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This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or who 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
- 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
