Some exceptions I can think of: Jesus, Michelangelo, Rafael, Napoleon, Björk (lol)
Why do we refer to Galileo by his first name? For most historical figures we use either their last name or first+last.
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At last, an answer:https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/08/why-we-don-t-use-galileo-s-last-name.html …
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Yeah same with Socrates. Hardly anyone refers to him as Socrates Fleischberg
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