BTW: Kleenex was not named for a person. During WWII, cotton being in short supply, the Kimberly Clark company developed a synthetic absorbant material (called Cellucotton; used in surgical dressings and gas masks). When the war ended they cast about for commercial applications to which their stockpiled material and productive plant could be turned. The first successful application was Kleenex (promoted as a disposable towel for cleaning off make-up; it was the customers who discovered the current usage); a later one was Kotex.