Editing Namesake (section)

==Other uses==
Buildings, such as the [[Fisher Building]], and companies, like the [[Ford Motor Company]], are often named after their founders or owners.  Biological species and celestial bodies are frequently named after their discoverers.<ref>See, ''e.g.'', {{cite journal |last1=Nowicke |first1=Joan W. |author-link=Joan W. Nowicke |date=September–October 1974 |title=Three New Species of Tournefortia (Boraginaceae) from the Andes and Comments on the Manuscripts of E. P. Killip |journal=Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club |volume=101 |issue=5 |pages=229–234 |doi=10.2307/2484867 |jstor=2484867}} (species); and {{cite web |last1=Committee on Small Body Nomenclature of Division III of the International Astronomical Union |title=IAU Comet-naming Guidelines |url=http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/cometnameg.html |access-date=14 March 2016 |website=IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams }} (comets).</ref> Alternatively, their discoverers may name them in honor of others.<ref>See, e.g., {{cite journal|last1=Platnick|first1=Norman I.|title=A New Genus of the Spider Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from California|journal=American Museum Novitates|date=10 June 1993|issue=3063|page=1|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/5024//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N3063.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|access-date=14 March 2016}} (species of spider named after actor [[Harrison Ford]]).</ref>  Occasionally, material goods, such as toys or garments, may be named after people closely associated with them in the public mind.  The [[teddy bear]], for example, was named after President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], because of a popular story in which the then-President objected to cruel treatment of a bear by hunters.<ref name="loc_teddy">{{cite web|title=Teddy Bears|url=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/roosevelt/aa_roosevelt_bears_1.html|website=America's Story from America's Library|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>

The [[fedora]] hat may be considered the "namesake" of a fictional character, Princess Fédora Romanoff, from an 1887 play, ''[[Fédora]]'', by Victorien Sardou. In her portrayal of that character, [[Sarah Bernhardt]] wore a soft felt hat with a center crease, which became known popularly as a "fedora".<ref name="etymon_fedora">{{cite web|last1=Harper|first1=Douglas|title=Fedora|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fedora|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>

Several [[United States military]] aircraft have served as the namesake of previous aircraft. The [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II]] attack aircraft was named after the WWII-era [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt]] fighter-bomber.<ref>{{citation |mode=cs1 |url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195855/fairchild-republic-a-10a-thunderbolt-ii/ |title=Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223122/https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195855/fairchild-republic-a-10a-thunderbolt-ii/ |archive-date=15 December 2018|publisher= National Museum of the US Air Force}}</ref> The [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]] is the namesake of the [[McDonnell FH Phantom]].<ref>Angelucci 1987, p. 316.</ref> Uniquely, the [[LTV A-7 Corsair II]] serves as the namesake of both the [[Vought F4U Corsair]] and the earlier [[Vought O2U Corsair]], the former also being the namesake of the latter. The newest fighter of the United States, the [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II]] is the namesake of the [[United States Army Air Forces]] twin-engined [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/130499/lightning-ii-moniker-given-to-joint-strike-fighter/ |title='Lightning II' moniker given to Joint Strike Fighter |date=7 June 2006 |work=U.S. Air Force}}</ref>