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)