Adams, John ('''Adams helped to draft the Declaration of Independence)
Armstrong, Neil Alden (American astronaut, test pilot, univerisity professor and US Naval Aviator; first person to set foot on the moon)
William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885). Born in New Jersey he was head of the New York Central railroad and by the time of his death was the richest man in the world. Martin Van Buren(1782-1862) In 1836 became the 8th President of the United States. At a time of economic difficulties he was very unpopular. Obama take note Malcolm X (1925-1965)
Born Malcolm Little he became a prominent member of the Black Muslims, and was murdered by them in 1965. He changed his name to X because Little was a white name and he couldn't think of a black one. Efrem Zimbalist (1918 - living) Film and TV actor Robert Allen Zimmerman (1941-living) Musician under assumed name of Bob Dylan
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Some did. Others took the names of prominent historical figures when they were freed (this is one reason there are a lot of black families with the last name "Washington", for example).
Quincy Jones
He uses a x in his last name, because when African Americans were shiped to America from Africa, their names were changed by their slave owners. Many African Americans used this last name x, because they knew that their last name was changed by slave owners and they wanted to show that they were no longer slaves or controlled by white people.
Different tribes do things differently, and many have more than just "one name" (technically you most likely have 3 (First, Middle, Last) or 4, depending on nick-names) and Native practices are much the same. For example, I currently have about 7 names.
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Charles Conrad
Taylor Truman Turner
Dakota Fanning Fitzgerald
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) is the first to come to mind.
Charles Darwin, Jeffrey Dalmer, Charles DeGaule, Dostoyevski...
Steve Yzerman is a NHL hockey player. Trisha Yearwood is a country music singer.
Some Haitian last names beginning with "S" include Saint-Louis, Sylvain, Simon, and Saint-Fleur.
Famous people with Spanish last names are Enrique Iglesias, Fernando Torres, and Rafael Nadal. Other famous people with Spanish last names are Nathalia Ramos, Antonio Banderas, and Penelope Cruz.
Bradley Wiggins
Shel Silverstein is one poet with a last name beginning with S.
Last names beginning with "Mc" or "Mac" are of Irish origins.