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An article in this category consists of or includes a list of people that share a surname or family name. Such articles are typically either split from long surname articles (as in the case of Johnson (surname) split from Johnson ) or are surname articles that need expansion.
A person whose name is used to name something else is an eponym. The asterisk (*) section contains lists of things named after people by type of person. The plus (+) section contains lists of things named after people by subject.
This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . The list
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
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The name "Vasya Pupkin" (Russian: Вася Пупкин) may be used to denote an average random or unknown person in the colloquial speech. [60] [61] For a group of average persons or to stress the randomness of a selection, a triple common Russian surnames are used together in the same context: "Ivanov, Petrov, or Sidorov".
Spinner is the surname of: Bryson Spinner (born 1980), American football quarterback; Francis E. Spinner (1802–1890), U.S. Representative from New York; Jackie Spinner (born 1970), American journalist; Leopold Spinner (1906–1980), Ukrainian-born, British-domiciled composer and editor; Tony Spinner (born 1963), American rock and blues singer ...
Ion Hartulari Darclée, Romanian composer, son of the celebrated Romanian operatic soprano Hariclea Darclée, also known as Hariclea Hartulari-Darclée, adopted his mother's maiden name which he added to his father's surname to create a compound surname. [76] Jeremy Davies, American actor, born Jeremy Boring. He adopted his mother's maiden name ...