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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.
This is a list of people who use their middle names, or one of their middle names, or a diminutive form of their middle name, such as Bob for Robert or Ted for Edward, as their first names. The list includes: actors, athletes, authors, business people, celebrities, historical figures, musicians, politicians, singers, social media personalities ...
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 ...
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.
Gersh Budker (1918–1977), Russia – electron cooling, co-inventor of collider. Edward Bull (1759–1798), England – Bull engine (a modified steam engine) Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), Germany – Bunsen burner. Henry Burden (1791–1871), Scotland and U.S. – Horseshoe machine, first usable iron railroad spike.
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.
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
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.