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Roy Rogers – a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with cola and grenadine syrup, named after actor Roy Rogers (1911–1998). Rumford's Soup – Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford Runeberg torte ( Runebergintorttu / Runebergstårta ) – named after the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) and his wife, writer Fredrika Runeberg (1807 ...
Clontarf, an Irish whiskey named after (the battle of) Clontarf, Dublin; Comber Whiskey, an Irish whiskey produced in Comber, Northern Ireland; Corzo, a tequila named after Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico; Cracovia, a vodka named after Kraków, Poland; Dzama, a rum named after the city of Dzamandzar , Madagascar; Finlandia, a vodka named after ...
[17] [18] One possible reason that the name was chosen was the practice, common at the time of the drink's creation, of including Dr. in the names of products to convey the impression that they were healthful. [19] A theory often cited is that the drink was named after an actual doctor, one Charles T. Pepper of Rural Retreat, Virginia. Morrison ...
It turns out that the vast majority of brands named after real people are — of course — named after the company's founder. But each of these founders has a unique and oftentimes fascinating story.
The name was inspired by the renaissance Englishman, John Evelyn, who lived in the 17th century. Evelyn is most famous for 'Sylva,' the first important work on conservation.
As the story goes, Connolly simply substituted an onion for the olive and named the drink after the patron. [3] Another version now considered more probable recounts a 1968 interview with a relative of a prominent San Francisco businessman named Walter D. K. Gibson, who claimed to have created the drink at the Bohemian Club in the 1890s. [4]
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It was named after a real guy named Count Stroganov. Heck, even the Kentucky Hot Brown, an open-faced sandwich, was named after J. Graham Brown, the owner of the hotel where it was invented.