n. 25B6; noun . See list.
Eponyms
eponym person
America Amerigo Vespucci (Italian explorer)
Baedeker Karl Baedeker (German publisher)
Bailey bridge Donald Bailey (English engineer)
biro (trademark) László Bíró (Hungarian inventor)
bloomers Amelia Bloomer (American reformer)
bobby Robert Peel (British statesman)
bowdlerization Dr Thomas Bowdler (English editor of Shakespeare)
boycott Capt. Charles Boycott (Irish land agent)
boysenberry Robert Boysen (American horticulturist)
Braille Louis Braille (French educationalist)
Bunsen burner Robert Bunsen (German chemist)
Caesarean section Julius Caesar (Roman general and statesman)
cardigan James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (English soldier)
chauvinism Nicolas Chauvin (French soldier)
clerihew Edmund Clerihew Bentley (English writer)
Colt (trademark) Samuel Colt (American inventor)
Cyrillic script St Cyril (Greek missionary)
daguerreotype Louis Daguerre (French physicist and painter)
Derby (horse race) Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (its founder)
derringer Henry Deringer (American gunsmith)
diesel Rudolf Diesel (French-born German engineer)
dolomite Dieudonné Dolomieu (French geologist)
Dow Jones index Charles Dow and Edward Jones (American economists)
dunce John Duns Scotus (Scottish theologian)
epicure Epicurus (Greek philosopher)
Everest, Mount George Everest (British surveyor general of India)
filbert St Philibert (French saint)
Fosbury flop Richard Fosbury (American high jumper)
galvanization Luigi Galvani (Italian anatomist)
garibaldi biscuit Giuseppe Garibaldi (Italian leader)
Gatling gun Richard Gatling (American inventor)
Geiger counter Hans Geiger (German nuclear physicist)
gerrymandering Elbridge Gerry (Governor of Massachusetts)
Granny Smith (apple) Maria Smith (Australian grower)
greengage William Gage (English botanist)
guillotine Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French physician)
guppy R. J. Lechmere Guppy (Trinidadian clergyman)
guy Guy Fawkes (English conspirator)
guyot Arnold H. Guyot (Swiss geographer)
hansom cab Joseph A. Hansom (English architect)
Hobson's choice Thomas Hobson (English carrier)
Hoover (trademark) William Hoover (American industrialist)
jacuzzi (trademark) Candido Jacuzzi (Italian-born American inventor)
Kalashnikov Mikhail Kalashnikov (Russian weapon designer)
leotard Jules Léotard (French trapeze artist)
loganberry John H. Logan (American horticulturist)
lynch William Lynch (American planter)
macadam John L. McAdam (British surveyor)
macadamia John Macadam (Australian chemist)
Mach number Ernst Mach (Austrian physicist)
mackintosh Charles Macintosh (Scottish inventor)
magnolia Pierre Magnol (French botanist)
martinet Jean Martinet (French drill master)
masochism Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (Austrian novelist)
MasonDixon Line Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (English astronomers)
Mauser (trademark) Paul von Mauser (German inventor)
mausoleum Mausolus (King of Caria)
maverick Samuel Maverick (Texan rancher)
Melba sauce and Melba toast Nellie Melba (Australian opera singer)
mesmerism Franz Mesmer (Austrian physician)
Molotov cocktail Vyacheslav Molotov (Soviet statesman)
Morse code Samuel Morse (American inventor)
nicotine Jean Nicot (French diplomat)
Nissen hut Peter N. Nissen (British engineer)
orrery Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (patron of its inventor)
pasteurization Louis Pasteur (French bacteriologist)
pavlova Anna Pavlova (Russian ballerina)
peach Melba Nellie Melba (Australian opera singer)
pinchbeck Christopher Pinchbeck (English watchmaker)
platonic Plato (Greek philosopher)
Plimsoll line Samuel Plimsoll (English politician)
pompadour Madame de Pompadour (French noblewoman)
praline Marshal de Plessis-Praslin (French soldier)
Pullman George Pullman (its American designer)
pyrrhic victory Pyrrhus (King of Epirus)
Queensberry rules John Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry (their sponsor)
quisling Vidkun Quisling (Norwegian puppet ruler)
Rachmanism Peter Rachman (London landlord)
Rastafarianism Emperor Haile Selassie (born Tafari Makonnen)
Rubik's cube Erno Rubik (Hungarian inventor)
sadism Marquis de Sade (French writer and soldier)
sandwich John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich (its supposed inventor)
saxhorn and saxophone Charles and Antoine-Joseph Sax (Belgian instrument-makers)
shrapnel Henry Shrapnel (British general)
sideburns Ambrose Burnside (American general)
silhouette Étienne de Silhouette (French author and politician
sousaphone John Philip Sousa (American composer)
spoonerism Revd W. A. Spooner (English scholar)
Stakhanovite Alexei Stakhanov (Russian coal miner)
stetson John B. Stetson (American hat manufacturer)
stroganoff Count Pavel Stroganov (Russian diplomat)
tarmac (tarmacadam) John L. McAdam (British surveyor)
teddy bear Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (American president and bear-hunter)
thespian Thespis (Greek dramatic poet)
tommy gun John Thompson (American general)
wellington boot Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British soldier)
Winchester rifle Oliver Winchester (American weapons manufacturer)
Yale lock Linus Yale, Jr (American locksmith)
Zeppelin Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German army officer)