List of inventions named after people

• Archimedes' screw – Archimedes
• Armstrong breech-loading gun – William George Armstrong
• Asphalt – Leopold von Asphalt (1802-1880), landowner
• Bakelite – Leo Baekeland
• Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer
• Biro, (ballpoint pen) – Laszlo Biro
• Braille – Louis Braille
• Browning Gun – John Browning
• Buffet – Pierre Buffet, Parisian gambler
• Bugle – Hereward Bugle
• Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen
• Cabaret – Antoine de Cabaret (1749-1793), owner of a cafe in Paris
• Colt revolver – Samuel Colt
• Comma, the punctuation mark – Domenico da Comma (1260-1316), Italian Dominican scholar
• Condom – Earl of Condom, personal physical to the King Charles II of England
• Corset – Etienne Corset (1760-1832), French tailor
• Daguerreotype – Jacques Daguerre
• Davy lamp – Humphry Davy
• Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel
• Franklin stove – Benjamin Franklin
• Gatling gun – Richard J. Gatling
• Geiger counter – Hans Geiger
• Goretex – 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.
• Hammond Organ – Laurens Hammond
• Jacquard loom – Joseph Marie Jacquard
• Mae West inflatable life jacket – Mae West
• Maxim gun – Hiram Maxim
• Moho, (Mohorovičić's dicontinuity) – Andrija Mohorovičić
• Molotov cocktail – invented by the Finnish army, and named after Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of War
• Morse code – Samuel Morse
• Pasteurization – Louis Pasteur
• Penkalo (ballpoint pen) – Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
• Mason jar – John Mason
• Salon – Marquise Henriette de Salon (1680-1743)
• Saxophone – Adolphe Sax, Belgian music instrument designer
• Shrapnel shell – Henry Shrapnel
• Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson
• Tesla coil – Nikola Tesla
• Theremin – Leon Theremin
• Trousers – Jacob Trowser (1779-1848), English tailor
• Winchester repeating rifle – named after chief investor Oliver F. Winchester

Also see

• List of inventions
• List of inventors
• List of people
• List of science topics

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