Formerly a Green Beret named Colonel Willis Corto, who took part in a secret operation named Screaming Fist.

Formerly self-styled as the " World's Greatest Newspaper " ( for which WGN radio and television are named ), it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is currently the eighth largest newspaper in the United States by circulation ( and became the second largest under Tribune's ownership after the Chicago Tribune's parent company purchased the Los Angeles Times ).

Formerly part of Cherokee County, the area was named for a distinguished Georgia statesman from Lincoln County, Mr. Thomas W. Murray, a former speaker of the Georgia House.

* Bernotas ( Formerly North Junior High, now named after a longtime principal ) was built as North Junior High in 1969 and In 2003, the board of education approved a name change to Richard F. Bernotas Middle School-North Middle Campus.

Formerly named Cresson for a borough in Pennsylvania, it was renamed later for two Union Pacific Railroad workers named Palmer and Coe.

Formerly named The Crossroads, Kentucky Route 44 and US Route 31E intersect in the heart of the city.

Formerly named " River Aux Echorches ", which means " The River of the Barks " in English, the area that would become Ecorse was originally used as a burial ground for the Native American tribes of the area, and later settled by the French in the last two decades of the 18th century.

Formerly known as Half Way Hollow Hills, West Deer Park ( 1875 ), and Wyandance ( 1893 ), the area of scrub oak and pine barrens south of the southern slope of Half Hollow terminal moraine was named Wyandanch in 1903 by the Long Island Rail Road ( LIRR ) to honor Chief Wyandanch and end confusion between travelers getting off at the West Deer Park and Deer Park railroad stations.

Formerly an Indian town named Chattoka, New Bern was settled in 1710 as a Swiss immigrant settlement.

Formerly known as Tippecanoe, and then Tippecanoe City, this town was renamed to Tipp City in 1938 because another town in Ohio was likewise named Tippecanoe.

Formerly the borough of Aliquippa, it was formally named a city in 1987 by the Aliquippa Borough Council.

Formerly called Sheltonville, the city was named after David Shelton, a delegate to the territorial legislature.

Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast of the centre of Liverpool, the airport is named after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon, lead singer / songwriter of The Beatles.

Formerly, the lines were named based upon their terminal stations, namely: Airport, Doraville, North Springs, H. E. Holmes, Bankhead, King Memorial, Candler Park, Indian Creek ; or by their compass direction.

Formerly also called Iroquois River, its French name comes from Fort Richelieu, which in turn was named in memory of Cardinal Richelieu ( 1585 – 1642 ).

Formerly named École Nationale Supérieure d ’ Arts et Métiers ( ENSAM ), it was a founding member of ParisTech, héSam and France AEROTECH.

Formerly the Chao Ponhea Yat High School, named after a Royal ancestor of King Norodom Sihanouk, the five buildings of the complex were converted in August 1975, four months after the Khmer Rouge won the civil war, into a prison and interrogation center.

Formerly named the " Geneva ", the two complexes were renamed " Close to You " and " Only Just Begun " in honor of the duo's first smash hits.

Formerly considered monotypic, the Western Ghats population have been named as B. m. roonwali.

Formerly known as Railway Siding 39, McBride was established in 1913, and was named in honour of the then serving premier, Richard McBride ( 1903 – 15 ).

Formerly known as Building “ E ”, this residence hall opened in 1970 and is named for former student James Robert Igoe who tragically drowned in Lake Erie.

Formerly known as " Mississippi Landing ," it is named after Paul Jacobson, who started the local post office and mail route in 1901.

* Duff, Michael J. M-Theory ( the Theory Formerly Known as Strings ), International Journal of Modern Physics A, 11 ( 1996 ) 5623 – 5642, online at Cornell University's arXiv ePrint server.

Formerly titled the W. C. Handy Awards, the International Blues Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation ( headquartered in Memphis ) for Blues music achievement, with weeklong competitions and an awards banquet including a night of performance and celebration.

Formerly the School of Engineering, it has three floors, and hosts the International Book Expo (" Feria Internacional del Libro " or " FIL ") and the International Day of Computing Security Congress (" DISC ").

* International Society of Caricature Artists ( ISCA ) Official site of the International Society of Caricature Artists – a non-profit association devoted to the art of caricature ( Formerly the National Caricaturist Network ( NCN ))

* Encompass World Partners ( Formerly Grace Brethren International Missions )

Formerly organized into the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights based in Vienna, which is now bankrupt due to internal financial fraud.

* Formerly UK member of the International Bar Association's Task Force on Terrorism

Formerly Warsaw-Okecie Airport () or Okecie International Airport, the airport bore the name of its Okęcie neighborhood throughout its history, until its renaming for Polish composer and former Warsaw resident Frédéric Chopin in 2001.

Talladega Superspeedway ( Formerly Alabama International Motor Speedway ) is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, United States.

Formerly held in different locations each year, today it is always celebrated in the Centro Internacional de Cultura e Eventos ( International Center of Culture and Events ).

Formerly Medellin International Airport before the construction of the José María Córdova International Airport, located in the municipality of Rionegro, Antioquia, 29 km east of the city of Medellin.

Formerly, much of American Public Media's programming content was distributed by Public Radio International, which itself was named " American Public Radio ", or APR, until July 1, 1994.

Formerly, Ferguson was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, serving as President during 2008-2009, an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association, a Trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the National Bureau of Economic Research and the New America Foundation.

Formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport, it is the main hub of Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline which has service to destinations in Ethiopia and throughout the African continent, as well as nonstop service to Asia, Europe, and North America.

Formerly Maroofi has been working as Executive Director for Asia ( from 1997 to 2001 ) and Special Envoy in the International Organization for Migration ( OIM ) based in Geneva, Switzerland.

* The Beachline ( Formerly Bee Line Expressway ; SR 528 ), which meets I-4 near SeaWorld and connects to the Orlando International Airport, Space Coast, Cape Canaveral, and the John F. Kennedy Space Center

Formerly known as Atlasjet International Airlines, it was set up as a subsidiary of Öger Holdings.

Formerly, President and COO of Coca-Cola International and Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company

* Michael S. Linnington-Major General, United States Army: Commander, Military District of Washington, Formerly Chief, C / J-5, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan ; 71st Commandant of Cadets, United States Military Academy at West Point

Formerly named Liberty International plc, it changed its name to that of its major subsidiary in May 2010 after demerging its Capital & Counties business unit as a stand-alone company.