List of eponyms (A–K)

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An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name".


Here is a list of eponyms:

ABCDEFGHI–JKL–Z

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I–J

K

L–Z

See List of eponyms (L–Z)

An asterisk designates people who became eponyms despite their stated wishes not to.

See also