People Who Became Words

Everybody wants to be important. Over time, some have have achieved this.

They did it by doing something or by being something. And there were some who not only went down in the history books, but words of our language were created by their name.

Here's a few of those people. Check out the List of People Who Became Words:

• Gen. John Taliaferro Thompson (1860-1940), U. S. soldier. (Tommy Gun)
• Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881), Union soldier. (Sideburns)
• Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), British army officer. (Shrapnel)
• John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), English diplomat. (Sandwich)
• Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914), American veterinarian. (Salmonella)
• Augustus Caesar (63 B.C. - A. D. 14). (August)
• Axel Paulsen (1856-1938), Norwegian figure skater. (Axel)
• Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), founder of London police force. (Bobby)
• Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-99), German chemist. (Bunsen Burner)
• Gaius Julius Caesar, who according to legend was born in this manner. (Caesarean Section)
• Ludwig Dobermann, 19th century German dog breeder. (Doberman Pinscher)
• Commodore E. C. Benedict (1834-1920), American yachtsman and banker. (Eggs Benedict)
• George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-96), American engineer. (Ferris Wheel)
• Robert J. L. Guppy (1836-1916), British scientist from Trinidad. (Guppy)
• Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), British terrorist. (Guy)
• Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. (Marigold)
• Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian physician. (Mesmerize)
• Jean Nicot (c. 1530 - 1600), French ambassador to Portugal. (Nicotine)
• Oscar Pierce, American wheat and fruit grower and uncle of an Academy executive director. (Oscar)

Source: Radio Online