapoint: I'm in the UK, the Fred & Rosemary West thing happened while I was growing up, and to me "Mae West" very definitely means the actress and not the serial killers' daughter.

In that case your point would have been clearer if you said "the name 'Mae West'" instead of referring to the subject of the post.

> "instead of referring to the subject of the post."

I wasn't referring to the subject of the post.

You don't think it's interesting that you just did the same thing to my comment, that I did to the title of the post? That's fine it's not Earth shaking. Usually famous people have unique enough names, or I've heard of both or neither.