IIRC, Knuth made it famous (because TAOCP). Often with the naming of these things there is a misalignment with who discovered/published it first and who popular

IIRC, Knuth made it famous (because TAOCP). Often with the naming of these things there is a misalignment with who discovered/published it first and who popularized it first. (I personally think naming the algorithm after both is a good compromise)