der Waals, Dutch physicist – Van der Waals force. Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist – Van de Graaff generator. Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer - van Maanen's star. Dolly Varden, British literary character (from Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge) – Dolly Varden (costume). Harry Vardon, British golfer – Vardon grip. Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman general – Varian disaster (The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest). Rip Van Winkle, American literary character – a "rip van winkle" (someone who sleeps too much.) Philippe de Vendôme, French nobleman – Place Vendôme, Vendôme Tower, Vendôme Battery, Vendôme Redoubt Saint Venera, Italian Christian martyr. – Santa Venera, Santa Venerina, Santa Verna. Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek politician – Venizelism. John Venn, British mathematician – Venn diagram. Venus, Greek-Roman mythological character – Venus (planet), mons veneris or mons Venus, venereal disease, Venus flytrap, Venus symbol, Belt of Venus. Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, Maltese bishop – Verdala Palace. Jules Verne, French novelist – Verneshot. Pierre Vernier, French mathematician – Vernier scale. Edward Vernon, British naval officer, whose nickname was "Old Grog" – "groggy", Mount Vernon Vespasian, Roman emperor – vespasienne. Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer – America. Vesta, Roman mythological character – Vestalia, Vestal virgin, Vesta case. Victoria, Roman mythological character – victory. Queen Victoria, British queen – Queensland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria Island, Victoria Strait, Great Victoria Desert, Lake Victoria, Victoria, Gozo, Victoria Harbour, London Victoria station, Victoria line, Victorian era, Queen Victoria Street, London, Victoria Cross, Victoria Land, Victoria Tower, Royal Victoria Dock, Victoria and Albert Museum, Victorian architecture, Victorian house, Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Lines, Victoria plum, Victoria sponge cake António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese nobleman – Fort Manoel, Manoel Island, Manoel Theatre. Saint Vincent, Christian martyr – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist and scientist – Leonardeschi, Davinciite, Davincia, Da Vinci Machine. Virgil, Roman poet – Sortes Vergilianae, Virgilian. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist – AIV fodder. Andrew Viterbi, Italian-American engineer – Viterbi algorithm, Viterbi decoder. Vitruvius, Roman architect – Vitruvian Man. Vishnu, Hindu deity – Vaishnavism. Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist – the volt, a unit of electromotive force, voltage, the Volta Prize. Vulcan, Greek–Roman mythological character – volcano. Vulcans, American television characters – Vulcan salute. W Barnes Wallis, British inventor – Barnes Wallis Moth Machine (not invented by him, but named after him.) Robert Wade, New Zealand-British chess player – Wade Defence Richard Wagner, German composer – Wagnerian, Wagner