10 Famous People Named after Famous People

1. Martin Luther King, civl rights leader named for the Reformer
2. John Calvin Coolidge, American president named forthe Reformer
3. George Washington Carver, agricultural scientisit and inventor named for the first American president
4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball playe named for the American president
5. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, musician named for the American president
6. William Bramwell Booth, founder of the Savation Army named for a Methodist leader
7. John Wesley Hardin, wildwest outaw named for a Methodist leader
8. James Dean Bradfield, rock musician named for the actor
9. John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincolnn named for the readical English politician (a distant relative)
10. Cassius Marcellus Clay, birth name of boxer Muhammed Ali named for the American planter, politician, abolitionist and ambassador