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| Indexes | Eponyms | Fashion Houses |
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| Argentina | General | |
| Australia | Sydney | All Ordinaries, All Mining |
| Austria | ATX | |
| Belgium | BEL 20 | |
| Brazil | Bovespa | |
| Canada | Toronto | Metals Minis, TSE 300 Composite, Portfolio |
| Chile | IGPA General | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen SE |
| Finland | Hex General | |
| France | Paris (Bourse) | SBF 250, CAC 40 |
| Germany | Frankfurt | FAZ Aktien, DAX |
| Greece | Athens | Athens General, FTSE/ASE 20 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hang Seng |
| India | Mumbai | BSE-Sens, BSE 30 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | JSX (Jakarta Composite) |
| Ireland | Dublin | ISEQ Overall |
| Italy | Milan | Banca Com Ital, MIBTEL |
| Japan | Tokyo | Nikkei 225, Nikkei 300, Topix, 2nd sector |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | KLSE Composite |
| Mexico | Mexico City | IPC |
| Netherlands | CBS All Share | |
| New Zealand | Cap 40 | |
| Norway | Oslo | Oslo SE Index |
| Phillipines | Manila | Manila Composite |
| Portugal | BVL 30 | |
| Singapore | Singapore | SES All-share, Straights Times |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | JSE Gold, JSE Industrial |
| South Korea | Korea Cmp Ex | |
| Spain | Madrid | Madrid SE |
| Sweden | Stockholm | AG (Affarsvardn General) |
| Switzerland | Zurich | SMI (Swiss Maket Index), SPI General |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Weighted Pr |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Bangkok SET |
| Turkey | Istanbul | IMKB Nat |
| UK | London | FTSE 100, FTSE All Share |
| USA | New York (Wall Street) | Dow Jone Industrial, NYSE Composite, NASDAQ,Russell 2000, Amex Composite, Standards and Poors (S&P) 500 |
| Bakelite | Leo Baekland |
| Barbie (the doll) | Barbara Millicent Bates |
| Bartlett pears | Enoch Bartlett |
| Baskerville typeface | John Baskerville |
| Beaufort scale | Sir Francis Beaufort |
| Béchamel sauce | Marquis de Béchamel |
| Belisha beacon | Sir Leslie Hore-Belisha |
| Big Ben | Sir Benjamin Hall |
| Biro | George and Laszlo Biro |
| Bloomers | Amelia Bloomer |
| Blue Max medal | Max Immelmann |
| Bobby | Sir Robert Peel |
| Bodoni typeface | Giambattista Bodoni |
| Bowdlerise | Thomas Bowdler |
| Boycott | Capt. Charles cunningham Boycott |
| Braille | Louis Braille |
| Bramley apples | Matthew Bramley |
| Cardigan | Earl of Cardigan |
| Casanova | Giovanni Casanova |
| Châteaubriand steak | Viscomte de Châteaubriand |
| Chauvinist | Nicolas Chauvin |
| Codswallop | Hiram Codd |
| Crockford’s | John Crockford |
| Crufts | Charles Cruft |
| Davis Cup | Dwight Davis |
| Debrett’s Peerage | John Debrett |
| Decibel (loudness) | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Derby | Earl of Derby |
| Dewey decimal systm | Melvil Dewey |
| Diesel | Rudolph Diesel |
| Don Juan | Don Juan Tenorio |
| Dow-Jones index | Charles Dow, Edward Jones |
| Down’s syndrome | John Langdon-Down |
| Dunce | John Duns Scotus |
| Earl Grey tea | Charles 2nd Earl Grey |
| Fosbury flop | Richard Fosbury |
| Fuchsia | Leonard Fuchs |
| Gallup poll | George Gallup |
| Garamond typeface | Claude Garamond |
| Gardenia | Alexander Garden |
| Garibaldi biscuits | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Geiger counter | Johannes Geiger |
| Gerrymander | Elbridge Gerry |
| Gill typeface | Eric Gill |
| Gladstone bag | William Gladstone |
| Granny Smith apples | Maria Ann Smith |
| Greengage | Sir William Gage |
| Guillotine | Joseph Ignace Guillotin |
| Hobson’s choice | Thomas Hobson |
| Hooligan | Patrick Hooligan |
| Jacuzzi | Candido Jacuzzi |
| Kalashnikov rifle | Mikhail Kalashnikov |
| Köchel number | Ludwig von Köchel |
| Larousse dictionaries | Pierre Larousse |
| Leotard | Jules Leotard |
| Levis | Levi Strauss |
| Lindy hop dance | Charles Lindbergh |
| Linnaean system | Carl von Linne |
| Loganberry | James Harvey Logan |
| Lonsdale belt | Earl of Lonsdale |
| Luddite | Ned Ludd |
| Lynching | Capt William Lynch |
| Machiavellian | Niccolo Macchiavelli |
| Mackintosh | Charles Mackintosh |
| Mae West life jacket | Mae West |
| Magnolia | Pierre Magnol |
| Marmalade | Marie Antoinette |
| Martinet | Jean Martinet |
| Masochism | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
| Maverick | Samuel Maverick |
| McCarthyism | Sen. Joseph McCarthy |
| Melba toast | Dame Nellie Melba |
| Mickey Finn | eponymous Chicago bartender |
| Molotov cocktail | V M molotov |
| Moog synthesiser | Robert Moog |
| Sauce Mornay | Philippe de Mornay |
| Morse code | Samuel Morse |
| Mount Everest | Sir George Everest |
| Namby-pamby | Ambrose Philips |
| Narcissism | Narcissus (Gr myth) |
| Negus | Colonel Francis Negus |
| Nicotine | Jean Nicot |
| Nosey parker | Dr Matthew Parker |
| Old Moore’s almanac | Francis Moore |
| Parkinson’s Law | C Northcote Parkinson |
| Pavlova | Anna Pavlova |
| Peach melba | Dame Nellie Melba |
| Peter principle | Dr Lawrence J Peter |
| Pilgerism | John Pilger |
| Plantin typeface | Christopher Plantin |
| Platonic | Plato |
| Plimsoll | Samuel Plimsoll |
| Praline | Count Plessis-Praslin |
| Pulitzer prize | Joseph Pulitzer |
| Queensbury rules | Marquess of Queensbury |
| Quisling | Major Vidkun Quisling |
| Quixotic | Don Quixote |
| Raglan | Baron Raglan |
| Richter scale | Charles Richter |
| Rubik’s cube | Erno Rubik |
| Ryder Cup | Samuel Ryder |
| Sadism | Marquis de Sade |
| Salmonella | Daniel Salmon |
| Sandwich | Earl of Sandwich |
| Saxophone | Adolphe Sax |
| Shrapnell | Henry Shrapnell |
| Sideburns | Gen. Ambrose Burnside |
| Silhouette | Etienne de Silhouette |
| Silly billy | King William IV |
| Sousaphone | John Philip Sousa |
| Spoonerism | Rev William Spooner |
| St Leger | Lieutenant-General St Leger |
| Stetson | John Batterson Stetson |
| Stonewall | Gen. Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson |
| Tarmac | John McAdam |
| Teddy bear | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Teddy boy | Edward VII |
| Tony award | Antoinette Perry |
| Trilby | Trilby O’Ferrall (George du Maurier) |
| Turing machine | Alan Turing |
| Wellingtonia (Sequoia) | 1st Duke of Wellington |
| Wellington boots | 1st Duke of Wellington |
| Wightman Cup | Hazel Wightman |
| Wisteria | Casper Wistar |
New York
| Anna Sui | Bottega Veneta | Calvin Klein |
| Donna Karan (DKNY) | Helmut Lang | John Bartlett |
| Marc Jacobs | Michael Kors | Nicole Farhi |
| Ralph Lauren | Tommy Hilfiger | TSE |
| Vivienne Tam | Vivienne Westwood |
Milan
| Alberta Ferretti | Antonio Beradi | Blumarine |
| Byblos | Christian Dior | Dolce and Gabbana |
| Emporio Armani | Fendi | Giorgio Armani |
| Gucci | Marni | Missoni |
| Miu Miu | Moschino | Philosophy |
| Prada | Pucci | Roberto Cavalli |
| Sportmax |
Paris
| Balenciaga | Celine | Cerrutti |
| Chanel | Chloé | Comme des Garcons |
| Givenchy | Hermès | Jean Paul Gaultier |
| John Galliano | Junya Watanabe | Loewe |
| Louis Vuitton | Olivier Theyskens | Sonia Rykiel |
| Ungaro | Valentino | Versus |
| Yohji Yamamoto |
London
| Alexander McQueen | Betty Jackson | Boudica |
| Clements Ribeiro | Dai Rees | Hussein Chalayan |
| Julien Macdonald | Liberty | Luella Bartley |
| Luella Bartley | Matthew Williamson | Paul Smith |
| Preen | Roland Mouret | Russell Sage |
| Sophia Kokosolaki | Tristan Webber |
| Copyright Quibs 2000 |
Last Updated 08/08/2000
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