Yes.
When asked in a PBS Kids interview to name his idols, he responded, "When people ask me what three people I'd like to have dinner with, living or dead, I say Jesus Christ, Mr. Rogers, and Jimmy...
His real name is Clay Aiken. He legally changed it from Clayton Grissom as soon as he was old enough to change it because he didn't want his father's name. His mother's maiden name was Aiken.