a long list i suspect, 
stuart, many you know better than me, but one John McDouall Stuart, scot. geometer who measured australia.
gordon, countless, richard gordon us-astronaut, william e. gordon us physician & astronom.
patrick, very common, one Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick, but he's to young (*64).
charles, Jacques Alexandre César Charles, first manned hydrogen balloon flight.
morgan, Augustus De Morgan, mathematician (a crater on moon is named after him also). Barbara Radding Morgan us astronaut.
lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, us physicist, cyclotron (lawrencium, also a crater on moon).
lee, stan lee, marvel comics (why not?), various american generals.
lloyd, Sir Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, historian & anthropologist.
brett, jacob & john watkins brett, telecom. pioneers, first telegr. cable through the channel.
graham, Andrew Graham, irish astronomer, Thomas Graham, scots chemist
grant, Robert Edmond Grant, scots physician, biologist,
eckhard, this is hard, maybe Eckhard John, founder of ger. mysticism
werner, Johannes Werner, lat. Vernerus, ger. priest, Astrologer, opponent to copernicus.
chester, no remarkable surnames, Chester Floyd Carlson, physicist, inventor, xerography.
smith, sweat! Benjamin Leigh Smith, brit. arctic explorer. Edward Elmer "Skylark" Smith, food engineer, early science fiction author, father of Space Opera.
i think you will find for every name used a compendium in real world even if you select only scientists and sci-fi authors. i will keep the list up next time i'm in the mood. addings welcome just post a pm and i add it to the list, or replie as common.
stuart, many you know better than me, but one John McDouall Stuart, scot. geometer who measured australia.
gordon, countless, richard gordon us-astronaut, william e. gordon us physician & astronom.
patrick, very common, one Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick, but he's to young (*64).
charles, Jacques Alexandre César Charles, first manned hydrogen balloon flight.
morgan, Augustus De Morgan, mathematician (a crater on moon is named after him also). Barbara Radding Morgan us astronaut.
lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, us physicist, cyclotron (lawrencium, also a crater on moon).
lee, stan lee, marvel comics (why not?), various american generals.
lloyd, Sir Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, historian & anthropologist.
brett, jacob & john watkins brett, telecom. pioneers, first telegr. cable through the channel.
graham, Andrew Graham, irish astronomer, Thomas Graham, scots chemist
grant, Robert Edmond Grant, scots physician, biologist,
eckhard, this is hard, maybe Eckhard John, founder of ger. mysticism
werner, Johannes Werner, lat. Vernerus, ger. priest, Astrologer, opponent to copernicus.
chester, no remarkable surnames, Chester Floyd Carlson, physicist, inventor, xerography.
smith, sweat! Benjamin Leigh Smith, brit. arctic explorer. Edward Elmer "Skylark" Smith, food engineer, early science fiction author, father of Space Opera.
i think you will find for every name used a compendium in real world even if you select only scientists and sci-fi authors. i will keep the list up next time i'm in the mood. addings welcome just post a pm and i add it to the list, or replie as common.
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