Was Gospel-Writer Luke "Lucan" the Roman Poet?

The Blue Letter Bible informs us that the "New Testament" figure Luke's name (more accurately "Lucas" or "Loukas") is a contraction of "Lucanus".

Lucanus was a famous Roman poet of the same time period who is also known as Lucan.  This fellow was a contemporary of Nero, who we know to be a convert to Judaism, thanks to the Talmud and Flavius Josephus (hence his identification as "the First Anti-Christ").

Anyone who has read Robert Eisenman's "James the Brother of Jesus" or Joseph Atwill's "Caesar's Messiah" (independently confirmed by Cliff Carrington's "Flavian Hypothesis") is aware of the complex web of relationships that make up the various "New Testament" figures and prominent influential people of the Roman Empire in the "First" Century.  The probable connection between Luke and Lucan comes only as a bit of a surprise.

What prompted me to take a closer look at this was the Wikipedia entry for Werewolves or Lycanthropes.  Those who have realized that Shaul (sheol) of Tarsus is the ravening wolf of Benjamin and of Matthew 7:15 may have wondered about his relationship to Luke the Physician.  Well, the Greek word for wolf is λύκος and the Greek for "Luke" is Λουκᾶς.  The words might as well be called phononyms. 

This would not be the first time I have found a Christian reference work trying to obscure the relationship between Christian heroes and Roman idolaters.

I'll post more about Nero's conversion and the so-called Apostle Paul as the ravening wolf of Benjamin, later.