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A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) [ 1] is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known, and that can be recited as a word-group, with the understanding that, taken together, they all relate to that one individual. [ 2] In many cultures, the term is ...
An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm. He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm ...
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
This list of chemical elements named after people includes elements named for people both directly and indirectly. Of the 118 elements, 19 are connected with the names of 20 people. 15 elements were named to honor 16 scientists (as curium honours both Marie and Pierre Curie). Four others have indirect connection to the names of non-scientists. [1]
In the Game Boy Pokémon games, Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, players were able to access a set of 105 glitch Pokémon. These species were not designed by the games' designers but could be encountered via the use of several glitches. Among them is a glitch dubbed MissingNo., which became highly notorious.
Air Jordan – Michael Jordan. Aitken Spence – Patrick Gordon Spence, Edward Aitken and S.R. Aitken. Ajo Motorsport – Aki Ajo. ALAN – Alberto and Annamaria, children of founder Falconi Lodovico. Albert Heijn and Ahold (Albert Heijn Holdings) – Albert Heijn. Albertsons – Joe Albertson.
Besides the 12 people who have walked on the Moon, 12 more have flown to within 0.001 lunar distance of its surface. As of June 2024, two of them are alive with an average age of 93 years. During each of the six missions with successful lunar landings, one astronaut remained in lunar orbit while the other two landed.
Brennan torpedo – Louis Brennan [13] Brougham – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning. Büchner funnel, Büchner flask – Ernst Büchner. Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen. Burr Arch Truss – Theodore Burr [14] Callanetics – Callan Pinckney. Cardigan – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of ...