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What are some people's names or especially surnames that have become eponymous?

Amerigo Vezpucci
Hitler
Edwardian
Victorian
Elizabethan
Trafalgar
(Gabriele) Fallopo
Parkinson
Alzheimer
Rubenesque
Miranda
Claymore
Columbus
Baltimore
King Louis and Queen Ana (Louisiana)
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Posted - March 25, 2021
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  • 10996
    Randy
      March 25, 2021 10:44 AM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      Wait a second . . .


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      March 25, 2021 10:50 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    Paul Brown (Cleveland Browns)
      March 25, 2021 11:56 AM MDT
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  • 840
    Kafkaesque
    Orwellian

    This post was edited by Flint Ironstag at March 26, 2021 6:58 PM MDT
      March 25, 2021 1:52 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    I adore Franz's works.  :)
      March 26, 2021 6:58 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    Machiavellian.
      March 25, 2021 3:30 PM MDT
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  • 10996
    Mesmerize
    Boycott
    Miranda rights
    Amber alert
    Titian-haired
      March 25, 2021 3:55 PM MDT
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  • 53504

     

      I already put Miranda in the setup for the post, which asks for other examples.
    Ten demerits for failure to follow clearly written instructions, all to be registered at a session personally by me in my quarters. (Cough, cough.)





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      March 25, 2021 4:26 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    Amber alert -- good one
      March 26, 2021 7:09 PM MDT
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  • 23576
    Disney (World)
      March 26, 2021 7:10 PM MDT
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