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helped to launch the career of many artists who later became household names in the country, including actors like János Gálvölgyi or András Kern, singers like Kati Kovács, Zsuzsa Koncz or Zorán Sztevanovity, and bands like Hungária, Metro or Pokolgép.


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100 Years of Girl Guides

The show interviews a number of former Girl Guides from veterans to such household names as Kelly Holmes, Clare Short, Kate Silverton and Rhona Cameron.

Bass fishing

First held in 1969, today, professionals like Michael Iaconelli, Kevin VanDam, Aaron Martens, Rick Clunn, and Luke Clausen are household names to many American sports fans.

College for Distributive Trades

Whilst stores such as Selfridges and Harvey Nichols continue (albeit in quite different forms) household names, others such as Swan & Edgar, Bourne & Hollingsworth, The Civil Service Stores, Barkers, Derry & Toms and Pontings are now names of the past, and consequently, opportunities for employment and work experience for display students are much reduced.

Danny McLennan

The Scottish coach had an eye for talent and introduced a number of relatively unknown players to the national team and made them household names, these players included young striker Kadhim Waal, left back Adil Khudhair, forward Ahmed Subhi not to mention Hadi Ahmed and Falah Hassan who he moved from midfield to play up-front with great results.

Gilbert Merle

(Shanom and Gilbert are household names to the westerners of the island.)

Jeremy Oliver

Oliver first put the spotlight on wine makers and brands that have become Australian icons and household names including Giaconda Winery, Bindi, Clonakilla and Epis.

Jon Thoday

The company has discovered many acts who have become household names including Frank Skinner, David Baddiel, Harry Hill, Al Murray, Russell Howard, The Mighty Boosh, Stewart Lee,Greg Davies,Russell Kane Lee Mack,Chris Ramsay Dave Gorman, Chris Addison, Kristen Schaal and John Oliver and has an international reputation for cutting edge comedy, theatre and TV production.

Mario Butler

During that era, games were shown on Puerto Rico's national television almost daily (on weekends, twice a day) by WAPA-TV, helping Butler, Frazer, Mario Morales, Georgie Torres, Jerome Mincy and a number of other BSN players to become household names there.

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Many Japanese companies with household names like Suzuki, Canon, Kikkoman, Toyota have all adopted this practice.

Ophelia DeVore

In the agency's early days, it was a stepping stone for countless household names; Diahann Carroll, Helen Williams, Richard Roundtree, Cicely Tyson and others.

Political dynasties in the Philippines

During this period, family names such as Cojuangcos, Lopezes, Marcoses, Osmeñas and Aquinos started to emerge, later on becoming household names.

Tony Warren

During this period he performed with many of the people who were later to become household names through Coronation Street, most notably Violet Carson and Doris Speed, who played Ena Sharples and Annie Walker respectively.

William Barry Lord

Guides to travelling featuring useful hints were quite fashionable at the time when Livingstone, Speke, Burton and Stanley were household names.

Women's sports

This large pool of female athletes enabled the U.S. to consistently rank among the top nations in women's Olympic sports, and female Olympians from skater Peggy Fleming (1968) to Mary Lou Retton (1986) became household names.