Main Street in San Francisco was named after Charles Main.
https://mountainviewpeople.blogspot.com/2007/09/charles-main...
Here are some more interesting ones...
* Mason jar was named after John Landis Mason, 19th century American tinsmith
* Guppy (fish) was named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy, 19th century British naturalist
* Silhouette was named after Étienne de Silhouette, 18th century French politican
* Bloomers (women's clothing) was named after Amelia Bloomer, 19th century American women's right advocate
* T&T Supermarket (Canadian supermarket chain) was named after Tina and Tiffany, daughters of the founder, Cindy Lee
* Bluetooth was named after Harald Bluetooth, 10th century king of Denmark
Things NOT named after people:
* "Aberration" has nothing to do with Ernst Abbe, optics scientist who wrote about chromatic aberrations. It comes from the Latin root.
https://mountainviewpeople.blogspot.com/2007/09/charles-main...
Here are some more interesting ones...
* Mason jar was named after John Landis Mason, 19th century American tinsmith
* Guppy (fish) was named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy, 19th century British naturalist
* Silhouette was named after Étienne de Silhouette, 18th century French politican
* Bloomers (women's clothing) was named after Amelia Bloomer, 19th century American women's right advocate
* T&T Supermarket (Canadian supermarket chain) was named after Tina and Tiffany, daughters of the founder, Cindy Lee
* Bluetooth was named after Harald Bluetooth, 10th century king of Denmark
Things NOT named after people:
* "Aberration" has nothing to do with Ernst Abbe, optics scientist who wrote about chromatic aberrations. It comes from the Latin root.