Eponyms: U – Z
~~~~~ U ~~~~~
| Uzi | Uziel Gal (1923-2002), Israeli inventor |
~~~~~ V ~~~~~
| valentine | Valentine, 3rd century Christian martyr |
| Van Allen belts | James Alfred Van Allen (b.1914), American physicist |
| vandal | The Vandals, Germanic people that overran Gaul, Spain, North Africa and Rome in the 5th century |
| venereal | Venus, Roman goddess of love |
| Venn diagram | John Venn (1834-1923), English mathematician and logician |
| vernier | Pierre Vernier (1580-1637), French mathematician |
| Very light/pistol | Edward W. Very (1847-1910), American naval officer |
| vesta; vestal | Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth |
| Victorian | Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901) |
| volcano, vulcanise | Vulcan, Roman god of fire and metalworking |
| volt | Count Alessandron Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist |
~~~~~ W ~~~~~
| Wagnerian | Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-83), German composer |
| Wankel engine | Felix Wankel (b.1902), German engineer |
| Washington | George Washington (1732-99), American statesman and US president |
| Wassermann test | August von Wassermann (1866-1925), German bacteriologist |
| Watt | James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor |
| Watteau back/hat | Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), French painter |
| weber | Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-91), German physicist |
| Wechsler scale | David Wechsler (1896-1981), American psychologist |
| Wedgwood | Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95), English potter |
| Wednesday | Woden, god of wisdom, culture and war |
| wellington boot | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), British soldier and statesman |
| Wendy house | Wendy, girl in the play Peter Pan by Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) |
| Wentworth scale | C. K. Wentworth (1891-1969), American geologist |
| Wesleyan | John Wesley (1703-91), English preacher |
| Whightman Cup | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886-1974), American tennis player |
| Winchester rifle | Oliver Fisher Winchester (1810-80), American manufacturer |
| wisteria | Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), American anatomist |
~~~~~ Y ~~~~~
| Yale lock | Linus Yale (1821-68), American locksmith |
| yarborough | Charles Anderson Worsley, 2nd Earl of Yarborough (d.1897), English nobleman |
~~~~~ Z ~~~~~
| zany | Zanni, traditional masked clown in the Italian commedia dell’arte |
| Zeppelin | Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German general and aeronautical pioneer |
| zinnia | Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-59), German botanist and anatomist |
| Zoroastrianism | Zoroaster (c.660-583), Persian prophet |
| Zwinglian | Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), Swiss theologian |
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
