Which famous person is the teddybear named after?

The teddybear is named after Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. The name was coined in 1902, after a popular political cartoon depicted Roosevelt declining to shoot a bear cub during a hunting trip in Mississippi. The cartoon was inspired by a true incident that occurred in 1902 when Roosevelt was invited on a bear hunting trip by Mississippi governor Andrew H. Longino. Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear that had been tied to a tree for him, considering it unsportsmanlike. The incident was widely reported and Roosevelt became known as a conservationist.