We should call Galileo by his last name like we do everyone else
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Some people try to encourage people to call them by a single name still, to strengthen their brand. It usually doesn’t work (Opera, Dubya) but Bjork managed to get away with it. Interesting selection of people. not as interesting as Galilee though.
If only Stephen Hawking decided to call himself Steve. Steve Radiation would be a great way to start the shift towards a new naming convention in science at least.
….and Tycho, and possibly even Homer, if he was a person (rather than just a name that was used to attribute stories of many authors to.) Seems like folk will call you what you call yourself.
This article explains his name, but you are gonna have problems getting everyone else to start naming him by his last name.
“The governments of the various Italian city-states eventually grew frustrated by their citizens’ constantly shifting last names—without standardization, it was difficult to levy taxes or enforce military registration requirements. Beginning in Galileo’s lifetime, therefore, laws swept through Italy requiring parents to record both first and last names for their children. If a family had a traditional surname, they usually used that. If not, they resorted to town of origin or occupation, and then these names were passed down through the generations. “