An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name". An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ...

Here is a list of eponyms:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I–J - K - L–Z An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ...

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• Achilles, Greek mythological character — Achilles' tendon; Achilles' heel
• Adam, Biblical character — Adam's apple
• Alvin Adams (1804–1877) — Adams Express
• Len Adleman — the third letter of the name RSA, an asymmetric algorithm for public key cryptography, is taken from Adleman
• Agrippina the Younger — Cologne, Germany (formerly Colonia Agrippina)
• Alfred V. Aho — the first letter of the name awk, a computer pattern/action language, is taken from Aho
• Matthew Algie — tea and coffee merchant company
• Alice Liddell — Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland syndrome
• Alice Roosevelt - Alice blue, said to be the color of her eyes
• Alois Alzheimer — Alzheimer's disease
• Albert, Prince Consort — Prince Albert piercing, a common form of male genital piercing
• Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss — A&M Records
• André-Marie Ampère — ampere — unit of electric current, Ampère's law
• Roald Amundsen — Amundsen Sea; Amundsen crater, a crater on the Moon; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
• José de Anchieta — Anchieta Island, Anchieta Highway, in Brazil
• Anders Jonas Ångström — angstrom, unit of distance
• Virginia Apgar — the Apgar score, used to determine the general health of neonates
• Saint Thomas Aquinas — many educational institutions
• Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, nicknamed Pichichi — The Pichichi Trophy
• Archimedes — Archimedes' screw, Archimedes' principle
• William George Armstrong — Armstrong breech-loading gun
• Benedict Arnold — traitor
• Hans Asperger — Asperger's syndrome
• Robert Atkins (nutritionist) — Atkins Diet
• Atlas, a Titan who carried the sky on his shoulders — atlas
• Aurélio Buarque de Holanda — Aurélio's Brazilian Portuguese Dictionary.
• Augustus Caesar — the month of August; the city of Zaragoza (originally Caesaraugustus); the city of Caesarea in Israel; numerous other cities once named Caesarea, the Caesarian section, because he was supposedly born in this manner
• R. Stanton Avery — Avery Dennison Corporation
• Amedeo Avogadro — Avogadro's number, Avogadro's Law

The Wrath of Achilles, by François-Léon Benouville (1821–1859) (Musée Fabre) In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus) (Ancient Greek: ) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest warrior of Homers Iliad, which takes for its theme, not the War... Posterior view of the foot and leg, showing the Achilles tendon (tendo calcaneus). ... An Achilles’ heel is a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength, actually or potentially leading to downfall. ... Michelangelos The Creation of Adam, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. ... For other uses, see Adams apple (disambiguation). ... Alvin Adams (June 16, 1804 – September 2, 1877) was the founder of Adams and Company, a forerunner to Adams Express, one of the first companies to act as a carrier for express shipments by rail in the United States. ... Leonard Adleman Leonard Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is a theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California. ... This article is about an algorithm for public-key encryption. ... Julia Vipsania Agrippina Minor or Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor (Latin for the ‘younger’, Classical Latin: IVLIA•AGRIPPINA; from the year 50, called IVLIA•AVGVSTA•AGRIPPINA[1], Greek: η Ιουλία Αγκιππίνη, November 6, 15 - between 19-23 March, 59), sometimes called Agrippinilla (to distinguish her from her mother) was an Empress. ... , For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... Dr. Alfred V. Aho is a computer scientist. ... AWK is a general purpose computer language that is designed for processing text based data, either in files or data streams. ... Matthew Algie was born in Greenock, a port on the River Clyde, in 1810. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... A cup of coffee. ... Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4, 1852 – November 15, 1934) was the inspiration for childrens classic Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ... “Alice in Wonderland” redirects here. ... Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), or micropsia, is a disorienting neurological condition which affects human visual perception. ... Alice Lee Roosevelt may be: Alice Hathaway Roosevelt nee Lee (1861-1884), the first wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. ... Aloysius Alois Alzheimer (14 June 1864, Marktbreit, Bavaria - 19 December 1915, Breslau, now WrocÅ‚aw, Poland) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Augustus Charles Albert Emanuel, later HRH The Prince Consort) (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Herbert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass or just TJB for short - a now-defunct brass band of which he was the... Jerry Moss founded A&M Records with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert. ... A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... André-Marie Ampère (January 20, 1775 – June 10, 1836), was a French physicist who is generally credited as one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism. ... Current can be measured by a galvanometer, via the deflection of a magnetic needle in the magnetic field created by the current. ... An electric current produces a magnetic field. ... Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 – c. ... The Amundsen Sea, named for Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. ... Amundsen is a large lunar impact crater located near the south pole of the Moon. ... The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is a U.S. research station at the South Pole, in Antarctica. ... José de Anchieta (1534-1597) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil, South America, in the second half of the 16th century. ... Anders Jonas Ã…ngström Anders Jonas Ã…ngström (August 13, 1814 – June 21, 1874) was a physicist in Sweden, one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy. ... An angstrom, angström, or Ã¥ngström (symbol Ã…) is a unit of length. ... Virginia Apgar, M.D. (June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974) was an American physician who specialised in anesthesia and pediatrics and who introduced the first test, called the Apgar score, to assess the health of newborn babies. ... The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after childbirth. ... Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P.(also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. ... Institutions of learning named after Thomas Aquinas include the following: Categories: | ... Rafael Moreno Casarrubios (August 8, 1892 – March 1, 1922), known by the nickname Pichichi, was a Spanish footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao and Spain during the 1910s and 1920s. ... In Spanish football, the Pichichi is the trophy awarded to the top scorer for each season. ... Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: c. ... Archimedes screw Archimedes screw, Archimedean screw, or screwpump, is a machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. ... In physics, buoyancy is the upward force on an object produced by the surrounding fluid (i. ... William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (November 26, 1810 - December 27, 1900) was an English industrialist, the effective founder of the Armstrong-Siddeley manufacturing empire. ... Benedict Arnold V (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a successful Connecticut merchant who fought for American independence from the British Empire as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. ... Hans Asperger, who discovered Asperger syndrome, described his patients as little professors. Hans Asperger (b. ... Asperger described his patients as little professors. Aspergers syndrome (AS, or the more common shorthand Aspergers), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high functioning autism. ... Dr. Atkins Robert Coleman Atkins, MD (October 17, 1930 – April 17, 2003) was an American doctor and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Nutritional Approach (or Atkins Diet), a popular but controversial way of dieting that entails eating low-carbohydrate and high-protein foods, in addition to leaf vegetables and... book The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is a popular but controversial high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. ... In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Atlas An atlas is a collection of maps or manifolds, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats. ... The Dicionário Aurélio is a comprehensive dictionary of the portuguese language published in Brazil. ... Augustus Caesar Caesar Augustus (Latin: IMP·CAESAR·DIVI·F·AVGVSTVS)¹ (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), known earlier in his life as Gaius Octavius or Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, was the first Roman Emperor and is traditionally considered the greatest. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Zaragoza (Spanish) Spanish name Zaragoza Founded 24 Postal code 50001 - 50018 Website http://www. ... Caesarea Palaestina, also called Caesarea Maritima, a town built by Herod the Great about 25 - 13 BC, lies on the sea-coast of Israel about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, on the site of a place previously called Pyrgos Stratonos (Strato or Stratons Tower, in Latin Turris Stratonis). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Portrait of Amedeo Avogadro Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (August 9, 1776–July 9, 1856) was an Italian chemist, most noted for his contributions to the theory of molarity and molecular weight. ... Avogadros number, also called Avogadros constant (NA), named after Amedeo Avogadro, is formally defined to be the number of carbon-12 atoms in 12 grams (0. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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• Isaac Babbitt — Babbitt metal.
• Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski, French neurologist — Babinski reflex or Babinski sign, common name for Plantar reflex
• Karl Baedeker — Baedeker's
• Leo Baekeland — Bakelite
• Balthazar traditional name for one of the Three Wise Men — 12 litre wine bottle (see Wine bottle nomenclature)
• Barbara, daughter of Ruth Handler, creator of Barbie — Barbie doll
• Joseph Barbera and William Hanna — Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Yvonne Barr and Sir Anthony Epstein — Epstein-Barr virus
• Jean Alexandre Barré — Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Caspar Bartholin the Younger — Bartholin's gland
• Basarab I — Bessarabia
• Karl Adolph von Basedow — Graves-Basedow disease
• Tomas Bata — founder of Bata Shoes; Bata Shoe Museum, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Batawa, Ontario; Batanagar, India
• Francis Beaufort — Beaufort scale.
• Heinrich Beck — Beck's beer, Beck's Futures art prize
• Louis de Béchamel, a courtier to King Louis XIV — Béchamel sauce
• Henri Becquerel — becquerel, unit of radioactivity
• Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist — Behçet's disease
• Adrian Bejan — Bejan number
• Alexander Graham Bell — bel — unit of relative power level; Bell Labs, BellSouth, Bellcore, Regional Bell operating company — companies. Also gave birth to a slang term i.e. give James a bell, call James on the telephone.
• Edvard Beneš - Beneš decrees
• Carl Benz — Benz & Cie. (later Daimler-Benz)
• Hiram Berdan — Berdan Sharps Rifle
• David Berkowitz also known as "Son of Sam" — Son of Sam law
• Juan de Bermudez — Bermuda
• Daniel Bernoulli — Bernoulli's principle
• Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Bernstein polynomial
• Yogi Berra, baseball player — Yogi Bear, a bear in animated cartoons
• Henry Bessemer — Bessemer converter
• Pierre Bézier, French engineer and creator of the Bézier curve
• Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire) — Bedfordshire
• Laszlo Biro — Biro, (ballpoint pen)
• Otto von Bismarck, first German Chancellor — Bismarck Archipelago and Bismarck Sea near New Guinea; German battleship Bismarck as well as two ships of the Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine); Bismarck, North Dakota
• Fischer Black and Myron Scholes — Black-Scholes model of options pricing
• Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894) — bloomers
• Boann the Irish Goddess — The river Boyne
• Johann Elert Bode and Johann Daniel Titius — Titius-Bode Law
• Niels Bohr — Bohr magneton, Bohr radius, bohrium, chemical element
• Lecoq de Boisbaudran — gallium, chemical element. Although named after Gallia (Latin for France), Lecoq de Boisbaudran, the discoverer of the metal, subtly attached an association with his name. Lecoq (rooster) in Latin is gallus.
• Simón Bolívar — Bolivia, Bolîvar department, Colombia, various cities and tows named Bolívar en Venezuela and Colombia, Venezuelan bolívar, Bolívar (cigar brand)
• Ludwig Boltzmann — Boltzmann constant, Stefan-Boltzmann constant, Stefan-Boltzmann law
• Karel Havlíček Borovský - Havlíčkův Brod
• B J T Bosanquet — bosie, the Australian term for the googly
• Satyendra Nath Bose — bosons, Bose-Einstein statistics, Bose-Einstein condensates
• Professor Amar Bose — Bose Speakers
• Dr. Elbert Dysart Botts, CalTrans engineer - Bott's Dots, a street and highway lane separator
• Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator - the bougainvillea plant, which he discovered
• Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832–1897) — boycott
• Robert Boyle — Boyle's Law
• Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), published an edition of Shakespeare without words or expressions unsuitable to family reading, hence bowdlerize
• Jim Bowie — Bowie knife
• Bowman's Capsule, named for Sir William Bowman, a British anatomist
• Brahmagupta — Brahmagupta's formula, Brahmagupta's identity, Brahmagupta's trapezium, Brahmagupta's problem, Brahmagupta's polynomial
• Louis Braille (1809–1852) — the braille writing system for the blind
• Robert Brown — Brownian motion
• John Browning — Browning firearms, including the Browning Automatic Rifle
• Prince Brychan — Brecknockshire
• Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire) — Buckinghamshire
• Professor Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899) — Bunsen burner
• General Ambrose Burnside — sideburns

Isaac Babbitt (born July 26 1799 in Taunton, Massachusetts - died May 26, 1862 in Somerville, Massachusetts) was the inventor of a low-friction tin-based metal alloy, Babbitt metal, that is used extensively in engine bearings today. ... babbitt metal plain bearing shells Babbitt metal, also called white metal, is an alloy used to provide the bearing surface in a plain bearing. ... ... In medicine (neurology), the Babinski reflex or Babinski sign is a reflex that can identify disease of the spinal cord and brain. ... Karl Baedeker Karl Baedeker (not Baedecker) (3 November 1801 – 4 October 1859) was a publisher whose company set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. ... Logo of the Baedeker company Verlag Karl Baedeker is a Germany-based publisher and pioneer in the business of worldwide travel guides. ... Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944) Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Ghent, November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian-American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic. ... Bakelite is a material based on the thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride developed in 1907–1909 by Dr. Leo Baekeland. ... Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar), is a traditional name for one of the anonymous Three Wise Men in the Gospel of Matthew. ... The Three Wise Men are given the names Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar in this late 6th century mosaic from the Basilica of St Apollinarius in Ravenna, Italy. ... It has been suggested that Salmanazar be merged into this article or section. ... Ruth Handler (November 4, 1916 - April 27, 2002) was an American businesswoman, the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc. ... Barbie is the worlds best selling doll and was first sold on March 9, 1959. ... Joseph Roland Joe Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and co-founder, together with William Hanna, of Hanna-Barbera. ... William Denby Bill Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Yvonne Barr (born 1932 London) is a British virologist. ... Sir Michael Anthony Epstein CBE, FRS (born 18 May 1921) was one of the discoverers of the Epstein-Barr virus. ... The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), also called Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is a virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus), and is one of the most common viruses in humans. ... Jean Alexandre Barré (May 25, 1880 – April 26, 1967), French neurologist, worked in 1916 on the identification of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. ... Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) or acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is an acute, autoimmune disease that affects the peripheral nervous system and is usually triggered by an acute infectious process. ... Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655-1738), grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder, was a Danish anatomist who first described the Bartholins gland in the 17th century. ... The Bartholins glands (also called Bartholin glands or greater vestibular glands) are two glands located slightly below and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina in women. ... Posada Battle Basarab I was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia, known as ÃŽntemeietorul (The Founder) (c. ... 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian, Besarabya in Turkish) is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the East and the Prut River on the West. ... Karl Adolph von Basedow (March 28, 1799 – April 11, 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease. ... Graves-Basedow disease or known simply as Graves disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including goitre and hyperthyroidism (over-activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Logo Bata Shoes (in Czech BaÅ¥a, also BaÅ¥ovy závody) is a large, family owned shoe company. ... The Bata Shoe Museum The Bata Shoe Museum, in Toronto, Canada, is a place dedicated to the history of footwear. ... Tomas Bata University in Zlín (Czech Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve ZlínÄ›) is a young, fast developing university, which has managed to achieve - during the short period of its existence - a significant position in the region, the town of Zlín, and the whole Czech Republic. ... Batawa is a town founded by Thomas J. Bata in the 1930s, and location of the Bata Shoe Companys Old Shoe factory. ... Batanagar, in the south-western outskirts of Calcutta-the major city of West Bengal,India,is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. ... Sir Francis Beaufort (May 7, 1774 - December 17, 1857) was a British naval officer and hydrographer and was born in Ireland. ... The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure for describing wind intensity based mainly on observed sea conditions. ... Becks is a brand of the brewery Brauerei Beck & Co KG in the north German city of Bremen. ... Becks Futures is a British art prize sponsored by Becks beer given to contemporary artists. ... Louis de Béchameil, marquis de Nointel (1630 – 1703) was a French financier. ... For other uses, see Monarch (disambiguation). ... “Sun King” redirects here. ... Béchamel Sauce (pronounced ), also known as white sauce, is a basic sauce that is used as the base for other sauces, such as Mornay sauce, which is Béchamel and cheese. ... Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. ... The becquerel (symbol Bq) is the SI derived unit of radioactivity, defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. ... doug hendry is great ... Behçets disease, is a chronic condition due to disturbances in the body’s immune system. ... Adrian Bejan (born September 24, 1948), Ph. ... There are two Bejan numbers (Be) in use, named after Duke University professor Adrian Bejan in two scientific domains: thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. ... Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was a Scottish scientist, inventor and innovator. ... Bel can mean: A unit of measurement for proportions and ratios; see Decibel and dB(A) The title of a Semitic god; see Bel (god) A Celtic deity; see Belenus Hindi name of the Bengal Quince tree or its fruit. ... Bell Laboratories (also known as Bell Labs and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories) was the main research and development arm of the United States Bell System. ... BellSouth Corporation was an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Telcordia Technologies, formerly Bellcore, is an American telecommunications company created in 1984 after the breakup of AT&T. It was split from the original Bell Labs as part of the negotiated consent decree with the US government, and served Research & Development and standards setting functions for the resulting seven Baby... Map of the original and current companies. ... Edvard BeneÅ¡ Edvard BeneÅ¡ with wife 1921, autochrome portrait by Josef JindÅ™ich Å echtl Edvard BeneÅ¡ (May 28, 1884 - September 3, 1948) was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement and the second President of Czechoslovakia. ... The BeneÅ¡ decrees (Czech: ; German: ; Slovak: ; Hungarian: ) refers to a series of laws enacted by the Czechoslovak government of exile during World War II in absence of Czechoslovak parliament (see details in Czechoslovakia: World War II (1939 - 1945)). Today, the term is most frequently used for the part of them... Carl Benz Carl Friedrich Benz[1] (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. ... Karl Benz Replica of the Benz Patent Motorwagen built in 1885 Karl Friedrich Benz (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile. ... Daimler-Benz AG was founded on May 1, 1924 by the merger of Benz & Cie. ... Hiram Berdan Hiram Berdan (1823-1893) is an American engineer and military man, creator of United States Sharpshooters and inventor of Berdan rifle, Berdan Sharps rifle and numerous other weapons. ... Berdan Sharps rifle Country Union Type Rifle Inventor Hiram Berdan Date of design 1859 Service duration 1859-1862 Cartridge caliber . ... David Richard Berkowitz (Born: June 1, 1953), better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is an American serial killer who killed six people and wounded several others in New York City in the late 1970s. ... A Son of Sam law is a law designed to keep criminals from profiting from their crimes by selling their stories to publishers. ... Spanish Explorer ... Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Bernoulli (February 8, 1700 – March 17, 1782) was a Dutch-born mathematician who spent much of his life in Basel, Switzerland where he died. ... -1... Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (Russian: Сергей Натанович Бернштейн, sometimes Romanized as Bernshtein) (March 5, 1880 - October 26, 1968) was a Ukrainian mathematician who was born in Odessa, Imperial Russia and died in Moscow, USSR. His doctoral dissertation, submitted in 1904 to the Sorbonne, solved Hilberts nineteenth problem on the analytic solution of elliptic... In the mathematical subfield of numerical analysis, a Bernstein polynomial, named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, is a polynomial in the Bernstein form, that is a linear combination of Bernstein basis polynomials. ... Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra (born May 12, 1925 in St. ... Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional anthropomorphic bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) Sir Henry Bessemer (January 19, 1813 – March 15, 1898), English engineer and inventor, was born at Charlton near Hitchin in Hertfordshire. ... Bessemer Converter, Schematic Diagram The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. ... Pierre Étienne Bézier (September 1, 1910 – November 25, 1999) (pronounced beh zee eh) was a French engineer and creator of the Bézier curves and Bézier surfaces that are now used in most computer-aided design and computer graphics systems. ... Cubic Bézier curve In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, a Bézier curve is a parametric curve important in computer graphics. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. ... Ladislao Laszlo Josef Biro (A FAMOUS BASEBALL PLAYER FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDNALS!!!) (Bíró László József, September 29, 1899 - November 24, 1985) is considered the inventor of the modern ballpoint pen. ... A ballpoint pen A ballpoint pen is a writing instrument, more specifically a pen, similar to a pencil in size and shape. ... Ballpoint pen, disassembled (top) and complete (bottom) A ballpoint pen (also eponymously known in British English as a biro and pronounced bye-row in Britain but sometimes bee-row elsewhere), is a modern writing instrument. ... “Bismarck” redirects here. ... The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean, named in honour of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and belonging to Papua New Guinea. ... The Bismarck Sea lies to the north of the island of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. ... The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. ... The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. ... Location of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North Dakota Coordinates: , Country State County Burleigh County Founded 1872 Government  - Mayor John Warford Area  - City  27. ... Fischer Black (1938 - August 30, 1995) was an American economist, best known as one of the authors of the famous Black-Scholes equation. ... Myron S. Scholes (born July 1, 1941) is one of the authors of the famous Black-Scholes equation. ... The Black-Scholes model, often simply called Black-Scholes, is a model of the varying price over time of financial instruments, and in particular stocks. ... Amelia Jenks Bloomer (May 27, 1818—December 30, 1894) was an American womens rights and temperance advocate. ... 1850s fashion bloomers 1851 caricature of fashion bloomers as being similar to Turkish attire An example of late 19th-century / Edwardian athletic bloomers: the Smith College class of 1902 basketball team 1890s caricature of athletic bloomers as leading women to adopt masculine habits Bloomers is a word which has been... In Irish mythology, Boann or Boand (white cow) was the goddess of the River Boyne. ... The Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, which course is about 70 mi (112 km) long. ... Johann Elert Bode Johann Elert Bode (January 19, 1747 – November 23, 1826) was a German astronomer known for his contribution to the Titius-Bode law and his works to determine the orbit of Uranus, for which he also suggested the name. ... Johann Daniel Titius. ... The Titius-Bode law (or Bodes law) is the observation that orbits of planets in the solar system closely follow a simple geometric rule. ... Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. ... In atomic physics, the Bohr magneton (symbol ) is named after the physicist Niels Bohr. ... In the Bohr model of the structure of an atom, put forward by Niels Bohr in 1913, electrons orbit a central nucleus. ... General Name, Symbol, Number bohrium, Bh, 107 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 7, d Appearance unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray Atomic mass (264) g/mol Electron configuration perhaps [Rn] 5f14 6d5 7s2 (guess based on rhenium) Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 13... Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran (April 18, 1838 - May 28, 1912) was a French chemist born in Cognac. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gallium, Ga, 31 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 4, p Appearance silvery white   Standard atomic weight 69. ... “Bolívar” redirects here. ... ISO 4217 Code VEB User(s) Venezuela Inflation 16% Source The World Factbook, 2005 est. ... The Bolívar logo Bolívar is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic from Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco for General Cigar. ... Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (Vienna, Austrian Empire, February 20, 1844 – Duino near Trieste, September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. ... Ludwig Boltzmann The Boltzmann constant (k or kB) is the physical constant relating temperature to energy. ... The Stefan-Boltzmann constant (also Stefans constant), denoted with a Greek letter σ, is a derivable physical constant, the constant of proportionality between the total energy radiated per unit surface area of a black body in unit time and the fourth power of the thermodynamic temperature, as per the... The Stefan-Boltzmann law, also known as Stefans law, states that the total energy radiated per unit surface area of a black body in unit time (known variously as the black-body irradiance, energy flux density, radiant flux, or the emissive power), j*, is directly proportional to the fourth... Portrait of Karel Havlíček Karel Havlíček Borovský (Borová, today Havlíčkova Borová October 31, 1821 - Prague, July 29, 1856) was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. ... Havlíčkův Brod is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. ... Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet (October 13, 1877 - October 12, 1936) was an English cricketer, perhaps most renowned as the inventor of the googly. ... In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. ... In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. ... Satyendra Nath Bose Bengali: ) (January 1, 1894 – February 4, 1974) was an Indian physicist, specializing in mathematical physics. ... In particle physics, bosons, named after Satyendra Nath Bose, are particles having integer spin. ... In statistical mechanics, Bose-Einstein statistics determines the statistical distribution of identical indistinguishable bosons over the energy states in thermal equilibrium. ... A Bose–Einstein condensate is a phase of matter formed by bosons cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero (0 kelvins or -273. ... Amar Gopal Bose (Bengali: অমর গোপাল বসু Ômor Gopal Boshu) (born November 2, 1929) is the chairman and founder of Bose Corporation. ... Dr. Elbert Dysart Botts (1893-1966) was the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineer credited with overseeing the research that led to the development of Botts dots and the epoxy used to attach them to the road. ... Caltrans logo The soaring ramps in the stack interchanges favored by Caltrans often provide stunning views. ... Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811) Louis-Antoine de Bougainville Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Comte de Bougainville (November 12, 1729 – August 20, 1811) was a French navigator and military commander. ... Species Selected species: Bougainvillea buttiana Bougainvillea glabra Bougainvillea peruviana Bougainvillea spectabilis Bougainvillea spinosa Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). ... Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832-1897) was an English estate manager in Ireland. ... Look up Boycott in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 30 December 1691) was an Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and early gentleman scientist, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. ... Boyles law (sometimes referred to as the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one of the gas laws and basis of derivation for the Ideal gas law, which describes relationship between the product pressure and volume within a closed system as constant when temperature remains at a fixed measure; both entities... Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825), an English physician, who published The Family Shakespeare, is best known as the source of the eponym bowdlerize (or bowdlerise[1]), the process of expurgation, censorship by removal, of material thought to be unacceptable to the intended audience, especially children or religious... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... James Bowie James Bowie (probably April 10, 1796 - March 6, 1836), aka Jim Bowie, was a nineteenth century pioneer and soldier who took a prominent part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo. ... A typical bowie knife, with its hallmark large blade and unique shape. ... The Bowmans capsule(other names: capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule) is a cup like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney. ... Sir William Bowman (July 20, 1816 - March 29, 1892) was a British surgeon and anatomist. ... Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त) (598-668) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. ... In geometry, Brahmaguptas formula formula finds the area of any quadrilateral. ... In mathematics, Brahmaguptas identity says that the product of two numbers, each of which is a sum of two squares, is itself a sum of two squares. ... This problem was given in India by the mathematician Brahmagupta in 628 in his treatise Brahma Sputa Siddhanta: Solve the Pell equation in integers. ... Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille[1], a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. ... Braille code where the word (, French for first) can be read. ... Robert Brown (1773–1858) Robert Brown (December 21, 1773–June 10, 1858) is acknowledged as the leading British botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century. ... Three different views of Brownian motion, with 32 steps, 256 steps, and 2048 steps denoted by progressively lighter colors. ... John Moses Browning (January 21[1] or January 23,[2] 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed myriad varieties of weapons, cartridges, and gun mechanics, many of which are still in use around the world. ... The Browning Automatic Rifle (commonly known as the BAR; properly pronounced bee ay are) is a family of automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and other countries during the 20th century. ... Brychan (Unknown date), legendary Welsh king with many saintly children who appear in varying forms in Celtic Hagiology. ... Brecknockshire (Welsh: ), also known as Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (31st March, 1811 – 16th August, 1899) was a German chemist. ... A Bunsen burner is a common piece of laboratory equipment used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. ... Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was a railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. ... Sideburns (or colloquially sideboards[1] or mutton chops[2]) are patches of facial hair on the sides of a mans face, in front of the ears. ...

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• John Cadbury — opened his shop in 1824 which became the company Cadbury
• Julius Caesar — the month of July, Caesar cipher, titles Kaiser and Tsar, the Bloody Caesar cocktail. An urban legend also erroneously credits Julius Caesar as having given his name to the Caesarian section; the two are likely unrelated, however.
• John Calvin, 16th century theologian — the religious doctrine of Calvinism, Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip
• Caesar Cardini, restaurateur — Caesar salad
• Gian Giacomo Girolamo Casanova — casanova, a womanizer
• Sam Carr, neighbour of David Berkowitz also known as "Son of Sam" — Son of Sam law
• René Descartes, also known as Cartesius — Cartesian coordinate system
• Hendrik Casimir — Casimir effect
• Eduard Čech - Čech cohomology, Čech complex, Čech homology, Stone–Čech compactification
• Anders Celsius — degree Celsius (unit of temperature) Celsius (Moon crater)
• Ceredig, son of Cunedda — Cardigan
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar — Chandrasekhar limit, Chandra X-ray Observatory
• Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist — Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; Maladie de Charcot, the French name for motor neurone disease
• King Charles I of England — North Carolina and South Carolina
• Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor — castle Karlštejn, city Karlovy Vary, Charles University, Charles Bridge, asteroid 16951 Carolus Quartus
• Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor — château Karlova Koruna
• Jacques Charles and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac — Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac (frequently called simply Charles' Law)
• Bobby Charlton — the "Bobby Charlton" comb over hairstyle
• Nicolas Chauvin — chauvinism
• Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov — Cherenkov effect
• Jesus Christ, "The Saviour" — El Salvador, Christianity, Christmas
• Saint Christopher — Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Walter Chrysler — founder of Chrysler, DaimlerChrysler
• Alfred Chuang — the third letter of the company name BEA Systems, is taken from Alfred, a co-founder
• Alonzo Church — Church-Turing thesis, Church-Turing-Deutsch principle
• Cincinnatus, Roman statesman — Cincinnati, Ohio (indirectly)
• Senator Claghorn, regular character on the Fred Allen radio show — Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Bros. cartoons
• Claudius, Roman emperor — the city of Kayseri, formerly Caesarea Mazaca, in Turkey
• Ruth Cleveland, daughter of Pres. Grover Cleveland — Baby Ruth candy bars
• Bill Coleman — the first letter of the company name BEA Systems, is taken from Bill, a co-founder
• Samuel Colt — Colt revolver
• Christopher Columbus — many places and territories, see Columbus, Colombia, Colombo, British Columbia in Canada
• Arthur Compton — Compton effect
• Constantine I - Roman Emperor who in 330 moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople
• Captain James Cook — Cook Islands; Cooktown (Queensland); James Cook University (Townsville); Cook (suburb of Canberra; co-named for Sir Joseph Cook); Cooks River; Cook (Federal electorate); James Cook University Hospital (Marton, Middlesbrough, England)
• Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis — Coriolis effect
• Charles-Augustin de Coulomb — coulomb — unit of electric charge, Coulomb's law
• Michael Cowpland — founded the software company Corel (from Cowpland's Research Laboratory). Cowpland also co-founded the PBX Design / Build Company Mitel with Terry Matthews. (Mitel stands MIke and TErry's Lawnmowers)
• Seymour Cray — Cray Research
• Cunedda — Gwynedd
• Marie and Pierre Curie — curie, unit of radioactivity, curium, chemical element
• Pierre Curie — Curie point
• Harvey Cushing — Cushing Disease, a pituitary tumor producing adrenocorticotropic hormone that causes excessive cortisol production
• Harvey Cushing — Cushing's Syndrome, a clinical condition characterized by excessive production of cortisol
• Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert") — Kirkcudbright

Chocolate Chocolate We all love chocolate, White, milk and dark its all good chocolate chocolate yum yum yummmmm. ... This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedias quality standards. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The action of a Caesar cipher is to replace each plaintext letter with one a fixed number of places down the alphabet. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian  , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ... A Caesar, sometimes referred to as a Bloody Caesar after the similar Bloody Mary, is a cocktail popular mainly in Canada. ... A caesarean section (cesarean section AE), is a surgical incision through a mothers abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more fetuses. ... John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Calvinism is a theological... Listen to this article (3 parts) (info) Part 1 â€¢ Part 2 â€¢ Part 3 This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-01-29, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Caesar Cardini (1896-1956) was an Italian hotel owner, restaurateur, and chef in Mexico. ... A Caesar salad variation, topped with grilled chicken. ... Giacomo Casanova “Casanova” redirects here. ... Giacomo Casanova (April 5, 1725 - June 4, 1798). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... David Richard Berkowitz (Born: June 1, 1953), better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is an American serial killer who killed six people and wounded several others in New York City in the late 1970s. ... A Son of Sam law is a law designed to keep criminals from profiting from their crimes by selling their stories to publishers. ... René Descartes (French IPA: ) (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. ... Fig. ... Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (July 15, 1909 – May 4, 2000) was a Dutch physicist. ... In physics, the Casimir effect is a physical force exerted between separate objects, which is due to neither charge, gravity, nor the exchange of particles, but instead is due to resonance of all-pervasive energy fields in the intervening space between the objects. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... ÄŒech cohomology is a particular type of cohomology in mathematics. ... In mathematics, the Stone–Čech compactification of a Tychonoff topological space is the largest Hausdorff compactification of , in the sense that any Hausdorff compactification of is a quotient of in a way that preserves the embeddings of . ... Anders Celsius The observatory of Anders Celsius, from a contemporary engraving. ... The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) is an SI derived unit of temperature. ... Celsius is a small lunar crater that is located in the rugged terrain in the southern hemisphere on the Moons near side. ... Ceredig, King of Ceredigion (born 420AD) Son of Cunedda, he arrived in Wales from Clackmannanshire with his fathers family when they were invited to help ward off Irish invaders. ... Cunedda ap Edern (AD 386-460; reigned from the 440s or 450s) (Latin: Cunetacius; English: Kenneth), also known as as Cunedda Wledig (the Imperator), was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. ... Cardigan (Welsh: Aberteifi) is the traditional county town of Cardiganshire (Ceredigion) in west Wales. ... Chandrasekhar redirects here. ... The Chandrasekhar limit, is the maximum mass possible for a white dwarf (one of the end stages of stars when they cool down) and is approximately 3 × 1030 kg, around 1. ... The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a satellite launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), known also as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN) or Peroneal Muscular Atrophy, is a heterogeneous inherited disorder of nerves (neuropathy) that is characterized by loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation, predominantly in the feet and legs but also in the hands and arms... The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude... Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ... KarlÅ¡tejn KarlÅ¡tejn (German: Karlstein) is a large Gothic castle founded in the 14th century by Charles IV. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Empire coronation jewels, holy relics and other royal treasures. ... Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Karlovy Vary District Karlovy Vary Founded around 1350 Area    - city 59. ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... Charles Bridge and Prague Old Town Charles Bridge as viewed from Petřínská rozhledna - lookout tower Charles Bridge (Czech:  ) is a famous historical bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. ... Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI Charles VI, (German Karl VI; in full Karl Josef Franz)Holy Roman Emperor (October 1, 1685 – October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. ... View of chateau (Photo from official website of Chlumec nad Cidlinou) Karlova Koruna (German: Karlskrone) is the chateau built in 1721-1723 for František Ferdinand Kinský in the town of Chlumec nad Cidlinou. ... Jacques Alexandre César Charles, 1820. ... Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. ... The Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac (frequently called simply Charles Law) is one of the gas laws, and relates the volume and temperature of an ideal gas held at a constant pressure. ... Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. ... The comb over was patented in 1977. ... Nicolas Chauvin (possibly b. ... Chauvinism is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards a rival group. ... Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (Russian Павел Алексеевич Черенков) (July 28, 1904 - January 6, 1990) was a Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize winner. ... Cherenkov effect at the UMRs nuclear reactor Cherenkov radiation (also spelled Cerenkov) is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle passes through an insulator at a speed greater than that of light in the medium. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Christ is the English term for the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... For other uses, see Saint Christopher (disambiguation). ... Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 – August 18, 1940) was an American automobile pioneer. ... For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ... DaimlerChrysler AG (ISIN: DE0007100000) is a German car corporation and the worlds eighth largest car manufacturer. ... Alfred Chuang is the founder and CEO of BEA Systems. ... BEA Systems, Inc. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... In computability theory the Church-Turing thesis, Churchs thesis, Churchs conjecture or Turings thesis, named after Alonzo Church and Alan Turing, is a hypothesis about the nature of mechanical calculation devices, such as electronic computers. ... Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and David Deutsch contributed to the Church-Turing-Deutsch principle, also known as the CTD principle, of computer science. ... With one hand he returns the fasces, symbol of power as appointed dictator of Rome. ... “Cincinnati” redirects here. ... Senator Claghorn, as portrayed by Kenny Delmar, in scene from Its a Joke Son, the Senators only film appearance Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular radio character on the Allens Alley segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945. ... He has eyes like Venetian blinds and a tongue like an adder — radio/television critic John Crosby about humourist Fred Allen, portrayed here by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. ... Foghorn Leghorn is the name of a character appearing in numerous Warner Brothers animated cartoons, especially Looney Tunes. ... For other persons named Claudius, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... Kayseri (Greek: Καισάρεια), in the antiquity Mazaka and later Caesarea, is an industrialized city in Turkey. ... Ruth Cleveland (October 3, 1891 - January 7, 1904) was the first child of United States President Grover Cleveland and the First Lady Frances Cleveland. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). ... Baby Ruth wrapped Baby Ruth opened Baby Ruth is a candy bar that is made of chocolate-covered peanuts and nougat, though the nougat found in it is more like fudge than is found in many other American candy bars. ... William Johnson Coleman (born August 4, 1904 in Paris, Kentucky; died August 24, 1981 in Toulouse) was a jazz trumpeter from the swing era. ... BEA Systems, Inc. ... Samuel Colt (19th century engraving) Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. ... Rampant Colt - The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... Look up columbus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: , District Colombo District Government  - Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area  - City 37. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1927) for discovery of the Compton effect named in his honor. ... The Compton Effect is the second album from rapper Greydon Square. ... Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[2] (27 February c. ... This article is about the city before the Fall of Constantinople (1453). ... This article is about the British explorer. ... Cooktown is the northernmost town on the East coast of Australia, located at 15°28′ S 145°17′ E on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie retiring as of 13. ... James Cook University (JCU) is a university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia and was founded in 1970 as the first tertiary education institution in North Queensland (although the first may have been the local TAFE college instead). ... Townsville in 2004. ... Cook (postcode: 2614) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... For the actor Joe Cook see Joe Cook (actor). ... Cooks River, near Sydney Airport Cooks River, Princes Highway bridge between Tempe and Wolli Creek Coohttp://upload. ... The Division of Cook is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... The James Cook University Hospital is a 1010 bed major tertiary hospital in Marton, Middlesbrough. ... Marton—officially Marton-in-Cleveland—is a small town that is now within the town boundaries of Middlesbrough, in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. ... This article is about the town in North East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis or Gustave Coriolis (May 21, 1792–September 19, 1843), mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist born in Paris, France. ... In the inertial frame of reference (upper part of the picture), the black object moves in a straight line. ... Charles Augustin de Coulomb (born June 14, 1736, Angoulême, France - died August 23, 1806, Paris) was a French physicist. ... The coulomb (symbol: C) is the SI unit of electric charge. ... Coulombs torsion balance In physics, Coulombs law is an inverse-square law indicating the magnitude and direction of electrostatic force that one stationary, electrically charged object of small dimensions (ideally, a point source) exerts on another. ... Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. ... Corel Corporation is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... PBX redirects here. ... Mitel is a high-tech company specializing in the sale of voice communication equipment for business. ... Sir Terry Matthews is a serial and successful high tech entrepreneur, originally from Wales. ... Seymour Roger Cray (September 28, 1925 â€“ October 5, 1996) was a U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research. ... Cray-2 supercomputer Cray Inc. ... Cunedda ap Edern (AD 386-460; reigned from the 440s or 450s) (Latin: Cunetacius; English: Kenneth), also known as as Cunedda Wledig (the Imperator), was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd. ... Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ... Maria Skłodowska-Curie. ... Pierre Curie (Paris, France, May 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906, Paris) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. ... The curie (symbol Ci) is a former unit of radioactivity, defined as 3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number curium, Cm, 96 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block ?, 7, f Appearance silvery Atomic mass (247) g/mol Electron configuration [Rn] 5f7 6d1 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 9, 2 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ... Pierre Curie (Paris, France, May 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906, Paris) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. ... The Curie point is a term in physics and materials science, named after Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and refers to a characteristic property of a ferromagnetic material. ... Harvey Cushing (c. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: notability - can be covered under Cushings Syndrome If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... Harvey Cushing (c. ... Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (ca. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

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• Jacques Daguerre — Daguerreotype
• Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz — Daimler-Benz (later DaimlerChrysler)
• John Dalton — dalton, non-SI unit of atomic mass
• Glenn Danzig -- Danzig, founder of the Heavy Metal band Danzig
• Charles Darwin — Darwinism, Neural Darwinism, Social Darwinism, Darwinian Happiness, Darwin's theory of evolution, Darwinian selection, Non-darwinian evolution, Darwinian medicine, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin Mounds, Charles Darwin University, Darwin College, Cambridge, Charles Darwin National Park, Adelaide-Darwin Railway, Darwin Awards, Darwin's finches, Darwin Island, Charles Darwin Research Station, Darwin Bay, Lecocarpus darwinii (a tree species) in (Galápagos Islands), Charles Darwin Foundation
• Adi Dassler — founder of adidas
• Arthur Davidson and William Harley — Harley-Davidson
• Humphry Davy — Davy lamp
• Paul de Casteljau, de Casteljau's algorithm
• Michael Dell — founder of Dell, the computer company
• David Eisenhower, grandson of US President Dwight Eisenhower — Camp David US presidential retreat
• Thomas Derrick (c. 1600), British hangman — Derrick (lifting device)
• Melvil Dewey — Dewey Decimal System
• Thomas Edmund Dewey, American politician — Dewey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie", animated cartoon characters
• David Deutsch — Church-Turing-Deutsch Principle
• Bo Diddley — Popularizer of the Bo Diddley beat
• Rudolf Diesel — the diesel engine
• Paul Dirac — Dirac's constant, Dirac equation, Dirac delta function, Dirac sea, Dirac Prize, Fermi-Dirac statistics
• Walt Disney — founder, The Walt Disney Company, Disneyland
• Doily family (c. 1700)
• Ray Dolby — Dolby Stereo, Dolby Surround and Dolby Pro Logic
• Donatello, Renaissance painter — Donatello, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic characters
• Christian Doppler — Doppler radar, Doppler effect
• Charles Dow and Edward Jones — Dow Jones & Company
• Herbert Dow — The Dow Chemical Company
• Guillaume Dupuytren — Dupuytren's contracture, Dupuytren's fracture
• Dr. August Dvorak — Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
• Dylan Dog - Italian comic series

Louis Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787 - 1851) was the Basque artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography. ... An 1837 daguerreotype by Daguerre. ... Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg) what is now Germany. ... Karl Benz Karl Friedrich Benz, for whom an alternate French spelling of Carl is used occasionally, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer and mechanical engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. ... Daimler-Benz AG was founded on May 1, 1924 by the merger of Benz & Cie. ... DaimlerChrysler AG (ISIN: DE0007100000) is a German car corporation and the worlds eighth largest car manufacturer. ... John Dalton John Dalton (September 6, 1766 – July 27, 1844) was an English chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. ... The unified atomic mass unit (u), or dalton (Da), is a small unit of mass used to express atomic masses and molecular masses. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Charles Darwin Darwinism is a term for the underlying theory in those ideas of Charles Darwin concerning evolution and natural selection. ... The term Neural Darwinism is used in two different ways. ... Social Darwinism is the idea that Charles Darwins theory can be extended and applied to the social realm, i. ... A request has been made on Wikipedia for this article to be deleted in accordance with the deletion policy. ... Charles Darwin, the father of modern evolutionary theory Although generally, evolution is taken to mean any process of change over time, in the context of life science, evolution is a change in the traits of living organisms over generations, including the emergence of new species. ... Alternative meaning Natural Selection (computer game). ... Evolutionary medicine or Darwinian medicine is a perspective on medicine derived through applying evolutionary theory. ... cover Darwins Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (1995) is a controversial book by Daniel Dennett that argues that Darwinian processes are the central organising force not only in biology (which is not controversial), but also in most other aspects of the Universe, including the human mind... Darwin is the capital city of the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. ... First discovered in 1998, the Darwin Mounds are unique. ... Charles Darwin University Charles Darwin University (CDU) is located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. ... Full name Darwin College Motto - Named after The Darwin Family Previous names - Established 1964 Sister College(s) Wolfson College Master Prof. ... Charles Darwin National Park is located in the Northern Territory (Australia), 4 km southeast of Darwin. ... The Ghan is the 48-hour, 2,979-km passenger service on the Adelaide_Alice Springs-Darwin Central Australian Railway in Afghan camel trains which trekked the same route before the advent of the railway. ... The Darwin Awards website logo A Darwin Award is a tongue-in-cheek honor named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. ... Genera Geospiza Camarhynchus Certhidea Pinaroloxias Darwins finches (also known as the Galápagos Finches) are 13 or 14 different but closely related species of finches Charles Darwin collected on the Galápagos Islands during the voyage of the Beagle. ... Bold textThis article is about the islands. ... The Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc. ... Adidas Stabil and a box Adidas is a German sports apparel corporation. ... This article is about the company. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and physicist. ... Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a candle containing safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. ... Paul de Casteljau(1910 - 1999), an engineer a Citroen, developed an algorithm for computation of a Bézier curve. ... In the mathematical subfield of numerical analysis the de Casteljaus algorithm, named after its inventor Paul de Casteljau, is a recursive method to evaluate polynomials in Bernstein form or Bézier curves. ... Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. ... Dell Inc. ... Dwight David Eisenhower II (born 1948) is the grandson of the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... The West Wing, see NSF Thurmont (The West Wing). ... Thomas Derrick was a notable English executioner from the Elizabethan era. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... A derrick is a lifting device composed of one mast or pole which is hinged freely at the bottom. ... Melvil Dewey (December 10, 1851–December 26, 1931) was the inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for library classification. ... The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey (1851–1931) in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions which have occurred up until 2004. ... Thomas Edmund Dewey (b. ... Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are a trio of fictional ducks who appear in animated cartoons and comic books published by the Walt Disney Company. ... David Deutsch (born 1953) is a physicist at Oxford University. ... Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and David Deutsch contributed to the Church-Turing-Deutsch principle, also known as the CTD principle, of computer science. ... Bo Diddleys emphasis on rhythm largely influenced popular music, especially that of rock and roll in the 1960s. ... This article is about Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS (IPA: [dɪræk]) (August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... Plancks constant, denoted h, is a physical constant that is used to describe the sizes of quanta. ... In physics, the Dirac equation is a relativistic quantum mechanical wave equation formulated by British physicist Paul Dirac in 1928 and provides a description of elementary spin-½ particles, such as electrons, consistent with both the principles of quantum mechanics and the theory of special relativity. ... The Dirac delta or Diracs delta, often referred to as the unit impulse function and introduced by the British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac, can usually be informally thought of as a function δ(x) that has the value of infinity for x = 0 and the value zero elsewhere. ... The Dirac sea is a theoretical model of the vacuum as an infinite sea of particles possessing negative energy. ... The Dirac Prize is the name of three prominent awards in the field of theoretical physics, computational chemistry, and mathematics, awarded by different organizations. ... Fermi-Dirac distribution as a function of ε/μ plotted for 4 different temperatures. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... For other uses, see Disneyland (disambiguation). ... A doily is a small ornamental mat usually made of lace or linen placed underneath a dish or bowl Categories: Food and drink stubs ... Dolby (left) is inducted into the NIHF Ray Dolby (born January 18, 1933) is the American inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He is the founder and chairman of Dolby Laboratories. ... Statue of Habacuc (popularly known as Zuccone) for the Giottos Bell Tower. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Donatello (or Don, or Donnie), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ... Christian Doppler Johann Christian Andreas Doppler (November 29, 1803 – March 17, 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist, most famous for the hypothesis of what is now known as the Doppler effect which is the process of the wavelength of electromagnetic waves to be compressed and elongated when the source... Doppler Effect Doppler radar uses the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of targets in the antennas directional beam. ... A source of waves moving to the left. ... Charles Henry Dow (November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. ... Edward Jones may refer to: Edward Jones (statistician), co-founder of the Dow-Jones Index Edward E. Jones, a psychologist Edward (Ted) G. Jones, a neuroscientist Edward P. Jones, a novelist Edward Jones (army), a British army general Edward S. Jones, a U.S. Army officer of the Civil War... Dow Jones redirects here. ... Herbert Henry Dow (1866 - 1930) was a U.S. (Canadian-born) chemical industrialist. ... The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. ... Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron (October 6, 1777 - February 8, 1835) was a French anatomist and military surgeon. ... Dupuytrens contracture is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). ... Potts fracture, also known as Pott’s syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture, is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures. ... Dr. August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 10, 1975)[1] was an educational psychologist and professor of education[2] at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington[3]. He and his brother-in-law, Dr. William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout in the 1930s... The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout // The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (pronounced ) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak, an educational psychologist and professor of education[1] at the University of Washington in Seattle,[2] and William Dealey as an alternative to the more common QWERTY layout. ... A Dylan Dog cover Dylan Dog is a comic book character created by Tiziano Sclavi for the Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore, or, in English, Bonelli Comics. ...

E

• Thomas Edison — Edison effect, Edison Records, Edisonian approach, Edison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey, Edisonade
• Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (younger brother of King George IV and King William IV), commander of British forces in Halifax — Prince Edward Island
• Gustave Eiffel — Eiffel Tower, designer
• Albert Einstein — Einstein refrigerator, einsteinium — chemical element, Bose-Einstein statistics, Bose-Einstein condensates
• Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen" — Virginia and West Virginia
• Saint Elmo — St. Elmo's fire
• Loránd Eötvös — eotvos, gravitational gradient
• Sir Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr — Epstein-Barr virus
• Lars Magnus Ericsson — Ericsson
• Leonhard Euler — Euler's formula, Eulerian path, Euler equations; see also: List of topics named after Leonhard Euler
• Bartolomeo Eustachi — Eustachian tube
• Sir George Everest — Mount Everest
• Ewale a Mbedi — Duala people, Douala (from a variant of his name, Dwala)

“Edison” redirects here. ... Closeup of the filament on a low pressure mercury gas discharge lamp showing white thermionic emission mix coating on the central portion of the coil. ... Edison Records was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry. ... The Edisonian approach to innovation is characterized by trial and error discovery rather than a systematic theoretical approach. ... Edison is a city located in Calhoun County, Georgia. ... Map of Edison Township in Middlesex County Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex County Settled 1651 Incorporated March 17, 1870 (as Raritan Township) Government  - Type Faulkner Act Mayor-Council  - Mayor Jun Choi Area  - Township  30. ... Edisonade is a now-archaic term for stories from the Victorian and Edwardian eras that would now be classified as science fiction. ... HRH The Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn The Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria. ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ... William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. ... The City of Halifax was the capital of the province Nova Scotia, and the largest city in Atlantic Canada. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923; French pronunciation in IPA, in English usually pronounced ) was a French structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... General Name, Symbol, Number einsteinium, Es, 99 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray Standard atomic weight (252) g·mol−1 Electron configuration [Rn] 5f11 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 29, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase... In statistical mechanics, Bose-Einstein statistics determines the statistical distribution of identical indistinguishable bosons over the energy states in thermal equilibrium. ... A Bose–Einstein condensate is a phase of matter formed by bosons cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero (0 kelvins or -273. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... The martyrdom of St. ... St. ... Image:Lorand Eotvos. ... The eotvos is a unit of acceleration divided by distance in the older Centimeter-gram-second system of units. ... Sir Michael Anthony Epstein CBE, FRS (born 18 May 1921) was one of the discoverers of the Epstein-Barr virus. ... Yvonne Barr (born 1932 London) is a British virologist. ... The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), also called Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is a virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus), and is one of the most common viruses in humans. ... Lars Magnus Ericsson (May 5, 1846 - December 17, 1926) was a Swedish inventor and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson (incorporated as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson). ... Ericsson () NASDAQ: ERIC. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is a leading provider of communications networks, related services and handset technology platforms. ... Leonhard Paul Euler (pronounced Oiler; IPA ) (April 15, 1707 – September 18 [O.S. September 7] 1783) was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist, who spent most of his life in Russia and Germany. ... Eulers formula, named after Leonhard Euler, is a mathematical formula in complex analysis that shows a deep relationship between the trigonometric functions and the complex exponential function. ... The Königsberg Bridges graph In the mathematical field of graph theory, an Eulerian path is a path in a graph which visits each edge exactly once. ... In fluid dynamics, the Euler equations govern the compressible, Inviscid flow. ... Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below. ... Bartolomeo Eustachi (b. ... The Eustachian tube (or auditory tube) is a tube that links the pharynx to the middle ear. ... Photograph of Everest Colonel Sir George Everest (4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866) was a Welsh surveyor, geographer and Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843. ... “Everest” redirects here. ... Ewale a Mbedi was the eponymous ancestor of the Duala people of Cameroon (named for a variant spelling of his name, Dwala). ... The Duala (or Douala) are an ethnic group of Cameroon. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

F

• Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) — the Fahrenheit scale
• Gabriele Falloppio — Fallopian tube
• Michael Faraday — farad — SI unit of capacitance, faraday — cgs unit of current Faraday constant, Faraday effect, Faraday's law of induction, Faraday's law of electrolysis
• Guy Fawkes — guy
• Enrico Fermi — fermions, Fermi energy, Fermi paradox, fermium — chemical element, Fermi-Dirac statistics. fermi (obsolete name for femtometre)
• Enzo Ferrari — founder, Ferrari
• George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. — Ferris wheel
• Richard Feynman — Feynman diagram
• Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe — Fife
• B.C. Forbes — Forbes magazine
• Henry Ford — Ford Motor Company
• Matthias N. Forney — Forney locomotive
• Charles Fort — Forteana, Fortean Society, Fortean Times
• Benjamin Franklin — Franklin stove, franklin — cgs unit of electric charge
• William Fox — 20th Century Fox
• Sigmund Freud — Freudian slip
• Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566) — Fuchsia
• Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita (1920–1998) — Fujita Scale
• Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) — Fullerene

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a German physicist and engineer who worked most of his life in the Dutch Republic. ... For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). ... Gabriele Falloppio Gabriele Falloppio (1523- October 9, 1562), often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century; he was born at Modena, Italy in 1523; he died October 9, 1562 at Padua. ... The Fallopian tubes, also known as oviducts, uterine tubes, and salpinges (singular salpinx) are two very fine tubes leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus. ... Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of that time) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. ... Examples of various types of capacitors. ... Look up si, Si, SI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In physics, the faraday (not to be confused with the farad) is a unit of electrical charge; one faraday is equal to the charge of 6. ... I am the man. ... In physics, the Faraday effect or Faraday rotation is a magneto-optical phenomenon, or an interaction between light and a magnetic field. ... Faradays law of induction (more generally, the law of electromagnetic induction) states that the induced emf (electromotive force) in a closed loop equals the negative of the time rate of change of magnetic flux through the loop. ... Faraday studied the process of electrolysis in detail. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 – November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. ... In particle physics, fermions are particles with half-integer spin, such as protons and electrons. ... The Fermi energy is a concept in quantum mechanics referring to the energy of the highest occupied quantum state in a system of fermions at zero temperature. ... A graphical representation of the Arecibo message - Humanitys first attempt to use radio waves to communicate its existence to alien civilizations The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for or contact with... General Name, Symbol, Number fermium, Fm, 100 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance unknown, probably silvery white or metallic gray Atomic mass (257) g·mol−1 Electron configuration [Rn] 5f12 7s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 30, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase solid... Fermi-Dirac distribution as a function of ε/μ plotted for 4 different temperatures. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ferrari Enzo. ... George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. ... A Ferris wheel on the boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. A Ferris wheel (or, more commonly in the UK, big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim. ... Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988; IPA: ) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory. ... In this Feynman diagram, an electron and positron annihilate and become a quark-antiquark pair. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... This article is about the area in Scotland. ... Bertie Charles Forbes (May 14, 1880 – May 6, 1954) was a financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ... “Ford” redirects here. ... Matthias Nace Forney (March 28, 1835 – January 14, 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. ... An 0-4-4T Forney type built in 1886 by SLM for Finnish State Railways. ... This article is not about Charles Forte. ... Charles Fort, 1920 Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932), writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena, was the son of an Albany grocer of Dutch ancestry. ... The Fortean Society was started in Britain in 1931 by Tiffany Thayer in order to promote the ideas of Charles Fort. ... Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. ... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The statcoulomb (statC) or franklin (Fr) or electrostatic unit of charge (esu) is the physical unit for electrical charge used in the centimetre-gram-second (cgs) electrostatic system of units. ... William Fox (born Wilhelm Fried in January 1, 1879–May 8, 1952) was the founder of Fox Film Corporation, now 20th Century Fox. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... A Freudian slip, or parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory or physical action that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind. ... Leonhart Fuchs (17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566) was a medic and a botanist. ... Species About 100; see text Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants, mostly shrubs, which were identified by Charles Plumier in the late 17th century, and named by Plumier in 1703 after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566). ... Tetsuya Theodore Ted Fujita (藤田哲也 Fujita Tetsuya, October 23, 1920–November 19, 1998) was a severe storms researcher of the twentieth century. ... The Fujita scale (F-Scale), or Fujita-Pearson scale, rates a tornados intensity by the damage it inflicts on human-built structures and sometimes on vegetation. ... Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983)[1] was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ... The Icosahedral Fullerene C540 C60, C-60 and Buckyballs redirect here. ...

G

• Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist and geologist — gadolinite, the mineral after which the chemical element gadolinium has been named
• Thomas Gage (botanist) — greengage
• Uziel Gal — the Uzi submachine gun
• Galileo Galilei — galileo or gal, unit of acceleration
• Israel Galili — the Galil assault rifle
• Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), discovered the Galvanic response of muscles to electricity. The process of galvanization is also named after him.
• James Gamble and William Procter — Procter & Gamble
• Henry Laurence Gantt — Gantt chart
• John Garand — M1 Garand rifle
• Giuseppe Garibaldi — Garibaldi biscuits, Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Gideon Gartner — Gartner
• Hermann Gartner — Gartner's duct
• Richard J. Gatling — Gatling gun
• Carl Friedrich Gauss — gauss — unit of magnetic induction, Gauss' law; see also: List of topics named after Carl Friedrich Gauss.
• Enola Gay Tibbets — Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. Tibbets' son Paul Tibbets, pilot of the plane, named it after his mother.
• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jacques Charles — Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac
• Lou Gehrig, American Baseball player — Lou Gehrig's Disease
• Hans Geiger — Geiger counter, Geiger-Müller tube
• King George I of Great Britain — Georgia (U.S. state)
• Domingo Ghirardelli — Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
• Josiah Willard Gibbs — Gibbs free energy, Gibbs phenomenon
• Thomas Gilbert — Kiribati
• Gaston Glock — GLOCK GmbH
• Kurt Gödel — Gödel's incompleteness theorem, Gödel's ontological proof
• Samuel Goldwyn — Goldwyn Picture Corporation, later merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (or MGM)
• Wilbert Gore — Gore-Tex
• Klement Gottwald — Zlín, a city in Moravia, the Czech Republic, was renamed Gottwaldov during 1949—1990.
• Ernst Gräfenberg — Gräfenberg spot (G-spot)
• Sylvester Graham — Graham crackers, Graham flour
• Thomas Graham — Graham's Law
• Robert James Graves — Graves-Basedow disease
• Louis Harold Gray — gray, unit of absorbed dose of radiation
• Vicente Guerrero — Guerrero
• Georges Guillain — Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814) — advocate of what came to be called the guillotine
• Henry C. Gunning — mineral Gunningite
• Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1836–1916) — Guppy or guppie

Johan Gadolin Johan Gadolin (June 5, 1760 — August 15, 1852) was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. ... Gadolinite is a mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron with formula: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gadolinium, Gd, 64 Chemical series lanthanides Group, Period, Block n/a, 6, f Appearance silvery white Standard atomic weight 157. ... Sir Thomas Gage (1781 - 1820) was an English botanist, one of the famous Gage family of Firle, Sussex. ... Recently harvested Greengages The Greengage is an edible drupaceous fruit, a cultivar of the plum, Prunus domestica Reine Claude. It was developed in France from a green-fruited wild plum originally found in Asia Minor. ... Uziel Uzi Gal (Hebrew: עוזיאל עוזי גל), born Gotthard Glass (December 15, 1923–September 7, 2002), was a German-born Israeli gun designer best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun. ... The Uzi (‎) is a family of guns that started with a compact, boxy, and lightweight submachine gun. ... Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. ... The gal or galileo is the CGS unit of acceleration. ... Israel Galili (Balashnikov) (February 10, 1911 - February 8, 1986) main designer of the Galil assault rifle, one of the standard used by the Israel Defense Forces. ... The Galil is one of the standard assault rifles used by the Israel Defense Forces. ... Luigi Galvani - Italian physician famous for making frogs legs twitch. ... Galvanization or galvanisation refers to any of several electrochemical processes named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvani. ... James Gamble (1803-1891) was a US-based Irish soapmaker and industrialist. ... William Procter (1801-1884) was a US-based English candlemaker and industrialist. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) was a mechanical engineer and management consultant who is most famous for developing the Gantt chart in the 1910s. ... Gantt chart showing three kinds of schedule dependencies (in red) and percent complete indications. ... Garand points out features of M-1 to Army generals John Cantius Garand (January 1, 1888 - February 16, 1974) was a designer of firearms most famous for creating the first semi-automatic rifle to be put into active military service, the M1 Garand. ... The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ... Garibaldi in 1866. ... The Garibaldi biscuit was first manufactured by the Bermondsey biscuit company Peek Freans in 1861. ... The aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (551) is the current flagship of the Marina Militare Italiana, the Italian Navy. ... This article is an autobiography, and may not conform to Wikipedias NPOV policy. ... Gartner, Inc. ... Gartners duct is a potential embryological remnant in human female development of the mesonephric ducts. ... Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 - February 26, 1903) was an American inventor, best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun. ... An 1865 Gatling gun. ... Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss or Gauß ( ; Latin: ) (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics. ... Look up Gauss in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In physics, Gausss law gives the relation between the electric flux flowing out a closed surface and the charge enclosed in the surface. ... Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 - 1855) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below. ... Enola Gay Hazard Tibbets (December 10, 1893 - May 1983), was the mother of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. ... Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from Enola Gays cockpit before the bombing of Hiroshima. ... Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac. ... Jacques Alexandre César Charles, 1820. ... The Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac (frequently called simply Charles Law) is one of the gas laws, and relates the volume and temperature of an ideal gas held at a constant pressure. ... Henry Louis (Lou) Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the first half of the twentieth century. ... This article is about the sport. ... The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ... Johannes (Hans) Wilhelm Geiger (September 30, 1882 – September 24, 1945) was a German physicist. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A Geiger-Müller tube (or GM tube) is the sensing element of a Geiger counter instrument that can detect a single particle of ionizing radiation, and typically produce an audible click for each. ... George I (George Louis; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)[1] was King of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1 August 1714 until his death. ... Official language(s) English Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Area  Ranked 24th  - Total 59,411 sq mi (154,077 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 2. ... Domenico Ghirardelli, Sr. ... The Ghirardelli sign in San Francisco The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is a United States division of Swiss candy-maker Lindt & Sprüngli. ... Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American mathematical physicist who contributed much of the theoretical foundation that led to the development of chemical thermodynamics and was one of the founders of vector analysis. ... In thermodynamics, the Gibbs free energy is a thermodynamic potential which measures the useful work obtainable from a closed thermodynamic system at a constant temperature and pressure. ... Approximation of square wave in 5 steps Approximation of square wave in 25 steps Approximation of square wave in 125 steps In mathematics, the Gibbs phenomenon, named after the American physicist J. Willard Gibbs, (also known as ringing artifacts) is the peculiar manner in which the Fourier series of a... Thomas Gilbert Was The Captain Of The Charlotte in the first fleet ... Gaston Glock (1929- ) is an Austrian engineer, and founder of GLOCK. In 2005, Gaston Glock was ranked number 43 on a list of the 100 wealthiest Austrains in the Austrian economy magazine Trend. ... Glock is an Austrian weapons manufacturer (named after the founder Gaston Glock) founded in 1963 in Deutsch-Wagram, near Vienna, Austria. ... Kurt Gödel (IPA: ) (April 28, 1906 Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic) – January 14, 1978 Princeton, New Jersey) was an Austrian American mathematician and philosopher. ... In mathematical logic, Gödels incompleteness theorems are two celebrated theorems proven by Kurt Gödel in 1931. ... Gödels ontological proof is a formalization of Saint Anselms ontological argument for Gods existence by the mathematician Kurt Gödel. ... Samuel Goldwyn (July 1882 (some sources say 17 August 1882, others 1879 [1]) – 31 January 1974) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer, also a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... In 1916 Samuel Goldfish partnered with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, using a combination of both names to call their movie-making enterprise the Goldwyn Picture Corporation. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Gore-Tex membrane, electron microphotograph Gore-Tex (abbreviated GTX) is a registered trademark of W.L. Gore & Associates best known for its use in relation to waterproof/breathable fabrics. ... Klement Gottwald (November 23, 1896, DÄ›dice (VyÅ¡kov), South Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Czechia) - March 14, 1953) was a Czechoslovakian Communist politician, longtime leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSÄŒ or CPCz or CPC), prime minister and president of Czechoslovakia. ... Coordinates: , Country Region (kraj) District (okres) Zlín First documented 1332 Area  - town 118. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech RepublicCzechia. ... Ernst Gräfenberg (26 September 1881 in Adelebsen near Göttingen - 28 October 1957 in New York) was a German-born medical doctor and scientist. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy. ... Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 – September 11, 1851) was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and was ordained in 1826 as a Presbyterian minister. ... The graham cracker originated in the United States by Rev. ... Graham flour is a type of whole wheat flour named after the American Presbyterian minister Rev. ... Thomas Graham (December 21, 1805 – September 16, 1869) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Grahams law, also known as Grahams law of effusion, was formulated by Scottish physical chemist, Thomluyfkuyfj,gfhuas Graham. ... Graves-Basedow disease or known simply as Graves disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including goitre and hyperthyroidism (over-activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower... Louis Harold Gray (10 November 1905 - 9 July 1965) was a British physicist who worked mainly on the effects of radiation on biological systems, inventing the field of radiobiology as he went. ... The gray (symbol: Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose. ... Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831) was one of the leaders of Mexicos struggle for independence from Spain and an early President of Mexico. ... Guerrero is a state in the United Mexican States. ... Georges Charles Guillain (March 3, 1876 - June 29, 1961) was a French neurologist. ... Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) or acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy is an acute, autoimmune disease that affects the peripheral nervous system and is usually triggered by an acute infectious process. ... Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (May 28, 1738 - March 26, 1814) did not invent the guillotine, but on October 10, 1789 proposed the use of a mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France. ... Historic replicas (1:6 scale) of the two main types of French guillotines: Model 1792, left, and Model 1872 (state as of 1907), right The guillotine is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. ... Henry Cecil Gunning PhD FRSC (1901 - 1991) was a Canadian geologist and academic. ... Gunningite is one of the minerals in the Kieserite group. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Binomial name Peters, 1859 Synonyms The guppy (), also known as the millionsfish,[1] is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ...

H

• Amber Hagerman, abducted child - AMBER Alert
• Otto Hahn — hahnium, chemical element. This element name is not accepted by IUPAC. See element naming controversy
• Edwin Hall — Hall effect
• Hugh Halligan — Halligan bar
• Laurens Hammond — Hammond Organ
• Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner — Hampshire
• John Hancock, signatory of the US Declaration of Independence — John Hancock, a signature
• Elliot Handler and Harold "Matt" Matson — Mattel
• William Hanna and Joseph Barbera — Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen — Hansen's disease
• William Harley and Arthur Davidson — Harley-Davidson
• Douglas Hartree — Hartree energy
• Gerry Harvey and Ian Norman — Harvey Norman
• Hakaru Hashimoto — Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Hassan-i-Sabah, leader of the murderous Hashshashin cult — assassin from hassansin (this etymology is disputed)
• Victor Hasselblad — Hasselblad, medium format photographic camera system
• Stephen Hawking — Hawking radiation
• Paul Hawkins — Hawk-Eye tracking system used in cricket and other sports
• Frank Hawthorne — mineral Frankhawthorneite
• Oliver Heaviside and Arthur Edwin Kennelly — Kennelly-Heaviside layer
• Joseph Henry — henry, unit of inductance
• William Henry — Henry's law
• Heinrich Rudolf Hertz — hertz, unit of frequency
• William Hewlett and David Packard — founders, Hewlett-Packard
• Edward C. Heyde — Heyde's syndrome
• Miguel Hidalgo — Hidalgo
• David Hilbert — Hilbert's program
• Eugen von Hippel — Von Hippel-Lindau disease
• Harald Hirschsprung, Danish physician — Hirschsprung's disease
• Paul von Hindenburg — after whom the Hindenburg airship was named
• Thomas Hobbes, 17th century pahilosopher — Hobbes from "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip
• Thomas Hobson (1544–1630), stable manager in England — Hobson's choice, an only apparently free choice that is no choice at all
• Thomas Hodgkin — Hodgkin's disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Homer, father of Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons — Homer Simpson, character in The Simpsons animated TV series
• Soichiro Honda — founder, Honda
• Mark Honeywell — founder, Honeywell
• Robin Hood, English folk hero — Robin of the Batman series
• Robert Hooke — Hooke's law
• William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) — The Hoover Company; in British English, the word "hoover" became a verb meaning "to vacuum a floor". The word "hoover" has also come to mean anything that is sucked up at a great rate ("They hoovered their way through the banquet").
• August Horch — founder of Audi (audi is Latin for horch. It means listen in English)
• James Horlick and William Horlick — founded the company Horlicks in 1873
• William Howe (1803–1852) — Howe truss bridges
• Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire) — Roxburghshire
• Howard Hughes — Hughes Aircraft company, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Hughes Airwest airlines, Hughes Glomar Explorer ship
• Howard R. Hughes, Sr. — Hughes Tool Company, Baker Hughes company
• John Huss (Czech: Jan Hus) — Hussite, Czechoslovak Hussite Church

Amber Hagerman Amber Hagerman (November 25, 1986 - January 17, 1996) was a young girl who became a victim of an abduction and murder. ... Mrs. ... Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, 1913, at the KWI for Chemistry in Berlin Otto Hahn (March 8, 1879 – July 28, 1968) was a German chemist and received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ... The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to the advancement of chemistry. ... The names for the chemical elements 104 to 109 were the subject of a major controversy starting in the 1960s which was finally resolved in 1997. ... See Edwin Arthur Hall for the former U.S. Congressman from New York and Edwin R. Hall for the Kansas man accused of murdering Kelsey Smith Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 - November 20, 1938) was an American physicist who discovered the Hall effect. Hall conducted thermoelectric research at Harvard... Hall effect diagram, showing electron flow (rather than conventional current). ... A Halligan bar (also called a Halligan tool or simply Halligan) is a special tool commonly used in the fire and rescue service. ... Born on January 11, 1895 in Evanston, Illinois, to William Andrew and Idea Louise Strong Hammond, Laurens showed his great technical prowess from an early age. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... For other persons named John Hancock, see John Hancock (disambiguation). ... For other persons named John Hancock, see John Hancock (disambiguation). ... Mattel Inc. ... William Denby Bill Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera. ... Joseph Roland Joe Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and co-founder, together with William Hanna, of Hanna-Barbera. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen (July 29, 1841 - February 12, 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of Mycobacterium leprae as the causative agent of leprosy in 1873. ... For the malady found in the Hebrew Bible, see the article Tzaraath. ... Arthur Davidson, QC (born 7 November 1928) is a Labour Party (UK) politician. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Douglas Rayner Hartree (March 27, 1897 - February 12, 1958) was an English mathematician and physicist most famous for the development of numerical analysis and its application to atomic physics. ... A Hartree (symbol Eh) is the atomic unit of energy and is named after physicist Douglas Hartree. ... Gerry Harvey Gerry Harvey is an Australian entrepreneur. ... A Harvey Norman superstore in Australia. ... Hashimoto Dori in Kyushu uni. ... Hashimotos thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease where the bodys own antibodies attack the cells of the thyroid. ... Artistic Rendering of Hassan-i-Sabbah Hassan-i Sabbah (Persian: حسن صباح) (circa 1034 - 1124) also known as The Old Man of the Mountain, was an Iranian IsmāīlÄ« NizarÄ« missionary who converted a community in the late 11th century in the heart of the Alborz Mountains of northern Iran. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Victor Hasselblad (March 8, 1906 - August 5, 1978) was a Swedish inventor and photographer. ... Hasselblad 503CW with Zeiss Distagon 3,5/30 and Ixpress V96C Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer of high-quality still photography cameras based in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. ... In physics, Hawking radiation (also known as Bekenstein-Hawking radiation) is a thermal radiation thought to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects. ... Paul Hawkins Nationality: Australian Date of birth: 12 October 1937 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date of death: 26 May 1969 - Oulton Park, Cheshire, England The son of a racing motorcyclist-turned-church minister, this tough Australian was a capable single seater driver but really made his mark as an outstanding sports... Hawk-Eye cricket simulation Hawk-Eye is a computer system used in cricket, tennis and other sports to track the path of the ball. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Frank Christopher Hawthorne (born 1946) is a Canadian mineralogist and crystallographer. ... Frankhawthorneite Cu2Te6+O4(OH) 2 is a monoclinic mineral named after Prof. ... Oliver Heaviside (May 18, 1850 – February 3, 1925) was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, developed techniques for applying Laplace transforms to the solution of differential equations, reformulated Maxwells field equations in terms of electric and... Arthur Edwin Kennelly (December 17, 1861 - June 18, 1939), was an American engineer in electricity. ... The Kennelly-Heaviside Layer is also known as the E region or just as Heaviside Layer (after Oliver Heaviside). ... Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist. ... An inductor. ... William Henry William Henry (December 12, 1775—September 2, 1836) was an English chemist. ... In chemistry, Henrys law is one of the gas laws, formulated by William Henry. ... Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 - January 1, 1894) was the German physicist and mechanician for whom the hertz, an SI unit, is named. ... MHZ redirects here. ... William Reddington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). ... David Packard (September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was a cofounder of Hewlett-Packard. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... Heydes syndrome is a syndrome of aortic valve stenosis associated with gastrointestinal bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia. ... Miguel Hidalgo Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mondarte Villaseñor (May 8, 1753 – July 30, 1811) also known as Cura Hidalgo (Priest Hidalgo), was the chief leader of Mexicos war of independence against Spain. ... This article is about the Mexican state. ... David Hilbert (January 23, 1862, Königsberg, East Prussia – February 14, 1943, Göttingen, Germany) was a German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Hilberts program, formulated by German mathematician David Hilbert in the 1920s, was to formalize all existing theories to a finite, complete set of axioms, and provide a proof that these axioms were consistent. ... Eugen von Hippel (1867-1939) was a German ophthalmologist who received his medical doctorate in 1889 from Heidelberg and soon after became assistant to ophthalmologist Theodore Leber. ... Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare inherited genetic condition involving the abnormal growth of tumors in parts of the body which are particularly rich in blood supply. ... Harald Hirschsprung was a Danish physician who first described Hirschsprungs disease in 1886. ... Hirschsprungs disease, or congenital aganglionic megacolon, involves an enlargement of the colon, caused by bowel obstruction resulting from an aganglionic section of bowel (the normal enteric nerves are absent) that starts at the anus and progresses upwards. ... Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman. ... “Hobbes” redirects here. ... Listen to this article (3 parts) (info) Part 1 â€¢ Part 2 â€¢ Part 3 This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-01-29, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Thomas Hobson (1544?-1631), sometimes called The Cambridge Carrier, is best known as the name behind the expression Hobsons choice. ... Hobsons choice is an apparently free choice which is really no choice at all. ... Thomas Hodgkin (b. ... Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is a type of cancer. ... Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954[2] in Portland, Oregon;[1] his family name is pronounced , rhymes with raining) is an Emmy Award-winning American cartoonist and the creator of The Simpsons, Futurama and the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... The logo of the Honda automobiles The logo of the Honda motorcycles Honda Motor Company, Limited )   (TYO: 7267 , NYSE: HMC), or simply called Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, engine manufacturer and engineering corporation. ... Mark Charles Honeywell (December 29, 1874-1964) was a U.S. electronics industrialist; founder & eponym of Honeywell, Incorporated; 1st pres. ... Honeywell Heating Specialties Company Stock Certificate dated 1924 signed by Mark C. Honeywell - courtesy of Scripophily. ... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... Robin is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. ... Hookes law accurately models the physical properties of common mechanical springs for small changes in length. ... Hoover Company logo, originally designed by Henry Dreyfuss The Hoover Company is an American floor care manufacturer based in North Canton, Ohio. ... August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... For information on the famous racehorse: Horlicks Horlicks is the name of a company and a malted milk hot drink claimed to promote sleep when drank at bedtime. ... Roxburghshire (Siorrachd Rosbroig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... For the Welsh murderer, see Howard Hughes (murderer). ... Hughes logo adopted after his death Hughes developed the AIM-120 AMRAAM, one of the worlds most advanced air-to-air missiles Hughes Aircraft Company was a major defense/aerospace company founded by Howard Hughes. ... The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a United States non-profit medical research institute based in Chevy Chase, Maryland and originally founded by the aviator and engineer Howard Hughes in 1953. ... Hughes Airwest (IATA: RW, ICAO: n/a , and Callsign: Airwest) was an airline that was backed by multi-millionaire Howard Hughes. ... USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193) is a large ship currently being used as a deep-sea drilling platform. ... Hughes Family Gravesite at Glenwood Cemetery Howard Robard Hughes, Sr. ... Hughes Tool Company was established in 1909 as Sharp-Hughes Tool Company when Howard R. Hughes, Sr. ... Baker Hughes NYSE: BHI is the worlds third-largest oil-services company behind Schlumberger and Halliburton . ... Jan Hus (1369 Husinec, Southern Bohemia – July 6, 1415 Constance) was a religious thinker and reformer. ... The Hussites comprised a Christian movement following the teachings of the reformer Jan Hus (circa 1369–1415), who was influenced by John Wyclif and became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation. ... The Czechoslovak Hussite Church (Czech: Církev československá husitská CCH) is a Christian Church which separated from Roman Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia. ...

I–J

• Max Immelmann — Immelmann turn used in aviation.
• Eleuthère Irénée du Pont — DuPont
• Ivan the Terrible — Ivy the Terrible from The Beano comic
• Joseph Marie Jacquard — Jacquard loom
• Jacob — Israel
• Candido Jacuzzi — inventor of the jacuzzi whirlpool bath.
• Calamity Jane — Calamity James from The Beano comic
• Karl Jansky — jansky, unit of flux density
• Robert Jarvik, MD - Jarvik artificial heart
• Jeremiah, the Biblical prophet — jeremiad
• Jeroboam, first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel — jeroboam wine bottle
• Edward Jones and Charles Dow — Dow Jones & Company
• Brian David Josephson — Josephson junction, Josephson effect
• James Prescott Joule — joule, unit of energy, unit of work, unit of heat

Max Immelmann Max Immelmann (September 21, 1890 - June 18, 1916) was a German World War I Flying ace. ... The Immelmann turn (also spelled as Immelman turn or Imellmann turn; also known as a roll-off-the-top, or simply an Immelmann) is an aerial maneuver, named after WWI German flying ace Max Immelmann who is the original founder of this maneuver. ... Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (June 24, 1771 – October 31, 1834) was born in Paris, France and emigrated with his father Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours to the United States in 1799. ... Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: // E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the worlds third largest chemical company Du Pont Motors Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du Nord ST Dupont, a French manufacturer of fine... Ivan IV (August 25, 1530–March 18, 1584) was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar. ... Ivy the Terrible is a fictional character who has her own comic strip in The Beano. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jacquard loom on display at Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England The Jacquard Loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, which utilized holes punched in pasteboard, each row of which corresponded to one row of the design. ... Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 Jacob or Yaakov, (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: يعقوب, ; holds the heel), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: اسرائيل, ; Struggled with God), is the third Biblical patriarch. ... Candido Jacuzzi (1903 - 1986) was an Italian immigrant to the United States of America. ... For other uses, see Jacuzzi (disambiguation). ... For the film, see Calamity Jane (1953 film) Calamity Jane at age 33. ... Calamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ... This March 2007 does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 – February 14, 1950), was the American physicist and radio engineer who in 1932 discovered that the Milky Way galaxy emanates radio waves; he did not follow up his discovery, but it marked the birth of radio astronomy. ... In radio astronomy, the flux unit or jansky (symbol Jy) is a non-SI unit of electromagnetic flux equivalent to 10−26 watts per square metre per hertz. ... Robert Koffler Jarvik (born 11 May 1946) is an American scientist and physician known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. ... An artificial heart is a device that is implanted into the body to replace the original biological heart. ... For other uses, see Jeremiah (disambiguation). ... A Jeremiad is a long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in poetry, that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall. ... The United Kingdom of Solomon breaks up, with Jeroboam ruling over the Northern Kingdom of Israel (in green on the map). ... The United Kingdom of Solomon breaks up, with Jeroboam ruling over the Northern Kingdom of Israel (in green on the map). ... Edward Jones may refer to: Edward Jones (statistician), co-founder of the Dow-Jones Index Edward E. Jones, a psychologist Edward (Ted) G. Jones, a neuroscientist Edward P. Jones, a novelist Edward Jones (army), a British army general Edward S. Jones, a U.S. Army officer of the Civil War... Charles Henry Dow (November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. ... Dow Jones redirects here. ... Brian David Josephson (born Cardiff, Wales, UK, January 4, 1940) is a British physicist whose discovery of the Josephson effect as a 22-year-old graduate student won him the 1973 Nobel Prize for Physics, which he shared with Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever. ... Josephson junctions, first postulated by B. D. Josephson and first made by John Rowell and Philip Anderson, are quantum-mechanical circuit elements of superconducting devices. ... The Josephson effect is the phenomenon of current flow across two weakly coupled superconductors, separated by a very thin insulating barrier. ... James Joule - English physicist James Prescott Joule, FRS (December 24, 1818 – October 11, 1889) was an English physicist, born in Sale, Cheshire. ... The joule (IPA: or ) (symbol: J) is the SI unit of energy. ...

K

• Franz Kafka — adjective Kafkaesque
• Mikhail Kalashnikov — the Avtomat Kalashnikova series of weapons, including the AK-47, the Kalashnikov Handheld Machine Gun or Ruchnoi Pulemet Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974g (RPK-74)
• Kamen Rider - The main protagonists of the various series in this Japanese TV franchise are named after their corresponding TV series.
• Ingvar Kamprad — the first two letters of IKEA, the home furnishings retailer he founded
• Gaetano Kanizsa, Italian psychologist — Kanizsa triangle
• Megan Kanka, abducted child - Megan's Law
• Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist — Kaposi's sarcoma
• Theodore von Kármán — Karman line
• Anna Karenina
• Tadao Kashio — founder of Casio
• Shozo Kawasaki — founder, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
• Lord Kelvin — kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature
• John F. Kennedy — John F. Kennedy International Airport, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, John F. Kennedy University
• Arthur Edwin Kennelly and Oliver Heaviside — Kennelly-Heaviside layer
• Brian W. Kernighan — the third letter of the name awk, a computer pattern/action language, is taken from Kernighan
• John Kerr (physicist) — Kerr effect
• Wilhelm Killing — Killing vector field
• Gustav Kirchhoff — Kirchhoff's Laws
• Donald Knuth — Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm
• Wladimir Peter Köppen — Köppen climate classification
• Gerard Kuiper — Kuiper Belt
• Kama Thavala - A person hailing from Palakad, Kerala. He is renowned for his deadly eye-popping tongue-wagging stance.

Kafka at the age of five Franz Kafka (IPA: ) (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. ... Kafkaesque is an adjective which is used to describe concepts, situations, and ideas which are reminiscent of the literary work of Prague writer Franz Kafka, particularly his novel The Trial and his novella The Metamorphosis. ... Mikhail Kalashnikov, circa 2000 Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Russian: , Mihail Timofeevič KalaÅ¡nikov) (born November 10, 1919) is a famous Russian gun designer, most famous for his AK-47, frequently called the Kalashnikov. ... Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ... The RPK 74 is a Kalashnikov type machine gun chambered in 5. ... The various lead Kamen Riders from Kamen Rider 1 to Kamen Rider Den-O Kamen Rider , translated as Masked Rider) is the overall name of a franchise of Japanese tokusatsu. ... Ingvar Kamprad  (born March 30, 1926) is an industrialist from Sweden. ... Map of countries with IKEA stores. ... Categories: Optical illusions ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Jesse Timmendequas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Moritz Kaposi (Hungarian: ) (b. ... Theodore von Kármán (SzÅ‘llÅ‘skislaki Kármán Tódor) (May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was an engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA) The Kármán line is an internationally designated altitude commonly used to define outer space. ... This article refers to the novel by Tolstoy. ... Casio Computer Co. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. ... William Thomson, Archbishop of York, has the same name as this man. ... The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK), originally known as Idlewild Airport (IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) and colloquially known as Kennedy or simply JFK, is an international airport located in Jamaica, Queens, in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 km... The Kennedy Center as seen from the Potomac River. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... John F. Kennedy University is a private university located in Pleasant Hill, California, and an annex located in an office park in Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Arthur Edwin Kennelly (December 17, 1861 - June 18, 1939), was an American engineer in electricity. ... 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See List of eponyms (L-Z) An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ...

An asterisk designates people who became eponyms despite their stated wishes not to.

See also

• Lists of etymologies
• List of eponymous adjectives in English
• List of eponymous laws
• List of adages named after people
• List of places named after people
• List of people
• List of toponyms