For a German native speaker I feel Galileo Galilei is a tongue breaker. I envy you Italians... The US English dictionary in Firefox knows about Galileo but doe

For a German native speaker I feel Galileo Galilei is a tongue breaker. I envy you Italians... The US English dictionary in Firefox knows about Galileo but doesn't recognize Galilei. When I switch to German it is the opposite: Galilei recognized but Gelileo unknown. This kind of supports your point.