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There was a little boy by the name Ulysses on the 1994 tv show Earth 2. As a kid, I also named my puppy George Ulysses, after the cartoon ("I will pet him and squeeze him and call him George") and the Roman name for Odysseus.
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Some people around Ulysses S. Grant used to joke with him and call him 'Useless.' He thought it was funny.
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British general and politician Ulysses de Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes (1788-1864). His second wife, by the way, was saddled by her parents with the clunky name Christopheria.
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Ulysses Moore is a series of adventure books written by the Italian author Pierdomenico Baccalario. The plot of the series centers on the fictional village of Kilmore Cove and its Doors of Time.
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A fictional character in the video game Fallout: New Vegas assumed this name. He intended it to be a homage to Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant.
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The British rock band Franz Ferdinand wrote a song called Ulysses. I love that song!
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Ulysses was the name of the chimpanzee on the comedy film Rocket Man.
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Ulysses is a famous poem by Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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Tales of Brave Ulysses is an excellent song by the band Cream. It was written about the mythological character Ulysses.
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Ulysses is the name of a chapter in Wind in the Willows.
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The original first name of Ulysses S. Grant was Hiram. Ulysses was his middle name.
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To add to that, Hiram Ulysses Grant, the American president, was in the military with a man named Ulysses Simpson Grant. There was a name switch-up, and it stuck!
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I'm afraid Akua Topaz's account is incorrect. According to Wikipedia (and its sources):
"Grant's father wrote to Representative Thomas L. Hamer requesting that he nominate Ulysses to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. When a spot opened in March 1839, Hamer nominated the 16-year-old Grant [19]. He mistakenly wrote down "Ulysses S. Grant", which became Grant's adopted name."
"Simpson" was Grant's mother's maiden name.
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"Grant's father wrote to Representative Thomas L. Hamer requesting that he nominate Ulysses to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. When a spot opened in March 1839, Hamer nominated the 16-year-old Grant [19]. He mistakenly wrote down "Ulysses S. Grant", which became Grant's adopted name."
"Simpson" was Grant's mother's maiden name.
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