Islam Karimov, who is named after his grandfather (from whom he was latterly estranged owing to the family feud) said he believed she remained under house arrest in Tashkent, although he could not confirm it beyond doubt.
Ajax of Amsterdam are named after Ajax the Ancient Greek warrior hero from the Iliad (and latterly also inspiration for a popular brand of domestic scouring powder).
The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, and latterly those which used Southampton Docks, a publicity masterstroke by the Southern Railway, which operated Southampton Docks during the period.
Instead, we would name a weekly satirical newspaper - originally founded in Madison, Wisconsin, latterly based in New York City.
Twenty years into a mighty if relatively unsung career – first as an act called Smog, latterly under his own name – Bill Callahan's oblique, deadpan, understated songs mark him out as one of the most penetrating crafters of the North American language since Leonard Cohen.
Two months ago, Angle, one of the marquee names in WWE and latterly TNA professional wrestling, admitted in an interview with BBC Sport that, despite being unlikely to make the team, he would make every effort to compete.
For most, the names of Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin and perhaps latterly Glass are the American composers that figure in the general consciousness, so the BBC National Orchestra of Wales's series, Americana, exploring the wide, open space that is 20th-century American classical music is welcome.
Of that still rarer kind, those who come first to mind in English might be Tynan and Shaw on the theatre, Johnson and Jarrell on poetry — and to those names must be added that of Robert Hughes, the Australian (and, latterly, American) art critic, who died this week.
Latterly, Jupitus finds the register – absurdly disproportionate rage – to make jealousy of 20-year-olds funny.
This summer alone three of the biggest names in world cricket have passed through the The Oval: Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting and latterly Hashim Amla.
