What a confusing thread title huh?
I got to wondering if there have been any awards of any kind that are named after persons (say, the Nobel Prize named after Alfred Nobel) that have been awarded to someone that had the same name (Alfred Nobel).
Someone named Oscar got an Oscar? Someone named Emmy got an Emmy?
Pepe Numbskull won the Pepe Numbskull Liftime Achievement Award.
That kind of thing. International, national, state or even local awards will qualify.
CedricR.
Do you count Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease?
A 1987 special Pulitzer award, “SPECIAL AWARDS AND CITATIONS - JOURNALISM”, went to Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in 1987, “for his extraordinary services to American journalism and letters during his 31 years as chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board and for his accomplishments as an editor and publisher.”
Click on 1987 in the top scrolling menu of years
There are several people named Tony who’ve won the Tony award.
I thought Oscar Hammerstein might have won an Oscar, so I checked:
I feel reasonably certain that no one named Image Orthicon ever won an Emmy.
I’d almost be willing to bet that nobody actually called “Emmy” ever won one, either, but you can’t tell until you’ve looked.
Hugio Gernsback actually got a special “Hugo” award (which was named after him) in 1960:
http://www.worldcon.org/hy.html
and, yes, he was still around to appreciate that honor:
Several people named George have been awarded a George Cross.
e class="onebox wikipedia" data-onebox-src="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Cross_recipients">The George Cross (GC) is the second highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry not "in the presence of the enemy" to both members of the British armed forces and to British civilians. Posthumous awards have always been available. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civili...
not exactly awards, but I think Wikipedia has a list for everything. (I was going to mention White House Speaker Larry Speakes, and it led to that link.)
Not quite the same thing but former Cook County Board President John Stroger renamed the Cook County Hospital to be the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County while he was still the Board President. Talk about having some balls.
I’m not sure I would call Lou Gehrig’s disease an award.
No.
First I had heard of the George Cross! Ignorance fought!
A story in today’s Washington Post says that the Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the creation of a lifetime achievement award (presumably for baseball-related activities) to be named after former Negro League star Buck O"Neil. The inaugural award will go posthumously to Buck O"Neil.
And various other scientific awards, named after and initially awarded to the namesake scientist.
Team award, but Allan Stanley won four Stanley Cups (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967) as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
I read the article, which mentioned that there used to be a thing called the Albert medal, and another called the Edward medal, which could be exchanged for the Geroge Cross in 1971. Following links, I found a list that shows: people who won the George Cross, people who won the Albert medal and exchanged it for the George Cross, and people who won the Edward medal and exchanged it for the George Cross. ( see here to help understand the medal exchange process: gc-database.co.uk )
Anyway, on this list
gc-database.co.uk, EM stands for Edward medal and AM stands for Albert medal (EGM is Empire Gallantry medal). I found one Albert that won an Albert medal
FORD, Albert
Sergeant
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Grenade rescue
21-Aug-17
AM
When my sister was in high school, in 1974 they named a Speech Club award after her. By the time my daughter made it through the same high school, they broadened it into a speech/drama award, to include thespian club members. It was for being the inspirational, go-getter person. My daughter got the award named after her aunt exactly 30 years after they created it, does that count?