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The term eponym refers to a person whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. It is important to stress that in correct usage the word it applies to the person rather than to the object or the name itself.

Here is a list of notable eponyms.

Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894)

Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825)

Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832-1897)

Louis Braille (1809-1852)

Professor Robert W. Bunsen (1811-1899)

Thomas Derrick (c. 1600)

Doily family (c. 1700)

Luigi Galvani (1737-1798)

Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814]]

William Henry Hoover (1849-1932)

Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)

Charles Ponzi (1877-1949)

Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945)

Henry S. Shrapnel (1761-1842)

Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767)

William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930)

Jamrs Watt (1736-1819)

Mae West (1893-1980)

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