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19th century German nobleman, travel blogger and expert on modern landscape Gardening Fürst Pückler has a type of ice cream named for him though (lemmy.world)
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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm here to ruin the joke: both the Russian and German word for "Emperor" are "named after" Caesar (Czar and Kaiser).

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And the salad after Caesar Cardini (Italian immigrant running a restaurant in Tijuana in 1924).

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Who was named after Gaius Julius Caesar in one way or another, though.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Technically Sextus, no?