Stephen Colbert, of the Colbert Report, easily won the right to have the forthcoming addition to the Space Station named after himself. It wasn't even close: 230,539 write-in votes for Colbert vs. 40,000 for NASA's top suggestion Serenity.
Ignoring both the top vote-getter and its own recommendation, NASA chose Tranquility.
In 2006, Colbert won the public vote to name a bridge in Budapest, Hungary. They got him on a technicality, however, since the rules required the bridge designee to be deceased.
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