OK! shocked tabloid readers yesterday—mostly because they actually broke a story—when it was revealed that the younger Spears, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn, was 12 weeks pregnant. The father is 19-year-old Casey Aldridge, and his untimely fecundity has dimmed Britney's light, if only for 15 minutes. When we heard the speculation, we were all like, "How many other people with the last name Spears have been total trainwrecks?" Turns out, lots. Click the jump to find out who else shares the cursed last name. (Spoiler alert: A couple of them are porn stars.)
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Name: Britney Spears Occupation: Babymaker Curse: Their names are Paris and Nicole.
Name: Aries Spears Occupation: Comedian of FOX's "MadTV" Curse: The black actor starred in 1996's Jerry Maguire, didn't get to take off his clothes and scream, "Show me the money!"
Name: Major General Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1st Baronet Occupation: British army officer and Member of Parliament Curse: Was wounded four times during World War I from 1914-15.
Name: Randy Spears (also Gregory Patrick, Greg Patrick, and Wayne Green) Occupation: Spears won the 1990 Adult Video News Best Actor Award for his performance in The Masseuse. Curse: Since 2006, he's segued from acting into directing.
Name: Shawn Spears (Ronnie Arniell) Occupation: Professional wrestler Curse: After assaulting his former tag-team partner with a piledriver—preventing him from winning the OVW Heavyweight Championship—Spears finally turned heel (wrestling villain, natch).
Name: Warren Spears Occupation: Dancer and choreographer, who appeared in Lar Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark Curse: Only 50 years old, Spears died of multiple myeloma in Copenhagen.
Name: Zak Spears Occupation: Gay porn star Curse: Known for his vocal orgasms, the Russian-American method actor is now transferring his skills to the silver screen in the black comedy Forgiving the Franklins, under the name Khris Scaramanga.


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