To get mentioned by name in PW lyrics ...

[cellarfullofnoise]

... it helps if you get famous early for your art, and maybe die for it too.

Carson McCullers (famous at 23 or so)
Sylvia Plath
Brian Jones
J. Thunders

I'm leaving out Demi Moore, although she was probably famous young too.

Tommy was SO young, you forget that Paul was young too when they started, when they got signed, when they were famous in a way. Maybe he identified with other prodigies similarly afflicted by fame and artistic powers.

[angela]

Well, I can't think of anyone else to add, but I have to bring up this: I'm always floored that PW must have been around 24 when he wrote Here Comes A Regular. I can't imagine being that young and writing lyrics like that.