I find it interesting the people actually think they might be special enough that people in a "few scant centuries" would even care to know who you were. We've long left the 15 minutes of fame to thinking we'll live in history.
From my hometown I think there are two past living things that people are aware of a century later.
First is Alfred Nobel of the Nobel Prize, no further explanation needed I guess.
The second is a circus horse that I couldn't explain why people care about 100 years later even if I tried.