Things Unexpectedly Named After People
I find this post and comments to be surprisingly delightful. I'll aggregate the scattered gems in the comments here:<p>- Sideburns : Named after the American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside.<p>- Heaviside function (a mathematical step function) : named after Oliver Heaviside<p>- The Children's python (animal) : Named after John George Children.<p>- Snowflake, AZ : Named after Erastus Snow and William Jordon Flake.<p>- Lake Mountain, Victoria : No lake. Named after George Lake, who was the Surveyor-General of the area including the mountain.<p>[*] Search for the relevant comment for more info and references.