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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
R. G. LeTourneau (1888–1969), U.S. – electric wheel, motor scraper, mobile oil drilling platform, bulldozer, cable control unit for scrapers; Rasmus Lerdorf (born 1968), Greenland/Canada – PHP (programming language) Willard Frank Libby (1908–1980), U.S. – radiocarbon dating; Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), Germany – nitrogen-based ...
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 ...
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 ...
The name is also a nod to the band's anti-conventional rock image; in a 1986 interview, band founder Tony James remembered reading that, after seeing Sputnik pass over the earth, Little Richard gave up rock and roll. James "took that as a good omen" for the band's name choice. [292]
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
The wheel is then spun to choose an expert at random; if it does not stop on the "shut-down" one, the host asks a question with four multiple-choice answers. The contestant may discuss it with the expert before answering; a correct response adds £10,000 to the bank if the subject expert was spun, or £3,000 otherwise.