From Lady Gaga To Shah Rukh Khan, 15 Celebrities Who Have Weird Things Named After Them
Do you know, Shah Rukh Khan has a lunar crater named after him. This had happened on the superstar's 44th birthday. So the popularity of stars is not only limited to the entertainment sector, but it extends to plants, animal sector and even space.
Here is a list of celebrities who have weird things named after them!
#1 Lady Gaga?
A couple of days it was announced that a new species of treehopper, an ostentatious but little-known insect, has been named after Lady Gaga.?
Why? Because "they've got these crazy horns, they have this wacky fashion sense about them," Brendan Morris, an entomology graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who studied and named the new insect said.
#2 Bob Marley
A blood-sucking fish parasite crustacean was named after Bob Marley in 2012.
#3 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
A special variety of Tulip flowers in Netherlands were named after Aishwarya Rai to celebrate her beauty in 2005.?
#4 Shah Rukh Khan
International Geographic Society, a New York based organisation, named a lunar carter after Shah Rukh Khan on his 44th birthday. So, Bollywood has reached the moon already!
#5 Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has a trapdoor spider named after her. This was done to recognise her work in United Nations Commission for Refugees in 2008.?
#6 Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit has a star named after her. This was done by her fans. A group of 13 members of The Empress Fanpage presented her a certificate by Star Foundation that read, "A celestial body in the sky above has been named in honour of Madhuri Dixit-Nene and is officially located in the constellation Orion."
#7 Michael Jackson
When the scientists discovered a new species of prehistoric hermit crabs in 2009, one of them from the group of researchers heard of the news, a day later, that the King of pop had died. “Michael Jackson’s music will no doubt live a very long time and influence many people so I think the name is appropriate,” said co-author Adi?l Klompmaker, who is a Ph.D. candidate. It was named Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni.
?#8 Jennifer Lopez?
Jennifer Lopez also has a species of insects named after him. Litarachna lopezae, pecies of pontarachnid mite was named after the pop star by scientists because her “songs and videos kept the team in a continuous good mood when writing the manuscript” about their discovery.
#9 Amitabh Bachchan
An orchid flower in Singapore were named after Amitabh Bachchan in 2004 as a mark of respect and freindship between the two countries as IIFA Weekend that happened in Singapore.?
#10 Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake has a melon named after him. The sweet taste of the lemon was bizzarely compared to Justin Timberlake’s character. That's how it happened.
#11 Beyonce
Not a type of bee, but a type of horse fly found in Australia has been named after Beyonce. Why? Because the fly has a dense patch of golden hairs on its lower abdomen.?
#12 Leonardo DiCaprio
The environmental activists efforts were recognised by scientists in 2017. That's when a species of theridiid spider was named after him.?
#13 Kate Winslet
A type of carabid beetle called Agra katewinsletae was named after the Kate Winslet as a reminder that deforestation can bring about the extinction of many species, including the beetle found in Costa Rica.
#14 Tom Cruise
There is a law in Tom Cruise's name. It prohibits the sale of ultrasound equipment to people without the proper clinical licenses to operate the machinery. This happened after he bought ultrasound equipment during his ex-wife Katie Holmes' pregnancy.?
#15 Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd has shrimp species, called Synalpheus pinkfloydi, named after them. They were found in coast of Panama in 2017. The scientists who found it were fans of the band.
