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Despite his father’s libertarian views and strong support for individual rights, the novelist Ayn Rand was not the inspiration for his first name. Growing up, he went by “Randy”, but his wife shortened it to “Rand”.
Bartolomeo Cristofori (Wikipedia) Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: ; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano.