Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), physicist, electrical engineer and inventor
Arts and music
Tesla (band), an American hard rock music band originating from Sacramento, CaliforniaTesla (Bleach), a minor character in the anime and manga series BleachTesla (opera), an opera about Nikola Tesla by Tasmanian composer Constantine KoukiasTesla, a character in the Clive Barker novels The Great and Secret Show and Everville
Business and manufacturing
Nvidia Tesla, a brand of general purpose graphic processing units by NvidiaTesla (company), a former state-owned electrical/technical conglomerate in the former CzechoslovakiaTesla Motors, a manufacturer of electric cars based in Palo Alto, California
Tesla Roadster, a battery powered sports car produced by Tesla Motors
Places
Tesla, California, former coal mining town in Corral Hollow, California, United States
Science
2244 Tesla, an asteroid discovered in 1952 and named for Nikola TeslaTesla (unit) (symbol T), SI derived unit of magnetic flux density (or magnetic inductivity), named after Nikola TeslaTESLA, a proposed Tera-electronvolt Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator, now merged into the International Linear Collider (ILC) projectTESLA, or Timed Efficient Stream Loss-Tolerant Authentication, an authentication method for multi- and broadcast network communications, formalized in RFC 4082.Tesla coil, a type of resonant transformer circuit used to produce high voltage AC electricityTesla Fault, a seismically active geological formation in the Livermore Valley, California, USA