- Ericsson1, John (1803-89), Swedish engineer whose inventions included a steam railway locomotive to rival Stephenson's Rocket, and the marine screw propeller (1836)埃里克森, 约翰（1803-1889, 瑞典工程师, 其发明包括能和斯蒂芬森的“火箭号”机车一比高下的蒸汽机车, 以及船用螺旋桨[1836]）。
(亦作Ericson 或 Eriksson)
- Leif, Norse explorer, son of Eric the Red. He sailed westward from Greenland (c.1000) and reputedly discovered land (variously identified as Labrador, Newfoundland, or New England), which he named Vinland because of the vines he claimed to have found growing there.埃里克松, 里夫（挪威探险家, 红头发埃里克之子, 他从格陵兰岛向西航行［约公元1000］, 据说发现了陆地［可能为拉布拉多半岛或纽芬兰, 也可能是新英格兰］, 并将其命名为“文兰”, 原因是他声称那里生长着大量葡萄）。