Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations; List of sovereign states; List of contemporary ethnic groups; List of indigenous peoples
An infobox for articles about people Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Honorific prefix honorific_prefix honorific-prefix honorific prefix pre-nominals Honorific prefix(es), to appear on the line above the person's name Unknown optional Name name Common name of person (defaults to article name if left blank; provide ...
This is a list of notable people whose full legal name is (or was) a mononym, either by name change or by being born mononymic (e.g. Burmese, Indonesian, or Japanese royalty). Titles (e.g. Burmese honorifics) do not count against inclusion, because they are not part of the name itself.
A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to ...
On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Random can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut (in Firefox , Edge , and Chrome Alt-Shift + X ).
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (born 1939), first person to perform single handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe; Michael Palin (born 1943) Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 1618) Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), Antarctic explorer; Ed Stafford (born 1975), first person to walk the complete length of the Amazon River
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 ...