I don't know if this is the right forum (but someone will move it if it isn't), and I'm not sure where I found this (if I found it here, just smack me and I'll go away), but it's an interesting tool:
Fake Name Generator .
This is more than a name generator, though. You tell it what "name set" (ethnicity, essentially) you want to use, what country the person is to live in and the gender. In return you get a full set of identity items. For example: I entered "English/Wales", "United Kingdom" and "female" and got:<blockquote id="quote"><hr>
Demi M. Simmons
43 Kingsway North
KA7 7PH
HOLMSTON
Website: Thoughttz.com
It looks like Thoughttz.com is available! Click here to register it!
Email Address: DemiMSimmons@fontdrift.com
This is a real email address. Click here to use it!
Phone: 079 6788 0174
Mother's maiden name: Howarth
Birthday: March 25, 1962
MasterCard: 5374 9684 5181 3237
Expires: 2/2010
NINO: ES 79 08 11 D
UPS Tracking Number: 1Z 478 302 79 8861 903 8
<hr></blockquote id="quote">Obviously, this could be used for various nefarious purposes :lildevil: (it includes the ability to add it to your Firefox form filler, and it will generate a vcard), but it's an interesting way to start filling out a character.