# named awards given to same named people **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 23, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687 "2007-10-23T12:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/1 "2007-10-23T12:46:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/2 "2007-10-23T14:32:32Z")
Do you count Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/3 "2007-10-23T14:55:00Z")
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.” > **[{{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}}](https://www.pulitzer.org/)** > > {{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}} Click on 1987 in the top scrolling menu of years ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/4 "2007-10-23T14:59:12Z")
There are several people named Tony who’ve won the Tony award. [http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys\_search](http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/5 "2007-10-23T14:59:19Z")
I thought [Oscar Hammerstein](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II) might have won an Oscar, so I checked: > [@](#): > > **(Oscar) Hammerstein is the only person named Oscar ever to win an Oscar (Academy Award).** He won two Oscars for best original song—in 1941 for “The Last Time I Saw Paris” in the film Lady Be Good, and in 1945 for “It Might As Well Be Spring” in State Fair. In 1950, the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein received The Hundred Year Association of New York’s Gold Medal Award “in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/6 "2007-10-23T15:19:09Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/7 "2007-10-23T15:20:59Z")
Hugio Gernsback actually got a special “Hugo” award (which was named after him) in 1960: [http://www.worldcon.org/hy.html](http://www.worldcon.org/hy.html) and, yes, he was still around to appreciate that honor: > **[Hugo Gernsback](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback)** > > Hugo Gernsback (/ˈɡɜːrnzbæk/; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish–American editor and magazine publisher, whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with the novelists H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction". In his honor, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named t ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/8 "2007-10-23T19:35:21Z")
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"\> [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Cross_recipients) ### [List of George Cross recipients](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... ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/9 "2007-10-23T19:39:35Z")
not exactly awards, but I think Wikipedia has a list for [everything](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism). (I was going to mention White House Speaker Larry Speakes, and it led to that link.) ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/10 "2007-10-23T20:21:52Z")
Not quite the same thing but former Cook County Board President [John Stroger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stroger) renamed the Cook County Hospital to be the [John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Stroger%2C_Jr._Hospital_of_Cook_County) while he was still the Board President. Talk about having some balls. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/11 "2007-10-23T20:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=Ronald C. Semone] Do you count Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease? [/QUOTE] I’m not sure I would call Lou Gehrig’s disease an award. ---
**Author:** ![cedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/12 "2007-10-23T22:18:04Z")
[QUOTE=Ronald C. Semone] Do you count Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![cedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/13 "2007-10-23T22:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Several people named George have been awarded a George Cross. > **[List of George Cross recipients](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 civilia... [/QUOTE] First I had heard of the George Cross! Ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/14 "2007-10-25T17:08:16Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/15 "2007-10-25T17:16:41Z")
And various other scientific awards, named after and initially awarded to the namesake scientist. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/16 "2007-10-25T17:26:45Z")
Team award, but Allan Stanley won four Stanley Cups (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967) as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/17 "2007-10-25T17:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Several people named George have been awarded a George Cross. > **[List of George Cross recipients](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 civilia... [/QUOTE] 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](http://www.gc-database.co.uk/exchanges.htm) ) Anyway, on this list [gc-database.co.uk](http://www.gc-database.co.uk/alpha.htm), 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 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-awards-given-to-same-named-people/423687/18 "2007-10-25T17:53:24Z")
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?