List of inventions named after people

This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whom it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.

• Archimedes' screw – Archimedes
• Armstrong breech-loading gun – William George Armstrong
• Bakelite – Leo Baekeland
• Barbie doll – after Barbara, daughter of Ruth Handler, creator of Barbie
• Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer
• Biro, (ballpoint pen) – Laszlo Biro
• Bowie knife – Jim Bowie
• Braille – Louis Braille
• Browning firearms, including the Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning
• Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen
• Colt revolver – Samuel Colt
• Daguerreotype – Jacques Daguerre
• Davy lamp – Humphry Davy
• Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel
• Dolby noise reduction system – Ray Dolby
• Doppler radar – Christian Doppler (see also: Doppler effect)
• Ferris wheel – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
• Franklin stove – Benjamin Franklin
• Galil assault rifle – Israel Galili
• Gatling gun – Richard J. Gatling
• Geiger counter – Hans Geiger
• Geiger-Mueller tube – Hans Geiger and W. Mueller
• M1 Garand rifle – John Garand
• Gore-Tex – Wilbert Gore
• Guillotine – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, but proposed the use of the mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France.
• Halligan bar – Hugh Halligan
• Hammond Organ – Laurens Hammond
• Jacquard loom – Joseph Marie Jacquard
• Josephson junction – Brian David Josephson
• The Avtomat Kalashnikova series of weapons, including the AK-47 – Mikhail Kalashnikov
• Mae West inflatable life jacket – named after actress Mae West
• Mason jar – John Mason
• Maxim gun – Hiram Maxim
• Molotov cocktail – invented by the Finnish army, and named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of War
• Moog Synthesizer – – Robert Moog
• Morse code – Samuel Morse
• Pavlova – Anna Pavlova
• Pasteurization – Louis Pasteur
• Raman spectroscopy – C. V. Raman
• Richter magnitude scale – Charles Richter
• Sandwich – Earl of Sandwich
• Saxophone – Adolphe Sax, Belgian music instrument designer
• Shrapnel shell – Henry Shrapnel
• Sousaphone – John Philip Sousa
• Stark spectroscopy – Johannes Stark
• Stirling engine – Rev. Robert Stirling
• Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson
• Tesla coil – Nikola Tesla
• Theremin – Leon Theremin
• Uzi submachine gun – Uziel Gal
• Wellington boot – Duke of Wellington
• Westinghouse air brake – George Westinghouse
• Winchester repeating rifle – named after chief investor Oliver F. Winchester
• Zeppelin – Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Also see

• List of inventions
• List of inventors
• List of people
• Scientific phenomena named after people
• List of science topics