Sir George Stokes (1819–1903) was an Anglo-Irish mathematical physicist whose career left a prolific body of work in mathematics and physics. Below is a collection of some of the things named after him.
Physics
Campbell–Stokes recorder
Coriolis–Stokes force
Stokes equation
Stokes formula
Stokes' law of sound attenuation
Stokes line
Stokes–Einstein (Stokes–Einstein–Sutherland) equation (translational diffusion) Stokes–Einstein–Debye equation (rotational diffusion)
Fluid dynamics
Stokes approximation
Navier–Stokes equations
Stokes first problem
Stokes second problem
Stokes drift
Stokes expansion, see section about Stokes expansion
Stokes flow
Stokes number
Stokes' paradox
Stokes radius
Stokes stream function
Stokes wave
Stokes (unit) Stokes' law Stokeslet
Optics
Stokes operators (quantum) Stokes parameters Stokes relations Stokes shift Stokes vector Stokes lens
Mathematics
Navier–Stokes equations, see section on fluid dynamics
Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness
Stokes' theorem
Kelvin–Stokes theorem
Generalized Stokes theorem
Stokes operator
Stokes phenomenon
Astronomical features
Stokes (lunar crater) Stokes (Martian crater)
