The English word "braille" comes from the name Louis Braille who was a French teacher. What other names of people have also become words?

tjoebigham

Dozens of people, barker! "Poinsettia" comes from Joel Poinsett, "Melba toast" and "peach Melba" from soprano Nellie Melba, "Mobius strip" from August Mobius, "Caesar salad" from Caesar Cardini, "Eiffel Tower" from Gustave Eiffel (he also made the inner skeleton for the Statue of Liberty!) et al. Jun 06 05, 8:53 AM

lanfranco

Gmack recently posted an interesting question about Etienne de Silhouette. Here is a list of many more eponyms. http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=List+of+eponyms&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1 Jun 06 05, 8:55 AM

Arpeggionist

Sadism is named for the Marquise de Sad, there's also Spoonerisms, Stengelisms, Bushisms and Yogiisms (the last after Yogi Berra). The Bassett horn is not really a horn, but rather Horn is the name of the inventor (as with Saxophones and Saxhorns, Wagner tubas and so forth). Jun 06 05, 8:59 AM

dejavucub4

Ford,crapper,john,pontiac,to many to name. Jun 06 05, 9:42 AM

romeomikegolf

Wellington, Sandwich,Cardigan,Raglan. Not names as such, but still real people. Jun 06 05, 9:56 AM

lanfranco

Someone -- I think it was TabbyTom -- created a quiz about eponymous noblemen. Jun 06 05, 9:59 AM

gmackematix

Flowers and plants are probably the best source of single word eponyms: As well as poinsettia, there's dahlia, gardenia, fuchsia, forsythia, lobelia, loganberry, boysenberry, greengage... Another obvious source is scientific units and terms: There are volts, amps, ohms, newtons, henries, teslas, curies, einsteinium, galvanise... Jun 06 05, 10:38 AM

Arpeggionist

And Hertzes. Jun 06 05, 1:37 PM

peasypod

Hertzes??? Like sheeps? ;) Jun 06 05, 8:33 PM