Words named for people, places or companies are called eponyms (from the Greek "upon a name"). Here are few examples:

Alexandrine (a verse line of twelve syllables): the name comes from a medieval romance about Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia.

Ampere (unit of electric current): for Andre Ampere, the French physicist.

Beef Stroganoff (recipe traditionally includes beef cubes, mushrooms, and sour cream): named after Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganoff (1772-1817), Russian diplomat.

Biro (trademark; used for a ballpoint pen): Laszlo Biro (1899-1985), Hungarian inventor.

Bobby (an informal term for a British policeman): Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), founder of London police force.

Boycott (a refusal to deal commercially or otherwise with a country, firm, or individual): Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), English land agent.

Braille (system of writing and printing for sightless people): Louis Braille (1809-1852), French teacher, writer and musician.

Burke (to suffocate): William Burke, Irish criminal executed in 1829 for smothering victims to sell their bodies for dissection.

Caesarean section (surgical alternative to natural child birth): Gaius Julius Caesar, who according to legend was born in this manner.

Cardigan (a sweater or jacket that buttons down the front): James Thomas Brudnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British cavalry officer.

Catherine wheel (a circular firework): Saint Catherine of Alexandria (died ca. 307), Christian martyr.

Cologne (perfumed liquid composed of alcohol and fragrant oils): the city of Cologne, Germany.