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Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
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Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
  8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni
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Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
  8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni
  9. Bunsen burner
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Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
  8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni
  9. Bunsen burner
  10. Braille language - Louis Braille
7746

Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
  8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni
  9. Bunsen burner
  10. Braille language - Louis Braille
  11. Dyson vacuum cleaner - James Dyson
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Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
  8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni
  9. Bunsen burner
  10. Braille language - Louis Braille
  11. Dyson vacuum cleaner - James Dyson
  12. Kalashnikov

The K in AK-47 and other guns and also the namesake of a (not very successful) vodka he endorsed.

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Items named after their inventor in common usage

  1. Botts’ dots
  2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi
  3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel
  4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich
  5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax
  6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach
  7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla
  8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni
  9. Bunsen burner
  10. Braille language - Louis Braille
  11. Dyson vacuum cleaner - James Dyson
  12. Kalashnikov
  13. Rubik’s Cube - Erno Rubik

New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman

The first person interred in the cemetery.

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New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler

Confederate cavalry general; later a general in the U.S. Volunteers in Cuba.

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New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett

Enlisted in the Army in 1918 and then volunteered again in 1942.

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New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents

My grandfather served in the Arny from 1940 - 1979. He was buried at Arlington five years ago, and my grandmother joined him two years later.

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New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
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New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medger Evers
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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medgar Evers
  8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs

The man who established the cemetery, and then buried his son there: Montgomery C. Meigs - Wikipedia

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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medgar Evers
  8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs
  9. The Unknown Soldier(s)
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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medgar Evers
  8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs
  9. The Unknown Soldier(s)
  10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick

The final crew of the space shuttle Challenger.

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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medgar Evers
  8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs
  9. The Unknown Soldier(s)
  10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick
  11. Glenn Miller
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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medgar Evers
  8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs
  9. The Unknown Soldier(s)
  10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick
  11. Glenn Miller
  12. Pierre L’Enfant

Designer of D.C.'s street system; interred in front of the mansion overlooking D.C..

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People interred at Arlington National Cemetery

  1. Private William Henry Christman
  2. General Joseph Wheeler
  3. Dashiell Hammett
  4. Enginerd’s grandparents
  5. John F. Kennedy
  6. William H. Taft
  7. Medgar Evers
  8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs
  9. The Unknown Soldier(s)
  10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick
  11. Glenn Miller
  12. Pierre L’Enfant
  13. Gen. George C. Marshall

My category, so I’ll pass.

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Things people put in their coffee

  1. half & half