A aptronym is a name that is aptly suited to its owner’s occupation. Examples:

• Sally Ride, astronaut
• William Wordsworth, poet
• Margaret Court and Anna Smashnova, tennis players
• John Tory, leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party
• Learned Hand, judge
• Larry Speakes, Ronald Reagan’s press secretary
• Chuck Long and Willie Thrower, NFL quarterbacks

And Joe Strummer, guitarist for The Clash.