This thread started out about products bearing names of persons creating them. So far nobody has alluded to the dozens and dozens of automobiles named after founders of the company. Or even models named after some famous person in the industry, such as Chevrolet, a French racing driver, who incidentally invented the rear vision mirror.

P.S. To my chagrin, URL about auto racing history says George Chevrolet was an American!

http://www.hickoksports.com/history/autorace03.shtml