Today we use many units that were actually once the surnames of eminent scientists… examples from this site includes a list of units scientists and engineers use everyday
- A ampere André Ampère
- C coulomb Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
- °C degree Celsius Anders Celsius
- F farad Michael Faraday
- Gy gray Louis Harold Gray
- H henry Joseph Henry
- Hz hertz Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
- J joule James Prescott Joule
- K kelvin Lord Kelvin
- ? ohm Georg Ohm
- N newton Isaac Newton
- Pa pascal Blaise Pascal
- S siemens Werner von Siemens
- T tesla Nikola Tesla
- V volt Alessandro Volta
- W watt James Watt