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2 unusual facts about The Namesake


Sabyasachi Chakrabarty

His roles in Antardhan, Sweth Pathorer Thala, Mahulbanir Sereng, Parineeta (Hindi), Nishijapon Raj Kumar Santoshi's cop drama Khakee and Mira Nair's The Namesake amongst others have earned him wide recognition.

The Namesake

Moving between events in Calcutta, Boston, and New York City, the novel examines the nuances involved with being caught between two conflicting cultures with highly distinct religious, social, and ideological differences.


Freehold Regional Performing Arts Center

Kal Penn, class of 1998, starred in a number of major motion pictures including Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and The Namesake.


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6354 Vangelis

The planet bears the namesake of composer / musician, Vangelis.

70207 Davidunlap

It is named after David Dunlap, a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and amateur astronomer of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the namesake of the David Dunlap Observatory.

7515 Marrucino

It is named after the Marrucini, an ancient Italian tribe, and the namesake of the comune of San Martino sulla Marrucina.

Albert F. Canwell

He is best remembered as the namesake of the legislature's Canwell Committee to investigate communist influence in Washington state, patterned after the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) of the United States Congress.

Alec Coxon

Coxon was the namesake for the Jamaican record producer, Clement Dodd, whose boyhood cricket prowess earned him the name by which he became better known, "Coxsone."

All Saints, Antigua and Barbuda

Betty's Hope was built in 1674 by Sir Christopher Codrington, the namesake of Codrington, and was named for his daughter, Elizabeth Codrington.

Arthur L. Johnson

Arthur L. Johnson (died 1955) was an educator in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the namesake of Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark.

Charles Conn

Charles G. Conn (1844–1931) the 19th century U.S. Representative from Indiana and the namesake of the musical instrument company C.G. Conn Inc.

Coxsackie, New York

The town of Coxsackie is notable for being the namesake of Coxsackievirus since it was first discovered here.

Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut

His name is sometimes anglicized as "DuLuth", and he is the namesake of Duluth, Minnesota as well as Duluth, Georgia.

Dorothy C. Stratton

She is the namesake of the Coast Guard's third National Security Cutter, the USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752).

Freddie Falcon

He is not to be confused with the namesake mascot of Bowling Green State University or that of the mascot of the ECHL's Fresno Falcons.

Fulton Beer

According to the brewery, it was founded in 2008 by friends Ryan Petz, Jim Diley, Brian Hoffman and Peter Grande, who had been homebrewing for several years out of Diley's garage in the Fulton neighborhood of South Minneapolis, the namesake of the brand.

George Herbert Walker IV

An avid golfer, he was also the namesake of amateur golf's Walker Cup.

Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong

It is about a battle between the namesake characters from two other film series, Gingerdead Man and Evil Bong.

Gronausaurus

The skeleton was discovered in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1912 by paleontologist Theodor Wegner (the namesake of the species), but it was originally identified as that of Brancasaurus brancai, a plesiosaur that had been named in 1910 from fossils in the same locality.

Hemmingstedt

Hemmingstedt is the namesake of the Battle of Hemmingstedt, which took place south of the place in today's municipal area of Epenwöhrden.

Hundred Days' War

On the 7th, Lebanese soldiers belonging to the Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) – a breakaway faction of the Lebanese Army led by the rightist dissident Colonel Antoine Barakat – objected to the ADF establishing a checkpoint near their HQ at the main Fayadieh barracks, a forteress-like military facility located in the namesake Christian district.

James Walter Thompson

James Walter Thompson (October 28, 1847 – October 16, 1928) was the namesake of the JWT advertising agency and a pioneer of many advertising techniques.

Joel Dorman Steele

Steele is the namesake of the Joel Dorman Steele professorship at Syracuse University, currently held by A. P. Balachandran.

John Hundley

Hundley was the namesake of his grandfather, the Reverend John Walker Hundley (1841–1914), a well known Baptist Minister in Virginia.

Julian Marchlewski

In 1926, he was the namesake for the Polish National Raion in Ukraine (Marchlewszczyzna), with the capital at Marchlewsk (known before and after as Dovbysh and Shchorsk).

Lance Creek, Wyoming

Lance Creek is the namesake of the Lance Formation, a rock formation from the Late Cretaceous that has yielded fossils from a diverse number of species.

Lee Payant

L'Abbaye was the namesake of their duet albums titled Songs Of The Abbaye (1954), Encores From The Abbaye (1955), and An Evening at L'Abbaye (1957) on the Elektra label.

Manulife Financial

Manulife is the namesake tenant in the tallest building in Edmonton, Alberta, Manulife Place.

Marion Frances Chevalier

She is the namesake of a professorship in French and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California, currently held by Peggy Kamuf.

Maryland Route 18

The state highway passes the namesake park of the youth agricultural organization shortly after crossing Reed Creek.

Melaleuca leucadendra

The actual Malay name of this tree is "gelam", being the namesake of the Kampong Glam district in Singapore.

Osmanoğlu family

The Osmanoğlu family refers to the current members of the historical House of Osman (the Ottoman dynasty) who were the sole rulers and the namesake of the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1922.

Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding

His grandfather, Frewen, was the first Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 1908 in the newly created Department of Engineering Science, and the namesake of the Jenkin Building at Oxford.

Queen Elizabeth Way Monument

It was dedicated June 7, 1939 during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the namesake of the highway, in what was the first visit to a British dominion by the reigning sovereign.

Ranatra fusca

"Ranatra fusca" is the namesake of an award for exemplary creativity in the international student problem solving competition Odyssey of the Mind, because the insect served as the inspiration for a particularly creative solution to a problem in the early days of the program.

Richard Harison

He married Maria Jones, and their son was George Folliott Harison (1776–1846), the namesake of "Harison's Yellow Rose".

Robert Schwarz Strauss

He is also the namesake of The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas.

Rosario Garibaldi Bosco

He was also a realist writer, and his play Il giorno di San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian Day) was the namesake feature film written and directed by Pasquale Scimeca in 1993.

Scecina Memorial High School

The namesake of the first diocesan Roman Catholic high school in Indianapolis was born in Vicksburg, Indiana, on September 16, 1910.

Sutter's Mill

The mill was also the namesake and inspiration for a song by singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg.

Tampa Bay Reforestation and Environmental Effort

The highlight of the planting was a tree dedicated to the namesake of this Central Florida community, the "Temple" Tangor.

The Very Best of Men's Recovery Project

In addition to core band members Sam McPheeters and Neil Burke, the album features appearances from former members Kathleen Hanna (Le Tigre/Kill Rock Stars), bassist Joe Preston (Thrones; also the namesake of one of the album's tracks), and members of The Locust, Rah Bras, The Chinese Stars and Six Finger Satellite.

Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.

His grandfather, Dr. Pleasant John Graves Lea (also grandfather of Homer Lea, author of The Vermilion Pencil: A Romance of China), is the namesake for Lee's Summit, Missouri, although the name became spelled with an "e" instead of "a" because a stone culvert next to the Missouri Pacific Railroad station was set this way.

Trefasser

One possibility is that it is the namesake of Bishop Asser, a friend and biographer of King Alfred in the 9th century.

University of Denver

John Evans is the namesake of Evans Avenue (which bisects the DU campus and runs through the Denver metro area), Mount Evans (a 14,264 foot mountain visible from DU), and the city of Evanston, Illinois (the site of Northwestern University, founded by Evans prior to his founding of DU).

Virginia State Route 10

The state highway traverses Lower Chippokes Creek and passes the Old Brick Church and Bacon's Castle, a rare American example of Jacobean architecture, in the namesake hamlet.

Wentzville, Missouri

The city is also the namesake of George Thorogood's song "Back to Wentzville" from his album, Bad to the Bone.

WHBF

Where Historic Black Hawk Fought, a reference to Chief Black Hawk whose tribe occupied the land that is now Rock Island, Illinois, United States, and the namesake for the WHBF broadcasting stations in Rock Island

William Henry Richmond

Richmond is best remembered today as the namesake of Richmond Memorial Library in Marlborough, Connecticut.

Yunmen Wenyan

Yunmen's Japanese name, Ummon, was the namesake for a character which was featured prominently in Dan Simmons' acclaimed Hyperion Cantos science fiction series; Simmon's Ummon was a vastly advanced, intelligent AI from the "TechnoCore", who reveals key plot elements to the main characters, through koans and mondo (dialogue).