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