While talking with my husband the other night (we recently took up that hobby after our kids were older), he asked me this:  Had I ever thought about how many influential people have easy last names to pronounce?  (Unlike my name, Janke, which is rarely pronounced correctly).  Hudson Taylor, George Washington,  Bill Gates, are just a few.  Go on… you try it.  It can be rather fun, and you can do it while you’re sitting in rush-hour or washing dishes.  Let me hear your list.  (And, yes, I know that there are probably one or two names that do not fit this category.)